Deck 29: Volleyball

Question 1

Setting and spiking skills are appropriate challenge activities for elementary-age children.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Rebounding and controlling balloons are excellent activities for teaching volleyball skills to young children.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Skills instruction for volleyball is introduced during the intermediate grades after youngsters have mastered basic prerequisite skills.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Lowering nets is a way to increase the chance for success.

Question 5

Hand-eye coordination is important for effective ball control.

Question 6

If students can anticipate, they can perform a volleyball block.

Question 7

Because attacking (spiking) and setting are challenging skills, a great deal of time should be devoted to this phase of the game.

Question 8

Beach balls and foam balls can be used effectively for developing fundamental volleyball skills.

Question 9

Setting and attacking are introduced in noncompetitive situations.

Question 10

Visual tracking skills can be developed using balloons in the primary grades.

Question 11

Beach balls decrease the level of success because they are larger and lighter than regular volleyballs.

Question 12

Developmental Level III volleyball instruction begins with a focus on the underhand serve and passing.

Question 13

Few elementary students will be capable of mastering the overhand serve.

Question 14

The overhand serve is easiest for elementary schoolchildren to learn.

Question 15

The forearm pass is typically used to receive the serve and pass the ball to a teammate for a set.

Question 16

The set is used to pass the ball in preparation for an attack.

Question 17

The set is predominantly used by elementary students to return the ball to the other team.

Question 18

The set is generally the second pass in a series of three.

Question 19

Practicing with beach balls and trainer volleyballs allows students more time to reach.

Question 20

Proper footwork is NOT critical in the game of volleyball.

Question 21

Effective instruction is possible only when the balls can be rebounded from the hands and arms without pain.

Question 22

The block is the most effective play in volleyball.

Question 23

At the elementary school level, blocking is often used.

Question 24

Using the fist to hit the ball on normal returns results in good ball control.

Question 25

The predominant instructional pattern for teaching volleyball skills should be individual or partner work.

Question 26

The block is the most effective play in volleyball.

Question 27

At the elementary school level, blocking is often used.

Question 28

Children in wheelchairs can participate successfully in some phases of volleyball.

Question 29

Experiences at this level are based on the use of the beach ball and culminate in the game of Beach Ball Volleyball.

A) Developmental Level I
B) Developmental Level II
C) Developmental Level III
D) Developmental Level IV

Question 30

Which of the following is NOT an instructional cue for serving?

A) "Use opposition."
B) "Transfer the weight to the back foot."
C) "Keep the eyes on the ball."
D) "Decide prior to the serve where it should be placed."

Question 31

Which of the following is NOT an instructional cue for forearm passing?

A) "Move into the path of the ball."
B) "Bend the knees."
C) "Make a table with the arms flat."
D) "Use opposition."

Question 32

Teaching cues for the set include all of the following EXCEPT:

A) jump with hands up.
B) hands up and cupped with fingers spread.
C) shoulder square to the target.
D) push with fingerpads through the ball.

Question 33

Instructional cues for the attack include all of the following EXCEPT:

A) knees bent arms back, head up.
B) contact ball in front of the body.
C) follow through with hand to same side hip.
D) ball rebounds from the hand.

Question 34

Which of the following modifications can achieve more successful serving?

A) Serve from the center of the playing area.
B) Allow another serve if the first is not good.
C) Throw the ball over the net.
D) Allow an assist by a team member.

Question 35

Which of the following activities involves one or more members of the defensive team forming a screen of arms and hands near the net?

A) serving
B) passing
C) blocking
D) spiking

Question 36

What do children need to play volleyball successfully?

Question 37

When students are just beginning to learn how to play volleyball what should informal practices look like?

Question 38

How does a teacher organize practice sessions for instruction in volleyball?