Volleyball is a team sport played between two teams of six players each, which are separated by a net. Each team has to earn points by grounding the ball on the other team's court. The game was created by William G. Morgan in 1895. Now widely played outside, it was actually created as a pastime to be played indoors.
What is volleyball?
Volleyball is a sport played by two teams with a ball on a playing court divided by a net. The object of the game is for each team to send the ball regularly over the net to ground it on the opponent's court, and to prevent the ball from touching the ground on your team's side of the court.
Did you know?
Volleyball was originally called Mintonette (because it was like badminton).
Who invented volleyball?
William Morgan was an instructor at the YMCA in the United States. In 1895, he combined different parts of basketball, baseball, tennis, and handball to create the game of volleyball. He wanted to create a game that did not have as much contact as basketball.
Equipment: What do you need to play volleyball?
A volleyball
A net - the height of the volleyball net is 2.43 m
A court - indoor volleyball courts are 18 m x 9m
Knee pads
Tennis shoes
Team uniforms
Rules: How do you play volleyball?
A server in the backcourt server the ball by hitting it over the net into the opponent's court. A team can hit the ball three times in order to return it to the team on the other side of the court. A player cannot hit the ball twice in a row unless one of those hits is a block. A block happens when a player prevents the ball from crossing the net with his or her arms.
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport which is played between two teams of six players each. The teams are separated by a net. Each team tries to earn points by grounding the ball on the other team's court.
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