Passing is the most important skill in volleyball. It is an attempt by the players of a team to receive the ball from the opponent and prevent it from touching the ground. There are two main types of passing in volleyball – the forearm passing and the overhead passing. While the players use their forearm to create a flat platform that directs the ball to a teammate in a controlled manner during a forearm pass, overhead passing involves hitting the ball to a teammate using fingers and an overhead setting action. The tomahawk pass is an...
The Philippines had more influence over the style of modern volleyball than you might think. In fact, Philippine volleyball players invented the set and spike. More than 800 million people in the world play volleyball at least ...
Volleyball played as part of an organized team, as opposed to random beach or backyard play, involves specialized touches on the ball rather than just any type of hit. The forearm pass or bump is one of three such specialized h...
Great volleyball players use the Magnus effect to make the ball drop suddenly in flight, or float unpredictably above the opposing team. Gustav Magnus discovered the physics behind bending the flight path of projectiles in 1852...
Federation Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) is the global governing body for indoor and beach volleyball. An attack hit is a shot you hit over the net intentionally to score. With the exception of serves and blocks, every ti...
Federation Internationale de Volleyball, the governing body for indoor and beach volleyball, changed the rules in 1998 to attract fans. New rules added the libero defensive specialist position and rally point scoring, which awa...
Soccer and volleyball are both team sports that are popular sources of exercise, entertainment and recreation for children and adults. Both are non-contact sports and can be played either indoors or outdoors. As popularity for ...
Adam Johnson has had a long and distinguished career in volleyball, first as a player and then as a coach. After a pro career highlighted by 44 victories in beach volleyball, Johnson set up a training center to instruct kids in...
Volleyball dates to 1895 when a YMCA instructor had the idea of combining several sports into one game. As the game grew in popularity, the original rules were gradually changed and they have since evolved into the competitive ...
Volleyball was created by William G. Morgan, in 1895, for the YMCA of Massachusetts. Volleyball was originally called "mintonette" and designed for middle-aged men to be a less strenuous activity than basketball. During the pas...
The game of volleyball is enjoyed by millions of people around the world. The first world championship was held in 1949 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. The sport's Olympic debut was during the Tokyo Olympic Games in 1964. In 1996, t...
The origins of volleyball started in 1895 when William Morgan, an instructor with the Young Men's Christian Association, sought to create a sport with less physical contact than basketball. Morgan combined elements of tennis, b...
Volleyball is a game played all over the world. Since its invention, it has evolved into a sport that is growing popularity in the U.S. Each year volleyballs are created to be used by all levels of volleyball players. A glimpse...
Ball games such as soccer, baseball and volleyball provide entertainment and exercise for people around the world. Players on amateur teams are not paid and include children and hobbyists and competitors at the collegiate level...
Although volleyball was invented in the United States, the popular sport spread quickly throughout Europe during the 20th century. The history of volleyball in the United Kingdom began around World War I, when American troops i...
Although volleyball is very popular in the rest of the world, second only to soccer, it has been a significant part of college sports in the United States only for the past four decades. As of 2010, the National Collegiate Athl...
Volleyball had its beginnings in a well-known facility known as the YMCA. The 1960s and 1970s ushered in the worldwide expansion of volleyball, and Jamaica became one of the sport's destinations. Volleyball steadily gained in p...
As you describe the history of volleyball to your children, ask them questions to help them process the material. Ask why the sport's governing bodies might have made certain rules changes and what effect these changes had on t...
Volleyball originated in the United States in 1895 and now is played worldwide. The indoor game consists of two teams with six players each and the sand game features teams of two. A team scores a point when the opposing team f...
Though volleyball began as a less strenuous alternative to basketball for boys, girls quickly took up the sport. As years passed, governing bodies evolved to establish rules and organize competitions for females. Today, girls a...
Volleyball, a staple of gym classes and beach parties, began more than 100 years ago when a young sports instructor combined parts of basketball, tennis and other sports to develop a new sport. Today, more than 46 million Ameri...
Volleyball is played all over the world. All types of volleyball share the same origin, whether on the beach, in a high-school gymnasium or half.way around the world in an Olympic venue. The game of volleyball has evolved into ...
Since that time, women have transformed from merely watchers and amateur players of the game to paid professionals that rival that of men. Women's beach volleyball continues to make its mark in history even today, with the addi...
Late 19th century Massachusetts was a breeding ground for team sports. Basketball was invented in Springfield in 1891, and in 1895, volleyball made its debut in Holyoke. According to Volleyball World Wide, this new game combine...
Although volleyball originated in the United States, in the early 20th century the sport was more popular globally than in the United States. In recent years, there has been an upsurge in volleyball's popularity in the U.S., wi...
Since its invention in the late 19th century, volleyball has evolved and grown and now enjoys national and international popularity. In this sport, two teams of six players each stand on opposite sides of a net. Players must wo...
It doesn't take much to play a backyard game of volleyball. All you need is a ball and a net or rope to volley the ball over. If you're playing tournament volleyball or competing on the national or international level, equipmen...
Originally designed as a less strenuous alternative to basketball for men, volleyball has developed into an amateur pastime and an Olympic sport for men and women. Becoming the first competitive fall collegiate sport for women,...
Volleyball began at an east coast YMCA in 1895 as a team game that was less physically tasking than sports like basketball. Since then, it has grown into a sport played around the world--along with its relatively recent variant...
