What does sideout mean in volleyball

Hayley Australian. Natasha Australian. Veena Indian. Priya Indian. Neerja Indian. Zira US English. Oliver British. Wendy British. Fred US English. Tessa South African. How to say side out in sign language? Select another language:. Ross serves the ball to their opponent, who puts up a perfect set for the outside hitter who then slams the ball down for a kill.

Johnson jump serves the ball to the receiving team who immediately returns the ball back over the net. The libero misplays the ball and hits it out of bounds, causing a side out and her teams opportunity to continue serving. In older, previous versions of volleyball rules, the original meaning of the term side out meant that a team could only receive a point if they were the serving team.

Some other things you might be wondering…. Rally scoring is the system most forms of modern volleyball follow today. Rally scoring in volleyball makes matches a little easier to handle. With the old sideout system, matches could go on, and on… and on. This was a problem for volleyball fans--who wants to sit around and watch a 6 hours of volleyball?

Okay, maybe you do, but the general public were switching off after the first set. With the rally scoring system, we have a much better idea of how long a volleyball match will take. Think about it in your own experience:. Ever had a tournament where the court before you went way over time?

Sideout scoring was like that, but on steroids. He graduated from the University of Victoria's Department of Writing and currently works as a reporter and photographer for a twice-weekly newspaper north of the 55th parallel.

By: Ian Graham. Published: 14 October,