--- title: Volleyball description: Volleyball is a fast-paced team sport requiring precise coordination. This topic covers the mechanics of serving, passing, setting, spiking, and blocking, alongside team rotations, defensive positioning, and match strategies. category: sports-recreation subcategory: team-sports difficulty: beginner, intermediate, advanced url: /subject/volleyball --- # Volleyball Volleyball is a fast-paced team sport requiring precise coordination. This topic covers the mechanics of serving, passing, setting, spiking, and blocking, alongside team rotations, defensive positioning, and match strategies. ## Available Resources 2 Books • 2 Websites ## Websites ### 1. USA Volleyball Site of the sport's US national governing body: official rulebooks, referee and coach certification pathways, safe-sport requirements, and national team news. Useful for confirming current rules and finding the accreditation route for coaching or officiating. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://usavolleyball.org/ **Tags:** volleyball, rules, coaching-certification, officiating, governing-body ### 2. volleyballmag.com VolleyballMag.com is a comprehensive online magazine covering indoor and beach volleyball with news, features, and analysis. It offers coaching tips, drills, player profiles, event coverage, and recruiting news. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://volleyballmag.com **Tags:** websites, sports-recreation, team-sports ## Podcasts ### 1. The Art of Coaching Volleyball **Author:** Davis Ransom and Tod Mattox The VolleyPod is all about coaching kids volleyball! Each episode we cover 3 segments that are each designed to help you become a better volleyball coach. First, we focus on a specific volleyball skill, talk about how to teach it, and provide drills and video links for further help with that skill. Then, we present a common coaching scenario and discuss tips for how to (and how not to) handle it. In the third segment we share a resource that has helped us to become a better coach, with the hopes that it can help you too! See you on The... **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** en-us | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thevolleypod **Tags:** volleyball, coaching, youth-sports, drills, podcast ### 2. Volleyball Coaching Wizards **Author:** Volleyball Coaching Wizards Podcast The Volleyball Coaching WIzards Podcast features conversations based on the experience and insights of some of the great volleyball coaches from all levels of play and all around the world. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** en-US | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://volleyballcoachingwizards.com/ **Tags:** volleyball, coaching, interviews, coaching-philosophy, podcast ## Books ### 1. Volleyball Fundamentals **Author:** Joel Dearing Human Kinetics primer covering serving, passing, setting, attacking, blocking, digging and the libero role, plus team offense, defense and transition. Readers finish able to teach or execute each basic skill and run modified games. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid **Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/1492567299?tag=edmonddante07-20 **Tags:** books, sports-recreation, team-sports ### 2. Coaching Volleyball Successfully **Author:** Sally Kus Written by a US Volleyball Hall of Fame high school coach, this guide covers program philosophy, practice planning, skill instruction, match tactics and player evaluation. Readers come away able to structure a season and run purposeful practices. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid **Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/0736040374?tag=edmonddante07-20 **Tags:** books, sports-recreation, team-sports --- *This content is part of Dantes.io - Your Treasure Map to Knowledge* *Curated by humans at Dantes.io. Personal study use welcome; republishing this curation requires permission (team@dantes.io).* View this page online: https://dantes.io/subject/volleyball