History of Volleyball Today the sport of Volleyball is 119 years old; there are more than 46 million people in North America who play volleyball. There are 800 million players worldwide who play volleyball at least once a week. Volleyball was created in 1895 by William G. Morgan an instructor at the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) in Holyoke‚ Mass. William Morgan wanted to create a game which would have less physical contact then basketball for his class of businessmen at the time. William
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Adaption and the user’s perspective: Listening to the voice of the client to inform reasoning. Introduction The biomechanical frame of reference sees an individual in terms of their capacity for movement‚ muscle strength and endurance. Due to disease of injury and individual quality of motion‚ strength and endurance may limit their ability to fulfill an occupational need. The biomechanical model used three areas to address a decreased quality of motion‚ prevention‚ restoration and compensation (Kielhofner
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History of Volleyball On February 9‚ 1895‚ in Holyoke‚ Massachusetts‚ William G. Morgan‚ a YMCA P.E. director‚ made a game called Mignonette as a fun game to pass time by ‚ to be mostly be played inside but could be played outside‚ by any number of players. The game took some of its characteristics from tennis and handball. Another indoor sport‚ basketball was becoming popular in the area due to the fact that it had been invented just ten mile away for Springfield Massachusetts‚ four years before
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THE HISTORY OF VOLLEYBALL By this year‚ the game volleyball is 117 of age! The sport 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. The offensive style of setting and spiking was first demonstrated in
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What is Volleyball? Volleyball is one of the world’s most popular sports and is played by more than 800 million people on the planet at least once a week. Volleyball has come a long way to be here‚ let me tell you of its journey here‚ shall we sit back and relax its going to be long ride‚ oh and watch out for the ball on your way up. Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are divided by a net. The object of the game is to send the ball over the net so that the opposing team
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PHYSICAL EDUCATION LEARNING PACKET VOLLEYBALL THIS EDUCATIONAL PACKET CONTAINS INFORMATION PERTAINING TO A SPECIFIC PHYSICAL EDUCATION ACTIVITY OR CONCEPT. YOU ARE EXPECTED TO COMPLETE ALL 3 PARTS OF THIS ASSIGNMENT AND RETURN IT TO YOUR PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER BY THE DUE DATE. PART A: SHORT ANSWER READ THE ENCLOSED INFORMATION AND ANSWER ALL 10 SHORT ESSAY QUESTIONS. PART B: CREATE A PROJECT CHOOSE ONE OF THE THREE OPTIONS PART C: CHECK FOR UNDERSTANDING COMPLETE ALL ENCLOSED WORKSHEETS
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HIstory of voolleyballPatrese Moore Volleyball 29 November 2011 History of Volleyball Created in 1985 by William G Morgan‚ volleyball‚ originally called mintonette‚ is a game where two teams volleyed a ball back and forth across a net until one team missed. The first competitive game of volleyball was played on July 7‚ 1896. Four years before volleyball was invented‚ basketball was invented. Being that basketball is a fast paced sport‚ not everyone could keep up with its fast paced game. Morgan
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The History of Volleyball In 1895‚ a man named William Morgan wanted to create a new game requiring less physical contact than basketball. He decided to blend elements of basketball‚ tennis‚ handball‚ and baseball resulting in the game of Volleyball (at the time called mintonette). Morgan took a tennis net and raised it 6 ½ feet; he required the players to hit the ball back and forth over it‚ keeping it from hitting the ground. During a demonstration‚ someone stated that the players seemed to
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The History and Game of Volleyball The game of volleyball‚ which was originally called "mintonette"‚ was invented in 1895 by William G. Morgan. The game was styled as a combination of basketball‚ baseball‚ tennis‚ and handball. Over the years that followed‚ it soon became clear that rule standardizations were needed for tournament play and the USVBA was created in 1928. There are two main forms of volleyball‚ indoor and outdoor. Indoor volleyball is played indoors on a court made of wood or a synthetic
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(1 min) Walking Lunges- Walking and lunge and hold each lunge for 5 seconds (1 min) Power swings- Run around the gym while swinging your arms (1 min) 3 minute water break Day 1: Passing Equipment: Volleyballs Volleyball Net Running Shoes Safety Considerations: when passing make sure your hands are held together‚ while elbows are straight and wrists remain firmly in position make sure your body is positioned towards your target to avoid injuries to others
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