Team entertainment, requiring the participation of three to eight people in each group and conducted as physical education classes in schools, summer camps and even kindergartens, is the Pionerball game. In schools, volleyball is used during lessons, and the court is no different from ordinary volleyball parquet. The only difference is the height of the mesh is artificially reduced for the convenience of children.
If you wanted to play in the yard during the holidays or rest, you can draw the boundaries of the playing area with a stick, pull the rope, and use any suitable projectile from another sport as a ball, including a children's rubber ball.
The rules for playing pioneer ball are quite simple. First, the team giving the first is determined by lot, then the opponents are located on both sides of the net, and one of the group members goes to the far end of the court. He tries to successfully throw the ball to the other side, so that the object flies over the net. Defending players must catch the ball and throw it in the opposite direction.
All actions are very reminiscent of the volleyball rules of the game. Pionerball has several differences from this sport. First, the ball must be caught, not beaten off. Secondly, holding it in your hands can not take more than three steps. Thirdly, only one transfer is allowed during ownership. The main task is to throw the ball so that it touches the opponent’s area, respectively, they should not be caught with their hands. For every touch of the floor a victory point is awarded. In total, you need to dial 15.
But this fascinating activity has not only its own rules of the game. Pionerbol, among other things, is aimed at the development of the child both physically and mentally. Here are some important nuances that teachers are guided by when conducting such lessons with their children:
- training in ball possession at a high level;
- the development of the ability to play in a team, to assist in difficult situations to their comrades, to subordinate their own desires to the interests of the group;
- the development of volleyball equipment, improving the formation of the basic systems of the body, improving physical fitness and development;
- the development of a conscious ability to go towards a goal, an understanding of the rules of the Pionerball game with awareness of all the important points;
- familiarization with the history of volleyball, positioning this sport as the highest level of pioneer ball;
- teaching the essence of collective exercises with the ball with emphasis on the goals and rules of the game, while the pioneer ball should make it clear the direction of further sports development of the child;
- the formation of the simplest technical and tactical actions: individual tactics, supply and transfer of the ball, blocking, throws through the net;
- development of orientation skills, speed, coordination of movements, dexterity and endurance.
In conclusion, I would like to note the existence of the Pionerball game in a more complex version, when there are two goals on the court. In this case, the main difference from the basic rules is to prevent the balls from being on one side of the playing field at the same time.