Citrus College Course Outline of Record
| Heading | Value |
|---|---|
| Effective Term: | Fall 2026 |
| Credits: | 3 |
| Total Contact Hours: | 162 |
| Lab Hours: | 162 |
| Hours Arranged: | 0 |
| Outside of Class Hours: | 0 |
| Total Student Learning Hours: | 162 |
| Strongly Recommended: | Advanced volleyball skills to participate in a competitive collegiate experience. |
| Transferable to CSU: | Yes |
| Transferable to UC: | Yes - Approved |
| Grading Method: | Standard Letter, Pass/No Pass |
Catalog Course Description
Intercollegiate competition in women's varsity volleyball. This course may be taken four times. 162 lab hours.
Course Objectives
- display a high level of skills necessary to compete at the intercollegiate volleyball level
- demonstrate an awareness of team work, sportsmanship and responsibility in a competitive situation
- demonstrate the ability to understand and apply concepts of group dynamics in attempting to reach a common athletic goal
- diagnose opponent’s weaknesses and formulate an offensive adjustment
- analyze and apply offensive and defensive game strategies
- develop and maintain a cardiovascular and strength program designed to assist the individual in intercollegiate competition
Major Course Content
All lab content.
Lab Content
Women's Varsity Volleyball includes instructor guided practice and demonstration in the following content areas:
- Development of Individual Skills with Emphasis on
- Blocking
- single block
- double block
- triple block
- purpose of each
- body position for block
- recovery
- Hitting
- on-hand, off-hand, middle and back row attacks
- cross court attack
- down-the-line
- high set
- low set
- purpose of each
- body position
- Approach
- Jump
- Arm Swing
- Contact
- Follow Through
- Blocking
- Passing
- Body Positioning
- Arm Position
- Types of Passes
- serve Receive
- digging
- overhead pass
- Serving
- Mechanics of Overhand Serve
- Starting Position
- Arm Position
- Toss
- Stride
- Contact Point
- Float Serve
- Top Spin Serve
- Jump Serve
- Strategies for Serving
- Serving Areas
- Varying Trajectory
- Vary Types of Serve
- Serving to certain players
- Mechanics of Overhand Serve
- Setting and Overhead Passing
- Body Position
- Hand Position
- Contact Point
- Release and Follow Through
- Team Strategy
- Court position
- serving
- receiving
- Offense
- 6-0 offense
- 6-2 offense
- 5-1 offense
- Defense
- cross court attacks
- down-the-line attacks
- dump and tipping attack
- Court position
- Rules of the Game
- NCAA rules
- International rules
- Competition
- pre-conference
- conference
- tournament play
Suggested Reading Other Than Required Textbook
instructor handouts
NCAA rulebook
Examples of Required Writing Assignments
Complete written summaries of team offenses and defenses and various types of game strategies.
Examples of Outside Assignments
Practice skills.
Participate in activities related to course lab.
The student is expected to observe high level competition, analyze these performances and attempt to apply the observations in competition.
Instruction Type(s)
Lab, Online Education Lab