2. RUSSIA A country of sports fans

3. Sports Development and Participation factors and influences Government funding Sport specific schools Young athletes recruited based on physical characteristics and family background Fewer outlets for youth compared to other western nations Culture and history

4. INTERESETING FACTS…. aRussia is a part of the Federation Internationale de Volleyball. бVolleyball is the second most played sport in the world. вThe FIVB is the largest sports organization in the world with 218 National Federations registered. гRussia dominates the sport of indoor volleyball and will see a rise in participation of beach volleyball in the next 10 years.

6. Basic Rules and Objectives of Play RULES 6 people per side Maximum 3 contacts per side No double contacts No carries or lifts Block does not count as a hit No touching the net during play No crossing the centre line with more than a foot KEY OBJECTIVES Pass, set and score Play defense versus the opponent Keep the ball off of the floor Win the best of 5 sets. First 4 sets are to 25 points. Fifth set to 15 points. You must win by two points.

7. Russians in Action Men’s National Team Women’s National Team Junior Men’s and Women’s Teams Youth Men’s and Women’s Teams Super League World League Participation Grand Prix 8 Men’s Beach Volleyball Teams Youth Beach Development Program

8. Olympic GamesDisciplineEventMed.NationName / Team Tokyo 1964Volleyballvolleyball Men USSR Tokyo 1964Volleyballvolleyball Women USSR Mexico 1968Volleyballvolleyball Men USSR Mexico 1968Volleyballvolleyball Women USSR Munich 1972Volleyballvolleyball Men USSR Munich 1972Volleyballvolleyball Women USSR Montreal 1976Volleyballvolleyball Men USSR Montreal 1976Volleyballvolleyball Women USSR Moscow 1980Volleyballvolleyball Men USSR Moscow 1980Volleyballvolleyball Women USSR Seoul 1988Volleyballvolleyball Men USSR Seoul 1988Volleyballvolleyball Women USSR http://www.olympics.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp Successes of the USSR at the Olympics since 1964 (it’s induction)

9. Olympic GamesDisciplineEventMed.NationName / Team Barcelona 1992Volleyballvolleyball Women UNIFIED TEAM ( EX USSR) Olympic GamesDisciplineEventMed.NationName / Team Sydney 2000Volleyballvolleyball Men RUSSIA Sydney 2000Volleyballvolleyball Women RUSSIA Successes of the Russian Federation at the Olympics since 1992 http://www.olympics.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp Men: 3 times out of the 10 the National Team was not on the podium Women: 2 times out of the ten the National Team was not on the podium

10. Serving at the World Championships and World League

11. Passing off the Serve A reception of Evguenia Artamonova (RUS)

12. Setting up for an attack

13. Hitting by the Bulgarian Block

14. The average height of…. The average height of the women’s National Team 6’3” The tallest player on the team 6’7” The average height on the men’s National Team 6’6” The tallest player on the team 7’0”

15. ~Blocking the Attack~

16. Defense off a 150mile/hr spike

17. Russia vs. Bulgaria

18. Women’s and Men’s National Team World Championships MenWomen 19491952 1952 1956 1956 – Bronze1960 19601962 - Silver 19621970 1966 – Bronze1974 - Silver 1974 – Silver1978 - Bronze 19821978 - Bronze 1986 – Silver1990 1990 – Bronze1994* - Bronze 2002* - ?1998* - Bronze 2002* - Bronze (MEN: times not on podium – 3 out of the 14 Championships) (WOMEN: times not on podium -- 3 out of the 14 Championships) Note: Yugoslavian men won Silver at the 1998 Worlds and Gold at the Sydney 2000 Olympics * As Russia

19. Boris Yeltsin admits he is a big volleyball fan!