Volleyball Typical volleyball action Highest governing body FIVB First played 1895, Holyoke, Massachusetts , United States Characteristics Contact None Team members 6 Mixed gender Single Type Indoor, beach, grass Equipment Volleyball Glossary Glossary of volleyball Presence Olympic 1964 Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. [1] It has been a part of the official program of the Summer Olympic Games since 1964. The complete rules are extensive, but simply, play proceeds as follows: a player on one of the teams begins a 'rally' by serving the ball (tossing or releasing it and then hitting it with a hand or arm), from behind the back boundary line of the court, over the net, and into the receiving team's court. [2] The receiving team must not let the...
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