Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Differences of Illustrator
Ive noticed that some of the tool are different, the right side bar is different, and it seems to be more complicated than photoshop.
Monday, May 6, 2013
Volleyball
1. The game of volleyball was invented in 1895 by William G. Morgan.
2. The first World Championships were held in 1949 for men and 1952 for women.
3. Volleyball were first introduced as Olympic sports in 1964.
4. Most volleyball players jump about 300 times a match.
5. Volleyball took some of its characteristics from tennis and handball.
6. The first two-man beach game was played in 1930.
7. Volleyball was called mintonette at first but it was later changed to volleyball.
8. The first special designed ball for the sport was created in 1900.
9. Volleyball is the second most popular sport in the world today, exceeded only by soccer.
10. The longest recorded volleyball game was in Kingston, North Carolina. It took 75 hours and 30 minutes.
11. The original volleyball net was 6 foot 6 inches while today – Net height is 7′ 11 5/8″ for men. 7′ 4 1/8″ for women.
12. The original volleyball court was 25 by 50 feet.
13. The original game of volleyball consisted of nine innings.
14. An estimated 692,024 volleyball-related inures to children younger than 18 years occurred during a study.
15. In the old days, volleyball was played to 15 points and a point is scored only when the serving team wins the rally.
16. Today, rally scoring is primarily used which means a point is scored as a result of each play. Most volleyball games today are rally scoring and played to 25 points.
17. A block is the action of trying to prevent the ball from crossing the net into your court.
18. Attacking or spiking is the action of sending the ball over the net to the opponent's court. Attacks are usually done by taking steps to approach the net to jump and hit the ball. The volleyball approach and hit is often thought of as the most fun skill in volleyball.
19. Passing the ball is the skill thats performed by the player receiving the ball.
20. Setting is the action of playing the ball to a teammate. Setting is usually done in an overhead motion using the hands. Players that have a hard time getting in good position to hand set may elect to set using a forearm passing motion. This is called bump setting.
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