Volleyball Facts
Volleyball is an Olympic sport in which two teams separated by a high net use their hands, arms, or (rarely) other parts of their bodies to
hit a ball back and forth over the net.
Volleyball can be a very active sport that can be an excellent source for aerobic exercise.
It also helps players improve their hand-eye coordination and the ability to override the instinctive desire to dodge a fast-moving object
such as a ball.
On February 9, 1895, in Holyoke, Massachusetts, William G. Morgan, a YMCA physical education director, created a new game called Mintonette as
a pastime to be played preferably indoors and by any number of players. The game took some of its characteristics from tennis and handball.
The first rules, written down by William G. Morgan, called for a net 6 feet 6 inches (1.98 metres) high; a 25 × 50 foot (7.6 × 15.2 metre)
court; and any number of players. A match was composed of 9 innings with 3 serves for each team in each inning; and no limit to the number of
ball contacts for each team before sending the ball to the opponents’ court.
The game is played on volleyball courts 18 metres long and 9 metres wide, divided into two 9 x 9 metre courts by a one-metre wide net placed
so that the top of the net is 2.43 metres above the centre of the court for men's competition, and 2.24 metres for women's competition.
Each team consists of six players, three located in front of the attack line and three behind.
When the ball contacts the floor within the court boundaries or an error is made, the team that did not make the error is awarded a point,
whether they served the ball or not. The team that won the point is awarded the right to serve for the next point. If the team that won the point
served the previous point, the same player serves again. If the team that won the point did not serve the previous point, the players of the team
rotate their position on the court in a clockwise manner. The game continues, with the first team to score 25 points awarded the set. Matches are
best-of-five sets and the fifth set is usually played to 15 points.
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