Volleyball

The big volleyball tournament was days away. My team had been training for months, waiting for this tournament to come. The whole team was getting excited to go to Dallas, Texas to compete with some of the best teams in the nation and to potentially earn a bid to Nationals. It was our last practice before the big tournament and my coach asked me to stay after practice. I immediately got a pit in my stomach. When a coach asks you to stay after practice, it can never be good. I worried the whole…

Throughout high school, I’ve been active in multiple activities. I participated in volleyball, dance team, cheerleading, track, choir, Interact Club, Fellowship of Christian Athletes and student council. I also have a part time job as a teller at Titonka Savings Bank. I know how to keep myself busy. Even though I was involved in so many activities, I still managed to be a part of the higher percentile of my class. By being so involved, I learned how to manage my time well and prioritize. I…

everyday working on my volleyball serve with my dad, who I think of as my coach. I desperately wanted to get my serve over the net, but it never did. My only thought was about why I couldn’t I do this and why was it so difficult for me? The summer before my freshman year,…

The voice was not loud enough and students did not have feedback correction. Comparison Futsal Volleyball Handball Ice hockey Basketball Invented by Juan Carlos Ceriani William G. Morgan Holger Nielsen Students in king's college James Naismith Number of player 5 players 6 players 7 players 6 players 5…

question is an off the ground spike more powerful and faster than a spike that is done on the ground. I will answer this by spiking the volleyball ten times, five times in the air and five times from the ground. I will be ten feet away from the wall and I am going to measure how high it bounces after it touches the ground. I chose this topic because I love volleyball and I wanted to know which position has more force and power. My hypothesis is “If an off the ground spike is made, then it is a…

discusses the beginning of volleyball and how it was originally referred to as mintonette. Volleyball was invented in 1895 by William G Morgan in Holyoke, Massachusetts. William Morgan was a graduate of Springfield College of YMCA (n.d). In another article called History of Volleyball it mentions that Morgan was trying to invent something that was less strenuous than basketball for older people, so they could exercise without overdoing it (n.d). Morgan got the idea of volleyball from the…

Dictionary.com, volleyball is a game in which two teams, six people on each, are attempting to keep a ball in motion over a high net, by using hands and arms to keep from touching the ground. Volleyball is a popular sport not just for women, but men also. This sport, volleyball, used to be my life until I got to high school. I have gone through many stages of volleyball that have sculpted me to who I am today. My first stage started in the third grade, when I started recreational volleyball.…

Volleyball is an amazing game with an interesting past. Coming from nothing, William G. Morgan invented a game that would be played for generations and more. Volleyball is not just a game, it is a sport that has taught people friendly competition, and has brought people together including countries, adults and even children at young ages. William G. Morgan originally named the game “Mintonette” when he invented it in 1855. William was born in Lockport, New York on January 23rd, 1870. He was a…

Abington Hospital, on February 6, 1996. Fourteen years later I made my own discovery: volleyball. Like me, volleyball originated in the United States. In 1895, William G Morgan, the Instructor of Young Men’s Christian Association in Massachusetts (YMCA), blended basketball, baseball tennis and handball to create a game for his businessmen to…

am here to better myself as an athlete, as a student, and most importantly as a person. I was recruited, and awarded a scholarship to play volleyball at Henry Ford College (HFC), however that is only one part of the story. Majoring in community leadership, HFC will help me achieve my goal of becoming a philanthropist. The habits I will learn playing volleyball here combined with the skills and knowledge I achieve being a student will make me the best version of myself, and that is why I am a…