This question was attempted by many candidates and they did fairly well. However, few candidates gave wrong answers for objectives of the All Africa Games as physical and mental health, development of team play, to encourage mass participation of athletes, to create forum for athletes to meet socially.
The expected answers were as follows:
Objectives of the All African Games: To
- fight injustice and discrimination among member nations
- bring independent countries together for unity
- integrate African sports into the world of sports
- raise the standard of sports in member countries
- encourage interaction among youths
- encourage cultural interaction among nations
Size – (Not less than 10 lines)
Accuracy – (Sideline longer than baseline)
Labeling
- Sideline
- Baseline
- Attack line
- Centre line
- Functions of volleyball officials
(i) First referee
- He controls the game
- Inspects playing area/balls/equipment
- Performs the toss with team captains
- Issues warnings
- Sanctions misconducts/delays
- Signs the score sheets
(ii) Scorer:
- Registers the team/line up
- Records the points scored
- Controls the service order of each team
- Records time-out/players substitution
- Announces end of set
- Notifies the referee of the request for interruption that is out of order
- Records any sanctions
- Signs the score sheets
(iii) Line judges:
- Signals ‘in’ and ‘out’ of ball
- Signals foot faults of serve
- Signals when the ball touches the antenna/ball crosses the net outside crossing space
- Signals if any player steps outside the playing court during serving.
(d) The instance when a held ball is declared in a basketball game
- When two or more opposing players get their hands firmly on the ball (and none can gain possession without undue roughness).
- When one closely guarded player is withholding the ball from play and is making no apparent effort to put the ball in play within 5 seconds.
