The Physical Education Director of YMCA,Holyoke, Massachusetts, created a game called mintonette in 1895.

It was initially devised as a less strenuous activity than basketball for middle-aged businessmen who attended YMCA classes The objective was to hit the ball back and forth with the hands. Each team, having any number of players, was permitted three outs before the team for feited the ball.

The game was renamed 'Volleyball' in______.

  Earliest rules mandate the game to be played in nine innings on a ________court.

The serve was hit over net.

  The bladder of the basketball was originally used for the ball, but it was too light, and basketball was too heavy. A.G. Spalding constructed a ball expressly for the game, In________, in the Philippines, an offensive style of passing the ball in high trajectory to be struck by another player (the set and Spike) was introduced.

They developed the or ________ kill, and called the hitter *bomberino.

  In_________, the first 2-man beach volleyball game was played.

    The _____________was founded in Paris in 1947.

In 1964, volleyball was introduced to the_____________ in Tokyo, Japan.

    In________, 2-man beach volleyball was added to the Olympics.

  a served ball that directly results in a point.

poles made of flexible rod made of fiberglass,attached at sides of the net which delimits the crossing space.

any method used to send the ball over the net into the opponent's court from above the net level.

 an action of the player who directs the ball towards the opponent's court.

an attempt to intercept the ball before it crosses over the net.

the line parallel to the net, 3 meters away from the net.

  the area in the court marked by the center line and the attack line 8.

the area between the attack line and the end line.

 execution of any passing fundamentals.

the ball is in play from the instant it is contacted or is being hit by the server until the fault has been committed by a team and the official suspends the play for any reason.

ball touching the antennae or the outside portion of the net; ball passing under the net; ball passing outside of the crossing space; ball touching any person outside of the playing court; ball touching the ground outside the boundaries of the court and ball touching the ceiling of a building in an indoor game:

a back row player who has attacked the ball from above the top of the net. The action is legal only if at the moment of the attack hit both feet leave the floor from behind the attack

the line that divides the court into two equal parts, located directly under the net.

a ball in play that has been touched by a player

   to protect an area on defense.

the space on the vertical plane of the net limited by the upper part and on the sides of the net by the antennae and their imaginary extensions.

   a ball not in play following a point, side ou tor any decision temporarily suspending the play.

  a recovery of a hard driven ball over the net with one or two hands.

 an attack in which the ball is hit with relatively little force from the fingertips or wrist.

  any player of a team not in possession of the ball.

the team not in possession of the ball.

an underhand pass using both arms together

 when a team did not appear on or before the game on scheduled time.

a player touching the ball more than one with any part of the body.

an illegal placement of the feet with respect to court lines.

   a non-spiked return of the ball by any opponent that should be easily handled and turned into an offensive play.

an arrangement or alignment of players either offensive or defensive.

  a violation in which the ball visibly comes to rest on some part of the body.

 an attempt on the part of the defensive team to block the ball forcibly back at their opponent's court.

a ball landing inside or touching the lines of the court.

substitute entering the game without permission of the 2ªd referee.

-a ball which hits the line.

 the best of two out of three or three out of five sets.

    any player of a team in possession of the ball.

the team which has possession of the ball.

a ball is out of bounds when it touches any surface or object on the floor outside the court.

 the chain of events while the ball is in play. It begins with the service and ends when the ball is dead.

 the clockwise movement of players on the court after a side-out has occurred and the opponent have lost the serve.

the means of putting the ball into play by the offensive team at the service area,

      an illegal action of one or more players used to conceal the series action by blocking the receivers view of the server.

   reserve players of the team aside from the first six players.

   the specific periods of time allotted to each team to give instructions to the players.

anytime a player contacts the ball.

A player must serve the ball to start a volley. It requires you to make quick, hard contact with the ball using either your palm for an over hand serve or the back of your forearm for an underhand serve [source: American Volleyball Coaches Association].

a form of overhead passing that can be used to send the ball to a teammate or over the net to the opposing team. To set, raise both their hands above your head and use the pads of your fingertips to make contact with the ball.

To receive a serve from the opposing team, you must use a forearm pass or "bump." To do so, you should bend your legs, extend both hands forward and clasp your hands together to create a flat surface for hitting the ball.