The characteristics and historical aspects of the emergence and development of volleyball in Ukraine as a means of physical activity of applicants of the higher education institutions

Abstract

Modern volleyball is an athletic form of team sports, which is recognised as an Olympic and professional sport in more than 200 countries. The specifics of competitive activity are characterised by high variability of game situations and their rapid change.
 Purpose of the study: to provide a meaningful description and highlight the history of the emergence and development of volleyball in Ukraine as a means of physical activity of applicants of the higher education institutions. Results of the study. The article describes the game of volleyball. The historical aspect of the formation of the game in Ukraine is considered.
 Conclusions. Volleyball is a sports team game with a ball played by two teams of 12 people (6 playing and 6 substitutes) on a special court separated by a net. The aim of the game is to send the ball over the net to the opponent's side so that it touches the opponent's area.
 Volleyball began to be played in Ukraine in 1925 in Kharkiv.
 As a sport, volleyball appeared in Kyiv in early 1926, in Dnipro around 1925–1927, and in Odesa in the second half of the 1920s.
 The news of the new game came from Kharkiv, along with a list of basic rules.
 Over the years, the popularity of volleyball has grown. The game has spread to other cities in Ukraine. It is gaining national recognition as a sport.
 Today, the Ukrainian Volleyball Federation unites representatives from all regions of the country. Ukraine has produced an impressive lineage of Olympic volleyball champions.
 Ukraine's strongest players play in prestigious foreign clubs. This demonstrates the high level of development of Ukrainian volleyball.
 The volleyball is an effective means of optimising physical activity in different segments of the population, including in the applicants of the higher education institutions.