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The game of volleyball, originally called “mintonette”, was invented in 1895 by William G. Morgan. Volleyball is a vastly popular sport played by men and women equally. Volleyball is an enjoyable activity for the beach or the park. Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players, with up to six substitutes permitted in a squad are alienated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under prearranged rules. The complete rules are wide-ranging. volleyball team is chosen to serve by coin toss. A player from the serving volleyball 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 volleyball team's court. 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 receiving team must not let the ball be grounded within their court. They may touch the ball as many as three times. Each player is only allowed to touch the ball once. The object of the volleyball game is to force the ball down onto to the floor of the opponents court, or to put them under so much pressure that they are powerless to come back the ball.
In volleyball, if the ball does not go backside over the net, the opposition triumph a point. After each time a team wins the ball back from the opposition each player rotates one position clockwise. This rotation is a special feature of volleyball game and it means that all players must play both in the front line and the back line. When the ball slap the floor within the court boundaries or an error is made, the team that did not make the error is awarded a point, whether they served the ball or not. If the ball hits the line, the ball is counted as in. The team that won the point serves for the next point. If the team that won the point served in the previous point, the same player serves again. 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. The game continues until A team wins a set by scoring 25 points with a two point lead and wins the match by winning three sets. The first official ball used in volleyball is disputed; some sources say that Spalding created the first official ball in 1896, while others claim it was created in 1900. The rules evolved over time: in the Philippines by 1916, the skill and power of the set and spike had been introduced, and four years later a "three hits" rule and a rule against hitting from the back row were established. In 1917, the game was changed from 21 to 15 points. The first country outside the United States to adopt volleyball was Canada in 1900. An international federation, the Federation Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), was founded in 1947 and the first World Championships were held in 1949 for men and 1952 for women. The sport is now popular in Brazil, in Europe, in Russia and in other countries including China and the rest of Asia, as well as in the United States.
The first two editions of the volleyball Olympic tournament were won by the Soviet Union. Third in 1964 and runner-up in 1968, Japan won gold in 1972. In 1976, the introduction of a new offensive skill, the back row attack, helped Poland win the competition over the Soviets in a very tight five-setter. The USSR collected their third Olympic gold medal with a 3-1 victory over Bulgaria. In that edition a minor nation, Italy, won its first medal, but Italy would rise to prominence in volleyball in later years. A long-awaited confrontation between the western and eastern volleyball leaders came in 1988: powerplayers Karch Kiraly and Steve Timmons pushed the USA to a second gold medal setting the issue in favor of the Americans. In 1992, Brazil upset favorites Unified Team, Netherlands, and Italy for a first Olympic championship. In spite of their success in other competitions, Italy did not fare well at the Olympics. After winning bronze in 1996, Serbia and Montenegro, led by Vladimir and Nikola Grbić, beat Russia at the finals in 2000 to secure the gold (in 1996 and 2000 they played under the name Federal Republic of Yugoslavia). In 2004, Brazil beat Italy in the final, adding a second gold medal to its record and confirming its role as a superpower of 2000s. In 2008, United States beat Brazil in the final, winning the third gold medal. Russia won the bronze for the second time. The remaining four editions of the Volleyball Olympic Tournament were won each by a different country. The remaining major force, Italy, is runner-up to the USSR in total number of medals, but still lacks a gold medal.
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