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Volleyball is a team sport for men and for women. Volleyball is played on a court that is 18 metres long and 9 metres wide.
A net is stretched across the middle of the court. The net is about 2 metres high.
A match is divided into five sets. To win the match, a team must win three sets. There are six players on each team.
To start the game, one player on the serving team hits the ball with his or her hand to send it over the net. Players use their hands to hit the ball back and forth over the net, keeping the ball in the air. They try to hit it so that the other team cannot hit it back.
Only the serving team scores points. The team gets points when the ball hits the floor on the other team's side, or when the other team hit the ball three times before it gets over the net.
When the serving team does not score a point, the other team becomes the serving team. When a team reaches 15 points and is ahead by at least 2 points, it wins the match.
Beach Volleyball is almost the same as Volleyball. A match is played by two teams, but there are 2 players on each team. The games are played on a sand court that is the same size as a Volleyball court. The ball is yellow or another bright colour. In
a Beach Volleyball match, the teams play three sets. When a team
reaches 12 points and is ahead by at least 2 points, it wins the
match.
Go here to read about Volleyball at the London 2012 Olympic Games: http://www.london2012.com/volleyball
If you use any part of this in your own work, acknowledge this source in your bibliography like this:
Thomas, R. & Sydenham, S. Volleyball
and Beach Volleyball [Online] www.kidcyber.com.au(2002).
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