English 101
Compare Contrast Essay
December 1, 2014
Two Games. One Opinion.
Playing sports is as American as apple pie. Playing sports is almost a second nature to most people regardless of where they are living. Although, there are many different forms of sports, I believe volleyball is one of the best to play. Volleyball is a better sport than other sports, specifically soccer, due to the training that prepares the players, the goals they strive to achieve and the game itself.
The game of volleyball has its own technique on how the team trains together as well as individually. Training together consists of ball control and learning the position of where the players stand, which ...view middle of the document...
It is important during this game that all comments, positive or negative, are kept to oneself.
In the game of soccer, the main goal is to score as many goals as possible and to make sure the opposing team gets the least amount of goals as possible. It is important for the player to keep their body parts to oneself, such as arms or hands, this way the player does not get tempted to push or touch the ball.
The games of these two sports are played much differently than one another. The game of volleyball originated in Massachusetts. The game is usually played inside a humid gymnasium on a freshly waxed court. There are six players at a time on the court on each side of the net, twelve including both teams. The game has two or three different sets that are played which depends upon on how many sets each team has won. Each of these sets goes up to twenty-five points and the first one to reach twenty-five is the one who wins that set. In order for a side to get the point the ball can...
