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Thursday 14 May 2015

Do you play volleyball?

WALT: understand and use language features in my writing.
Success criteria: I know this when I use adjectives and verbs to make my writing interesting.
Volleyball is a game with two teams and there are six players on each team. The aim is to hit the ball to reach the ground on the opponent’s side of the court to get a point.


The history of volleyball:
Volleyball has been around for 120 years now. Volleyball started in the United States of America. The game of volleyball was invented by William G. Morgan in 1895 and the first game was in 1896 at Springfield's College in the United States of America. William G. Morgan was born in the 23rd of January 1870 and passed away in the 27th of December 1942. William G. Morgan went to Springfield's college and was one of the players to participate in the first game of volleyball.


Beach Volleyball:
Beach Volleyball is an outdoor game on the beach with only two players on each team. Beach volleyball is about speed, agility and sportsmanship. Once the ball is served over the volleyball net and the opposite must get it back over the net with three hits or less.Serious injuring are rare in beach volleyball because the soft touch of the sand protects the players when they hit the game.The two player beach volleyball became an Olympic medal sport in 1993. Beach Volleyball became a recognized sport in the 1960’s.


Volleyball is the second most popular sport in the world. It has reached lots of nations including Samoa.  


  

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