In volleyball there’s usually a dialogue about what truly constitutes the offensive and defensive phases of the sport. In most (all?) sports activities, offence and defence are outlined as possession or in any other case of the ball. You probably have the ball you might be on offence. If they’ve the ball you might be on defence. In case you are not up on the talk (it isn’t a giant one, but it surely nonetheless pops up once in a while) the one time you even have the ball in your hand in a volleyball match is when you find yourself serving. Usually this might be thought-about ‘offence’. However in volleyball it’s thought-about the primary part of defence, and the sideout workforce is on offence as a result of typically they’ve the benefit. The character of the sport of volleyball has upended the idea of offence and defence. The identical applies to how we should always perceive errors, or extra particularly what occurs after we attempt to keep away from errors**.
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In most sports activities If you happen to preserve the ball, you’re the solely workforce that may rating. If you happen to make an error, most frequently it’s within the type of a turnover of some kind. Due to this fact, you now not have an opportunity to attain however your opponent does. It is sensible to a point, that retaining the ball in any respect prices implies that on the very least solely you may rating. Volleyball is completely different. There is no such thing as a possession in volleyball. You can’t preserve the ball. Sooner or later, inside three contacts, it’s important to attempt to make some extent. Making factors is nice, but when someplace alongside the way in which, you make an error, the opponent will get an precise level. The opponent successful some extent is a foul factor (most likely, possibly… examine this publish or this one), ergo don’t make errors. Besides…
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To provide the ball to the opposite workforce with out making an attempt to attain is just not the avoidance of error, it’s truly the equal of a turnover in different sports activities. Now the opposite workforce has the ball, and with it the prospect to attain. A greater answer to turning the ball over is to recycle it, that’s play the ball into the block with a view to cowl the rebound and get one other likelihood to attain some extent.
So to summarise, offence is defence, an error loses some extent straight, avoiding errors is definitely a turnover, however there’s a means you may preserve possession after your three contacts. Volleyball is difficult.
** There’s a nice article about threat and errors right here. I’ve written some issues on the subject you could comply with right here. And right here is a superb article about different areas wherein volleyball is exclusive.
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