History of Volleyball By: LuAnn Schindler The history of volleyball combines sports finesse and ingenuity to create a fast-paced athletic competition. Too Slow For Basketball William G. Morgan‚ education director at the Holyoke‚ Massachusetts‚ YMCA watched the game of basketball grow in popularity. His coworker‚ Dr. James Naismith‚ invented basketball‚ but Morgan saw a potential weakness in the game. Older players who weren’t in shape had a tough time keeping up with the action up and down the
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Society “Dig” Volleyball as a Subculture? I. Introduction The individuality within diverse subcultures has given so much to society already. Subcultures such as volleyball have been given a chance to grow in our society and spread to other cultures connecting nations across the globe. It takes time for a subculture to be accepted by our society today. Once it is accepted‚ membership in subculture grows as more people feel comfortable joining a mainstream subculture such as volleyball. However‚ to
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Historical Development of Volleyball On February 9‚ 1895‚ in Holyoke‚ Massachusetts (USA)‚ William G. Morgan‚ a YMCA physical education director‚ created a new game calledMintonette as a pastime to be played (preferably) indoors and by any number of players. The game took some of its characteristics from tennisand handball. Another indoor sport‚ basketball‚ was catching on in the area‚ having been invented just ten miles (sixteen kilometers) away in the city of Springfield‚ Massachusetts‚ only four
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How To Play Volleyball! Imagine you are in a dark‚ deserted‚ brick alleyway. A night owl hoots in the distance. Your phone just died and you are ten miles away from home. You are bored out of your mind because you cannot think of anything to do. Zing! A motorcycle coughing black smoke streaks by‚ but does not notice you. No one is walking by because the dingy‚ damp alleyway you are stranded in is not a place anyone wants to be. It is so quiet you could hear a pin drop. If you have a ball‚ you
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numerous clubs and activities I’m a part of‚ each with a lesson to teach. I started volleyball at eight-years-old and can’t imagine my life without it. Volleyball has taught me to always be passionate about what I’m doing; if I’m willing to launch myself across a court onto an incredibly hard floor just so a volleyball won’t do the same‚ I have to be pretty passionate. I take the passion that I have for volleyball and apply it to my everyday life through diligently completing my homework
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Volleyball Mr. Grey 11:00–11:50 The Game of Volleyball Objective of the game The object of the game of Volleyball is for each team to send the ball regularly over the net to ground it on the opponent’s court‚ and to prevent the ball from being grounded on its own court. Basic Outline of play: The player on the back right position serves the ball by hitting it over the net to the opponent’s court. A team is not allowed to hit the ball three times in attempt to return the ball
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Terminologies of Volleyball * ASSIST - Passing or setting the ball to a team mate who attacks the ball for a kill. This stat is normally only logged for high school‚ college‚ and National/Olympic team play. * BLOCK - A defensive play by one or more players meant to deflect a spiked ball back to the hitter’s court. It may be a combination of one‚ two or three players jumping in front of the opposing spiker and contacting the spiked ball with the hands. * FOUL - A violation of the rules
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he had arrived at Mission Beach. The sun was pretty much sky high on this early September day. He stood for a while gazing in the direction of the sand and sea. His hands were calmly by his sides. Noticing that the sun was too bright for his eyes‚ he slowly‚ with coolness about him‚ slid his sunglasses down from atop his head to the level of his eyes. The sunglasses were black and of a surfer brand style. Johnny could now see the details of what was happening upon the beach without squinting his eyes
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Prof. Renato Echavez Jr. I. HISTORY OF VOLLEYBALL Volleyball originated in the United States in 1895 as a blend of basketball‚ baseball‚ tennis‚ and handball. Today‚ volleyball has spread to 211 countries around the world‚ and is recognized as a truly international‚ widely played‚ popular sport. In 1895‚ William G. Morgan‚ an instructor at the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) in Holyoke‚ Mass. Morgan created the game of volleyball‚ at that time called mintonette. In
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Volleyball In 1895‚ William G. Morgan developed the game “Mintonette”‚ otherwise known as volleyball. He originally created this game for businessmen because of its lack of physical contact. Morgan adopted many aspects from several other sports such as the net from tennis. He also borrowed skills from basketball‚ baseball‚ and handball. One day while demonstrating the game‚ a comment was made that the game was more about volleying‚ resulting in the more modern name‚ volleyball. After the first
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