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Sports For All (SFA), founded by Rishikesh Joshi, aims at creating a platform for school students across Mumbai to participate and compete in multiple sports. There were nine different Olympic sports such as Basketball, Handball, Volleyball games, Swimming, Squash, Badminton, Tennis, Table Tennis and Judo. All these sporting events were conducted and operated by premier administrative bodies of those respective sports.
Indian cricketer, ODI record holder and Captain of the Mumbai Indians franchise, Rohit Sharma was the brand ambassador for the event. The 8 day SFA Mumbai Sports and Education Week also hosted training and information sessions for the students where they heard from experts and professional sportsmen on what it takes to be a champion.
Through this venture, SFA aims to bring together students, their parents, coaches, sports academies, talent scouts, physiotherapists and other sporting personalities under one roof where aspirant sportsmen competed in 9 different Olympic sports which are Basketball, Handball, Volleyball game, Swimming, Squash, Badminton, Tennis, Table Tennis and Judo.
The history ...
... of volleyball, originally called “mintonette,” was invented in 1895 by William G. Morgan after the invention of basketball only four years before. Morgan, a graduate of the Springfield College of the YMCA, designed the game to be a combination of basketball, baseball, tennis, and handball. The first volleyball net, borrowed from tennis, was only 6’6″ high. As of 2016, the sport is over 120 years old.
According to the history of volleyball, in 1895, William G. Morgan, an instructor at the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) in Holyoke, Mass., decided to blend elements of basketball, baseball, tennis, and handball to create a game for his classes of businessmen which would demand less physical contact than basketball. On July 7, 1896 at Springfield College the first game of "volleyball" was played.
In 1900 of the history of volleyball, a special ball was designed for the sport. In 1934, national volleyball games referees were approved and recognized. In 1948, the first two-man beach tournament was held. In 1996, two-person beach volleyball games became an Olympic sport.
Volleyball at SFA was conducted under the aegis of Mumbai Suburban District Volleyball Association. For the first time an inter-school volleyball tournament was officiated and governed by an authorized body of the sport.
The volleyball game arena at the venue has one mud surface court, suited and calibrated for world-class tournaments. Every match played by participants was captured on video and later showcased on their schools SFA profile and individual participant’s SFA profile.
Volleyball game is a sport played all over India, both in rural as well as urban India. It is a popular recreation sport. India is ranked 5th in Asia and 27th in the world. Doing well in the youth and junior levels, India came in second in the 2003 World Youth Championships. Currently, a major problem for the sport is the lack of sponsors. The Indian senior men's team is currently ranked 39th in the world.
The India men's national volleyball team represents India in international volleyball competitions, which is managed by Volleyball Federation of India. It is currently sponsored by Sahara India Pariwar and Asics. Sinnadhu Prabagaran has been one of the most rapidly improving players of the Indian senior men's volleyball team.