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Test Your Awareness About Volleyball With This Fun Quiz

Prabhakar Pillai
Volleyball is a popular sport played for fun as well as fitness. Check out your knowledge by answering some basic questions about this interesting game.
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Interesting Fact
Volleyball is a game played by 2 teams having 6 members each. This popular sport is believed to have been invented in 1895.
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Quaint Fact
The game was called Mintonette at first since it was played on a square shaped court. However a short period later it was renamed to Volleyball.
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Did you know?
In 1895, William G. Morgan devised this sport. He combined elements of other sports such as tennis and handball.
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Incredible Fact
Incidentally, the sport is pretty popular in Brazil too. The Latin American country has an impressive win record in volleyball.
Volleyball is the world's 2nd most popular sport next only to football.
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For your information
Volleyball is a non-contact sport. The game does not require or permit bodily contact among players although it could occur. The term 'contact' in the sport usually refers to the handling of the ball.
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Fun Fact
The first two-man beach game was played in 1930. Beach volleyball first made it's appearance in the 1920's in the US state of California. Paul "Pablo" Johnson pioneered the contemporary two-man beach volleyball game.
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Important Fact
To entertain readers, volleyball was first introduced as a competing sport at the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games.
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Did you know?
The first volleyball World Championship for women took place in 1952. Incidentally, the same event for men was held three years prior to that of the women.
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For your information
Each time a side gets a point or prior to serving, the serving team rotates clockwise.
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Fact
Teams are allowed to hit the volleyball a maximum of three times (in addition to blocking) for returning the ball to the other side of the net.
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Do you know?
As per estimates, the average volleyball players jumps around 300 times during a match. No wonder the game is physically demanding and a fun way to burn extra calories.
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Interesting Tidbit
One of the major challenges of this game is to master the serve. For the majority of beginners, the underhand serve is the only way they will generate enough power to send the ball across the net.
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