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Unit
5
Game

Different physical activities which are played in entertaining and competitive way
are called games. It provides entertainment and directly helps children develop
their physical mental, social and emotional aspects.

1. Volleyball

Volleyball is an entertaining game which is played in the court sized 9m width and
18m length putting a net across the center line without letting the ball drop/ fall
on the ground. This game is played between two teams having 6 players each. This

game starts with the service. The serviced ball is volleyed /passed each other three
times and tried to drop in the court of the servicing team from over the net. The
opposing team gets one point and a turn to service the ball when the ball drops on
the ground of any side. Likewise, the opposite team gets one point and the turn

for servicing if one team plays foul or sends the ball out. The game ends whenever
a team scores 25 points (the winner is determined on the basis of 25 point score).
A team need to win three sets out of five sets. We learned fingering, digging under
hand service among the basic skills of volleyball game in the previous classes. In

this unit, we practise overhead service and the setting of this game.
a. Overhead Service

Overhead service is an important basic skill in volleyball.

Overhead service is a process in which a player called service
person throws the ball over his/ her head and hits the ball with
the palm of his/ her another hand or the same hand and sends
the ball to the opposite court from above the net. In order
to do this service, the player should stand stretched forward

looking at the net with one leg front and another back. Then,
the player should throw the ball in the air over his/ her head
and hit the ball sending it to opposite court.

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