Volleyball
It
was first played in Holyoke
Massachusetts on February 9, 1895
by a man
with
the name of
William G. Morgan
who invented volleyball. A player stands behind the end line and serves
the ball, in and trys to hit it into the other side of the court. His
or her main objective is to make it land inside the court it is also
good to set the ball's direction and speed so that it becomes difficult
for the other player(s) to keep playing it. A serve is called an "ace"
when the ball lands on the court or the outside of the court after
being touched by an opponent. Some skills that can come in use when
playing volleyball is you need to know how to serve, pass, set, attack,
block and dig. Each of these skills have been introduced over the years
and are now considered standard practice in high-level volleyball. To
set it is usually the second contact that a team makes with the ball.
The main goal of setting is to hit the ball in the air so that it can
be returned or not. The attack or spike is usually the third contact a
team makes with the ball. The object of attacking is to handle the ball
so that it lands on the opponent's court and cannot be defended. A
player makes a series of steps, jumps, and swings at the ball. A
block is stopping an attack, and making the ball remain in the
opponent's court, is called offensive. A well offensive block is
performed by jumping and reaching to block with
your arms and
hands
over the net to put it into the opponent's area. Palms should
face
downward about 45-60 degrees toward so when you hit it, it will make it
into the opponents court. To dig is to stop the ball from touching your
side of the court. It is sort of like passing, or bumping.Each team
consists of six players. To start the game a team is chosen to serve by
coin toss. A player from the serving team will throw the ball up into
the air and trys to hit the ball so it goes over the net . The other
team must try to hit it either they bump it, dig it, palm it, etc.
Normally the other team bumps or passes so that the ball at least makes
it over the net once. Once the ball is in play if it lands out of
bounds which are the outside lines the it is the other players ball
depending on who hit it out. You can really play with any amount
of people and according to the number of people there are that is where
they stand on the court. If there are four people playing two on one
side and to on the other and one from each side stands on the endline
and then the other one stands up by the net. If the ball hits the net
it is the oponents ball and they score a point.
PICTURES OF VOLLEYBALL
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