high school basketball coach‚ and with the vision of being a college coach one day‚ I thought that it would be interesting to write about the founder of basketball. In December 1891‚ Canadian-born James Naismith‚ a physical education teacher at the YMCA training school‚ took a soccer ball and a peach basket into the gym and invented basketball. In 1893‚ James Naismith replaced the peach basket with iron hoops and a hammock-style basket. Ten years later came the open –ended nets of today. Before that
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1. History Volleyball has come a long way from the dusty-old YMCA gymnasium of Holyoke‚ Massachusetts‚ USA‚ where the visionary William G. Morgan invented the sport back in 1895. It has seen the start of two centuries and the dawn of a new millennium. Volleyball is now one of the big five international sports‚ and the FIVB‚ with its 220 affiliated national federations‚ is the largest international sporting federation in the world. a. Founder William G. Morgan was the inventor of volleyball
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The history of volleyball began way back when the sport was invented in1895 by William G. Morgan‚ an instructor with the YMCA in Holyoke‚ Massachusetts. The history of volleyball reveals that on July 7th 1896‚ at Springfield College the first game of "volleyball" was played. In regards to comparing volleyball participation rates to every other sport in the school offered throughout the year‚ volleyball is the third least participated sport just in front of tennis and basketball. This fact means that
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that basketball is a fast paced sport‚ not everyone could keep up with its fast paced game. Morgan needed to play a game that could me played by middle-aged men. This is why he created volleyball. After reaching Asia and Japan in 1896 through the YMCA network‚ a ball was specialized by the 1900. In 1916‚ the Philippines came about with the “set” and “spike”; a six side play. By 1920‚ the three hits per side rule and the back-row attacks were enforced. The United States‚ Russia‚ and Japan all started
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made for me and my family during that time. As I got older‚ the time came for me to put in the work to make my goals and dreams come to fruition. I started out playing basketball at the local YMCA. I was not the best player on the team but I no doubt was one of the hardest workers on the court. YMCA basketball did fair so well for me as I was one of the smallest and slowest kids on the team. I was what one would call a bench player. I didn’t get much playing time and when I did it was because
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aerobic workout. It also requires mental alertness and quick‚ precise physical reactions. History of Volleyball Volleyball originated in Massachusetts in 1895 when the director of a local YMCA used the bladder of a basketball for a ball and a tennis net as the first volleyball net. The game was regulated by the YMCA until 1928 when the United States Volleyball Association was founded How Volleyball is played The name "volleyball" is not an entirely accurate description of this sport. The object of
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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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For my observation I chose to survey a few students that attend after school/day care at YMCA Elmonte. YMCA elmonte has guidelines for volunteers and requires A background check for non staff. I was not able to get full access to the YMCA as a volunteer due too time constraints for this first observation‚ but should be processed in time for observation number two for older aged adolescents. I choose to pay attention to age groups 4-5 years old for my first study as grounds for learning about Social
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HOLY CROSS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) TIRUCHIRAPPALLI – 2 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH (SHIFT –II) SPORTS DAY REPORT (2014-2015) The 91st Annual Sports meet of Holy Cross College was held on 26th July 2014.The Department of English (shift-2) was crowned the third consecutive time as the overall winners of the college. This credit is totally attributed to our ever energetic participants. Various outdoor and indoor sports events were conducted. Our
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The YMCA is one of thousands of charities and organizations that have come to shape our world in so numerous ways. The YMCA affects people on a daily bases. There are uncountable people all over the world that don’t have a place just to get out and exercise. In that situation is where the YMCA benefits people the most. At the YMCA‚ people can take part in activities that they love to succeed at‚ no matter their social class or income. The y is designed to fit into every person’s life just as wanted
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