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Varsity Volleyball Tryout Rubric 
A rubric testing 4 skills in volleyball: serve receive, serving, attacking, and blocking. Criteria are based upon varsity level skill. Administer 5 attempts for each skill, and assign each attempt a grade (poor/ fair/ good/ excellent).
Rubric Code: G7BCC3
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Type: Assessment  
Grade Levels: 9-12

Powered by iRubric Varsity Volleyball Tryout Rubric
  Poor

1 pts

Fair

2 pts

Good

3 pts

Excellent

4 pts

TOTAL SCORE (5 att. in each skill)

(N/A)

Serve Receive

Poor

- Balance prior to serve is on heels
- Palms facing down
- Vertical stance with no bend at knees, no depth in hips, bent platform
- "0" option pass
- No effort to dive when necessary
Fair

- Balance is forward before serve, but on heels
- Palms up
- Platform close to body instead of extended in front of knees
- Player's "ready" position to pass has player's head at bottom-net level
- "1" option pass
Good

- Palms up, platform straight and in front of knees
- Balance is primarily on toes, but player may finish the pass on heels
- Player is slightly below bottom-net level when ready to pass
- "2" option pass
Excellent

- Palms up, platform straight and extended in front of body
- Balance is on toes, out in front of knees
- Kness are almost 90 degress, hips are strong
- Player is clearly readyto pass below the bottom-net level
- "3" option pass
TOTAL SCORE (5 att. in each skill)
Serving

Poor

- Player performs no pre-serve routine
- Player consistently errs (net violation or out of bounds)
- Serve has little to no velocity
- Serve clears net by 10 + ft.
Fair

- Player performs pre-serve routine sparingly
- Player can serve the ball in play, but with little zone discretion
- Serve has some velocity, but not suitable for aces at the var. level
- Serve clears net between 9-6 ft.
Good

- Player performs a pre-serve routine all the time
- Player can consistently serve in play and sometimes to the desired zone
- Serve has velocity and can challenge var. level serve receive passing
- Serve clears net between 6-3 ft.
Excellent

- Player performs the same pre-serve routine, everytime
- Player can consitently serve in play and to the desired zone
- Serve has great deal of velocity and can potentially disrupt var. level serve recieve patterns
- Serve clears net by less than 3 ft.
TOTAL SCORE (5 att. in each skill)
Attacking

Poor

- Attacker uses improper footwork
- Little to no reach on swing, zero depth on backswing
- No arm involvement during approach takeoff
- Player errs consistently
Fair

- Attacker sometimes uses proper footwork
- Reach on swing is about 50% of total reaching potential, little depth on backswing
- Some arm involvement on approach takeoff
- Player hits in play, but with no area discretion
Good

- Attacker uses proper footwork
- High reach on swing, but less than maximal backswing
- Arms are consistently involved on approach takeoff
- Player hits in play, and with discretion to area and somewhat a block
Excellent

- Attacker uses proper footwork and footwork specializing in position (4 step for outside hitters/ 3 step for middle blockers)
- Maximal reach on swing and depth on backswing
- Arms are exaggerated during approach takeoff
- Player hits in play, and with discretion to area and a block
TOTAL SCORE (5 att. in each skill)
Defense

Poor

- Player has no clearance or sealing over plane of the net
- Player fails to recognize the opposing hitters intentions
- Player has slow forward and lateral movement
Fair

- Player can 50/50 or soft block, but not challenge the plane of the net
- Player can touch balls on minimal opposing hitter attacks
- Player has fair forward and lateral movement
Good

- Player penetrates the plane of the net and can challenge opposing hitters
- Player can defend 50% of opposing hitters attacks
- Player has good forward and lateral movement
Excellent

- Player penetrates the plane of the net effectively and consistently
- Player can defend a majority of the opposing hitters attacks
- Player has explosive Forward and lateral movement
TOTAL SCORE (5 att. in each skill)
Volleyball IQ

Poor

-player knows none of the areas of the court
-player is unable to process coaches/teammates instruction and apply to the game
-player does not understand schemes and or positions in which they are told to be at.
Fair

- player knows 1/3 of the court areas
- player 1/3 of the time can process information from coaches and/or teammates and apply that knowledge to e game
-player 1/3 of the time understands schemes and/or positions in which they are told to be at.
Good

-player knows 2/3 of the volleyball areas/positions
- player 2/3 of the time can process what the coach/teammates tell them to do and apply that to the game
-player 2/3 of the time understands schemes and/or positions in which they are told to be at
Excellent

-player knows all areas of the court
-player applies what their coaches/teammates tell them to do every time
-players understand all schemes and/or positions which they are told to be in
TOTAL SCORE (5 att. in each skill)



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