The Girls Volleyball Christmas Ornaments
are 6.25 inches tall and are made of a heavy duty resin. The female Sports Ornaments is wearing a red, white and green uniform with knee high socks and white tennis shoes with a red decoration on the side. The front and back side of her shirt is white and blank so you can personalize it with a number. The brunette girl from this Volleyball Sports Ornaments has her right hand up in the air holding the volleyball while her left arm looks like she is about to serve the ball. With her brown hair up in the ponytail and her face looking up, she is prepared to hit the ball. Select to see a complete listing of our Christmas Decorations Ideas.
The History of Volleyball.
William G. Morgan, a physical education instructor at the YMCA in Holyoke, Massachusetts, invented volleyball in 1895. Today, the game is most popular in Asia, Europe and South America. Indoor volleyball became an official sport of the Olympic Games in 1964. Two player outdoor beach volleyball became an Olympic event in 1996. More than 170 nations, including the United States and Canada, belong to the Federation International de Volleyball (FIVB). This organization sponsors various world tournaments, most notably the mens and womens World Championships, held every four years. Check out our selection of Sports Ornaments.
How Volleyball is Played.
Volleyball is a game in which the players hit a ball back and forth across a net with their hands or arms. It is one of the world’s most popular team sports.
There are two main forms of volleyball. Indoor volleyball is played indoors on a court made of wood or a synthetic surface material. It has six players on a team. Outdoor volleyball is played outdoors, sand or grass court. It may have two, three, four or six players on a team. The two forms of volleyball have similar rules.
The volleyball is round with a cover made of leather. It measures about 8.25 inches in diameter and weighs about 9.5 ounces.
The volleyball court measure 59 feet long and 29.5 feet wide. A net suspended across the center of the court divides it I half. The net if 8 feet high for mens games and 7 feet 4.5 inches high for women’s competition.
How Volleyball is Played.
there are six positions, right back, center back, left back, left forward, center forward and right forward. Until the ball has been served to start each play, players must assume a position on the court according to the order in which they serve. Two referees and two line judges serve as officials for the game.
The game starts with the right back of the serving team serving from the service area. The ball is served by hitting it with an arm or a hand. The serve must pass over the net into the receiving teams court. Players must return the ball by cleanly hitting it with their hands or arms. They cannot catch, lift, scoop or throw the ball. A team is permitted to hit the ball no more than three times before sending it back over the net. If the ball is touched on a blocking attempt that touch does not count as one of the team’s three permitted hits.
The players on each team try to hit the ball to the floor of the other teams court. They also try to make it hard for the other team to return the ball. A player may try to spike or slam the ball past the opposing players, who leap and dive to prevent it from touching their floor. No player may touch the ball twice in a row unless the first touch was made in blocking an opponents spike. Check out our selection of Christmas Stocking Stuffers .
