1. Service:
By service we mean putting the ball into play by the right hand back line player. Service has to be done within eight seconds of the whistle by the referee. The player hits the ball with his hand either open or closed or any other part of arm in such a way that the ball passes over the net to the opposite court. The service should be done from the fixed place. A player will continue to serve until a fault is committed by any player of his team. In the case of fault both the score and service are passed to the opponent team. As long as the player goes on doing service without committing any fault, the service remains with the same team and scores are also awarded to the team. Service can be done by under Hand, Over Hand Floating, Side Arm, High Spin, Tennis service etc.
2. Passes:
The following techniques are adopted to return the ball to the opponent’s court:
1. Under Hand Pass: With both the hands joined, feet kept apart parallel to the width of the shoulders, a little bent at the knee joint, the ball is rolled with the lower end of the elbow and hit with hand from the back in the direction of the opponent’s court.
2. Finger Pass (Upper Hand Pass): 60% of this pass is used in placing the ball in the court from where the other player tosses the ball up in the air and hits over the net.This pass is played with the fingers and thumb.
3. Smash:
All the players present in the court can hit the ball over the net with a jump. The three players of the line can hit the ball from any place in the court but the players of the back line can hit the ball with a jump from behind the Attack line’. After hitting the ball they may fall in the front line. It is considered a foul if the players hit the ball by crossing the Attack line and the score will be given to the opponent team. The Libro player cannot smash.
4. Blocking:
Blocking is that activity by which, as soon as the ball crosses the net, the attack by an opponent is attempted to be stopped with any upper part of the body, above the abdomen. Blocking is done by the players of the first line. Players of back line are not allowed to do it. Blocking is done, at a time, by the one player or jointly by two or three players. If two or three players together do blocking it is called Joint Blocking. While doing Blocking the Blocker can neither touch the net nor block the service. The opponent team will be awarded the score if the ball goes out of the court after touching the Blocker’s hands.
