Volleyball variations, the Glossary
Several sports related to volleyball have become popular.[1]
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44 relations: Association football, Athens, Badminton, Beach volleyball, Biribol, Birigui, Capoeira, Chinatown, Clara Gregory Baer, Dodgeball, European Volleyball Confederation, Fédération Internationale de Volleyball, Footvolley, Four square, Gymnastics, H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College, Haarlem, Herbert Hoover, Hooverball, International Volleyball Association, Louisiana, Missionary, NACIVT, NBC Sports, Newcomb ball, Olympic Games, Paralympic Games, Parasports, Physical education, Racquetball, Sand, Sepak takraw, Sitting volleyball, Sitting volleyball classification, Soviet Union, Swimming pool, Tennis, Trampoline, USA Volleyball, Volleyball, Volleyball (ball), West Branch, Iowa, Young Pioneers (Soviet Union), 2004 Summer Paralympics.
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch.
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Athens
Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece.
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Badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net.
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Beach volleyball
Beach volleyball is a team sport played by two teams of two players each on a sand court divided by a net.
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Biribol
Biribol is a sport, which resembles an aquatic variation of volleyball.
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Birigui
Birigui is a city in the state of São Paulo, Brazil.
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Capoeira
Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian martial art and game that includes elements of dance, acrobatics, music and spirituality.
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Chinatown
Chinatown is the catch-all name for an ethnic enclave of Chinese people located outside Greater China, most often in an urban setting.
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Clara Gregory Baer
Clara Gregory Baer (August 27, 1863 – January 19, 1938) was an American physical education instructor and women's sports pioneer.
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Dodgeball
Dodgeball is a team sport in which players on two opposing teams try to throw balls and hit opponents while avoiding being hit themselves.
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European Volleyball Confederation
The European Volleyball Confederation (Confédération Européenne de Volleyball or CEV) is the continental governing body for the sports of indoor volleyball, beach volleyball and snow volleyball in Europe.
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Fédération Internationale de Volleyball
The Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (English: International Volleyball Federation), commonly known by the acronym FIVB, is the international governing body for all forms of volleyball.
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Footvolley (Futevôlei in Brazil, Futevólei in Portugal) (first known as pevoley) is a sport that combines aspects of beach volleyball and association football.
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Four square
Four square (also called downball, handball, champ, four squares or box ball) is a global sport played on a square court divided by two perpendicular lines into four identical boxes creating four squares labelled 1–4 or A–D.
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Gymnastics
Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, artistry and endurance.
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H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College
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Haarlem
Haarlem (predecessor of Harlem in English) is a city and municipality in the Netherlands.
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Herbert Hoover
Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) was an American politician and humanitarian who served as the 31st president of the United States from 1929 to 1933.
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Hooverball
Hoover ball is a medicine ball game invented by President Herbert Hoover's personal physician, Medal of Honor recipient Joel T. Boone, to help keep then-President Hoover fit.
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International Volleyball Association
The International Volleyball Association was a short lived co-ed professional volleyball league in the United States from 1975 to 1980.
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Louisiana
Louisiana (Louisiane; Luisiana; Lwizyàn) is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States.
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Missionary
A missionary is a member of a religious group who is sent into an area in order to promote its faith or provide services to people, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care, and economic development.
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NACIVT
The North American Chinese Invitational Volleyball Tournament (N.A.C.I.V.T.) is held every Labor Day weekend and features men's nine-man (9-man) and women's 6's volleyball teams.
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NBC Sports
NBC Sports is an American programming division of the broadcast network NBC, owned and operated by the NBC Sports Group division of NBCUniversal and subsidiary of Comcast.
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Newcomb ball
Newcomb ball (also known simply as Newcomb, and sometimes spelled Newcombe (ball))As the game is named after Sophie Newcomb College, its name has been typically capitalized.
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Olympic Games
The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions.
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Paralympic Games
The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the Games of the Paralympiad, is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of disabilities.
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Parasports
Parasports are sports played by people with a disability, including physical and intellectual disabilities.
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Physical education
Physical education, often abbreviated to Phys.
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Racquetball
Racquetball is a racquet sport and a team sport played with a hollow rubber ball on an indoor or outdoor court.
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Sand
Sand is a granular material composed of finely divided mineral particles.
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Sepak takraw
Sepak takraw, or Sepaktakraw, also called buka ball, kick volleyball or foot volleyball, is a team sport.
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Sitting volleyball
Sitting volleyball is a form of volleyball for athletes with a disability organized by World ParaVolley.
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Sitting volleyball classification
Sitting volleyball classification is the classification system for sitting volleyball.
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Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.
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Swimming pool
A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, paddling pool, or simply pool, is a structure designed to hold water to enable swimming or other leisure activities.
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Tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles).
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Trampoline
A trampoline is a device consisting of a piece of taut, strong fabric stretched between a steel frame often using many coiled springs.
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USA Volleyball
USA Volleyball (USAV) is a non-profit organization which is recognized as the national governing body of volleyball in the United States by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) and the United States Olympic Committee (USOC).
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Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net.
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Volleyball (ball)
A volleyball is a ball used to play indoor volleyball, beach volleyball, or other less common variations of the sport.
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West Branch, Iowa
West Branch is a city in Cedar and Johnson counties in the U.S. state of Iowa.
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Young Pioneers (Soviet Union)
The Vladimir Lenin All-Union Pioneer Organization, abbreviated as the Young Pioneers, was a compulsory youth organization of the Soviet Union for children and adolescents ages 9–14 that existed between 1922 and 1991.
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2004 Summer Paralympics
The 2004 Summer Paralympics (Θερινοί Παραολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004), the 12th Summer Paralympic Games, were a major international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee, held in Athens, Greece from 17 to 28 September 2004.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volleyball_variations
Also known as Aquatic Volleyball, Mud volleyball, Pioneerball, Shooting volleyball.