1. Volleyball
• HISTORY
Volleyball was invented in 1895 by William C.
Morgan, who was physical education director of the
YMCA in Holyoke, Massachusetts. He developed the
game to provide an indoor game for the winter months
in which relatively large groups of men could participate
in a small gym. The principal features of tennis were
employed, but the net was raised and the players struck
the bladder of a basketball with their hands in stead of
racquets.
2. Volleyball
• PLAYING AREA
Volleyball for men and women is
played on rectangular court divided
by a tightly stretched net. The court is
9 meters wide by 18 meters in length.
(Approximately 30’x 60'). The net
height for boys is 2.43 m ( 7’ I I 5/8) and
girls is 2.24 m (7'4 I /8)
• PLATING GAME
A player may not touch the net but
they may cross the center line as
long as they do not interfere, pose a
safety hazard, or go a considerable
distance.
3. • Six players constitute a team:
three frontline players and three
backline players.
• The ball may contact any part of the
body. During the first contact, some
successive contacts (2 hits) are
permitted as long as it is a single
attempt to play the ball.
• The ball must be cleanly handled and
not held in a prolonged manner such
as carrying or throwing the ball.
4. BALL
• The official size of a Volleyball is between
25.6 and 26.4 inches in circumference and
between 9.1 and 9.8 ounces in weight, the
circumference should be 65-67 cm and weight
should be 260-280 gms
