Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Four Team Volleyball

OBJECT - Win a game of volleyball against three other teams.

GAME TYPE - Four team game.

WHO'S IT FOR - Group Three. You need at least three players per team.

WHAT YOU NEED - Two movable volleyball nets, an extra pole or two, and a volleyball.

HOW TO PLAY:

  1. Set up the court. Put a pole in the middle. Set up the nets so the middle is tied to the pole, and the ends make a ninety degree angle to each other, creating four equal quadrants. Alternately, you can have two poles in the middle and wrap the nets behind them.
  2. Each team goes to a quadrant.
  3. The serving team must serve the ball into the quadrant that is directly across diagonally. After that, the ball can go anywhere.
  4. After the serve, each team has three tries to get the ball over the net. One player cannot hit the ball twice in a row.
  5. If the ball hits the ground, or if a player commits a foul such as hitting the ball twice in a row, their team gets a point.
  6. If the ball goes out of bounds, the team that hit it out of bounds gets a point.
  7. The serving team keeps serving until they get a point, at which point the next team to the left serves. Alternately, you can set a five serve limit before they must pass.
  8. Players rotate the serve whenever it is their team's turn to serve.
  9. Once a team reaches 15 points, the game is over. The team with the lowest point total is the winner.

This game requires a lot of focus becauser the ball could be coming from anywhere. Players will learn how to fake each other out, so make sure everyone is paying attention.

THIS WORKS ON - Athletic ability (volleyball skills), competition (playing against three other teams), observational skills (paying attention to the ball), teamwork (playing as a team)

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