volleyball
Typical volleyball action
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| 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 ball be grounded within their court. The team may touch the ball up to 3 times, but individual players may not touch the ball twice consecutively.[2] Typically, the first two touches are used to set up for an attack, an attempt to direct the ball back over the net in such a way that the serving team is unable to prevent it from being grounded in their court.
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