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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.
The most attended volleyball match in Philippine history was the game two of the Premier Volleyball League (PVL) 2nd All-Filipino Conference Finals between the Creamline Cool Smashers and the Choco Mucho Flying Titans at the Araneta Coliseum held on December 15, 2023. It was attended by 24,459 people.
A volleyball game in progress. 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.
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] In 1964, at the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, Volleyball was introduced to the Olympics. [12]
Boys' volleyball is popular on a regional basis, and by far the greatest number of boys' teams are in Southern California. [26] However, on the national stage, boys' volleyball remains far less popular than the girls' game at the high school level, as borne out by the following statistics from the aforementioned 2022 NFHS survey: [24]
Snow volleyball is a variant of beach volleyball that is played on snow. The rules are similar to the beach game, [1] with the main differences being the scoring system (best of 3 sets played to 15 points) and the number of players (three starters and one substitute). [2]
Snow volleyball is a winter sport played by two teams on a snow court divided by a net. Originating as a variant of beach volleyball, the rules of snow volleyball are similar to the beach game, [96] with the main differences being the playing surface, the scoring system and the number of players. As in the beach version, matches were originally ...
There are a number of ways in which 9-man rules differ from traditional Volleyball rules. As only men can play 9-man, during international tournaments, such as the NACIVT, women play by six-player Volleyball rules. Rotating: Players in 9-man do not rotate as in traditional volleyball. As such, players tend to specialize in two or three positions.