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About me!
Hi I am Jim Jerid Delloro, I am 16 yrs of old leaving in Canumay West Valenzuela City, I’ve been playing volleyball since I was in highschool. I am not very good at it but i keep training myself to get better. Now I’ve been positioned as a middle blocker but I also does a open spiker in our volleyball team. So that’s it hope you like it!
History of Volleyball
The year was 1895 and physical director William G. Morgan had a problem. The newly created game of basketball, while popular with the kids, was proving to be too strenuous for the local businessmen. He needed an alternative – something these older gentlemen could play – something without too much “bumping” or “jolting”. It had to be physical – playing a game, after work and at lunch time, should provide exercise, but it also had to relax the participants – it couldn’t be too aggressive. It had to be a sport, Morgan said, “with a strong athletic impulse, but no physical contact.” So, he borrowed. From basketball, he took the ball. From tennis the net. The use of hands and the ability to play off the walls and over hangs, he borrowed from handball. And, from baseball, he took the concept of innings. He termed this new game “Mintonette”. And though admittedly incomplete, it proved successful enough to win an audience at the YMCA Physical Director’s Conference held in Springfield, Massachusetts the next year. It was at this conference that Dr. Alfred Halstead, a professor at Springfield College, suggested a two-word version of its present name. “Volley Ball”. And it stuck. The game of volleyball was quite a bit different from what we’re used to. It was played on a smaller 25’x50′ court, with an unlimited number of players hitting the ball an unlimited number of times, on either side of a 6’6″ high net. Things tended to get a little crowded. Each game was broken up into nine innings, each inning made up of three outs, or “serves”. These serves could be helped over the net by a second player, if the server didn’t quite reach the net. The basketball originally used proved to be a little too heavy, and the subsequent use of a basketball bladder, too soft. Morgan remedied this by contacting A.G. Spalding, a local sporting goods manufacturer who designed a special ball – a rubber bladder, encased in leather, 25″ or so in circumference. The “volleyball”. Though still in its infancy, the sport was slowly developing and with the YCMA taking the reigns, Morgan was confident volleyball would continue to entertain and relax the boys down at the “Y”. What he probably didn’t realize was that he had just created what would become the second most popular team sport in the world.
6 Basic Skills in Volleyball
- Passing is often thought of as the most important skill in volleyball. If you can’t pass the serve, then you won’t ever put your team in a position to score a point.
- The importance of serving is often undervalued. Many coaches don’t teach players to serve aggressive and use this opportunity to give the team an advantage for scoring points.
- Blocking is perhaps the least taught skill in volleyball. Players can get away with poor blocking skills because not blocking isn’t going to hurt the team as much as being poor at executing other skills in volleyball.
- Digging is another skill that isn’t focused on quite as much as most skills in volleyball.
- A volleyball spike or attack is the strategy used to send the ball over the net to the opponent in such a manner that ball is not returnable. The spike is performed by moving the arm in a way such that you angle the ball to land on the ground of your opponent’s side of the court.
- The setter position is considered to be the most important position in volleyball. The setter basically runs the team offense.
Basic Rules in Volleyball
6 players on the floor at any one time – 3 in the front row and 3 in the back row Maximum of 3 hits per side Points are made on every serve for wining team of rally (rally-point scoring). Player may not hit the ball twice in succession. (A block is not considered a hit.) Ball may be played off the net during a volley and on a serve. A ball hitting a boundary line is in. A ball is out if it hits an antennae, the floor completely outside the court, any of the net or cables outside the antennae, the referee stand or pole, the ceiling above a non-playable area. It is legal to contact the ball with any part of a player’s body. It is illegal to catch, hold or throw the ball. A player cannot block or attack a serve from on or inside the 10-foot line. After the serve, front-line players may switch positions at the net. Matches are made up of sets; the number depends on level of play. 3-set matches are 2 sets to 25 points and a third set to 15. Each set must be won by two points. The winner is the first team to win 2 sets. 5-set matches are 4 sets to 25 points and fifth set to 15. The team must win by 2 unless tournament rules dictate otherwise. The winner is the first team to win three sets. Basic Volleyball Rule Violations Rule violations that result in a point for the opponent When serving, the player steps on or across the service line as while making contact with the ball. Failure to serve the ball over the net successfully. Ball-handling errors. Contacting the ball illegally (double touching, lifting, carrying, throwing, etc.) Touching the net with any part of the body while the ball is in play. When blocking a ball coming from the opponent’s court, it’s illegal to contact the ball when reaching over the net if both your opponent has not used 3 contacts AND they have a player there to make a play on the ball. When attacking a ball coming from the opponent’s court, contacting the ball when reaching over the net is a violation if the ball has not yet broken the vertical plane of the net. Crossing the court centerline with any part of your body is a violation. Exception: if it is the hand or foot. In this case, the entire hand or entire foot must cross for it to be a violation. Serving out of rotation/order. Back-row player blocking (deflecting a ball coming from the opponent) when, at the moment of contact, the back-row player is near the net and has part of his/her body above the top of the net. This is an illegal block. Back-row player attacking a ball inside the front zone (the area inside the 3M/10-foot line) when, at the moment of contact, the ball is completely above the net. This is an illegal attack.
Tips
- Go for the position where you feel you are great.
- Practice!Practice!Practice! it seems to be obvious but it is the main thing that you need to get better in all the kind of sports.
- Eat healthy foods! Always think that in order for you to have a good muscles you have to eat a lot of healthy food.
- Always remember! SAFETY FIRST!
Ah yeah!
“There may be people that have more talent than you, but there’s no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do.”
– Derek Jeter.
I’m a believer
“It is not the size of a man but the size of his heart that matters.”
– Evander Holyfield
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