...VOLLEYBALL A. History * The origins * William G. Morgan (1870-1942), who was born in the State of New York, has gone down in history as the inventor of the game of volleyball, to which he originally gave the name "Mintonette". * The young Morgan carried out his undergraduate studies at the Springfield College of the YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association) where he met James Naismith who, in 1891, had invented basketball. After graduating, Morgan spent his first year at the Auburn (Maine) YMCA after which, during the summer of 1895, he moved to the YMCA at Holyoke (Massachusetts) where he became director of physical education. In this role he had the opportunity to establish, develop and direct a vast programme of exercises and sport classes for male adults. * His leadership was enthusiastically accepted, and his classes grew in numbers. He came to realise that he needed a certain type of competitive recreational game in order to vary his programme. Basketball, a sport that was beginning to develop, seemed to suit young people, but it was necessary to find a less violent and less intense alternative for the older members. * At that time Morgan knew of no similar game to volleyball which could guide him; he developed it from his own sports training methods and his practical experience in the YMCA gymnasium. Describing his first experiments he said, "In search of an appropriate game, tennis occurred to me, but this required rackets, balls...
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...Statement……………………………………………………………………pg5 Information about Volleyball…………………………………………………………pg9 Apparatus and Materials………………………………………………………………pg6 Method for Experiment……………………………………………………………….pg7 Solution to Problem…………………………………………………………………..pg8 Verification of Solution……………………………………………………………….pg18 Discussion……………………………………………………………………………..pg19 Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………….pg21 Bibliography...................................................................................................................pg22 PROJECT TITLE: To determine the ideal angle at which Penelope, a national volleyball player, needs to serve the ball in order to obtain the distance that it needs to go over the net but stay in the court y applying the theory of projectile motion. AIM: To determine the ideal angle and distance needed for a volleyball ball to be served over the net within the dimension of the court using projectile motion. PROBLEM STATEMENT: Penelope is a national volleyball player and she wants to know the angle at which she needs to serve the volleyball in order to get the ball over the net but also in the court every time she serves. In order to do so, she sets up a projectile launcher and she shot a ball (projectile) at different angles and found the angle at which the ball went a midway distance. From this data, she also found the projectile’s distance for the ideal launching angle. INFORMATION ABOUT VOLLEYBALL The overall measurement for a volleyball court is 60 feet by 30 feet...
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...student participation and effective operations. A determined effort will be made to provide a well-organized and supervised program that is responsive to the needs of the students and faculty/staff members, offering them the opportunity to engage in athletic endeavors in individual and team sports. The intramural program is a team of individuals working together to provide high quality organized activities for the students, faculty, and staff. Talented and energetic people were selected to work together to achieve this goal. The game volleyball offers opportunities for the development of strength, endurance, speed, agility, and neuromuscular skills and immediate action with many precise educational outcomes. The game of volleyball requires a conditioning program, which develop flexibility, muscular strength, power and agility all of which must be integrated to achieve the optimum skill performance from each player. Volleyball is a sport played by two teams on a playing court divided by a net. There are different versions available for specific circumstances in order to offer the versatility of the game to everyone. The object of the game is to send the...
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...At the initial stages of my participation, I was overwhelmed both by the fact that I was new to the team and also that, it had been years since I played volleyball. I was in a pretty bad shape. From relevant previous experience, I knew I had to be very careful and tactical in play to avoid injuries and complete breakdown. I played it safe and cautiously because I did not want to truncate or miss any minute of the fieldwork. With time, I got better conditioned, and now advanced to become an active participant. Active Participation Being an active player enabled me to be totally immersed in the volleyball team, have a better understanding of the observations made and why participants behaved the way they did and how these factors influenced...
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...are passionate about. Mine just so happens to be the sport volleyball. II. I have played volleyball since the fifth grade and even joined a travel volleyball team upon entering high school. III. Sadly, I was unable to continue my volleyball career into the collegiate level, but I have joined an intramural team to keep up with my passion. IV. Hi, my name is Brady Goings, and since volleyball has played such a large role in my life, I have decided to share with you today a little on the history and upcoming of volleyball. BODY I. According to the “History of..” website, volleyball was invented by William G. Morgan in the year 1895 in Massachusetts and was originally...
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...Lesson Plan (Volleyball) Diana McKenzie PED 212: Foundation of Movement and Motor Activities Instructor: Professor Matthew Donovan May 30, 2015 Lesson Plan (Volleyball) Section 1: Lesson Information Grade Level: 3 Age: 8 Estimated level of development stage for this age/grade: Semi predictable with external paced Number of students: 24 Fundamental skill to be taught: correctly serving, holding, over head throw, and hitting the ball from all positions. State standard: Applies skills: Volleys a ball using a 2 hand overhead pattern sending it upward to a target, (S1.E 23.5), (Hastie, P. 2012). Section 2: Lesson Introduction Description of the lesson: Today we are going to be focusing on the correct way in handling a volley ball and can be fun once the skills are known. They consist of bumping, serving, spiking, setting, and blocking, and digging. We will learn how to form our hands, how to pass to your opponents. Task #1 The rules and techniques of volley ball are: 1. Bumping-make a fist with one hand and wrap your other hand around the fist, do not cross your thumbs or interlock your fingers. 2. Serving-there is an overhand and underhand, underhand is easiest, hold the ball out in front of you. With your other hand you swing back and bring it back forward and hit the ball, get low when u serve and raise as the ball exits your grip. 3. Spiking-there is a simple rule. on a serve you cannot spike it over...if someone bumps and sets it to you...
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...Volleyball Fans and players are anxiously awaiting the start of the game. The players are jumping and fidgeting around on the court waiting for the referee to blow his whistle to issue the start of the game. The whistle blows and the visiting team serves the ball while fans in the stands are clapping and stomping on the bleachers trying to distract her. The serve is good and the Titans returns a pass, set, kill and the crowd goes wild. This could be just the beginning to a fun filled game of volleyball. The sport of volleyball was created by a man named William G. Morgan of Holyoke, Massachusetts in 1895. Morgan was a physical education teacher at the YMCA and originally called it "mintonette". The first rules were made by Morgan himself. His rules called for a 6 foot 6 inch net and a court of 25x50 feet. A match composed of 9 innings and 3 serves for each team in each inning. In case of a serving error they got a second chance just like in tennis. If the ball hit the net on a serve it was considered a foul and it caused a side out or a point was taken away. In 1896 during a demonstration game, someone remarked to Morgan that the players seemed to be volleying the ball back and forth over the net, and perhaps "volleyball" would be a more descriptive name for the sport. Since the first creation of volleyball there has been many rule changes. For instance in 1900 the net height was raised to 7 feet, 6 inches, the dribbling line was eliminated, and the length of game was changed...
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...Volleyball is a diverse game that requires various skills to perform successfully throughout any given game. In relation to this, equity and access affects nearly all aspects of our lives none less than sports such as volleyball. Sport is an integral part of today’s society and as such, volleyball should be organised, participated in and distributed in an equitable manner. The aim of equity and access in sports is to encourage all people, regardless of age, gender, disability or ethnic origin to participate in and develop their potential within sport and in particular, volleyball. Disputes over equity have been apparent in our society for hundreds of years, over such things as gender, religion or race. A framework developed by Figueroa deals...
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...of volleyball On February 9, 1895, in Holyoke, Massachusetts (USA), William G. Morgan, a YMCA physical education director, created a new game called Mintonette as a pastime to be played preferably indoors and by any number of players. The game took some of its characteristics from tennis and handball. Another indoor sport, basketball, was catching on in the area, having been invented just ten miles (sixteen kilometers) away in the city of Springfield, Massachusetts, only four years before. Mintonette was designed to be an indoor sport less rough than basketball for older members of the YMCA, while still requiring a bit of athletic effort. The first rules, written down by William G Morgan, called for a net 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) high, a 25×50 ft (7.6×15.2 m) court, and any number of players. A match was composed of nine innings with three serves for each team in each inning, and no limit to the number of ball contacts for each team before sending the ball to the opponents’ court. In case of a serving error, a second try was allowed. Hitting the ball into the net was considered a foul (with loss of the point or a side-out)—except in the case of the first-try serve. After an observer, Alfred Halstead, noticed the volleying nature of the game at its first exhibition match in 1896, played at the International YMCA Training School (now called Springfield College), the game quickly became known as volleyball (it was originally spelled as two words: "volley ball"). Volleyball rules...
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...I Volleyball 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 rally continues, with each team allowed as many as three consecutive touches, until either (1): a team makes a kill, grounding the ball on the opponent's court and winning the rally; or (2): a team commits a fault and loses the rally. The team that wins the rally is awarded a point, and serves the ball to start the next rally. A few of the most common faults include: * Causing the ball to touch the ground outside the opponents' court or without first passing over the net; * Catching and throwing the ball; * Double hit: two consecutive contacts with the ball made by the same player; * Four consecutive contacts with the ball made by the same team. * Net foul: touching the net during play. The ball is usually played with the hands or arms, but players can legally strike or push (short contact) the ball with any part of the body. History On February 9, 1895, in Holyoke, Massachusetts (USA), William G. Morgan, a YMCA physical education director, created a new game called Mintonette as a pastime to be played preferably indoors and by any number of players. The game took some of its characteristics from tennis and handball. Another indoor sport, basketball, was catching on...
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...Volleyball is a highly enjoyable sport played by many individuals of all ages today. It is a sport that requires immense physical activity and coordination with other teammates. Volleyball can be very rewarding to our health since it involves movement of all our body parts, mainly the upper body. It also helps to improve our reflex since you have no idea when the ball will be heading your direction over the net. In the game of volleyball, every player has to be prepared to bump, set, spike, or dig the ball to the other teammates over the net. Volleyball can be played professionally, recreationally, on school teams, or for fun. So, what exactly is volleyball? Volleyball, originally called “mintonette” is a combination of basketball, baseball, tennis, and handball and it was invented by a man named William G. Morgan in 1895. Sports-information.org says that William G. Morgan was a physical fitness instructor for YMCA in Holyoke, Massachusetts. He wanted to invent a game that was not as physically hard on the body, and that is where volleyball came about. A ball was needed for the game and a basketball was thought to be too heavy so Morgan asked Spalding to make the first volleyball out of calf skin, and they did. 25 years later, after the invention of volleyball, rules were finally enforced into volleyball. Volleyball went from recreational, to professional, to competitive, and then finally a featured sport in the Olympics. The game begins with the serve of the volleyball. After...
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...Do you ever enjoy the rush of a hard serve coming towards you? Do you enjoy being the one who dives for a volleyball as the other team’s hardest hitter spikes the ball? This is the rush and experience that you will get when you play the position of libero. I am a libero. Everyone may not know what exactly this position is, but to sum it all up, the libero is a back-row defensive specialist in the sport of volleyball. The libero’s job is to receive serves, dig hits, pass, and occasionally set. To excel in this position you must be competitive, love the sport, be committed, be aggressive, and always have a positive attitude for both you and your team. The position emerged internationally in 1998 to improve defense and ball movement. “The thought was that tall players have more difficulty with ball control and smaller players are quicker, more agile, and can play better court defense” says Jeff Gordon. This is not always necessarily true for every team, but most it is. There are special rules that apply only to the...
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...Nicole Myhre Callenbach.2 Question #2 A Reader Response I think Callenbach’s ideas of integrating sex and aggression is interesting. The whole idea of the war games is kind of interesting I think. It makes sense and it doesn’t. The Ecotopians hold these games to so that men can get rid of their aggressions. The Ecotopians believe that men are having these biological desires to be aggressive. The war games are so that men can let these aggressions out. Some men die in the War Games. It kind of reminds me of the Hunger Games except it is just men. The Ecotopians also believe that if these aggressions that men have deep down aren’t able to be let out they will result in things such as war. For that reason, the Ecotopians believe they should take the risk of the War Games, so that they won’t have to deal with an outbreak of war. What doesn’t make sense is that some men die in the War Games, so isn’t that kind of the same idea as war anyways? The book basically portrays women as sluts and political and they portray men as fighting murderers. The idea is supposed to be equality and at the same time this book portrays it as inequality in so many ways. I don’t really think that the War Games make Ecotopia more civilized. I don’t really think war and killing people really has anything to do with being civilized. I think it relates to how the real world is, but I don’t think that in a so-called “perfect world” people would be killing each other. If you were to look...
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...General consensus is yes, of course health is important (no one chose to elaborate) How often do you think about your health? * All the time * I don’t always think about it, but I try to be conscious of the decisions that I make that can effect my health * All the time * Don’t really pay much attention to it on a daily basis, but overall I try to remain healthy How often do you exercise? * Twice a day - 1 morning volleyball practice and one gym session at night * Same as Jose * I used to go to the gym all the time but I’ve been slacking lately * Don’t really go to the gym at all What do you hope to accomplish by going to the gym? Build muscle/stay in shape/loose weight/etc.? * Stay in shape * Get into shape for the Volleyball season How do you decide what your routine will be when you go to the gym? * Me and Jose both follow a pretty strict workout regimen and we cycle through working out different muscle groups throughout the week * Yea volleyball practice is more of a cardio workout, so we usually just lift at the gym Do any of you guys use any personal health devices? * What do you consider a health device? For the purposes of this study, I would consider a personal health...
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...organize a co-ed team with at least two males and two females. Faculty and staff can join a team. The team can participate in traditional or original events. In previous years, events have ranged from beach volleyball and disc golf to dodge ball, chess, and trivia competitions. Attached is a brochure you can share with Benton Hall residents who are interested in the Games. Please feel free to contact me if you would like to volunteer or participate. You can stop by the Rec to pick up a registration form or find answers to your questions. Thank you, C ampus Spring Games Sponsor: Student Activities & Recreation Room: 112 at the Rec Contact Information: rec@hayward.cengage.edu What Are the Campus Spring Games? The Campus Spring Games are campus-wide competitions that celebrate the spirit of the Olympics. Students compete in traditional events and those of their own design. Do you love croquet, log rolling, or skateboarding? Organize a co-ed team and compete to win a coveted bronze, silver, or gold medal. Events from Previous Years The Campus Spring Games have quickly become a fun and highly anticipated tradition at Hayward College. Need some inspiration for your team? Following are a few events organized in previous years: Dodge ball tournament Beach volleyball Ultimate Frisbee Disc golf Skateboard obstacle course Trivia contests Board game...
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