Modern volleyball uses rally-point scoring: a point is awarded on every rally regardless of which team served. Matches are best-of-five sets. The first four sets are played to 25 points and the deciding fifth set to 15, but a team must always win by a two-point margin, so sets can extend beyond the target - 26-24, 30-28 - until someone leads by two.
Both describe how a team organises its setters. In a 5-1, a single setter runs the offence through all six rotations, giving consistency and one dedicated right-side attacker, the opposite. The drawback is that in three rotations the setter is in the front row, leaving only two front-row hitters.
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Modern volleyball uses rally-point scoring: a point is awarded on every rally regardless of which team served. Matches are best-of-five sets. The first four sets are played to 25 points and the deciding fifth set to 15, but a team must always win by a two-point margin, so sets can extend beyond the target - 26-24, 30-28 - until someone leads by two.
Both describe how a team organises its setters. In a 5-1, a single setter runs the offence through all six rotations, giving consistency and one dedicated right-side attacker, the opposite. The drawback is that in three rotations the setter is in the front row, leaving only two front-row hitters.
The libero is a specialised back-row defender, introduced in 1998 to raise the standard of reception and floor defence, and the rules deliberately confine the role to defence. A libero cannot complete an attack on a ball that is entirely above the height of the net, cannot block or attempt to block, and generally cannot serve, though some competitions permit it in one rotation.
For indoor competition the net is set at 2.43 metres for men and 2.24 metres for women, measured at the centre of the court; the two ends may sit fractionally higher but within a small tolerance. The men's height dates to the sport's early standardisation and has remained fixed for generations. Youth, seated and some recreational categories use lower nets.
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