Volleyball

Volleyball (English volleyball on the volley - «hitting the ball in the summer" (also translated as "flying," "floating") and the ball - «Ball") - the sport, team sports game in which two teams compete on a special platform divided by a net, trying to send the ball to the opponent so that he landed at the site of the enemy (to finish off the floor) or a defensive player made a mistake. At the same time to attack the players of one team is allowed no more than three consecutive touches the ball (in addition to the touch on the block).

The Central Authority of volleyball as an international sport that defines a set of rules of FIVB (English) - The International Volleyball Federation. Volleyball is an Olympic sport since 1964

Volleyball - non-contact, combinational sport where each player has a strong specialization in the area. The most important qualities for the volleyball players are jumping for the opportunity to climb high above the net, reaction, coordination, physical strength for the effective work of attacking strokes.

For fans of football - a common way of entertainment and recreation due to the simplicity of the rules and the availability of inventory.There are numerous variations of volleyball, branched off from the main form - Beach Volleyball (Olympic appearance since 1996), a mini-volleyball, pionerbol, Park Volleyball (FIVB approved by Congress in November 1998 in Tokyo) .


HistoryThe origin of modern volleyballWilliam MorganIs considered the inventor of volleyball, William J. Morgan, a teacher of physical education college Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) in Holyoke (Massachusetts, USA). February 9, 1895 in the gym, he hung a tennis net at a height of 197 cm, and his students, whose number is on the court is not limited to, began to throw a basketball through her camera. Morgan called the new game "mintonet." Later the game was shown at the conference college Young Men's Christian Association in Springfield and at the suggestion of Professor Alfred T. Halsteda received a new name - "Volleyball." In 1897, the U.S. has published the first rules of volleyball: the size of area 7,6 x 15,1 m (25 x 50 feet), height 198 cm grid (6.5 feet), ball circumference 63,5-68,5 cm ( 25-27 inches) and weighing 340 g, the number of players on the court and touches the ball is not regulated, a point is scored only for its own filing, the filing failed to repeat that it can be played to 21 points in the game.

In the development of the game by its rules, techniques and tactics are constantly improving. The basic rules, some of which have come down to our days, were formed in the years 1915-1925: a 1917 drawing of the party was limited to 15 points, and the height of the grid was 243 cm, and in 1918 it was determined the number of players on the court - and six in 1922 allowed no more than three touches the ball, and in 1925 approved the current size of the site, size and weight volleyball. These rules apply in the Americas, Africa and Europe, while in Asia until the early 1960s, played by its own rules: the nine, or twelve players on the court 11h22 m without changing the positions of the players during the match.In 1922 he conducted the first national competition - the Brooklyn YMCA championships took place involving 23 men's teams. In the same year was formed federation of basketball and volleyball, Czechoslovakia - the first sports organization in the world of volleyball. In the second half of the 1920s emerged the national federations in Bulgaria, USSR, USA and Japan. At the same time formed the main techniques - supply, transmission, and block an attack hit. On this basis, there is the tactics of team work. In 1930 appeared the group insurance unit and ranged attackers, and deceptive attacks. In 1936 the Congress of the International Federation of Handball, held in Stockholm, the Polish delegation took the initiative to organize a Technical Committee on volleyball as part of a federation of handball. Formed a committee, which includes 13 countries in Europe, the Americas, 5 and 4 in Asia. The members of this commission as a major American rules were adopted with minor changes: measurements were in metric proportions, the ball could touch the entire body above the waist, after touching the ball on the block the player was banned again touch a row, the height of the grid for Women - 224 cm, the area supply was severely limited

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