Volleyball Persuasive Essay

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Volleyball is the best sport ever. Volleyball causes people to be physically active. It also helps people become healthier. In volleyball you get to do cool actions while playing and/or practicing. First, volleyball causes people to be physically active. In order to gain points, your team has to get the ball over the net without the other team touching the ball. Your team only gets three hits to get it over the net, so you have to be physically active to gain points to win. You also have to be active when you serve. So really, volleyball is an all around physically active sport.
Second, in volleyball you get to do cool actions while you play and/or practice. Some of those cool actions are called spiking, blocking, and serving. In

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