William J. Morgan, a college physical education teacher, invented volleyball in 1895 by hanging a tennis net across the hall. He gave the students a basketball camera and they began throwing it over the net. The game was originally called “minetonet,” but in a later demonstration of the game at conferences, the game was renamed “volleyball.” The rules of the game, technique and tactics were constantly changing and getting better. In 1922 the first competition was held in Brooklyn. Twenty-three men’s teams participated. During the course of changes and improvements the game was tried to set a certain time, but still settled on the “rally point” system, i.e. the first 4 periods of play to 25 points, the 5th period to 15 points. Volleyball is considered one of the most popular sports on Earth.

Volleyball is a sport, a team sport in which two teams compete on a special court divided by a net, trying to send a ball to the opponent’s side so that it lands on the opponent’s court (to reach the floor), or so that the player of the defending team makes a mistake. In this case, players of the same team are allowed no more than three consecutive touches of the ball (in addition to touching on the block) in order to organize the attack.

The central body of volleyball as an international sport, defining the set of rules the International Volleyball Federation. Volleyball has been part of the Olympic program since 1964.

Volleyball is a non-contact, combination sport, where each player has a strict specialization on the court. The most important qualities for volleyball players are the ability to leap high above the net, reaction, coordination, and physical strength for effective offensive strikes.

For recreational players, volleyball is a common pastime and recreational activity due to the simplicity of the rules and the availability of the equipment.

Equipment
volleyball court
ball

Rules
The game starts with the ball entering the game by serving according to the draw. After the ball has been served and successfully drawn, the service goes to the team that wins the point. The court for the number of players is conventionally divided into 6 zones. After each transition, the right to serve passes from one team to another as a result of the drawing of the point, the players move to the next zone in a clockwise direction.

The player who, as a result of the last transition, moves from the second to the first zone serves. The serve is made from a feed zone behind the back line of the rink in order to ground the ball in the opponent’s half or to make the reception as difficult as possible. In flight, the ball may touch the net, but must not touch the aerials or their mental extension upwards. If the ball touches the playing surface on the receiving team’s side, the serving team is awarded a point.

Usually the players standing on the back line, i.e. in the 5th, 6th, 1st zones, receive the ball. However, any player may take the serve. Players on the receiving team are allowed three touches (a player may not touch the ball twice in a row) and a maximum third touch to move the ball to the opponent’s half. The receiving player may handle the ball anywhere on the court and in the free space, but not in the opponent’s half of the court itself.