I am a volleyball player. When I think about ways to describe me, those five words are the first to pop into my head. Everybody has that one thing that takes their mind off of absolutely anything, whether that thing is a person, an animal, music, or a school subject. My one thing is volleyball. The minute I step onto the court, in practice or in a game, everything from earlier in the day is gone. It’s gone for the next 120 minutes of my life. The only thing on my mind during that 120 minutes
“The game of volleyball, originally called “mintonette,” was invented in 1895 by William G. Morgan after the invention of basketball only four years before.” (“This was How Volleyball Was Introduced”). Every child and their siblings or friends have made up a game at some point in their childhood. It could be a game that continuously had rules added and adjusted as time went on. This is exactly how the wonderful sport of volleyball came about. It was a great combination of several different sports
straight gold medals and are considered the greatest beach volleyball team of all time. I was born on July 30, 1977 in Los Angeles, California. My dad, Bob "Butch" May, was a professional volleyball player. My mom, Barbara May, was a professional tennis player. However my mom loved to play beach volleyball with my dad. When I was young I danced, and played tennis, soccer, and volleyball. When I was eight I played in my first volleyball tournament with my dad. Growing up both of my parents had difficulty
kill is made are all things Kerri Walsh has done thousands of times. Greatest sand volleyball player of all time is not a title that is just handed to anyone. Kerri Walsh- Jennings is a very admired volleyball player. She plays beach volleyball professionally, but that is only the beginning of her exciting and remarkable skills. Kerri Walsh- Jennings is a commendable role model, the greatest female sand volleyball player in the world, and is an active, affectionate family member. Kerri Walsh has
and the spike in volleyball (rugby: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOy3MiVOzJs Volleyball: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h pFWZrXuC98). The lateral pass is a motion in which a participant is holding the rugby ball with two hands. They swing both of their arms in the direction that they want to project the ball and add a push to the ball with the distal arm. They then use the inside arm to help guide the ball in the direction of the player that they are passing to. The volleyball spike is a movement
To Wear or Not to Wear: Volleyball Kneepads It doesn’t matter if you’re an avid, seasoned volleyball player or someone who is just starting out, protecting your knees should be one of your top priorities. You never know when you’re going to dive and take yourself out accidently! Accidents do happen and things don’t always go as planned. If you want to still be able to play when you are 60, you need to be proactive and take care of your body now, and it all starts with wearing the proper protective
My life has always been revolved around sports since I was little. But my 7th grade year changed my life so much, that was the year I started to play volleyball. Volleyball was then, and is to this day my favorite sport. In Middle School I didn’t get much playing time especially 8th grade, which made me second guess my love for the sport. But when my 8th grade season ended I tried out for a travel team called Inside Out. Since then I played 3 seasons at Inside Out, this coming winter will be my
Sports article Basic skills and game play of volleyball Informing and explaining Introduction Have you ever looked at a game of volleyball and wondered what it would feel like to play it yourself? Here are some basic rules and skills for you to get up and have a go. Basic rules A volleyball team consist of 6 members on a court at one time, these 6 members have certain positions on the court that they must stand in. Each position on the court has a certain role for each player to follow when in
When I was little I spent my weekends being dragged around the state of Florida to my older sister’s volleyball tournaments. It was grueling being in a frigid gym all day, waiting in-between games and being away from home. During the week, I was sitting in on their practices or watching their high school team’s play. I was only in elementary school but it seemed like volleyball controlled my life and I wasn’t even playing! The time I spent watching, motivated my desire to play. I started to play
& Pio Alfredo di Tore, (2012). Video analysis applied to volleyball didactics to improve sport skills and Gaetano Raiola & Pio Alfredo di Tore (2012) Bodily communication skills and its incidence on female volleyball championship to enhance didactics, in which we explain how we used them to enhance the sport of Vollyball. This is explained in a covert curriculum that takes place in a timeframe of 30 days and will be explaining 2 volleyball skills, namely spiking and digging. This assignment is aimed