What is Volleyball?
Volleyball is an Olympic sport in which two teams separated by a high net use their hands, arms, or (rarely) other parts of their bodies to hit a ball back and forth over the net. Each team is allowed three hits to get the ball over the net to the other team. A point is scored if the ball hits the ground in the opponents’ court, if the opponents commit a fault, or if they fail to return the ball properly. Volleyball can be a very active sport that can be an excellent source for aerobic exercise. It also helps players improve their hand-eye coordination and the ability to override the instinctive desire to dodge a fast-moving object such as a ball. On February 9, 1895, in Holyoke, Massachusetts, William G. Morgan a YMCA physical education director, created a new game called Mintonette as a pastime to be played preferably indoors and by any number of players. The game took some of its characteristics from tennis and handball. Another indoor sport, basketball, was catching on in the area,
Volleyball is an Olympic and NCAA sport, as well as a game played by people on indoor courts and outdoors at playgrounds and beaches, and in backyards. Volleyball was invented in 1895, just four years after the invention of basketball. The inventor’s name was William G. Morgan. He called the game mintonette, and created it to include facets of basketball, baseball, handball, and tennis. Today, the usual volleyball game can be summarized as follows. Two teams placed on opposite sides of a net and with six players on each side, use their hands and arms to strike a ball from one side of the court to the other over the net. Each team tries to make the volleyball touch the ground within the boundaries of the opposing team and tries to send it over the net and prevent it touching the ground within the boundaries of their side. Only three touches per side are allowed before the ball reaches the opposing team’s airspace. The serving team continues to serve as long as it scores, which it does i
Volleyball is a sport played on a 30×30 gym,outside or a beach court with 6 players in a gym and 2 players on a beach. Invented by William G Morgan. Volleyball is played with 3 contacts called a pass (bump), set (volley) and a hit (spike). In order to be successful in this sport you need to be communicative with your teammates and you need to have goo hand eye coordination.
