A BRIEF HISTORY OF BEACH VOLLEYBALL

While volleyball was invented in Massachusetts by William G. Morgan in 1895, the first references to beach volleyball are located in Uruguay in 1914 and Hawaii in 1915. Therefore, the exact and concrete origin of beach volleyball is challenging to determine. It may have been in California because innovative games played on the beach have always appeared on its shores. Brazil could be credited to this sport. As it seems that in 1941 the "First Arena Championship" was organized and, at the same time, the presence of volleyball grounds was instituted on the beaches of Copacabana, Ipanema, Leblon and others. France could also be credited since the first tournaments date back to 1935, which is a date before the formation of the French Volleyball Federation.

Despite the difficulty in determining where this sport arose, the truth is that beach volleyball is not a contemporary game. Currently, the diffusion of beach volleyball has made this sport reach practically a majority of countries with the coast, and even to countries where the ideal weather lasts only three months. Another reason for this rapid recreation is the framework ideal for the promotion and sale of a wide range of consumer products.

Beach volleyball has continued to spread throughout the years in many parts of the world and 1996. It was recognized as an Olympic discipline. Beach volleyball has now become a global sport that has been popularly popular through constant international competitions organized by the International Volleyball Federation.

Beach volleyball net is a variant of standard volleyball. It is played in the sand and has the rules almost equal to that of home volleyball, being one of the most significant differences is being played by teams of two players. As already said, beach volleyball was a natural evolution of volleyball, which began to emerge on the beaches of Santa Monica California, around 1920.

Throughout the 70s, some professional competitions and tournaments began to emerge, mainly sponsored by beer and cigarette companies. Once it started to gain some popularity, the sport quickly began to be practiced a bit by everyone, especially in places on the coast and with excellent beaches. In 1996, beach volleyball became an Olympic modality, both for men and women and since then one of the most significant world powers of this sport is Brazilians. The measurements of the field are 16 meters long and 8 meters long. Curiously, the ball used in this variant is equal to that of volleyball, but the internal pressure of the ball is lower.

The game is divided into sets, is that for a team to conquer the collection it has to make 21 points having a difference of at least 2 points between the teams. If it is not checked, then the set continues until that difference exists. The match wins who conquers 2 sets first. If the result in sets is 1 * 1, later play a final set, having this only 15 points, but the rule of point difference remains. The beach volleyball rules are very similar to the standard volleyball rules as already said, but there are still some differences, such as the pitch.