Professional Volleyball

Question 0

How can a volleyball team win a point?

Answer 0

If the ball touch

Question 1

What qualities are shown in a professional volleyball player?

Answer 1

Right actions, good timing, adaptive responses, well organised, react quickly, consistency and accuracy

Question 2

What score is a typical volleyball played till?

Answer 2

25, but the winning team needs to win by 2 or more points.

Question 3

What is a motor or movement skill?

Answer 3

It is an activity that involves voluntary muscular movement with the correct degree of muscular control, to complete a reasonably complex predetermined task.

Question 4

Skill performance is classified by?

Answer 4

Flowing, smooth and sequential movement, right action, relaxed during movement, quick reaction with precision, high level of consistency, perfect timing, organised movement

Question 5

What are the three learning stages in order?

Answer 5

Cognitive (beginner), associative (intermediate, training level) & autonomous (advanced/expert)

Question 6

What is the cognitive stage of learning?

Answer 6

Thinking phase of learning, must see a skill performed to reproduce the action, instruction of specific teaching cues for required action, requires continuous feedback, skills performed at low level of fluency and accuracy

Question 7

What is the associative stage of learning?

Answer 7

Practiced skill till it is performed consistent and accurate,
Associate the feeling of the movement to the outcome (visual promotes not required), instruction focusing on encouraging of practice constructive feedback

Question 8

What is the autonomous stage of learning?

Answer 8

Advanced phase of skill development; skills performed at a high level of proficiency and accuracy no thought needed for the mechanics of the skill - automatic response

Question 9

What is a gross motor skill?

Answer 9

It involves the movements of large parts of the body or of the whole body

Question 10

What is a fine motor skill?

Answer 10

It involves precise hand or finger movement skills

Question 11

What is an outcome goal?

Answer 11

They are to do with winning or performing better then someone else. Eg. Selected to represent your national team.

Question 12

What is a performance goal?

Answer 12

It concentrates solely on comparing the individual’s performance with their previous performance. Eg running 400m in less then 55 seconds

Question 13

What is a process goal?

Answer 13

They focus on the technique of a performance rather then the overall result. Eg. Completing the hurdles by using the correct number of strides between hurdles and not changing lead legs.

Question 14

What is an open motor skill?

Answer 14

It is a skill performed in an unpredictable environment in which the object or context is changing. The location of defenders and the flight path of the ball are factors to which the performer must respond.

Question 15

What is a closed motor skill?

Answer 15

It is a skill performed in a highly predictable environment in which the performer is in full control of the timing of the movements. The performer can commence the action when they are ready.

Question 16

How could someone at a cognitive/associative/autonomous level improve their dig?

Answer 16

They can get a chair and have a ball thrown to them and they have to keep the same form all the way through and they lift their body to follow through with the ball without withdrawing from the chair completely and return the ball (beginner)

They can have the ball thrown to them without the chair but they have to return it over the net.

They have to return the ball over the net with correct technique and fluency, when the ball is thrown from all different angles and heights.

Question 17

How can someone at a cognitive/associative/autonomous level improve their serve?

Answer 17

Beginner - practice the ball toss in the air to a comfortable height to hit, and continue this until the ball is thrown to the correct height and without spin. Practice with feet aswel

Intermediate - practice the serve with the right technique but use the net to show a clear goal and aim

Expert - practice this serve but have aims or dot points on the defensive court so there are clear markings as to wear the ball should go

Question 18

How could someone on a cognitive/associative/autonomous level improve their setting?

Answer 18

Beginner- Practice the right technique with diamond shaped hands bent knees, arms and hips slightly. Contact with fingers, extend legs and arms toward target, transfer weight.

Intermediate - practice this but to a spiker so that it’s more game like

Expert - practice to a spiker but with a blocker too, so that if the blocker gets it back over the net the player can then practice changing quickly to a dig or whatever is needed.