A lot of people underestimate feminine sports, volleyball being one of them. They do not see the techniques that volleyball gives off. Volleyball is a game of strategy. It was combined with two sports, tennis and handball, and created the sport mintonette. This sport was discovered on February 9, 1895 by William G. Morgan, a YMCA P.E. director. He grabbed the concept of both handball and tennis to form mintonette. There are two teams on a court that is divided by a net and has smaller boundaries than a basketball court. There are only a certain amount of players allowed on the court. Players had no limit in attempting to hit the ball to the opponent's side of the court. During the game, there is a total of 9 innings and each team was allowed 3 serve attempts during each of these innings. If they mess up during the 1st serve, they were able to get a 2nd serve. Also, if they hit the net, it was considered a foul -unless, it was a serve, they were allowed to get a 2nd serve. During the first exhibition match in 1896, Alfred Halstead managed to attend the first game of mintonette. Halstead noticed the attributes of the sport and from then on, the sport of "volley ball," later formed into volleyball, was made. The rules slowly started to changed over time. The first country to adopt the sport was Canada and eventually it started to spread throughout the world. By 1916, the Philippines had introduced the skill and power of the set and spike. 4 years later a "three hits" rule and a rule against hitting from the back row was made. By 1917, the game was changed from 21 to 15 points. And in 1919, there was about 16,000 volleyballs that were distributed by the American Expeditionary Forces to their troops and allies. This later helped volleyball evolve in different countries that have never heard of volleyball. Volleyball is a very basic game, but full of movement. It ended up spreading to bigger events, even to the Olympics. It was played first the the 1924 Summer Olympics in a demonstration event. It later developed and has been in the Olympics ever since. It, however, was not just an indoor sport, it became and outdoor sport known as beach volleyball. This kind of volleyball only 2 players and ended up being part of the Olympics in 1996.
With indoor volleyball, everyone has a specific part that they have on the team. You have 6 players on court, 2 referees (one on top and one on the floor), and 2 linesmen. The linesmen make notify you whether the ball is in or out of bounds and if the server makes a mistake during their serve. The referees are there to make sure that there are fair plays and the middle line has not been passed under the net by either team. Players are allowed to pass the lines out of bounds to get fetch for the ball while still in play. If the ball passes the line out of bounds, it is considered out. If it touches the line, it is still considered in. When dealing with the court, it is slightly smaller than a basketball court. The court is 59 feet long and 29.5 feet wide. The net is 7 feet and 11 5/8 inches tall and 40 inches wide. The front row consists of blockers, 2 outside hitters, and 1 setter. The left front is a outside hitter/blocker, the middle front is a setter/blocker, and the right front is the opposite hitter/blocker. The back row consists of back covers/liberos. Liberos cover the entire back row to make sure that hits/balls that stay within lines get fetched for. The main libero is middle back, they cover the entire base line. The game is then started with a coin toss and whoever wins, get to choose whether they get to serve or receive.
ACADEMIC SOURCE:
-Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th Edition. Feb2013, p1-1. 1p.
-Statistical analyses of volleyball team performance. Res Q Exerc Sport. 1992 Mar;63(1):11-8.
-Japan Forum. Dec2012, Vol. 24 Issue 4, p491-500. 10p.
MY SOURCE CHOICE:
- Oden, Beverly. Volleyball Experience - Outside Hitter. What Is Expected of a Outside Hitter, n.p. 26 March 2013.
- Oden, Beverly. Volleyball Experience - Libero. All About the Volleyball Libero, n.p. 26 March 2013.
-Wikipedia Search: Volleyball
I really like how you talk about volleyball! This sounds like something you are passionate about. I like the fact that how you described what volleyball was about and how to play it and what the rules were. My favorite part of it was when you said "people underestimate feminine sports", it's good that you're sticking up for the women! Anything and everything can be complicated to do/play. I'm pretty sure volleyball is a complicated sport to play because you have to know how hard to hit the ball and where to hit it. One question I do have is that, Can men play volleyball too? I was surprised when you said that volleyball was combined from tennis and handball. A few new things I learned today! Keep up the great work!
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