Olympics Volleyball

The qualifying process differs for each event for each country. As far as I know of, there are Olympic qualifying tournaments and trials that are held within each countries (i.e. the World Championship was held in Vancouver, Canada this June).

Usually the top 3 in each event will advance to the Olympics, assuming that they meet the Olympic qualifying standards.

PS. The top 8 nations can have up to 3 athletes in each event while other participating countries can only send 2 per event.

The regulation size of a volley ball court is 59 feet in length and 29ft 6in in width. Or the measurment in the metric system is 18x9 meters. Also in accordance with the new rules you have the three meter attack line on both sides from the net.

So that would be close to 30 and 60 !!

Well first there is club volleyball and age levels in club go from 12 to 18 years old. Then there is high school volleyball, but many parts of the United States do not offer boys volleyball where as girls volleyball is way more popular. If you are good enough you can compete on the Youth National Team when you are 17 or 18 years old. Then there is college volleyball where there is a few different associations like NCAA, NAIA, and more. Also in each associations there are at least 3 divisions. If you make the Youth National Team you are likely to make the Junior National Team which is 19 year olds. You can also play beach volleyball in the AVP. Again if you made the Junior National Team, you are likely to make the National Training Team where you train with the National Team and when you are good enough you can make the roster on the National Team. The U.S. National Team competes in many international competitions, such as NORCECA (a North American competition), World League (a competition consisting of the top teams of the world like Brazil, Russia, Bulgaria, etc.), and the Olympics.

Reece Gabrielle was a very famous volleyball player. Not only did she play volleyball, but her good looks led her into modeling which eventually formed into a TV personality. Karch Kiraly is another where he's won 144 times and won over $3.1million

A volleyball block is when one or two members of the front row, usually the middle and the right side or left side jump up, arms extended, to block a spike from the opposing team. The intended result is for the ball to hit the two blockers' palms and ricochet back to the other side of the court, instigating either a point for the blocking team or a scramble to somehow recover the ball for the spiking team. However, there are many instances in which the ball goes through or over the block, or the blockers aren't close enough to the net so the ball ricochets off the block but still comes down on the blockers' side. In college and professional volleyball, however, a block is an effective way to get a point, though it is often recovered by the other team.

D.S.' are treated as regular players in terms of rotations and rules. They are subbed in when a front row player gets to the back row, then back out when the DS gets to the front row.

A libero is a special player with the same skills as a DS, but has a slightly different set of rules. Liberos can sub an unlimited amount of times, and in some leagues, cannot serve. (though this is uncommon) Liberos also cannot set a front row player in front or on the attack line, nor can they attack when the ball is over the top of the net.

In short words,

A DS costs the team a substitution and can only go in for one position (one person). A Libero can go in for any person so long as they are back row. Liberos can also serve now, but only in one position.

Net Height: Net height is 7' 11 5/8" for men and 7' 4 1/8" for women. Co-ed competition is played on a men's height net. The official height measurement is made in the center of the net. The height of the net at the sidelines can be no more than 3/4" higher than the official height. If you're playing on sand, the measurements are made with the sand raked level, and no accomodation is made for your feet sinking in the sand. If you're playing on grass, the measurements are made to the ground, and not the top of the grass.

Through the 2008 Games in Beijing:

Men's Indoor: USSR with 6 (3 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze).

Women's Indoor: USSR with 6 (4 gold, 2 silver).

Men's Beach: Brazil (1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze) and United States (3 gold, 1 silver) with 4 each.

Women's Beach: Brazil with 5 (1 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze).

Dominique Margaux Dawes (born November 20, 1976, in Silver Spring, Maryland) is a retired United States artistic gymnast. She was 10-year member of the U.S. national gymnastics team, the 1994 U.S. all-around senior National Champion, a three-time Olympian, a World Championships silver medalist and a member of the gold-medal winning "Magnificent Seven" at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Dawes is also notable as being the first African-American woman to win an individual Olympic medal in artistic gymnastics, and the first black person of any nationality or gender to win an Olympic gold medal in gymnastics.[1] She is also one of only three female American gymnasts, along with Muriel Grossfeld and Linda Metheny-Mulvihill, to compete in three Olympics and was part of three Olympic medal-winning teams: Barcelona 1992 (bronze), Atlanta 1996 (gold), and Sydney 2000 (bronze). Dawes is the first female gymnast to be a part of three Olympic medal winning teams

it lasts until one team score 15 or 21 points depending on which way you want to play

Yes, you can run an offense called a 6-2

meaning- you have 2 of every position

2 outsides

2 middles

2 setters

The person is taken into custody by security personnel and turned over to the police who have jurisdiction. There are several charges that could apply from misdemeanors such as of creating a public nuisance/disturbance to felonies such as assault and/or battery (the player would not have to be injured for an assault charge to be valid. -----
As to where the ball would be placed, that would be upto the discretion of the officials. There have been instances in college football history where players on the bench have tackled ball carriers that were running for touchdowns. The officials ruled those plays as touchdowns. The person would most likely also be crushed super hard by one or more players on the field before security could get there. Some people are just stupid like that.

they did not get a medal, they were upset by the italians in the quarterfinals

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to aid the natuaral ability to remain in an upright position. thus help you to play volleyball p.s: play a better sport

You could test your strength by hitting the ball against the wall. Another way is to see how long you can set or pass the ball continuosly. Then you could set goals for yourself. Hopefully this helps. :}

three hits are supposed to happen before the ball goes over the net.(bump, set, spike!)

The standard volleyball court is 18 meters long and 9 meters wide.

A team will rotate whenever they get the serve back. And you rotate clockwise..

The Tokyo Olympics in 1964 were the first, although volleyball was played as a demonstration sport in the Olympics as early as 1924.

According to MSN Encarta: "Beginning in 1999, international volleyball switched to rally scoring in all games to help shorten match length."

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A volleyball weighs about less than 3 pounds

According to many people the ball used in volleyball shall weigh between 9 and 10 ounces (260-280 grams). In ages under 12 competition, the ball weighs 7-8 ounces (198-227 grams).

Color: bright colors (such as orange, yellow, pink, white, etc.)

Circumference: 66 to 68 cm for FIVB international competitions

Weight: 260 to 280 g

Inside pressure: 171 to 221 mbar or hPa (0.175 to 0.225 Kg/cm2)

thats for beach volleyball and this is according to FIVB the rules used in the Olympics

No one really cares honestly :D lol ;) just kidding

misty may has participated in the 2000 games that were in Sydney, Australia also in the 2004 games the were in Athens, Greece and in the 2008 Olympic games that were in Beijing ,china