National Polish Sport. Made by Aneta Stankiewicz-Michalczuk Agnieszka Iwanicka

Although volleyball was invented in America it is very popular in our country and is considered as national sport in Poland.

Volleyball is a team sport. Each team consists of six players, together with reservers there are maximum twelve people in one team.

The volleyball court The game is played on a volleyball court 18 meters long and 9 meters wide, divided into two 9×9 m² halves by a one-meter wide net. There is a line 3 meters from and parallel to the net in each team court which is considered the "attack line".

The ball The volleyball is made of leather or synthetic leather and inflated with compressed air. According to FIVB regulations: Its circumference is 65– 67 cm and its weight is 260–280 g. Its inside pressure shall be 0.30–0.325 kg/cm2

The net The net dividing the court is 2.43 meters above the center of the court for men's competition, and 2.24 meters for women's competition (these heights are varied for veterans and junior competitions).

Player specialization  Setters  Liberos  Middle blockers or Middle hitters  Outside hitters  Opposite hitters or Right side hitters After a team gains the serve (also known as siding out), its members must rotate in a clockwise direction, with the player previously in area "2" moving to area "1" and so on, with the player from area "1" moving to area "6"

Scoring When the ball contacts the floor within the court boundaries or an error is made, the team that did not make the error is awarded a point, whether they served the ball or not. The team that won the point serves for the next point. If the team that won the point served in the previous point, the same player serves again. If the team that won the point did not serve the previous point, the players of the team rotate their position on the court in a clockwise manner. The game continues, with the first team to score 25 points (and be two points ahead) awarded the set. Matches are best- of-five sets and the fifth set (if necessary) is usually played to 15 points.

The match The aim of the game is to pass the ball over the net to the opposite field. The players hit the ball with any part of the body.

Competitive teams master six basic skills: serve, pass, set, attack, block and dig

Famous coaches of Polish National Teams

HUBERT WAGNER He led Men’s National Team in the years /  Gold in World Volleyball Championships in Mexico in 1974  Gold in Olympic Games in Montreal in 1976  Silver in EUROPEAN VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP in 1975  Silver in EUROPEAN VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP in 1983

RAUL LOZANO He has led Men’s National Team since  The fourth place in World League in 2005  The fifth place in European Volleyball Championships in 2005  Silver in World Volleyball Championships in 2006  The fourth place in World League in 2007

Andrzej Niemczyk He led Women’s National Team in the years /  Gold in European Volleyball Championships in Turkey in 2003  Gold in European Volleyball Championships in Croatia in 2005

The biggest successes of Men’s National Team Gold in World Volleyball Championships in 1974 Gold in Olympic Games in 1976 Silver in World Volleyball Championships in 2006 Silver in EUROPEAN VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP in 1975 Silver in EUROPEAN VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP in 1977 Silver in EUROPEAN VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP in 1979 Silver in EUROPEAN VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP in 1981 Silver in EUROPEAN VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP in 1983 Bronze in EUROPEAN VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP in 1967

The biggest successes of Women’s National Team Gold in European Volleyball Championships in 2003 Gold in European Volleyball Championships in 2005 Silver in World Volleyball Championships in 1952 Silver in EUROPEAN VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP in 1950 Silver in EUROPEAN VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP in 1951 Silver in EUROPEAN VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP in 1963 Silver in EUROPEAN VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP in 1967 Bronze in Olympic Games in 1964 Bronze in Olympic Games in 1968

Present Polish Men’s National Team

Present Polish Women’s National Team

Volleyball in Primary School No 5 in Bialystok. Volleyball is a sport that children have always liked to play in our school. We have had a lot of successes at volleyball. The most significant ones are: Vice-Championship of Poland in boys’ volleyball in 1986 Vice-Championship of Poland in girls’ volleyball in 1990 We have also won the Podlasie Voievodship Championship in girls’ and boys’ volleyball several times. Our Pupils Sports Club “Bojar” that functions in our school has volleyball as one of the three sections.

OUR CUPS

Boys’ volleyball time Coach – Barbara Wierzchucka

Training

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