Volleyball Positions and Rotation

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FIVB 2025–2028 indoor volleyball rules on rotation, positions, and ball contacts.

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1. FIVB 2025–2028: At service contact, which team must be positioned in rotational order?

   1. The serving team
   2. The front-row players only
   3. Both teams
   4. The receiving team
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   D) The receiving team

2. For the receiving team, where must a front-row player be relative to the corresponding back-row player at service contact?

   1. Closer to the same sideline
   2. Closer to the end line
   3. Closer to the center line
   4. In a free position
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   C) Closer to the center line

3. For the receiving team, how must the right and left players be positioned relative to the middle player at service contact?

   1. At equal distances
   2. Closer to their respective sidelines
   3. In free positions
   4. Closer to the center line
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   B) Closer to their respective sidelines

4. FIVB 2025–2028: How may the serving team's players position themselves at service contact?

   1. In free positions
   2. In the back row only
   3. In the front row only
   4. In required rotational positions
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   A) In free positions

5. Which record determines a team's serving order?

   1. Players' height order
   2. The lineup sheet at set start
   3. Players' uniform numbers
   4. Player positions in the previous rally
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   B) The lineup sheet at set start

6. When the receiving team gains the right to serve, which way do its players rotate?

   1. No rotation
   2. Clockwise
   3. Toward the court center
   4. Counterclockwise
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   B) Clockwise

7. Under FIVB 2025–2028 rules, how far is the rear edge of the attack line from the axis of the center line?

   1. 3 m
   2. 4 m
   3. 2 m
   4. 5 m
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   A) 3 m

8. Which action is a back-row player's blocking fault?

   1. A block attempt without touching the ball
   2. A completed block by a front-row player
   3. A completed block
   4. A defensive contact outside a block
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   C) A completed block

9. Excluding a block contact, how many times may a team play the ball before returning it?

   1. Twice
   2. Four times
   3. Three times
   4. Five times
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   C) Three times

10. After a block, if the blocker contacts the ball again on the first team hit, what condition applies?

    1. An automatic double-contact fault
    2. Permission to catch the ball
    3. A required fourth team hit
    4. Consecutive contacts during one action
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    D) Consecutive contacts during one action