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Dig, Set, Spike

 

 

Volleyball, an introduction Volleyball has come a long way from the dusty-old YMCA gymnasium of Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA, where visionary, William G. Morgan, invented the sport back in 1895....

Volleyball Volleyball is a complex game of simple skills. The ball is hit from up to 60cm above the height of a basketball hoop - that's about 3.65m - and takes 0.3sec to get from the spiker to the baseline receiver ..........

Beach Volleyball The basic skills of beach volleyball are the same as for volleyball, and the flow of play follows similar lines: one team serves, the other tries to win the rally - or 'side-out' - with a pattern of dig, set, spike within the requisite three touches........

World Championships The first men's World Championship, held on a re-purposed outdoor tennis court in Prague, Czechoslovakia in 1949 .......

Olympic Games The sport of Volleyball has two Olympic disciplines: Volleyball, which made its Olympic Games debut in Tokyo in 1964, and Beach Volleyball, which made its Olympic debut in Atlanta in 1996 .........

MAJOR FIVB EVENTS  Volleyball and Beach Volleyball

 

 
 

The Game
About the sport - MAJOR FIVB EVENTS 

 

Major Volleyball Events (for men and women):

·          World Championships

-         Senior

-         Junior

-         Youth

 

·          Olympic Games

 

·          World Grand Champions Cup

 

·          World Cup

 

·          World League

-         Annual – men

 

·          World Grand Prix

-         Annual – women

 

Major Beach Volleyball Events (for men and women):

·          World Tour

 

·          World Championships

-         Senior

-         Under 21

-     Under 18

 

·          Olympic Games

 

·          Goodwill Games

 

·          Challengers

 

·     Satellites