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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.
Shooting volleyball court is 35 ft (11 m) and 70 ft (21 m) in length. Net height was 8 ft (2.4 m) before some years but nowadays the net height is 7.2 to 7.5 ft (2.2 to 2.3 m). The ball size is same to handball. Shooting volleyball is popular in Pakistan (Punjab) (Sindh) (Bloachistan) (KPK), USA and India, especially North Indian States.
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.
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]
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.
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]
[3] [4] The variation of the game with the volleyball, known as tetherball now, did not come about until the invention of the volleyball sometime after 1895. [5] In the 1920s, schools and parks began adding them to their play area. [5] The game begins when one player serves the ball, usually by holding it in one hand and hitting it with the other.
Another local variation of Newcomb ball is played on a beach volleyball court with two players per team. The game is played to 11 (must win by 2), and points are awarded following college volleyball rules (e.g. a side must serve in order to score).