Transcript Sport ( Sports )

( Information about the most famous sport in the world )
 Volleyball is becoming increasingly popular in the world. One may ask -
why this sport is so popular? How it was created? Well, this game was...
invented in the USA. Just as basketball. Its founder was William
Morgan. The game attracted great interest among the students, and
quickly spread across the U.S. It was introduced in Europe during the
First World War through the organization of the YMCA instructors.
Volleyball was adopted rapidly in Poland, and in 1929 the country hosted
the first championships in the new discipline. Volleyball seventy years
ago had little in common with the game which can be seen nowadays in
TV broadcasts of international events. „Flying ball”, „dłoniówka ","
przebijanka "- were one of the names Poles called old volleyball. Rules of
the game were in many cases completely different than they are today.
For some time, for example, rules did not concern a rotation of players
in the field. Every player had his own position in which he specialized
himself. As interest in volleyball was increasing, players were becoming
more and more skillful in their discipline which caused, as a result,
search for new and more effective ways to play. Some of the ideas were
taken into account as far as the rules of the game are concerned, others
gradually faded away like the strike after jump from one foot. The
international competition caused that the teams took over their
opponents’ most effective in order to win, and play more efficiently.
 The very first volleyball match was held in 1896 in the
USA. In the meeting there were two teams of five
players. During the game a ball weighting 340 grams
was used. A tennis net, used for this particular
match, was hung at a height of 213 cm. During that
match the name of this discipline was created „volley ball”. This name was accepted, and eventually
evolved into the single word "volleyball".
 Polish volleyball players have established the first
international contacts in the late 30‘s with teams from
Czechoslovakia and Estonia. A growing number of
international meetings resulted in the need to develop
regulations, directing the further development of the
volleyball. This was the beginning of the International
Volleyball Federation (FIVB). Poland, France,
Yugoslavia, USSR and Czechoslovakia were founding
members.
 A player from the serving team throws the ball into the air
and attempts to hit the ball so it passes over the net on a
course such that it will land in the opposing team's court
(the serve). The opposing team must use a combination of
no more than three contacts with the volleyball to return
the ball to the opponent's side of the net. The game
continues in this manner, rallying back and forth, until the
ball touches the court within the boundaries or until an
error is made. When the ball contacts the floor within the
court boundaries or an error is made, the team that did not
make the error is awarded a point. If the team that won the
point did not serve the previous point, the players of the
team rotate their position on the court in a clockwise
manner.
 Volleyball years ago was a very simple game, and due
to that fact more and more people found it
interesting. The game, which was created in the USA,
has become very popular in Europe, gained popularity
in Asia (which quickly became a volleyball power), but
in the end lost popularity in its homeland, because
Americans where more fascinated with American
football, baseball, orhockey.
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 By: Natalia Wyporska