Why in Olympic Volley ball is there one player with a different color outfit?

Question

i've noticed and i was just wondering! Please and Thank you!

Answer 1

That player is called the "libero".  They are a defensive player, and there are some limitations on what they are allowed to do:

-they are not allowed to serve

-they may no attack the ball (spiking the ball if it's above the plane of the net)

-they may not come within 3m of the net (there's a line there called the "attack line") and use their hands to set an attacker.

They are allowed to come in for any player though. Volleyball substitutes can normally go in/out for one player.

Answer 2

I thought that person was the designated setter for the team.  They are usually shorter than the others and therefore focus on setting the ball to the front line players.  The color distinction helps the players to get it to her to set it to another.

Answer 3

that's the server of the team!!

just like soccer how their jersey is different if they r the goalie!!!

hope i helped

  

Answer 4

That's the libero not the captain.

The libero has the seperate itself because the libero never spikes the ball, since they are the defence guy.

Answer 5

Now they use a different color, before they used to put on the jersey inside out.  What I don't know is why they do it. From what I can tell, is to make sure the team is doing the rotation correctly and the referee can see it.  But I could be wrong.

Answer 6

That player is called the libero.  I'll try to make this as short as possible.

In volleyball, each team has 6 players.  There is a 10-foot line, and before the point starts, each team has 3 players in front of the line and 3 players behind the line.  The players who start in front of the line can jump and hit close to the net, but the players behind the line can only jump from behind the line and hit the ball.  The ideal situation for a team is to have their strongest hitters and blockers in front of the line, and their best passers and the setter behind the line.

But life isn't so easy.  There are rotations, so those big blockers that are also weak passers rotate to the back.  Some teams substitute them out for a defensive specialist, but this requires the use of 2 substitutions each time, one to switch the middle blocker going to the back row with a defensive specialist, and one to switch the defensive specialist going into the front row with a middle blocker.  To prevent ugly passing from stopping a team from winning and to promote better play, when a middle blocker moves to the back, the libero comes in for him or her without the use of a substitution.  This way, your best passer is always behind the 10-foot line, and you always have a middle blocker in front of the 10-foot line.

Thus, this best passer is called the libero, and wears a different colored uniform.

Answer 7

http://www.olympic.org/uk/sports/program...

that will tell you all you need to know

IT IS NOT THE CAPTAIN

Answer 8

that would be the captain of the team lol