谁能给我用英文介绍一种奥运会的运动项目

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谁能给我用英文介绍一种奥运会的运动项目

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volleyball
Volleyball is an Olympic sport in which two teams separated by a high net use their hands,arms,or (rarely) other parts of their bodies to hit a ball back and forth over the net.Each team is allowed three hits to get the ball over the net to the other team.A point is scored if the ball hits the ground in the opponents' court,if the opponents commit a fault,or if they fail to return the ball properly.
Volleyball gameVolleyball can be a very active sport that can be an excellent source for aerobic exercise.It also helps players improve their hand-eye coordination and the ability to override the instinctive desire to dodge a fast-moving object such as a ball.
History of the game
On February 9,1895,in Holyoke,Massachusetts,William G.Morgan a YMCA physical education director,created a new game called Mintonette as a pastime to be played preferably indoors and by any number of players.The game took some of its characteristics from tennis and handball.Another indoor sport,basketball,was catching on in the area,having been invented just ten miles (sixteen kilometres) away in the city of Springfield,Massachusetts only four years before.Mintonette (as volleyball was then known) was designed to be an indoor sport less rough than basketball for older members of the YMCA,while still requiring a bit of athletic effort.
The first rules,written down by William G.Morgan,called for a net 6 feet 6 inches (1.98 metres) high; a 25 × 50 foot (7.6 × 15.2 metre) court; and any number of players.A match was composed of 9 innings with 3 serves for each team in each inning; and no limit to the number of ball contacts for each team before sending the ball to the opponents’ court.In case of a serving error,a second try was allowed while a ball hitting the net was to be considered a foul (with loss of the point or a side-out) — except in the case of the first-try serve.To protect the fingers of the ladies,they were allowed to catch the ball and then throw it back into play.
After an observer noticed the volleying nature of the game at its first exhibition match in 1896 played at the Springfield YMCA,the game quickly became known as volleyball (originally spelled as two words).Volleyball rules were slightly modified by the Springfield YMCA and spread around the country to other YMCA locations.
An international federation,the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB),was founded in 1947,and the first World Championships were held in 1949 for men and 1952 for women.Volleyball was added to the program of the Olympic Games in 1964,and has been part ever since.Beach volleyball became a FIVB-endorsed variation in 1986 and was added to the Olympic program at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
It was not until 1900 that a ball was made specifically for the new game,and the rules were not how we know them today.It took until 1916 for the skill and power of the set and spike to be introduced,and four years later a "three hits" rule and back row hitting guidelines were established.In 1917,the game was changed from 21 to 15 points.In 1919,American Expeditionary Forces distributed 16,000 volleyballs to their troops and allies:this provided a stimulus for the growth of volleyball outside the United States.
The first country outside the United States to adopt volleyball was Canada in 1900.The sport is now popular in Brazil,all of Europe (where especially Italy,Netherlands,Bulgaria and Serbia are major forces since the late Eighties),Russia,other countries including China and the rest of Asia,as well as the United States.The FIVB estimates that 1 in 6 people in the world participate in or observe indoor volleyball,beach volleyball,or backyard (recreational) volleyball.
See also Volleyball in the United States