<Volleyball
The sport of volleyball was invented in 1865 by a man that goes by the name of William G. Morgan. Volleyball is its own sport. It has its own rules and its own way of presenting itself. Most people think volleyball is super hard and hurts when the ball hits your forearms, however, you get used to it after some time. If for some reason you are not used to it by a month or two at most, then there are these things called sleeves that help with the force of the impact from hurting. Some sleeves even have elbow pads, so that when you go to dive after a ball your elbows don’t hurt. If your volleyball jersey is long sleeve, then just put the sleeve under the sleeve of the jersey.
The most times a single player has jumped in a match was 300 times, and the record for the most consecutive passes was 110 passes. There are five main skills in volleyball. These skills include: serving, passing (forearm underhand passing), setting (overhead passing), attack (hitting/spiking), blocking (from attack and defend positions), and defensive skills (diving/rolling/sliding). For doing almost all of these skills you must always use your legs. For example, Setting (overhead passing): you must use your legs to set the ball up high enough for your hitters to hit the ball perfectly over the net and score a point.
10 Fun Facts About Volleyball!!
1.) The first Volleyball coach to reach 900 wins was Al Scates. He coached for the UCLA Bruins. He won 19 NCAA Championships and has won coach of the year 5 times.
2.) Volleyball is one of the most favorited sports worldwide.
3.) Another reason why William G. Morgan invented Volleyball was because he wanted a game where you wouldn't have to run.
4.) In Volleyball, the sport used to have an 8 minute timer.
5.) The fastest server in Volleyball was about 84.26MPH.
6.) The tallest Volleyball player in the world is 7'3.5", and the shortest Volleyball player in the world is 5'5".
7.) THe youngest Volleyball player to win a national title was 17 years old. Her name is Xue Chen, and she is 6'3" tall from China.
8.) The longest Volleyball game ever was 75 hours and 30 minutes.
9.) Around the world about 800 million people play Volleyball and about 46 million play Volleyball every week.
10.) In WW!, Volleyball was first introduced in europe by American troops.
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