Sport Of Volleyball Essay

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Volleyball is one of the biggest team sports there are. It is big in the summer olympics and all around the world men and women play it every day. The game of volleyball was originally called “mintonette”, it was invented by William G. Morgan in 1895 at Springfield College in Massachusetts, they made it along with basketball. In 1957 volleyball was officially an Olympic sport, the first games were held in Tokyo 1964 and the first beach volleyball games were in 1996 Atlanta. In London 2012, USA got 12 silver medals. In the Olympics, the Soviet Union has won the most medals. The best country right now is Brazil, winning gold medals in London 2012. One of the best volleyball players from Minnesota right now is Tori Dixon who played for the Gophers …show more content…

There are the positions of libero, which is someone who only plays the back row passing the whole time and wears a different color jersey than everyone else on the team. There is a middle blocker and hitter, outside blocker and hitter, right side hitter and blocker, setter, and DS, which is a person who can sub in for whoever. The game goes to 25 and there can be a minimum of 2, 25 point games. First, the person serves the ball and the team can only have 3 contacts with the ball and it is usually a pass, set, then kill. If the ball touches the ground inside the lines on the other team, i is you point and you get to serve again. If it is out of the lines, it is the other teams point and ball. You can not touch the net during anything or it is called a net foul then it would be the other team's ball. If the ball is touched more than 3 times it is the other team's ball.
School Volleyball teams start in about 8th grade, it starts in the fall when school starts, then ends when winter starts. Club teams start when you are about at age 11, club teams are usually almost all year round and they travel around the US for tournaments. When you play club volleyball, more scouts from colleges come to the tournaments and watch you play, you will most likely get a scholarship for college volleyball if you play club. Club volleyball is a big commitment and also is very expensive.
Volleyball is an overall great sport for

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