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Reema Patel
Assignment 5.07
In the Special Olympics Volleyball the players can serve directly out of their hand. They can use a 3 or 5 serve rule. When one server scores 3 or 5 points (depending on the tournament), the serving team will rotate and keep serving, or, if they score 3 or 5 points, they will lose the serve and the other team will get the serve. It just depends on the tournament being played. There is also a rule against dominance. The rule is that one or two players may not dominate play. It is particularly used in unified volleyball, where 3 Special Olympians and 3 partners will pair up and play. The partners may not dominate the play, excluding the Special Olympians.
In regular volleyball the server must make sure there is a clear distance between the hand and the ball during the serve. The same server keeps serving until the set is over or the other team wins the rally. Also the serve must be returned by a bump only, no setting or attacking a serve. There is no dominance rule during regular volleyball. During volleyball the ball must be clearly visible to opponents before serve.
Some similarities, however that both Special Olympic Volleyball and regular volleyball have in common is that the server must serve from behind the restraining line (end line) until after contact. The ball must be clearly visible to opponents before serve. The served ball may graze the net and drop to the other side for point. The game must be won by 2 points. Another similarity between the two is that the team must rotate each time they win a serve. Players may not hit the ball twice in succession in both types of volleyball also.