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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. [1] It has been a part of the official program of the Summer Olympic Games since Tokyo 1964.
On July 7, 1896, the first game of volleyball was played at Springfield College. [7] In 1900, Spalding started to produce a special ball, which was designed specifically for the sport – A volleyball. [12] In 1920, new rules were instigated which included the three hits per side and the back row attack rules. [13]
While it is adherent that volleyball was invented in 1895, and the first world tournaments were held 1949, organized tournaments of ecuavolley were held in 1958, suggesting it could not have spread throughout the world that quickly, which would mean that the national volley game was developed independently and had a convergent evolution. [2]
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Volleyball offense is how a team can attempt to score a point by causing the ball to land on the opposing teams side of the court. Generally, this is done by first receiving the ball from the other side in the form of either an attack or serve, having the ball set to an attacker, and then having a player jump and attack the ball. Once the ball ...
Standing volleyball is played on an integrated FIVB rules. The game of Standing Volleyball decided to allow other disability groups to take part, therefore encouraging more nations to participate. Although this initially created more classification problems, the WOVD finally, after four years, established criteria for classification, which ...
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The volleyball Olympic tournament has a very stable competition formula. The following rules apply: Qualification. Twelve teams participate in each event. Host nations are always pre-qualified. Two teams qualify through the Men's and Women's World Cup (this number was reduced from three prior to the 2016 Summer Olympics).