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• Volleyball is a team sport consisting of 2 teams with 6 players each, divided on the court by a net
• In volleyball, 3 players stand in front of the board (the front row players) and the other 3 are near the backline
• The objective of volleyball is to send the ball regularly above or over the net to the opposing team in an effort to ground the ball on their opponent’s court
• William G. Morgan invented volleyball in 1895 at the Holyoke Massachusetts YMCA, drawing inspiration from baseball and basketball
• The game was initially named "mintonette" before being changed to volleyball by Alstead
• The first volleyball model was introduced in 1896 at Springfield's Galley, with the ball being invented in 1900 and the game being introduced to the Philippines in 1910 by Elwood S. Brown
• In 1916, the central spike or spiker was discovered in the Philippines due to the absence of the 3-touch rule
• By 1920, volleyball had evolved to allow 3 hits per side and introduced back row rules
• The Federation Internationale de Volleyball is the highest governing body of volleyball
• Volleyball was first introduced to the Olympic Games in 1964 in Tokyo, Japan
• The playing court dimensions for volleyball are 18m x 9m, with a center line, attack line 3 meters from the center line, and a base line marking the last box
• The net height for women's volleyball is 2.24m and for men's volleyball is 2.43m
• The volleyball ball is spherical in shape, made of leather or synthetic leather, with a circumference of 65-67 cm and a weight of 260-280 g
• Clockwise rotation is used for service in volleyball, with several types of service including underhand serve and overhand serve
• Common actions in volleyball include digging, passing (forearm pass and overhead pass), blocking, attacking, and spiking
• The spiker in volleyball aims to hit the ball at the highest point