Volleyball

• Voleyball, originally called as Mintonette
• Invented in February 9, 1895 by William G. Morgan in Holyoke, Massachusetts.
• Volleyball

  • one of the sports Filipinos love to play
  • first arrived in 1910 introduced by Elwood Brown of the Young Men's Christian Association, since then it has been a favorite
• Important things:

  1. Ball - made of leather or synthetic leader; circumference is 65-67 cm, 260-280 g and a pressure of 0.30-0.325 kg/cm2.
  2. Net - 1m wide placed on top of the net is 2.43m for men's and 2.24 for women's.
  3. Court - 18m long and 9m wide, divided into two by 9m by 9m halves by a net. Attack line in 3m line divides the court into back row and front row.
• Types:

  • Serve
  • Set
  • Blocking
  • Passing or Receive
  • Attack or Spike