What is the position offside in volleyball?

Answer 1

This is kind of complicated, but I'll try. Offside is a position in volleyball. The power, center and setter are the three people in the front row at game start. The power is on the left, the center in the center and the setter on the right. Because of the rotation you have to do on the court, you're always moving around. So..how do you always have your power in the power position, the setter in the setter position and the center in the center positions if they're rotating around the court? Imagine that your team is serving. your power is on the front right, your center is on the front left and your setter is in the center. (This isn't possible in a game situation, but just imagine). Because you aren't allowed to be out of rotation, all three front row players line up beside each other, but without crossing each other. They are still in rotation, in the center of the court. When the ball crosses the net on the serve, then each of the players run to their position, getting out of rotation..but it's okay since it isn't on the serve. As soon as another serve is taken, each player must get back into rotation and do this all over again.

So, you know the attack line? The three back row players aren't allowed to spike it if they're ahead of this line. Once your power gets to the back court, he can't switch to his front left position because he isn't allowed to spike. So on the court everyone has exactly opposite them, someone in the same position. As soon as your power gets to the back row, your other power is just getting into the front row, and this is continuous. Same with the center. But the setter is ALWAYS in the front right. He's allowed to be there because he isn't going to spike the ball, even if he starts in a back row position. So one way or another, he will get there.

This is where the offside comes in. The offside is opposite the setter. He rotates around the court, and while in the front court, always switches (after the serve) to where the setter would normally be..and will be. The offside jumps up to block, and is an option for the setter to back set to, to spike.

So imagine that the other time has the ball Your setter starts in the back left and needs to get to the front right. They receive it, pass it to the setter, the setter passes it to their power. The offside is there, up to block the ball (with the center) and the setter is right behind him ready for the tip. So..the other team spikes the ball past the offside and into the back court, your time gets it up and while doing this, the offside steps back to give the setter some space so set, and is ready for a back set and a spike.

That's it.. what you understood I'm not sure! But it's all there!