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Volleyball is a game played by two teams. This consist of six players on each side, the players use their hands to push the 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. To prevent this a player on the opposing team bats the ball up and toward a teammate before it touches the court surface, that teammate may then volley it back across the net it to a third teammate who volleys it back across the net. A team is only allowed three touches of the ball before it must  be returned over the net.

https://www.britannica.com/sports/volleyball

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The game of Volleyball which was originally called "mintonette" was invented in 1895 by William G. Morgan. It began in Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA.

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Volleyball has come a long way from the dusty-old YMCA gymnasium in the USA.

Source- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EclLnVJ1rIw&t=1s

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9th February 1895: Volleyball invented by William G. Morgan

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How do you play your sport and what are the rules?

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How do you play your sport and what are the rules?

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In order, to play volleyball you need a team of 6 for both sides. Then the players use their hands to push the ball back and forth over a high net. Trying to make the ball touch the court within the opponents' area before it can be returned. The rules for volleyball is that there are 6 players on a team, 3 on the front of the row and 3 on the back row. Maximum of three hits per side. Player may not hit the ball twice in a succession, ball may be played off the net during a volley and on a serve. A ball hitting a boundary line is "in" and a ball us "out" if it hits an antennae (the floor completely outside the court, net). It's legal to contract the ball with any part of a players body, it is illegal to catch, hold, or throw the ball. A player can not block or attack a serve from on or inside the 10 foot line. After the serve, front line players may switch positions at the net.

https://www.strength-and-power-for-volleyball.com/basic-volleyball-rules.html

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How does the scoring work for your sport?

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How does the scoring work for your sport?

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The scoring of volleyball is quite simple, most matches are divided up into sets. A typical set is up to at least 5 sets in where the first team needs to win 5 sets to win the match. In each set, the first team to 25 points win as long as they are two points ahead of the other team.

https://www.ducksters.com/sports/volleyballrules.php#:~:text=Scoring%20in%20volleyball%20is%20pretty,they%20are%202%20points%20ahead.

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What are some important dates in your sport? 

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What are some important dates in your sport? 

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There were many important dates in Volleyball. First was the creation of volleyball which was in 1895.  In 1916, the Philippines found the offensive style of passing the ball in high area well level an order to be struck by another player. In 1922, the YMCA national championships. In 1949, the world view championships were held Prague, Czechoslovakia. In 1984 the United States. won their first medals.

https://www.preceden.com/timelines/43332-past-history-of-volleyball-

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Is your sport represented in the Olympics? If so when did it first appeared?

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Is your sport represented in the Olympics? If so when did it first appeared?

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Volleyball is represented in the Olympics. It first appeared  1964, when the Olympics came to Tokyo for the first time.

One the man's team it was between the USSR, Japan, and Czechoslovakia, with the USSR pulling out the gold. In the women’s event, Japan came out on top.

Between 1964 and 1980, the USA Olympic volleyball team didn’t claim any spots on the podium, despite being the sport’s birth place. Instead, the USSR was a consistent top performer, taking gold in both the men and women’s events at the 1968 Mexico City Games (Japan’s men’s and women’s teams took silver; the bronze medal in men’s went to Czechoslovakia while the women’s bronze went to Poland).

https://avp.com/news/olympic-history-volleyball/

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Who plays your sport (Gender, Youth ect…)?

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Who plays your sport (Gender, Youth ect…)?

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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. Volleyball is played by both genders. Volleyball had become the first women’s team sport to be contested at the Olympic Games.

https://www.britannica.com/sports/volleyball#:~:text=Volleyball%2C%20game%20played%20by%20two,before%20it%20can%20be%20returned.

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Which Component is mostly used? (Cardiovascular, Muscular, flexibility)

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Which Component is mostly used? (Cardiovascular, Muscular, flexibility)

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The component mostly used is muscular strength. This ensures that athletes are able to reach their maximum performance potential. For example, core strength is vital for a player's stability and allows hitters to transition power more efficiently from their lower body to their upper body and arm swing.

https://jvavolleyball.org/3-reasons-why-volleyball-players-need-strength-conditioning/#:~:text=Strengthening%20volleyball%2Dspecific%20muscles%20ensures,upper%20body%20and%20arm%20swing.

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William G. Morgan decided to blend elements of basketball, baseball, tennis, and handball to create a game for his classes of businessmen which would demand less physical contact than basketball.

http://www.volleyball-court-central.com/history-of-volleyball.html#sthash.pYpCrVDx.dpbs

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Volleyball had a dainty name: Mintonette. This is on account of the fact that it was similar to badminton (“minton” later turned to “mintonette). It was renamed “volleyball” by another educator, Alfred S. Halstead because the ball was volleyed back and forth. Halstead is credited for popularizing the sport.

https://thefactfile.org/volleyball-facts/

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Volleyball is the second most popular sport in the world today, exceeded only by soccer.

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The longest game on record is one that was played in Kingston, North Carolina. The game went on for 75 hours and 30 minutes. This game was played with the old volleyball scoring method, which meant that only a point was awarded when the serving team scored.

https://athleticlift.com/fun-facts-about-volleyball/

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Volleyball was first a demonstration sport in the 1924 Olympics held in Paris, yet it wasn’t until the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo when the first medals were awarded.

https://www.liveabout.com/volleyball-facts-you-didnt-know-3428635