Monday, December 14, 2009
25th SEA Games, Laos. Vientiane 2009 SPORT DISCIPLINES
Volleyball is a two team sport. Each team has six players and are are separated by a high net. Each team tries to score points against one another by grounding a ball on the other team's court over the net but in compliance with the games rules. The team who wins the point then serves. The complete rules of volleyball are extensive. However in summary, points are awarded if: the ball touches the ground outside the court area and/or the ball touches the ground on the opponents' team's side of the net.
The ball is usually played with the hands or arms, but players can push the ball with any part of the body. Volleyball is usually played indoors but numerous variations of volleyball have developed such as beach volleyball. Volleyball was first incorporated into the Asian Games in 1958.
Competition Venue
Gymnasium 2, National Sports Complex
Indoor Volleyball : Gymnasium 2
Beach Volleyball : Beach Volleyball Stadium
The Laos National Sports Complex is located about 20 Km from the centre of Vientiane City and comprises a 20,000 seating capacity main stadium, a 2,000 seating capacity indoor aquatics complex, with a outdoor warm-up pool, a Tennis centre consisting of 2,000 seating capacity centre court plus 6 other tennis court, two indoor stadia each with seating capacity of 3,000 and a indoor shooting range with 50 seats.
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