VOLLEYBOLL

History:- - - The game of volley ball was invented in America in 1895 AD by William G. Morgan. Due to less expenditure and simplicity this game became very popular in a very short period. In USA YMCA played an important role in developing volleyball. Outside USA, Canada was the first country where volleyball wads started in 1900. First time the national volleyball championship organized by YMCA in New York in 1922. During the 2nd world war the game gained its popularity.
After 2nd world war, International Volleyball Association was establish in 1947 AD. At world label this game first played at Prague (Czechoslovakia) in 1949. The first Asian Volleyball championship was held at Tokyo in 1955. This game was started in India by YMCA. The volleyball federation of India was formed in1950. The 1st national volleyball championship was organised in Chennai (Madras).


Latest rules:-
1) The width of service area is 9m
2) The attack line has been extended up to 1.50m outside on
both sides in dotted marking.
3) Libero must be printed on the backside of T-shirt.
4) A libero can be changed any number of times
5) Each service has a point as a table tennis.
6) A colored ball is permitted in competitions.
7) Late service is allowed.
8) 1st four sets consist of 25 points each whereas fifth set consist of 15 points.
9) The first service can be received by ay part of body but it should be only a single touch.

Measurements of volleyball court and specification
Of sports:-

1) Size of play field 18m*9m
2) Width of boundry line 5cm
3) Size of net 9.5m*1m
4) Size of net mesh 10cm
5) Height of net from the ground (men) 2.43m
6) Height of net from the ground (women) 2.24m
7) Circumference of ball 65cm to 67cm
8) Weight of ball 260gm to 280gm
9) No. of players in each team 6
10) No. of substitutes 6
11) Distance of pole from side line 50cm to 100cm
12) Size of mark on chest & back 15cm*10cm
13) Length of antina 1.80m
14) Colour of ball Multicolour
15) Length of service area 9m


Official:-
1) Referee 1
2) Umpire 1
3) Scorer 1
4) Lines man 2 to 4


Fundamental skills:-
1) Service
a) Simple service
b) Tennis service
c) Round service
d) Side arm floating service
e) Overhead floating service

2) Passing and placing
a) Chest pass
b) Under arm pass
c) Overhead pass

3) Smashing
a) One man or single spike
b) Two men or double spike

4) Boosting
a) Low set up
b) Diagonal set up
c) Hard set up

5) Blocking
a) One man blocking
b) Two men blocking
c) Three men blocking

Terminology
Smash spikier, rotation, blocking, volley pass, dig pass, switch, overlapping, booster, net fault, double hit floater, hook service, net ball, tennis service, double fault, set up antenna, libero, holding, dividing and rolling.

Explanations of some are as follows.
1. Dividing: - Trying to play a ball falling on the ground in front. Diving is done to do so.
2. Booster: - The players who lift the ball for a smashes is called booster.
3. Boosting: - Boosting means to lift the ball up for the smashes to smash.
4. Smashes: - The player, who smashes the ball that is lifted by booster is called smashes.
5. Block: - An attempt to check a smash by player/players close to the net by taking jump and rising of hand is called block.
6. Antenna:-The two flexible rods, fixed at the outer edge of each side band are called antenna. The ball must pass to the opponent’s court between the antennas.
7. Libero: - He is a special player of a team. He can play for defense only. He is not allowed to smash a ball from attacking area. He cannot take part in rotation.
8. Dig: - A dig is made by player who first contacts the ball over the net.

Tournaments
1. Federation cup.
2. Grand champion’s cup.
3. Asia cup.
4. World cup.
5. Poornima trophy (National women).
6. India gold cup.
7. Super challenge cup.
8. Canada open.
9. Halian open.
10. Hamburg open.
11. New Zealand open.



Famous sports personalities
1) Ranbir Singh
2) Raman Rao
3) Ravikant Reddy
4) Balwant Singh
5) Suresh mishra
6) Nripjit Singh


Sports award (Arjuna award):-
1) Nripjit Singh 1962
2) Balwant Singh 1972
3) Rabbir Singh 1975
4) R. k. Purohit 1983
5) Raman rao 1990
6) Shyam Sundar Rao 1995


Dronacharya award
1) Raman rao 1990
2) Shyam Sundar Rao 1995


First Aid and rehabitation of sports injuries:-
Various sports injuries may be take place in volleyball. Some of them are sprain, stress, abrasion, factures and dissociation are possible injuries. When a person injured then we should care him.
He should be treated with first aid box. The injured part should be kept in comfortable position. Cold compression should be used immediately for 20 to 30 minutes. Direct application of ice is not recommended. If person fail to treat then advice of doctor should be taken or treated by doctor.
The following steps should be applied for rehabitation process.
1) Decrease the swelling and pain. ----- Efforts should be made to decrease the swelling and pain to make it easier to move and exercised the injured part.
2) Increase range of motion. ----- After the first step, the range of motion of exercise should be increased.
3) Increase strength. ----- This steps stars after regaining 90% range of motion.
4) Reestablish muscle power, speed and skill. ----- In this step effort should be made to reestablish muscle power, speed and skill and to trained nervous system.
5) Functional training. ----- In this step functional test is applied to know the redyness of the sports person for the competition.s