TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Volleyball A1 - Drexler, David M. A1 - Briner, William W. A1 - Reeser, Jonathan C. A2 - Shamus, Eric A2 - Shamus, Jennifer PY - 2017 T2 - Sports Injury Prevention & Rehabilitation, 2e AB - Volleyball continues to grow in popularity both in the United States and worldwide. It has become the world’s most popular participation sport, according to the Federation Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), which is volleyball’s international governing body. Individuals of all ages and skill levels can enjoy the sport. Over 200 countries play volleyball, and almost half of these countries compete at the international level, making it one of the five most popular international sports. The FIVB has 220 member nations, more than any other international sports federation. According to USA Volleyball, which is the national governing body for the sport in the United States, there were 34.1 million players in the United States in 1998. There were 122,968 players registered with USA Volleyball, and 65% of these players were less than 18 years. In the 2012 to 2013 season, USA Volleyball has almost 300,000 members with 60,402 adult members and 238,818 junior members with 36,362 males and 262,858 female members. With respect to interscholastic competition during the 2013 to 2014 school year, there were 429,634 girls playing volleyball. Men’s high school volleyball had 52,149 participants. Girls’ volleyball had more participants than any other sport except basketball and track, which are very close. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/16 UR - accessphysiotherapy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1142279850 ER -