These guides explain the volleyball ideas Rotato is built on. They follow the NFHS (high school) and USA Volleyball (club) rulebooks. Rules change from year to year, and state associations and regions can modify them, so check your current rulebook before a match.
- Volleyball rotations explainedHow volleyball rotations work: the six zones, who serves, when a team rotates, front-row and back-row rules, and why Rotation 1 means different things.
- 5-1 vs 6-25-1 vs 6-2 in volleyball: who sets, how many front-row hitters each gives you, the substitutions a 6-2 needs, and when a 4-2 or 5-2 makes sense.
- Serve receive overlap rulesHow volleyball overlap rules work at the serve: which players are checked against each other, how feet decide it, legal stacks, and common overlap mistakes.
- Libero rulesVolleyball libero rules explained: who the libero can replace, serving, two liberos under NFHS 2026-27 and USAV, what the libero can't do, and common mistakes.
Want to see it on a court? Rotato draws all six rotations for your own lineup on iPad and Mac, and checks overlap as you drag.