volleyball
Let an agent explain volleyball and its rules, variants and competitions, relay history and governance from official sources, and route current results and rules to the federation.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Play Rules and play.
Rules
Rules.
Rules
Rules.
- What are the basic rules, scoring and positions of volleyball? definition
- Is the question about indoor, beach or another variant? boundary
Skills
Skills and tactics.
Skills
Skills.
- What are the main skills and tactics, from serving to blocking? definition
- Which entry fits the specific variant? action
Compete Competitions.
Events
Major competitions.
Events
Events.
- What are the major competitions, from the Olympics and World Championships to leagues? provenance
- Where are current results published? provenance
Para
Para volleyball.
Para
Para.
- How do sitting and standing volleyball work, and where are they played? provenance
- Which entry fits sitting volleyball? action
Govern Governance and safety.
Governance
Governance.
Governance
Governance.
- How do the FIVB and continental confederations govern the sport? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Health
Injuries and training.
Health
Health.
- What injuries are common, and what do studies say about prevention? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Context History and culture.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did volleyball develop from Morgan invention to a global sport? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of volleyball? action
Culture
Popularity.
Culture
Culture.
- Where is volleyball most popular, and how is it followed, with sources? provenance
- Is the question about betting, which the model does not handle? boundary
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Activities and processes
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- ACT
- Domain
- ACT.ACT
- Other names and narrower kinds
- snow volleyball, men's volleyball, men's beach volleyball, water volleyball, standing volleyball, para volleyball, sitting volleyball, women's volleyball, women's beach volleyball, College volleyball, 9-man, Ecua-volley
What it is Filled
A team sport in which two teams of six players separated by a net try to ground a ball on the other side of the court by hitting it with hands or arms, invented in 1895 by William Morgan in Massachusetts, governed by the FIVB and played worldwide indoors and as beach volleyball with two-player teams, with variants such as snow volleyball, water volleyball, sitting volleyball in the Paralympics and standing volleyball; volleyball is an Olympic sport for men and women since 1964.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain volleyball and its rules, variants and competitions, relay history and governance from official sources, and route current results and rules to the federation.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Three touches per side
- Rotation of players
- Rally scoring
- Indoor and beach forms
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Alter a scoresheet or official record of a match.
- Push a player to continue after a head knock or joint injury.
- Publish images or data of junior players without guardian consent.
- Assist in match-fixing or betting on inside information.
Only with a human decision
- Clearing an injured player to return to play.
- Overturning an official's decision.
May
- Explain the rules, positions and scoring from the governing body's rule book.
- Keep score, track statistics and publish results for a match it is authorized to record.
- Help a coach plan training within safe loads.
Moral aspects Filled
- Jumping and blocking cause ankle, knee and shoulder injuries, especially in young players.
- Coaches hold power over young athletes, which can be abused.
Who is affected
- Players
- Young athletes and their families
- Referees
Owners Filled
Steward
The club or federation that organizes play; the international federation sets the rules.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q216048 - registry parent class
- Q2426135 - registry parent class
- Q877517 - registry parent class
related
- team sport - in registry terms
- ball game - in registry terms
- FIVB - the international federation
- Summer Olympic Games - since 1964
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.volleyball
- Wikidata: Q1734 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1734)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
- court size: 18 by 9 m - indoor
- net height men: 2.43 m
- net height women: 2.24 m
- invention: 1895 year
Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Net sport with rallies of touches
- Indoor, beach, snow, water, sitting and standing variants
- Tennis and badminton use rackets; the registry parent racket sport is a misclassification
- Two teams on a court divided by a high net, hitting a ball over it.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain rules and positions
- describe variants and competitions
- relay history and governance
- route current data to official sources
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Stale rules after changes
- Confusing variants
- Injuries such as ankle sprains
- The registry parent racket sport is wrong
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- FIVB Official Volleyball Rules
- FIVB Beach Volleyball Rules
- World ParaVolley rules for sitting volleyball
- Anti-doping rules
Context of use required Filled
- Not applicable; a sport.
- indoor six-a-side volleyball
- beach volleyball
- snow volleyball and water volleyball
- sitting volleyball and standing volleyball for athletes with impairments
- men and women competitions at club and national level
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q1734: volleyball - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Volleyball - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should beach volleyball be a separate primary entry?
- How should the wrong registry parent be corrected?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming variants and gender divisions; should they be split off?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q1734/spec.json