Volleyball · Stufe 3: Untere Mittelstufe · Unterstufe 3.2
Rotations and Line-ups
10 Tests · 100 Fakten · aktualisiert am 25. Oktober 2026 · Markdown
How rotation works, positional order at the serve, the serving order, starting rotations, hiding players in receive, the setter's path and switching, weak rotations, the libero, substitutions and match-ups.
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Test 1How rotation worksTest machen
Rotating clockwise moves the front-right player, position 2, into position 1.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
With six players, the team passes through six rotations.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
A team rotates only when it wins the serve back from the opponents.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
Clockwise, position 1 moves to position 6.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
Clockwise, the front-left player moves to the front middle.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
As the team rotates, every regular player passes through the serving position.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
Rotation moves everyone round the court, which teams undo with switches after the serve.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
Clockwise: 2, 1, 6, 5, then 4 and 3.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Anwendung
Winning the serve back means rotating, then serving.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Anwendung
B is in position 2, the front right, which moves to position 1 next.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Anwendung
Test 2Positions at the serveTest machen
Each front-row player must be closer to the centre line than the back-row player behind.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
Position 1 is the back-row partner of position 2.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
Front row from left to right is 4, 3, 2.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
After the service hit, players may move anywhere on their court.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
A positional fault gives the point, and the serve, to the opponents.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
The server is behind the end line and outside the positional rules.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
Positions are judged by the feet in contact with the floor.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
Back right 1, back middle 6, back left 5.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Anwendung
Positions count until the serve is struck.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Anwendung
D, in position 6, stands closer to the net than C in position 3 in front of her.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Anwendung
Test 3The serving orderTest machen
The first server is the player written in position 1 on the line-up sheet.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
The rotation order on the line-up sheet holds for the whole set.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
Serving out of order is a rotational fault: point and serve to the opponents.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
The team returns to its correct order, and points scored during the fault are cancelled.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
The toss winner chooses to serve or receive, or which side to play.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
A new toss is held before the deciding set.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
The first serve alternates from set to set.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
Sheets, positions, the check, then the serve.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Anwendung
The first serve alternates each set.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Anwendung
She checks that the players stand as written on the line-up sheet.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Anwendung
Test 4Starting rotationsTest machen
Coaches often number rotations by the setter's position.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
With the setter in the back row, all three front-row players can attack.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
She is in the front row for three rotations and the back row for three.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
Where the setter is decides how many hitters and which plays are available.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
In the front row, the setter fills a spot that would hold an attacker.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
The starting places decide which players meet across the net.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
Three places from the setter in position 1 is position 4.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
Clockwise from position 1.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Anwendung
Scout, plan the match-up, write it down.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Anwendung
Count the three players at the net: none of them is the setter.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Anwendung
Test 5Hiding players in serve receiveTest machen
A setter who passes cannot also set, so teams keep her out of the passing.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
Players may bunch up as long as the front/back and left/right order holds.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
Middles usually pass less well, so the libero and outsides take the serves.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
Stacking moves non-passers out of the way, close to the net or a side line.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
Hiding leaves the passing to the team's best passers.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
A short serve can force a hidden player to pass after all.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
Plan, hide, check and pass.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Anwendung
Players bunched near the net are hidden so the passers can take the serve.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Anwendung
Test 6The setter's path and switchingTest machen
Position 5 is the back left, the farthest point from the target on the right.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
In the front row, she can wait right next to the target.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
The target is near the right side of the net, in front of position 2.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
Starting at the left, she moves to the right side to set.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
Players have only the flight of the serve to reach their spots.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
Hitters move to their favourite attacking side once the ball is served.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
Practised switches mean everyone knows where to go.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
Positions count until the serve; then players switch.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Anwendung
Front right is closest; back left farthest.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Anwendung
Switching after the serve puts each hitter on her favourite side.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Anwendung
Test 7Strong and weak rotationsTest machen
Some rotations put weaker passers or fewer hitters on court together.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
Points won and lost in each rotation show where the team struggles.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
Winning one rally on the opponents' serve rotates the team out of it.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
With the setter in the front row, only two front-row hitters attack.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
A strong start puts pressure on the opponents.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
A specialist can come on for the weak rotation and go off after.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
A team stuck in a weak rotation can lose several points running.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
Measure, find, plan and test.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Anwendung
A time-out, a side-out and the team moves on.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Anwendung
A time-out can break the run in a weak rotation.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Anwendung
Test 8The libero and the rotationTest machen
Both middles hand their back-row turns to her.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
The libero may not play in the front row, so the middle comes back first.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
Under the FIVB rules the libero does not serve, so the middle serves in position 1.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
Like substitutions, replacements are made when the ball is dead.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
Outside hitters can pass; middles are usually weaker in the back row.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
Some coaches use one libero in serve receive and the other in defence.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
The assistant scorer keeps track of libero replacements.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
Serve, swap with the libero, return for the front row.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Anwendung
Liberos always; outsides half the time; middles least, replaced by the libero.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Anwendung
The libero swaps with a middle at the side of the court between rallies.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Anwendung
Test 9Substitutions and the rotationTest machen
Each team has six substitutions per set.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
A substitute takes the place, and the rotation spot, of the player who leaves.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
A starter may leave once and return once per set.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
Substitute and starter are linked for the set.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
When the setter reaches the front row, two subs replace setter and opposite.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
After the swap, the setter is at the back and the net has its hitters.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
Substitutions happen when the ball is out of play.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
Off once, back once, and then they are done.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Anwendung
Two substitutions keep a back-row setter and three hitters in front.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Anwendung
A double switch is two substitutions made together.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Anwendung
Test 10Match-upsTest machen
Match-ups are the pairings of players across the net.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
A strong blocker can take away the opponents' best weapon.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
A different starting rotation changes the pairings across the net.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
The setter's place shapes which hitters are where.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
Each rotation moves players, so the pairings change.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
In a set to 15, the first servers get the most chances.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
A team that repeats its start can be planned for.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Wissen
Observe, plan, choose and hand in.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Anwendung
Review and rewrite between sets.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Anwendung
Putting the best blocker against the best hitter is a planned match-up.
Quelle: FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references · Anwendung
Quellen
FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II) and general coaching references; original questions authored, nothing reproduced. Numbered FIVB rules belong to the Rules category.
- FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references100