Test questions

Answer: The contact is at the proximal phalanges of the fingers, and it must be simultaneous and bouncing-off. This can be achieved if the fingers are stretched when contacting the ball. The ball must not be caught and held. The contact is in front of the forehead, about 15-20 cm from it. The bouncing ball is enhanced by the stretching elbows, the palms point toward the ball. The arms are parallel after the contact, they do not open.

Answer: The contact surface is enhanced by turning the wrists back and down, thus the stretched state of the elbow is provided. The contact surface is formed at the moment before the contact; the hands are closed under the ball like a “latch”, and are ready to receive the ball, and then to send it.

Answer: The straight underhand serve has two versions, but the main difference is that in the first case, the ball tossed for the hit is hit by the server in the falling phase; in the other case, the server hits it in the rising phase.

Answer: We speak of a star formation if the center front row player is near the net, the other players perform the task of serve reception, positioning at equal distance from him. A major advantage of this line-up is that the location of the set is precisely defined (at the center), therefore the fellow players can precisely align the ball to it.

Answer: We can talk about mini-volleyball if there is a 3-on-3 game on the reduced area of the volleyball court. The organization of the game is not fixed; the students can send the ball by most advantageous type of contact in the playing situation. The serve is received by a student on the backcourt, by underarm contact, who then passes it to student near the net; who, through an aligning movement, takes the position from where the ball can be passed to a third fellow player, by setting; who finishes the movement (by hitting, lifting or sending over the ball).

A video on mini-basketball is available at the link below.