10 Interesting Fact About Volleyball

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• Initially, the volleyball game was known as Mintonette, because it was created by William G. Morgan in 1895 in Holyoke, Massachusetts, which was inspired by tennis games, basketball, and baseball.
• Volleyball was first played in Indonesia in the 1950s, when the Indonesian national team played against the Chinese national team.
• At the 1964 summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, volleyball officially became the Olympic sports branch.
• The number of volleyball players on the field is six people, three of them play on the front and three others on the back side.
• Volleyball net height is 2.43 meters for men and 2.24 meters for women.
• Each team is given three opportunities to hit the ball before having to send it to the opponent's side.
• Volleyball must have a circumference of about 65-67 cm and weigh between 260-280 grams.
• World Record for the fastest smash volleyball is 131 kilometers per hour.
• Volleyball is the most widely played sport worldwide, with more than 800 million players worldwide.
• Besides being a popular sport, volleyball is also used as an exercise to practice eye and hand coordination skills, balance, and physical endurance.