How do you keep score in volleyball?

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How do you keep score in volleyball?

Answer 1

"Un-returned service" is the short answer.

There are two types of volleyball scoring:

"Sideout scoring" and "Rally scoring".

Sideout scoring has been more common, but rally scoring is finding more favor in high school level volleyball in recent years:

A point is scored when a member of the serving team successfully grounds the ball on the opponents side of the court, or a player on one team serves the ball and the receiving team is unable to return the ball to the serving team in 3 or less hits, one of several examples of a "fault".

This is from page 23 of the following link:

Answer 2

rally!!!

Answer 3

The most common way for scoring in volleyball is the rally scoring, which means everytime the ball touches the floor some one gets a point. For example: Team 1 serves the ball to team 2 and no one passes the ball on team 2, they just let it hit the floor. Team 1 gets the point. Now team 1 serves again and this time team 2 passes the ball, the setter sets the ball to the hitter and the hitter hits it over to team 1. Team 1 doesnt touch teh ball, it hits the floor. Team 2 gets the point. In Sideout scoring, take the same scenario as before, but this time when team 1 serves the ball and team 2 is the one that hits on the other side and the ball hits the floor, no one gets a point. But then team 2 serves the ball to team 1 and team 1 lets the ball hit the floor, now team 2 gets the point because they were the ones that served the ball.  Its a little complicated to understand but youll get it.

Answer 4

Old school... "side-out" scoring. You need to have the serve in order to score points. Otherwise, when you win a rally, you win only a "side-out," (no points, but) the right to serve and chance to score points on the next play.

Nowadays... "rally" scoring. You can score a point on every rally, regardless of whether you have the serve.

Some background color on the two scoring systems...

There is a BIG difference to side-out scoring versus rally scoring. The difference lies in the fact that it is MUCH easier to side-out (win rallies when you're receiving serve) than to win rallies when you are serving. The advantage is heavily in favor of the team receiving serve. It is easier to side-out than to keep your serve.

With side-out scoring, you would be free to try risky plays when you have the serve since you don't lose points if you lose the rally, and if you do lose the rally, it is more likely to win back the serve (side-out) than for the other team to score on you; i.e., you "gamble" more often when you have the serve. Additionally, with side-out scoring you can also slow down a game. Even if you are losing badly (e.g., 4-13), you still have a chance to nickel and dime your way back into the game.

With rally scoring, once you go down by more than a few points, the game is essentially over. It is virtually impossible to catch-up because all the other team has to do is win alternating "side-out" rallies, which are easier to do, while you have to keep your serve without breaking.

Answer 5

Having been a USVBA certified score keeper in the past, this isn't really a simple answer without actually showing you the scoresheet but here goes.....

One way is if your team serves the ball and it lands in bounds on the other teams court then you get a point. you also score by the other team hitting it anywhere out of bounds after your team served. If any of the same happens and your team didn't serve the ball then you get possesion of the serve but no point. These types of games are usually played to 15, but a team has to win by two or the first to 17. such as examples of final scores can be 15-10, 15-13, 16-14, 17-15, 17-16

In rally scoring all of the above is the same except that anytime the ball changes sides you also get a point, wether you serve or not. This method has become the one used mostly now in club, high school, college and international levels. These types of games are also played to 25 but a team has to win by two. There is no scoring cap.

Answer 6

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I am assuming you mean sitting behind the score table and keeping the official record of the game. I don't know for sure if all the score sheets are the same for all areas. The actual sheets looks complicated but after a quick demons ration it's pretty easy to get.

You right the starting line-up in the positions they are in on the little sheet provided by the coach.

To keep track of the serving rotation there should be several boxes below the substitution chart (which i will explain in a second) where you just write the score of their team when they side out.

Somewhere on the sheet there should a run of numbers from 1 to usually around 40. This is to keep track of the score for that team. It's as easy as marking off the point that they are on.

For substitutions there should several boxes in columns underneath each starting players number. What you have to do is write down the number of the player entering the game, the number of the player leaving and the current score. Remember that once a substitution has been those two player involved in the sub are only allowed to sub for each other.

Well that's the basics hope it was what you are looking for.

    

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thank u so much! this is the only answer that i got that actually explains it better then just saying in or out, i went to the training class last night and this is exactly how we have to do it! thanks

This is a past answer so to a similar question.  I hope it serves you the same purpose.

Answer 7

well i think it all depends.

well like if you mean how do you score points you can scoe them for a serve(overhand&underhand),bumps.sets. and spikes.make sure it dont hit ur side of the court but the other sides. Theres also lines, they can be white or ur school colors. then when you say the score you say ur score first ,well say is 12 and mine is 11 and its ur serve you would say 12 serving 11. But my school has it up on the Basketball trackers and we dont have to say it. well i Hope this helps.It is pretty easy. Hope you get it and if none of this helps.. ask ur coach or gym teacher

Answer 8

It is kind of easy.............

whenever the ball touches whomever team side that team will lose point and if they have serve then they loose it, too.

The game is like 25 to 25 to 15. there are three sets and whoever wins two. That team will be winner......

Answer 9

first team to 21 wins!

Answer 10

in rally scoring, the easy way to put it is that when ever either team messes up the other team gets that point.