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  1. History

    William G. Morgan invented the sport in 1895 while he was the YMCA physical education director in
    The … See more

    Volleyball - Wikipedia

    • Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summer Olympic Games since Tokyo 1964. Beach volleyball was introduced to the programme at the Atlanta 1996 Summer Olympic… See more

    Highest governing bodyFIVB
    First played1895 in Holyoke, Massachusetts, U.S.
    ContactNone
    Team members6
    Rules of the game

    A volleyball court is 9 m × 18 m (29.5 ft × 59.1 ft), divided into equal square halves by a net with a width of one meter (39.4 in). The top of the net is 2.43 m (7 ft 11+11⁄16 in) above the center of the court for men's competition… See more

    Skills

    Competitive teams master six basic skills: serve, pass, set, attack, block and dig. Each of the skills consitsts of a number of specific techniques which have been introduced over the years and are now considered … See more

     
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