Volley Ball

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Volleyball was introduced in 1895 by William Morgan while he was teaching at the Holyke Y.M.C.A. in Massachusetts. He wanted to create a game for his classes of businessmen that would have less physical contact than basketball. He combined the elements of basketball, tennis, and handball to form the game he called "mintonette". He borrowed a tennis net and raised it 6 feet 6 inches above the floor. When a demonstration game was played, someone said it looked like the players were volleying the ball over the net, and "volleyball" might be a better name. The first game of volleyball was played at Springfield College on July 7, 1896. After World War II the sport of volleyball began gaining great popularity, and in 1947 the International Volleyball Federation was formed. Volleyball became an Olympic event in 1964, and has since become a pop. Now the sport is just achieving the type of popularity in the U.S. that it has received on a global basis, where it ranks behind only soccer among participation sports. Today there are more than 46 million Americans who play volleyball. There are 800 million players worldwide who play Volleyball at least once a week. The National Collegiate Athletic Association formed rules in 1916. There are nine people on the court that make three lines. The person in the back row, farthest to the left, serves the ball. It is usually served overhand by hitting it with the heel of your hand over the net to the opposite team. If you serve the ball and the opposing team can not return it, you get a point. If they do return it you play until someone misses. Each team gets three hits per side. If the team serving misses the ball after the opposing team hits it back over, the opposing team gets the ball but they do not get the point. You have to serve and win the volley to get the point. The matches are played and won by whoever wins two out of three games. They are usually played up to 15 or 21 points. You have to win by a...