Volleyball

This is my entry about Volleyball.

Let’s start with the equipment. You need volleyballshoes, a jersey and kneepads. The volleyballshoes help you increase your vertical and will help you to jump higher. The kneepads will provide you from injuries and the jersey will separate you from the other teams.

You can play Volleyball indoor and outdoor. Indoor you play in a gym and outdoor you play in the sand. That brings me to the positions that exist in volleyball because indoor you have got 6 positions, the ones backfield are the defense players and the one on the right serves, at the front part oft he field there are 1 outsidehitter, a setter and a middlehitter.

So position 1, 5 and 6 are backfield and 2,3 and 4 are in the front part the field.

1 is the one who serves.

-if you are 1 and your team doesn’t make a point you defend the ball.

2 is the setter.

- he or her prepairs or sets the ball for the hitters.

- our setter for example is the captain.

3 is the Middlehitter and blocker.

- this is the tallest one of the team. This person is the main blocker and hits the ball too. But they often cannot defend a ball well.

4 is the outside hitter.

- This person is the main hitter and often the topscorer of the team. He is good at hitting the ball and defending.

5 is one of the defenders. He stands in the backfield left.

6 is another defender.

- He stands in the backfield in the middle.

Some of the rules are:

1.   you are not allowed to touch the net if you are involved in the rally. IF a player  does that the other team will get the point.

2.    You are not allowed to step in the field of the other team during the rally.

So these are basically the main rules.

History of Volleyball:

The history of volleyball started in 1895 when William G. Morgan decided to blend elements of basketball, baseball, tennis, and handball to create a game for his classes of businessmen which would demand less physical contact than basketball. He created Volleyball (at that time called mintonette). Morgan borrowed the net from tennis, and raised it 6 feet 6 inches above the floor, above the average man's head. 

 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.

My personal experience with volleyball:

I started playing Volleyball at school 3 years ago and since 2 years I play in a club.

My favourite club is Hypotirol because I really like the way they play Volleyball. My favourite player is Alexander Tusch because in my opinion he is a really good player and plays for the austrian nationalteam too.