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11. A article of volleyball for the future

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11. A article of volleyball for the future

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All the news from the Volleyball nations league 2020 that will take place from 19 June to 5 July

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10. An image that perfectly encapsulates volleyball

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10. An image that perfectly encapsulates volleyball

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I think this image encapsulates volleyball perfectly because playing it looks really easy but after you play it your arms will be red and they will hurt, it takes time to get used to it.

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Volleyball is pop because it is popular through out the world and a lot of people play it.

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Volleyball is one of the most popular games played by a number of nations. There are many types of volleyball games such as indoor volleyball, beach volleyball, grass volleyball etc. While indoor volleyball is played on hard surface, beach volleyball is played on sand. Today, beach volleyball has become a global sport and has been played at the Olympics since 1996.

The International Volleyball Federation, which is the international governing body for indoor, grass and beach volleyball, organizes a number of international beach volleyball tournaments. One of the most popular among these is the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships. It is an international double gender championship and is organized every two years. The first edition of the Beach Volleyball World Championships was played in 1997 in Los Angeles. Since then a number of events have been held. The 2017 edition of the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships would be held from July 28 to August 6, in Vienna, Austria.

Brazil and the United States have been the two most successful teams winning the maximum number of medals from 1997 till 2015. Till now, Brazil has won a total of 29 medals in both the men's and the women's category, while the United States is the second most successful team winning a total of 14 medals.

Germany comes at a distant third with a total of five medals won, while China has till now won four medals. The Netherlands, Switzerland, and Australia have won two medals each. Countries that have won just one medal include Argentina, Russia, Czech Republic (Czechia), and Norway.

The table below provides information on the number of medals won by each nation.

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Winners of the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships - Our World

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Volleyball is one of the most popular games played by a number of nations. There are many types of volleyball games such as indoor volleyball, beach volleyball, grass volleyball etc. While indoor volleyball is played on hard surface, beach volleyball is played on sand. Today, beach volleyball has become a global sport and has Read More...

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How to Play Volleyball: The Basics & Rules

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The first game of volleyball was a important moment. It was played on July 7, 1896 at Spring Field College in Massachusetts by 12 men.

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"You have to be willing to fail to improve"

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Karch Kiraly is the only male volleyball player to win three Olympic gold medals. He also is the best male volleyball player in the 20th century, and the only player to win gold medals for beach and indoor.

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Misty May-Treanor was the most successful female beach volleyball player with three Olympic gold medals and 112 championship wins from domestic and international competition.

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1. Description/ reason why I chose volleyball 

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Volleyball is a ball game that has two teams of six on a court with a net in the middle. To start the game one team will serve the ball over the net and the other teams goal is to hit it back over. In order to win the game one team will need to have 21 or the amount of points decided on. A point is earned every time the opposite team does not return the ball or it hits the ground. I chose volleyball because its one of my favorite things to do and its fun.

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History

Volleyball was invented in 1895 by William G. Morgan, physical director of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) in Holyoke, Massachusetts. It was designed as an indoor sport for businessmen who found the new game of basketball too vigorous. Morgan called the sport "mintonette," until a professor from Springfield College in Massachusetts noted the volleying nature of play and proposed the name of "volleyball." The original rules were written by Morgan and printed in the first edition of the Official Handbook of the Athletic League of the Young Men's Christian Associations of North America (1897). The game soon proved to have wide appeal for both sexes in schools, playgrounds, the armed forces, and other organizations in the United States, and it was subsequently introduced to other countries.

In 1916 rules were issued jointly by the YMCA and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The first nationwide tournament in the United States was conducted by the National YMCA Physical Education Committee in New York City in 1922. The United States Volleyball Association (USVBA) was formed in 1928 and recognized as the rules-making, governing body in the United States. From 1928 the USVBA-now known as USA Volleyball (USAV)-has conducted annual national men's and senior men's (age 35 and older) volleyball championships, except during 1944 and 1945. Its women's division was started in 1949, and a senior women's division (age 30 and older) was added in 1977. Other national events in the United States are conducted by member groups of the USAV such as the YMCA and the NCAA.

Volleyball was introduced into Europe by American troops during World War I, when national organizations were formed. The Fédération Internationale de Volley Ball (FIVB) was organized in Paris in 1947 and moved to Lausanne, Switzerland, in 1984. The USVBA was one of the 13 charter members of the FIVB, whose membership grew to more than 210 member countries by the late 20th century.

International volleyball competition began in 1913 with the first Far East Games, in Manila. During the early 1900s and continuing until after World War II, volleyball in Asia was played on a larger court, with a lower net, and nine players on a team.

The FIVB-sponsored world volleyball championships (for men only in 1949; for both men and women in 1952 and succeeding years) led to acceptance of standardized playing rules and officiating. Volleyball became an Olympic sport for both men and women at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo.

European championships were long dominated by Czechoslovakian, Hungarian, Polish, Bulgarian, Romanian, and Soviet (later, Russian) teams. At the world and Olympic level, Soviet teams have won more titles, both men's and women's, than those of any other nation. Their success was attributed to widespread grassroots interest and well-organized play and instruction at all levels of skill. A highly publicized Japanese women's team, Olympic champions in 1964, reflected the interest of private industry in sport. Young women working for the sponsoring company devoted their free time to conditioning, team practice, and competition under expert and demanding coaching. Encouraged by the Japanese Volleyball Association, this women's team made its mark in international competition, winning the World Championship in 1962, 1966, and 1967, in addition to the 1964 Olympics. At the end of the 20th century, however, the Cuban women's team dominated both the World Championships and the Olympics.

The Pan American Games (involving South, Central, and North America) added volleyball in 1955, and Brazil, Mexico, Canada, Cuba, and the United States are frequent contenders for top honours. In Asia, China, Japan, and Korea dominate competition. Volleyball, especially beach volleyball, is played in Australia, New Zealand, and throughout the South Pacific.

A four-year cycle of international volleyball events, recommended by the FIVB, began in 1969 with World Cup championships, to be held in the year following the Olympic Games; the second year is the World Championships; in the third the regional events are held (e.g., European championships, Asian Games, African Games, Pan American Games); and in the fourth year the Olympic Games.

Beach volleyball-usually played, as its name implies, on a sand court with two players per team-was introduced in California in 1930. The first official beach volleyball tournament was held in 1948 at Will Rogers State Beach, in Santa Monica, California, and the first FIVB-sanctioned world championship was held in 1986 at Rio de Janeiro. Beach volleyball was added to the roster of the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Volleyball | Definition, History, Rules, Positions, Court, & Facts

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Volleyball, game played by two teams, usually of six players on a side, in which the players use their hands to bat a ball back and forth over a high net, trying to make the ball touch the court within the opponents' playing area before it can be returned.