Sport as an extracurricular activity meets the needs of all generations for movement and play, development of skills, qualities and sport knowledge, preservation and promotion of health and sport expression and creativity. By participating in sports activities students build theoretical knowledge, become familiar with the application of rules and fair play, equipment and tools specific to a particular sport. Due to the small number of lessons it is difficult to fit into regular classes some specific tasks in addition to those prescribed, so the sedentary lifestyle and the emergence of a number of health problems in all younger age, speaks in favor of dealing with the additional activity.This paper presents volleyball as an extracurricular activity and its possible influence on the anthropological status of female students in higher grades of elementary school. Depending on the frequency of training, observed research results speak mostly in favor of the positive impact of volleyball on the anthropological status of students. It turned out that it is extremely important how the planned program is preformed and how continuously students attend the chosen activity. Among other things, serious impacts have teachers and parents, primarily as motivators. The main goals of practicing volleyball in elementary school is education but also the fulfillment of educational component in the teaching process. That is the reason why an extracurricular activity is not only for extremely talented students, but for all those who have tendency to perform that activity. The program of volleyball in this age is mostly focused on learning the basics of movement, elements of volleyball and volleyball techniques. Certainly, the student participation in selected activities is also appreciated because in the end, the satisfaction that comes out from, in such a way formed free time is priceless. The paper briefly describes all of these components, and while writing the work, all available literature in print and electronic form was used, as well as the interviews and experiences of physical education professors.