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The game of [[Volleyball]] was created by William G. Morgan,a [[YMCA]] physical education director, on February 9, 1895, in [[Holyoke, Massachusetts]] (USA). When Morgan first created the game of volleyball it ws called Minonette. The first rules, were written down by Morgan. The game of volleyball was not offically called volleyball until 1896 and was two seperate words. As the years went on it later became one word, then a special ball was designed for volleyball in 1900. 64 years later in 1964 Men's and Women's volleyball were introduced as an Olympic sport. Later in 1884 the Men's team won it's first Olympic medal and later men's beach volleyball was added as an Olympic sport in 1996. |
The game of [[Volleyball]] was created by William G. Morgan,a [[YMCA]] physical education director, on February 9, 1895, in [[Holyoke, Massachusetts]] (USA). When Morgan first created the game of volleyball it ws called Minonette. The first rules, were written down by Morgan. The game of volleyball was not offically called volleyball until 1896 and was two seperate words. As the years went on it later became one word, then a special ball was designed for volleyball in 1900. 64 years later in 1964 Men's and Women's volleyball were introduced as an Olympic sport. Later in 1884 the Men's team won it's first Olympic medal and later men's beach volleyball was added as an Olympic sport in 1996. |
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The World Organization Volleyball for Disabled (WOVD) is an international organization that is for people with physical disbalities, WOVD is affliated with the International Paralympic Committee(IPC). The World Organization Volleyball for Disabled was established in 1951 and was part of the International Sports Organization for Diabled(ISOD). In 1992 the WOVD became it's own seperate Organization in Barcelona. The WOVD Headquarters were also established in Netherlands. The WOVD is responsible for managing and controlling the conduct of international volleyball competitions for men, women and youth. The WOVD also liaises with IPC (as an independent organisation) and with other organisations for people with or without disabilities. [1]
History
As volleyball caught on and became a popular sport and the Olympics became big, the paralympic games started coming into play. The first paralympic games were played in 1960 in Rome immediately after the Olympic Games. By 1976, amputees started participating in the paralympics. In 1967 the Dutch introduced a new game called sitting volleyball, which is a combination of sitzball and volleyball. Then in 1978 the ISOD accepted sitting volleyball in its programs. The first offical tournament took place in 1979 in Haarlem, Netherlands, and then the in 1980 sitting volleyball was accepted as a Paralympic sport with seven players. Since 1993, Sitting Volleyball championships are organised for men and women. It has become one of the main team-sports in the Paralympic Programme. It is a fast, exciting and crowd pleasing sport, which can show the atletic skills of disabled sportsmen/women. [2] [3]
Origin
The game of Volleyball was created by William G. Morgan,a YMCA physical education director, on February 9, 1895, in Holyoke, Massachusetts (USA). When Morgan first created the game of volleyball it ws called Minonette. The first rules, were written down by Morgan. The game of volleyball was not offically called volleyball until 1896 and was two seperate words. As the years went on it later became one word, then a special ball was designed for volleyball in 1900. 64 years later in 1964 Men's and Women's volleyball were introduced as an Olympic sport. Later in 1884 the Men's team won it's first Olympic medal and later men's beach volleyball was added as an Olympic sport in 1996. [4]
Kinds of Volleyball
Sitting Volleyball
Athletics and Sitzball - originating from Germany - were the main sports. Soon it was found that Sitzball, which is played sitting down on the floor, was too passive; more mobile forms of sports were looked for. With Sitting Volleyball, the disability of a player is no longer a handicap. Since players must be sitting on the floor when hitting the ball, only the skill is important, not the disability. This produces a very competitive sport.
In 1956, the Dutch Sports Committee introduced a new game called Sitting Volleyball, a combination of sitzball and volleyball. Since then Sitting Volleyball has grown into one of the biggest sports practised in competition not only by the disabled in the Netherlands, but also by interested "able-bodied" volleyball players with an injury of the ankle or knee.
Sitting Volleyball has the radiation to grow into a sport in which the disabled and non-disabled persons can play on a high technical level.
Standing Volleyball
References
- ^ www.wovd.info
- ^ www.usparalympics.org
- ^ Thomas, Nigel and Andy Smith. Disability, Sport and Society An Introducation. 2 Park Square, Milton Park,Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge,2009
- ^ Huff, Richard. The Composite Guide to Volleyball. Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publisher, 2000
- ^ Mastandrea, Linda and Donna Czubernat. Sports and the Physically Challenged. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-publishication Date, 2006
- ^ Paciorek, Michael J and Jeffery A. Jones. Sports and recreation for the Disabled 2nd Edition. United States of America: Masters Press, 1994