User:Benji12318/Volley taball

Volley Taball is a non-contact revolutionary sport created in Colombia where your accuracy and strength control are put to the limit. Volley Taball ,the smaller and faster version of Volleyball, is also played by the same rules of Volleyball with some minor exceptions that will be mentioned later in this article.Why Volley Taball? some may ask, well its easy, because its an adaptation from the famous sport;Volleyball, we decided to make honor to this name and also because the sport consists of making volleys (air-hits) every time you can to win points and Taball that derive from a combination of Table; one of the factors used in the sport, and Ball; an spherical object used in more than 80 sports ,see List of ball games.

Origin
Volley Table was invented the firs of september 2012 by a group of students from the IB school; Colegio Anglo Colombiano. This school is known in Colombia for having one of the most complete sports program and one of the best academical standards, which includes: This sports are taught during the day to all students. The five students are excellent athletes (Benjamin Leon, Santiago Holguin, Diego Silva, Santiago Duran y Gregorio Ospina) and now that they were looking for a new challenge they created Volley Taball. This sport was made as a project that could be enjoyed in short periods of time and that contained the structure of a sport.
 * Football(soccer)
 * Basketball
 * Volleyball
 * Swimming
 * Tennis
 * Grass hockey

Court
The court is made of four important zones (see diagram on the right)
 * the "dead area"
 * It consists of four tables of 70cm x 50cm proportions
 * the tables must be between 60 and 70cm high.


 * the "impossible zones"
 * this zones aren't included in the basic player positions
 * When a ball falls into these zones the responsibility isn't personal, is the whole team's foult


 * the "private area"


 * the place that belongs to each team
 * It measures 1.50m x 2.80m
 * It is divided in four sub-zones:
 * Zone 1
 * Zone 2, player at zone 2 must cover the back and corners
 * Zone 3
 * Impossible zone


 * Out!
 * not part of the actual court
 * When a ball bounces, or even touches the playball ends and a point is given to the team that didn't touch the ball last.

Rules
This sport has as many rules as any other sport and can be compared with famous sports as soccer, basketball and volleyball. These rules are partly based in original volleyball rules
 * 1) Each player must be touching the floor during playball with at least one knee
 * 2) only exception is when the butt or back is touching the floor.
 * 3) When a smack is hit, the ball should bounce on the dead area before pasing to the other side(see diagram on the right)
 * 4) If the ball doesn't bounce or touch the dead area before passing a point will be awarded to the other team
 * 5) Each team can only touch the ball three times each time the ball is sent back to their private area.
 * 6) If the ball bounces or falls in "out" the opposite team of the last team that touched the ball wins a point
 * 7) If a player trespasses the dead area limits the opposite team wins a point
 * 8) When serving, the server can't trespass the final line or the opposite team wins a point
 * 9) Sets
 * 10) The match may be played to 3 or 5 sets
 * 11) each set is played to 9 points
 * 12) the last set (3rd or 5th) is played to 5 points
 * 13) Out regulations
 * 14) If the ball bounces on the line it counts as inn
 * 15) The referee decides if its in or out
 * 16) The serve can't be returned in one hit,teamwork is important

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