Abstract
Little attention has been paid to the distinguishing competitive characteristics of volleyball, despite the importance of this issue. This study treated these characteristics as lthe special characteristics that distinguish volleyball from other sports.z The purpose of this study was to clarify the distinguishing competitive characteristics of volleyball. The definition of volleyball, which describes these characteristics, is as follows: lVolleyball is a sport played by two teams on a playing court divided by a net, within the limit of three hits in the team allowed before sending the ball to the opponent's court, they repeatedly attack by aiming to have the ball contact the ground on the opponent's court, repeatedly defend against the same attacks made by the opposing team, and compete for a point obtained by winning a rally.z This study concluded that the symbolic moving form emblematic of volleyball is the lspike,z a typical scoring skill. The reason was the attack-point by spikes results in the highest number of points achieved in volleyball games.
