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| 1. Description - |
| Introduction to the game of volleyball. Includes basic skills, strategy, and team play.
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| Prerequisite: None
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| Co-requisite: None
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| Advisory: This course is included in the Team Sports Family of activity courses.
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| 2. Course Objectives - |
| The student will be able to:
- explain the history and its influence on the modern game today.
- identify the rules and etiquette of volleyball.
- demonstrate basic fundamental skills of volleyball.
- apply basic offensive and defensive strategy.
- evaluation of one's own skill level.
- increase one's fitness and coordination level through practice and game drills.
- value volleyball as a lifelong fitness activity.
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| 3. Special Facilities and/or Equipment - |
| Comfortable exercise clothing and tennis shoes. Kneepads recommended.
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| 4. Course Content (Body of knowledge) - |
| - History of volleyball and its influences
- origins
- world influence
- introduction to the United States
- Physical benefits of volleyball
- cardiovascular endurance
- improvement of hand/eye coordination
- improvement of jumping ability
- Techniques of volleyball
- forearm pass
- setting
- serving
- blocking
- hitting
- Analysis of individual and team strategy
- offensive
- defensive
- five-one formation
- six-two formation
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| 5. Repeatability - Moved to header area. |
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| 6. Methods of Evaluation - |
| - Oral and written quizzes
- Ability to demonstrate proper volleyball techniques
- Final written test on knowledge of techniques and the rules of volleyball
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| 7. Representative Text(s) - |
| Clemens, Teri, McDowell, Jenny. “The Volleyball Drill Book” American Volleyball Coaches Association . Champaign, IL, Human Kinteics, 2012.
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| 8. Disciplines - |
| Physical Education
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| 9. Method of Instruction - |
| Cooperative learning exercises, Laboratory, Demonstration
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| 10. Lab Content - |
| Lab content may contain but not limited to:
- Development of beginning volleyball techniques
- pass
- serve
- hitting
- digging
- blocking
- Increased knowledge of team play strategies: offense/defense
- four-two offensive strategy
- five-one offensive strategy
- rotation defense
- perimeter defense
- middle up defense
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| 11. Honors Description - No longer used. Integrated into main description section. |
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| 12. Types and/or Examples of Required Reading, Writing and Outside of Class Assignments - |
| Optional reading and writing assignments recommended by instructor.
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| 13. Need/Justification - |
| This course meets the Foothill GE Requirements for Area VII, Lifelong Learning.
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