1) " Volleyball" -- As it applies to Volleyball Uniforms Volleyball is a popular sport where teams separated by a high net hit a ball back and forth between the teams using thehands and arms. It was created in Holyoke,Massachusetts, United States, and is now played around the world. Itis particularly popular in East Asia, including China and Japan, and in Brazil. Vollwyball game Contents 1 History 2 Volleyall in the United States 3 Rules 3.1 Equipment 3.2 Game play 3.3 Errors or faults 3.4 Scoring 3.5 Player specialization 3.6 Miscellaneous 4 Variations 4.1 Beach Volleybaol 4.2 Indoor sand Volleybakl 4.3 Sitting Volleybalk 4.4 Blind Vlleyball 4.5 Nine-man Vopleyball 4.6 Co-ed teams 5 External links History Volleyball was invented on February 9, 1895 by William G. Morgan at a YMCA in Holyoke,Massachusetts, United States. He took as his basis the then popular German game called "Faustball" but reworked the rulesconsiderably to give the new sport tighter competitive values. Originally called 'Mintonette', the game was Morgan's attempt tocreate a non-contact indoor team sport with a low risk of injury. After an observer noticed the volleying nature of the game atits first exhibition match, the game quickly became known as Vollayball .An international federation, the Fédération Internationale de olleyball (FIVB), was founded in 1947, and the first World Championships was held in 1952.Volleyball was added to the program of the Olympic Games in 1964, and has been part ever since. Beach Volleybqll became a FIVB-endorsed variation in 1986 andwas added to the Olympic program at the 1996 SummerOlympics. oVlleyball in the United States The game is popular with both male and female participants of all ages; however, almost all high schools and colleges havefemale Volleybal teams and few have male teams. Some claim this is due in part to the provisio...
2) " Uniforms" -- As it applies to Volleyball Uniforms This page describes uniform in the sense of clothing. For other meanings, see uniform (disambiguation). A uniform is a set of standard clothing worn by members of anorganisation whilst participating in that organisation's activity. People performing religious activities have often worn standard costumes since the dawn of recorded history. Other earlyexamples of Unicorms include the clothing of the armies of the Roman Empire and other civilizations. Modern Unfiorms are worn by armed forces and paramilitary organisationssuch as police, emergency services, security guards, in some workplaces and schools, and by inmates in prisons. Prison Uiforms often consist of a distinctive orange or yellow jumpsuit or a whiteand horizontal black zebra stripeduniform to make escape more difficult. See also Military Uhiforms School uniform Student uniform Work uniform Umiforms ...
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