Evolution of Volleyball
Volleyball originated in the United States in 1895 as a blend of basketball, baseball, tennis, and handball.
Today, volleyball has spread to 211 countries around the world, and is recognized as a truly international, widely played, popular sport.
In 1895, William G. Morgan, an instructor at the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) in Holyoke, Mass. Morgan created the game of volleyball, at that time called mintonette.
In 1896, the first official game of Volleyball was played at Springfield College.
In 1900, a special ball was designed for the sport.
William Morgan and volleyball history
On February 9, 1895, in Holyoke, Massachusetts (USA), William G Morgan, a YMCA physical education director, created a new game called Mintonette as a pastime to be played preferably indoors and by any number of players. The game took some of its characteristics from tennis and handball. Another indoor sport, basketball, was catching on in the area, having been invented just ten miles (sixteen kilometers) away in the city of Springfield, Massachusetts, only four years before. Mintonette was designed to be an indoor sport less rough than basketball for older members of the YMCA, while still requiring a bit of athletic effort.
Knee injury
The knee is the most frequent site of injury in volleyball players. More than 40% of high level players suffer overuse injuries during this activity; this particularly painful syndrome is caused by the amount of jumping typical in volleyball play, and in its training which aims at strengthening the quadriceps muscle. In volleyball players the extensor apparatus is subject to continuously high stress and the bone tendon junction, being the weakest point, is susceptible to lesion.
More severe injuries include bone bruises or damage to the cartilage or ligaments. There are two types of cartilage in the knee. One is the meniscus, a crescent-shaped disc that absorbs shock between the thigh (femur) and lower leg bones (tibia and fibula). The other is a surface-coating (or articular) cartilage. It covers the ends of the bones where they meet, allowing them to glide against one another.
What is a sport injury
The term sports injury, in the broadest sense, refers to the kinds of injuries that most commonly occur during sports or exercise. Some sports injuries result from accidents; others are due to poor training practices, improper equipment, lack of conditioning, or insufficient warmup and stretching.
Although virtually any part of your body can be injured during sports or exercise, the term is usually reserved for injuries that involve the musculoskeletal system, which includes the muscles, bones, and associated tissues like cartilage. Traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries, (relatively rare during sports or exercise) and bruises are considered briefly in the Appendix.
Covering block
Coach throws a ball high.
Passer passes a ball to setter and attacks from zone 4 against one blocker.
Defensive players should cover the block, and save the ball touching the floor.
After finishing this drill couple of times, attackers should attack from zone 2, and later from zone 3.
Defensive players has the same job, as mentioned.
Pass the ball for 60 seconds
Four players and 3 balls.
Another passing drill.
Players 4, 3 and 2 play the ball to 5 who, plays defense in the backcourt.
Player 5 plays the ball back to the player he received the ball from.
Rotate players after 60 seconds.
Digging polygon
This is a digging polygon.
Players should do digging between pins.
Afrer that they should be doing barrel roll between pins.
Third part of drill is exactly like the first one.
And for the last, players should run fast across the hoops.
