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Volleyball Skills Rubric

Volleyball Excellent Advanced Intermediate Basic No Skill

Skills Skill Skill Skill Level 2 Skill Level 0
Level 4 Level 3 pts. Level 1 pts.
pts. pts. pt.
Setting Student’s Student’s Student’s hands Student’s No effort
hands are hands are are not above hands are
ready above ready above their head and in not ready
their head their head in a diamond shape. above their
and in a a diamond Student pushes head and in
diamond shape. their hands too a diamond
shape. Student early or to late shape.
Student pushes their upwards as the Student
pushes their hands ball approaches. pushes their
hands upwards as hands to
upwards as the ball Student contact early or too
the ball approaches. the ball with late upwards
approaches. Student their palm as the ball
Student contacts the Student does not approaches.
contacts the ball with use their body to
ball with their finger- help hit the ball Student
their finger- tips. over the net. slaps at the
tips. ball with
Students do their hands.
Student’s not use their Student’s
uses their body to help does not use
body to help hit the ball. their body
hit the ball to help hit
over the net. the ball over
the net.
Serving Student Student Students holds Student No effort
holds ball in holds ball in ball in non- holds ball in
Underhand non-serving non-serving serving hands. non- serving
hand. hand. Before the hand.
Student Student student serves Before the
holds ball in holds ball in they throw the student
non-serving non-serving ball into the air serves they
hand the hand the or drop the ball throw the
whole time whole time before contact. ball into the
and does not and does not Student swings air. Student
throw the throw the serving arm swings arms
 ball up or ball up or under control sideways or
drop it. drop it. before making without full
Student Student does contact. control.
takes a not take a Student
powerful step before Serve is makes poor
step before serving. inaccurate due to contact with
serving. timing issues the ball or
Student with throwing misses the
Student makes good the ball into the ball while
makes good contact with air before the serving.
contact with the ball while serve.
the ball serving.
while Student
serving. follows
Student has through with
good follow their serving
through hand in
producing a accurately
straight producing an
serve over inaccurate
the net. serve.
Forearm Hands are Hands are Hands are not Hands are No effort
clasped clasped clasped. not clasped.
Bump Pass together together Student’s arms Student’s
using proper using proper are slightly bent arms are
grip. grip. before they strike bent before
Student’s Student’s the ball. they strike
arms are arms are the ball.
straight straight Student swings Student
before they before they arms at the swings arms
strike the strike the proper time and at the
ball. Student ball. Student makes good improper
swings arms swings arms contact with the time and
at the proper at the proper ball traveling poor contact
time and time and over the net 25- with the ball
makes good makes good 50% of the time. traveling
contact with contact with over the net
the ball the ball 0-25% of
traveling traveling the time
over the net over the net Student
75-100% of 50-75% of contacts the
the time. the time. ball with
their hands.
Spike Hits the top Does not Does not take Just jumps No effort
of the ball to take two two steps s to straight in
create a steps s to create a forwards the air and
spin. create a speed. Places does not
Spiker takes forwards right foot to the take two
two steps to speed. Places ground when steps s to
create a right foot to create a
forwards the ground setter touches the forwards
speed. when setter ball speed.
Places right touches the Places right
foot to the ball Does not make foot to the
ground good contact ground
when setter Does not with the ball. when setter
make good Does not have touches the
touches the contact with the correct form ball Does
ball. This is the ball. with his hand not make
to generate Has the (Thumb tucked good
a higher correct form under fingers contact with
jump. with his hand which are the ball.
Makes good (Thumb extended.
contact with tucked under Does not
the ball and fingers Slaps at the ball. have the
while in the which are Touches the net. correct form
air reaching extended. with his
as high as Does not hand
you can. touch the net (Thumb
tucked
Does not under
touch the fingers
net. which are
Has the extended.
correct form
with his Slaps at the
hand ball.
(Thumb Touches the
tucked net.
under
fingers
which are
extended