Show Sports thoughts Volleyball has increased in popularity in the last few years I 1 was introduced to volleyball in junior high and quickly discovered that the sport was not for me TilE THE SPOUT SPORT of volleyball was the activity that In In- Interrupted in interrupted those fun and violent basketball battles in education classes During the fall quarter football in which the main Idea was to smash bruise or smear the opposing team was enjoyed by the physical education students The cold winter weather forced the physical education classes indoors but that problem was solved easily We invented a new form Corm of basketball which we entitled r football basketball The idea was to score two points either smashing bruising s smearing earing or running over the opponent in order to gain those precious points One of the best plays for scoring points was the change of direction The offensive performer would dribble the ball and would let the defensive man guard him closely Then at atthe atthe atthe the last moment the man with the basketball would change his direction and knock his opponent opponent opponent op op- op- op on the floor And thus two points would be gained forthe forthe for forthe the player A BLOCK from the sport of football would be added to the game of basketball and thus the sport of football basketball is born Now youre you're probably saying charging should have been called on the offensive player However during my PE classes there were no such persons as r referees The only place we enco encountered charging was at a department store We also had great defensive plays as well One defensive play was the foot stopper The play w wits was s quite simple and was frequently used during our football basketball contest An offensive player would dart toward the defensive player and just as the player was set to shoot a jump shot the defensive man would step on his foot The TheT T play la was as ex eXl lent l nt in the prevention of points being scored However the play had 46 t be timed just right or the I Defensive m man man n would get a fist between the eyes Another defensive play was the slight touch This defense worked as follows The of of- player would drive down the floor and just as the ball tall was about to be released relE-ased towards the basket the defensive player would barely push the shooter This defensive play threw the jump shooter off balance enough so that the ball would not fall through the hoop ONE OF TilE THE most frequently used offensive plays was the hip movement The player would drive toward the basketball and near the hoop a player was stationed for defensive purposes We didn't have a 3 second rule Actually we didn't have any rules at all The ball carrier would dart in for a and just before the field goal try the player would flip his hip into the defensive player Two points would be scored the defensive threat was eliminated However the defensive player had a set play to counter the hip movement The play was called hip movement part 2 2 After the offensive player had bumped into the defender the defensive player would return a hip and sometimes a a shoulder into the offensive player in an attempt to stop the scoring of points Now back to volleyball We would get dr dressed sed for PE and then we would enter the gym set for a football basketball-football battle However a volleyball net would be set up as we entered entered entered en en- the g gym We played the sport ana and usually if we knocked the ball over the net et we gained a point The sport sure has changed 1 I watched the Uintah volleyball team have terrific shots returned that would have nave fallen for or points for us |