1. Serving: The first action of every point.

There are many variants of serving, but the most common

is the standing float serve.

2. Receiving/Passing: The act of playing a serve. Usually in the form of a forearm pass, but an
overhead pass does the job as well. A good pass sets up your teams offense. The better the pass,
the more options your attack has.

3. Setting: A overhead pass with the specific purpose of “setting up” an attacker on your team.

4. Hitting/Spiking: The act of aggressively hitting the ball with an over head attack whilst jumping
as high as you can.
5. Block: The first line of defense. Used to try to stop the ball from entering your court, but should
also funnel the attack to a smaller area of the court making it easier for your defenders.

6. Defense: This skill is a lot like Receiving/Passing in it’s execution. The only reason there is a
distinction made is because it’s much harder to play defense than it is to receive a serve because
the attacker is MUCH closer (less than 20 feet, as opposed to 40–50 feet from the service line).
Also, defenders must be skilled in reading both the attacker AND their own blockers to position
themselves in the best place possible to get the dig. That in itself is a skill!