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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 Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB). This organization sponsors various world tournaments, most notably the men’s and women’s World Championships, held every four years.
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 o a 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 8¼ inches in diameter and weighs about 9½ 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 men’s games and 7 feet 4¼ 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 team’s 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 team’s 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 opponent’s spike.
Scoring.
In most games, only the serving team can score. It scores a point each time the ball touches the receiving team’s floor or that team hits the ball more than three times. It also scores a point if a member of the receiving team hits the ball out of bounds or commits a foul. The right back continues to serve after each point until a serve hits the net, goes out of bounds, or is faulty in another way. The serving team also loses the serve if it fails to return the ball. A loss of serve is called a side out.
After each side out, the opposing team serves the ball. Each of its players rotates clockwise one position. The right forward moves to the right back position, the right back becomes the center back and so on. The first team to score 15 points wins, but it must win by at least two points. No game may exceed 17 points. If the score is 16-16, the first team to score the next point wins.
Volleyball competitions are played as three or five game sets. In deciding games, the rally point system is used. A point is awarded after each serve. When the serving team commits a fault, the receiving team scores a point and gains the serve.