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• One of the many team sports played involving a ball and a net is Volleyball.
• In this sport, opposing teams are on each side of the net. A team hits the ball over the net and into the opponent’s side of the court. Meanwhile, the receiving team aims to receive the ball, the players prevent it from touching the ground, then hit it back over the net and into the opponent’s side of the court within three touches.
• There are two types of volleyball which are played in competition. These are the team and beach volleyballs.
• Team volleyball is played by two teams on a hard court, indoors and outdoors, with six individuals on the court for each team aiming to score 25 points to win a set over the opponent
• beach volleyball is played by two teams on the sand, outdoors, with two players each team aiming to score 21 points to win a set over the opponent.
• Volleyball can be a fun game to play with friends. In a recreational set up, it can be enjoyed by unlimited number of players which means anyone can join in.
• In a competitive set up, players are limited to only six for each team during play, and they must take time to practice for good performance. Good jumping ability and height will help a lot but are not requirements in the game.
• The game Volleyball was created by William G. Morgan in 1895
• William G. Morgan, an athletic director at the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) in Holyoke, Massachusetts, United States
• The game Volleyball was created with the aim to design a game that is equally enjoyable with basketball, but less challenging
• It was quick to become a trendy sport at that time
• Alfred Halstead saw the game’s volleying nature. People started calling it volley-ball and the name stuck
• The rules of the game have changed as time passed by.
• Volleyball became an official event in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, where Japan came up victorious in winning the first gold medal in women's volleyball as the USSR claimed the first gold for men.
• During the early years, a volleyball had variety of colors but white was greatly favored worldwide.
• after more than a century from the day it was invented, the widely accepted color now is blue and yellow
• It is round with several panels which are usually leather made.
• Its official size is 65-67 centimeters in circumference and 260-280 grams in weight with an air pressure of 4.26-4.61 psi.
• For kids, volleyball is smaller while it is bigger in Beach volleyballs with the same weight, but with less air pressure
• The standard volleyball court is 18 x 9 meters.
• The net, 1 meter wide, is suspended in the middle and across the court, 2.43 meters high for men and 2.24 meters high for women, splitting it to two sides.
• There is a line that is drawn 3 meters from the center and parallel to the net on each side. This is the attack line which sets the back row and the front row areas
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• The service is the first opportunity for a player to score a point and it is determined by a toss coin.
• Whichever team wins the toss coin will decide whether they take the opportunity to serve first or decide which side of the court they will play on first.
• Service begins each rally, and once you throw the ball in the air you must contact the ball to send it over the net to land inside the lines of the opponent’s side of the court.
• The serve may touch the net and continue into the opponent's court.
• Each team gets only one chance to serve.
• When the serving team loses a rally, it loses the right to serve.
• The receiving team then rotates one position on the court
• A serve is called ace when the receiving team failed to return the ball.
• The "dig" is used to receive and pass the ball with control using the forearms.
• It is usually executed with the first contact by the team and very useful in defense as it allows the receiver to have a good control of the ball and pass it to the setter positioned near the net.
•  hold both hands together with one hand inside the other

   both thumbs pointing slightly downwards

   both knees bent
• The "set" is an overhead pass used to toss and put the ball in the right position for the attacker or spiker
• It is performed by the setter and is usually the second contact of the receiving team with the ball.
• The setter is like a point guard on a basketball team who runs the offense and calls the plays
• The "spike" is a forceful hitting or smashing of the ball across the net which serves to be the most effective way for a team to score a point during a rally.
• A block is a defensive act of preventing the ball coming from an attack of the offensive team from crossing the net.
• This skill is very useful as it may earn the defensive team a point and take the chance to serve the ball