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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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    History of Volleyball

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    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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    Volleyball History The sport of volleyball originated in the United States‚ and is now just achieving the type of popularity in the U.S. that it has received on a global basis‚ where it ranks behind only soccer among participation sports. Today there are more than 46 million Americans who play volleyball. There are 800 million players worldwide who play Volleyball at least once a week. In 1895‚ William G. Morgan an instructor at the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) in Holyoke‚ Mass

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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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    Here is your essay on Volleyball ! Volleyball is a team game which has six players that play on either side of the net. A set of rules decide the score that each team is able to make against the other team. The game begins with a player from one team throwing the ball using hand or arm over the net so that the opposite team can receive it on their court. The basic rule is to prevent the received ball from hitting the ground so that it can be thrown back to the other team with up to 3 touches from

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    2011 Illustration/Compare-Contrast Indoor and Beach Volleyball have gained immense popularity over the years. They’re both very fun sports that anyone at any age can enjoy. Although most people would think both sports are the same‚ the truth is they are very different. The environment‚ rules of play and the collegiate opportunities that many players have are a few of the main components that separate these sports. Indoor volleyball was invented in Holyoke Massachusetts by William G. Morgan

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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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    Since I have decided to become a better volleyball player‚ I will condition and study the sport. First‚ every day I will go to the gym‚ run for fifteen minutes to help with my endurance and lift weights every other day‚ such as squatting and deadlifting. By going to the gym‚ it will help me to keep up with my more advanced volleyball friends during long rallies and long games. In order to help with my volleyball skills‚ I plan on going to local San Jose open gyms. At the open gyms‚ I will focus on

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    Basketball vs Volleyball

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    Jordan Kinder Basketball vs. Volleyball Basketball and Volleyball are different and similar in many ways. This essay is going to compare and contrast these two popular sports‚ comparing things such as the sense of teamwork needed for both sports‚ and showing contrast in the aspects of them‚ like the number of players on each team. Basketball and Volleyball have many differences‚ such as how many players are on the court and how many positions are played. Basketball is played with five players

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    Rohan Savara Rohan Savara Fitness Components of Volleyball Fitness Components of Volleyball 29th of January 2012 Year 11E Year 11E What is Volleyball? Volleyball is a game for two teams‚ usually of six players‚ in which a (volley)ball is hit by hand over a high net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team ’s court. A player on one of the teams begins a ’rally ’ by serving the ball (tossing or releasing it and then hitting it with a hand or arm)‚ from behind

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