Volleyball: Spiking your way into Success “Obesity in proliferating in the United States: 3.8 million people are over 300 pounds‚ over 400‚000 people (mostly males) carry over 400 pounds and the average adult female weighs an unprecedented 163 pounds!” states The Latest Statistics on America’s Obesity Epidemic article from American Sports Data inc. While I find this shocking‚ I’m less astounded when I consider the millions of McDonalds and Burger Kings located around the world. There is
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When playing a contact sport such as volleyball‚ knowing the safety regulations is a key factor to playing safe. Volleyball is one of the safest sports‚ and is the second most played sport in the world. Sprains‚ stress to the same injury‚ floor burns‚ bumps‚ bruises‚ and concussions are the main injuries that occur while playing volleyball. The breaking of bones rarely occurs‚ but could still happen if safety precautions are not taken seriously. Volleyball is a contact sport that is played with
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For the past four years I have been intrigued in the sport volleyball. I use to play on a club team in Blacksburg. When my family moved I started to play a different travel team called Rampage‚ and I also played school ball this year. How the years have gone by I have loved the game more and more each season. The things I enjoy most about volleyball are our rotations‚ my position‚ and my teammates. To begin with‚ I love how we do our rotations. During the game the rotation is what keeps us
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Dyna Grace F. Casidsid Improving Your Serve By Charles R. Swindoll Summary: The servant-leader is servant first… It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve‚ to serve first. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead. That person is sharply different from one who is leader first‚ perhaps because of the need to assuage an unusual power drive or to acquire material possessions…The leader-first and the servant-first are two extreme types. Between them there are
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frantically‚ talking to myself‚ focus Ella‚ focus. I try locking my tired eyes on the tall‚ chubby server but the towering middle blocker with wingspan of an eagle and outside blocker enhanced biceps were partially blocking my view. The girl serves a powerful topspin jump-serve towards Karlee‚ but the short‚ lightning quick defensive specialist dives forward to pass the ball. It was a perfect pass‚ going directly to the petite hands of our skilled setter‚ Erica. She sets me on zone 4. Leaping into the
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William G. Morgan created volleyball in 1895 as a YMCA P.E. director in the town of Holyoke‚ Massachusetts.. It was first called mintonette. The name came from the game called badminton. Mintonette‚ later known as volleyball‚ took certain things from tennis and handball and was designed to be an indoor sport. The game was intended to be better on a person’s body than basketball and was aimed more towards the older members of the YMCA while still requiring athletic ability. The first rules included
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back to you. I never imagined I would lose something that I truly cared about but in this case‚ I did. Volleyball was my passion but I came to the realization that it could not be my life. Back in 2010‚ my mother decided I should try every sport and see what my options were. I tried everything you could think of: basketball‚ dance‚ softball‚ soccer‚ you name it and I played it. However‚ volleyball was the one sport that stood out the most to me. I could go to practice and forget the drama I had heard
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anticipation of going up to serve in the tennis match of your life is starting to weigh down on you. Everybody knows that this opening serve is going to make or break the match‚ so you can’t mess this up. There are so many things to think about and consider‚ where do you want to hit the tennis ball‚ what about the force you put into the racket‚ which type of serve is best‚ the list goes on and on! What if there was a single equation that is able to determine the “Perfect Serve”? I have been a fan of tennis
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Politics Opinions Should judges be elected to serve on the bench? YES 35%of members Voice Your Opinion * I support the idea of electing judges into office because judges should represent the interests of the community being served. If the election of judges is withdrawn as a means to appointment a candidate into office‚ then judges would serve on the bench for the sake of duty rather than service to the community. Electing officials into office empowers members of the voting community
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We as Americans should make a rule to serve at least two or three years in the US military to show our love‚ dedication‚ and trust to the land and soil we live on. I believe that we are all equal‚ and we should all have the same rights but at the same time I believe that everybody that lives on US soil should all serve a couple years to all be equal and have the same rights. If every person served in the US Military we would not be having some of the problems that the news is putting out today
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