Volleyball · Level 3
Pre-Intermediate
5 sub-levels · 50 tests · 500 facts · updated 25 October 2026
Level 3 puts the skills into a team: positions and roles, rotations and line-ups, serve reception, attack combinations and the basics of team defence.
Sub-levels
Sub-level 3.1Positions and RolesWhat the setter, outside hitter, opposite, middle blocker and libero do in a rally, specialists, who stands opposite whom, the qualities each role needs, the captain and the starting line-up.10 tests · 100 factsSub-level 3.2Rotations and Line-upsHow 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.10 tests · 100 factsSub-level 3.3Serve ReceptionReceive formations with five, four, three and two passers, short and deep serves, how the pass shapes the attack, adjusting to the server, receiving statistics and serve-receive drills.10 tests · 100 factsSub-level 3.4Attack CombinationsTempo, the X play, the slide, the pipe, fast outside sets, overloads and tandems, decoys, plays by rotation, calling plays and what happens when a combination breaks down.10 tests · 100 factsSub-level 3.5Team Defence BasicsBase positions, the line, cross-court and middle-back defenders, block and defence together, single and no block, defending the opposite and the quick, calls in defence and reading the setter.10 tests · 100 facts
Written from
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), general coaching references
- FIVB Coaches Manual (Levels I-II), FIVB OVR 2025-2028 (Rules 7, 15, 19), general coaching references