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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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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opposition’s court. Teams have three passes‚ to form an attacking play‚ before the ball has to go over the net. Sitting Volleyball requires players to maintain contact between their pelvis and the floor at all times. The sport features a smaller court (10 metres by six metres) and a lower net compared to its Olympic counterpart. The net height 1.05m (women). As a result‚ Sitting Volleyball is faster than the Olympic indoor game. Another change from Olympic rules is that blocking of the serve is allowed
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The History of Indoor Volleyball Yuanyuan Lian University of Iowa 22S:077:SCP Sara Mouw 01/29/2013 Indoor volleyball is from Untied States. In 1895‚ a man called William G. Morgan invented the indoor volleyball in the Massachusetts YMCA after he watched a basketball game. One year later‚ which is in 1986‚ Morgan made the first volleyball rules in the world: The net is 1.98 meter high and the court is 7.6x15.2 meters‚ and unlimited players can join in the game. Also‚ the players can contact
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Soccer and volleyball have many similarities and differences and here are a few of them. Some similarities are that in high school both sports are played in the fall. Also‚ both sports are associated with ball and are both played inside and outside. Both men and women play both soccer and volleyball. In each sport‚ there is a good amount of running and passing the ball to another teammate. Both soccer and volleyball include using a net to either score or pass over. In these two games‚ both add one
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Favorite Sport: Volleyball‚ Favorite Team: The United States Woman National Volleyball Team‚ and Head Coach: Karch Kiraly.Multiple terms and/or word are used in volleyball that have both good and bad connoations. For example‚ words like Assist: when you are passing or setting the ball to a team mate who attacks the ball for a kill‚ Back Row Attack: when a back row player takes off to jump behind the 10-foot/3-meter line and attacks the ball‚ Block: a defensive play by one or more front row players
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In the Florida versus USC volleyball game the players used the three touch method. The first person to hit it tended to bump it up the net left corner where the setter stands. The setter would set it to another player and they would spike it over the net. The players would use the proper approach when spiking it (right-handed people‚ left right left and left-handed people right left right.) When the girls dived they would dive and land on the thigh and roll up quickly too. While bumping the ball
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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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Petter Tomas ENG 101 September 12th‚ 2011 Volleyball Vs. Softball Home run! Spike! These are some very different words that mean very different things between softball volleyball. Not only are they different but they can be alike in smaller ways also. They both deal with balls‚ there both sports‚ they are both played in the same season. Their different in sizes‚ both uses different equipment‚ and are both played very differently. When it comes to the equipment used there are no similarities
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I would play volleyball in the court next to my house during get-togethers and parties. I was never good when playing against my older cousins and uncles‚ so far‚ they’re still better than me. Of course I’ve improved from swinging my arms and getting the ball over‚ but they still have more skill compared to me. Well‚ at least for now. Volleyball has always been interesting to me. Since I was a baby‚ we’d take family trips to California and I’ve been amazed by the beach volleyball players. It wasn’t
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