PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Karen S. Cayobit
BS Psych 2

Explain the following in 5-10 sentences:

1. The development of the game
 Volleyball, originally called “mintonette,” derived from the game of badminton,
was invented by 1895 by WIlliam G. Morgan, four years after the invention of
basketball. He designed it to be a combination of basketball, baseball, tennis, and
handball, with the net being raised higher than the height of the average American
person. In 1896, at the suggestion of Professor Alfred T. Halstead, the name of the
game was changed to “volley ball” to match the volleying nature of the game
when it was first showcased by Morgan to YMCA directors. With its increasing
popularity, the game began to spread outside the United States, and in 1916 in the
Philippines, an offensive style of setting and spiking was introduced, and four
years later the three-hit rule was established. In 1947, the Federation
Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) was founded, and the first World
Championships were held in1949 for men and 1952 for women.
2. The nature of the game
 The volleyball court is 29.5 ft by 59.1 ft, divided into equal square halves by a net
which is 2.43 m in height for men’s competition, and 2.24 m for women’s
competition. The players are numbered in their positions on the court, starting
from area 1, which is the position of the serving player. Member of the serving
team must rotate in a clockwise direction, and only does so only one time after the
team gains possession of the service. The ball is a spherical leather or synthetic
leather that has a circumference of 65-67 cm, a weight of 260-280 g and an inside
pressure of 0.30-0.325 kg/cm2. Each team consists of six starting players, in
which one team is chosen to serve by coin toss to start the game. The serving
player must pass the ball over the net to land on the opposing team’s court, and
the opposing team must use a combination of no more than three contacts with the
ball, which consists of a pass, a set, and attack, to return it to the opponent’s side
of the net, in an attempt to gain score. The attacking team is described to be on
offence, while the team of defense attempts to prevent the attacker by blocking
the attacked ball. The game continues in this manner, rallying back and fourth
until the ball touches the court within the boundaries or until an error is made, in
which the opposing team gains a point, and a set is given to the first team to score
25 points, with a two-point margin.
 3. The importance of having knowledge of the rules and regulations of the game as a player
a player and as an audience
 Just like any other sports and games, we need to know and understand the rules
and regulations to be able to play better as a player and to fully immerse ourselves
into the game as an audience. Rules create an agreement upon players, coaches,
and audience alike to what is allowed or not allowed before, during, and after the
game. Because volleyball is a competitive sport, players should not risk making
errors consecutively simply because they did not know the rules beforehand—
volleyball is a team sport that requires each member of the team to cooperate,
therefore each player should know their roles in the game, and when to act on
their roles. Rules and regulations also govern the behaviors of the players in and
outside the court, and prevent biases and conflicts for both the players and
coaches. The audience should also know the rules and regulations of the game, at
least its basic rules, to fully understand and enjoy the game, and not just to simply
biased to one team.

Watch on Youtube: Volleyball rotations explained in under 5 minutes. Write an insight about the
video.
 Rotations in volleyball is one of the most confusing aspects of the game for me, and the
video honestly made it more confusing, not because it used a lot of technical volleyball
terms, but because the explanation of each rotation is so fast I can’t catch up to what the
video was saying. I've understood the positions of the players on the court quite well, but
once the rotations were explained, I got lost and couldn’t understand a thing. Perhaps it’s
because the video isn’t subbed or that I can’t understand the accent of the narrator, but
either way the video is a quick start into trying to understand volleyball rotations. It's a
good thing though that the video used a lot of visual elements, such as moving the
numbers in their respective positions and colored lines to help viewers visualize the
circles in rotation, but relying on those wouldn’t enough. I watched a few more videos of
volleyball rotations, as the video suggested, for me to further understand the concept of
volleyball rotations.