world championships took place in 1949( male) and 1952( female). Since 1964 it has been an Olympic sport. Beach volleyball joined the FIVB in 1986 and the Summer Olympics since 1996.
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( Marcel Warmuz – Poland)
Volleyball, volleyball- team sport, in which( in traditional, classic variant, ie indoor volleyball) two teams of six participate, in each: quarterback, attacker, two middle and two admitting and libero. However, there are only six players on the pitch, the libero changes with the middle one in the defense line when the team accepts the service. The originator of the volleyball rules was William G. Morgan- a physical education teacher at Young Men ' s Christian Associaton( YMCA) in Holyoke, Massachusetts. On February 9, 1895, in the local gymnasium, there was a premiere show of the discipline he created, which was then called Minonette. 985 marked the beginning of today ' s volleyball, the history of which is to be found in the United States of America in Holyoke in the state of Massachiussets. The creator of this game was the director of YMCA, William Morgan. It was intended as a typical recreational lifestyle for all regardless of sex and age. The new game was called " Minonette " and Dr. Frank Wood and John Lyuck helped W. Morgan in the development of basic principles. in 1896 the rules of the game were written down in 10 paragraphs. Here are the most interesting of them:
• the size of the pitch: 25 x 50 feet( 7.6 x 15.1 m).
• grid height 6.5 feet( 198 cm).
• circumference of the ball 63.5- 68.5 cm, weight: 340 grams.
• the point is scored only by the team that plays and if it won the ball it plays again, if the ball won the team accepting the service, it gets the right to serve without a point,( there was no change of position).
• the number of players of one team was unlimited, the squad could be mixed.
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