A number of consistent techniques have evolved in volleyball, including spiking and blocking ( because these plays are made above the top of the net, the vertical jump is an athletic skill emphasized in the sport ) as well as passing, setting, and specialized player positions and offensive and defensive structures.

He was educated at home and at the University of Strasbourg, where he was noted for his athletic skill.

In Western Europe, a forerunner of parkour was French naval officer Georges Hébert, who before World War I promoted athletic skill based on the models of indigenous tribes he had met in Africa.

" His rescue efforts during the 1902 eruption of Mount Pelée on Saint-Pierre, Martinique, reinforced his belief that athletic skill must be combined with courage and altruism.

He wasn't particularly athletic or handsome like they were, so he developed a different skill – wordplay, which he practised a lot with his father.

Most of her pranks are to discredit the Danas, scholastically, athletically, morally, or detective skill: she alters or steals school assignments, plaigirizes their work, destroys academic research, puts acid on a towel before an athletic competition ( to injure a hand ), jeers / cheers against the Danas, short-laces shoes, hires a thug to disrupt an ice skating competition, and spreads rumors of untoward romantic leanings, their ethnic heritage, and other character slurs.

The performance may result in a product, such as a painting, portfolio, paper, or exhibition, or it may consist of a performance, such as a speech, athletic skill, musical recital, or reading.

Many athletic commentators and officials have often brought up the idea of lifting the height of the women's 400 m hurdles to incorporate a greater requirement of hurdling skill.

This is a view held by German athletic coach Norbert Stein: " All this means that the women's hurdles for specialists, who are the target group to be dealt with in this discussion, is considerably depreciated in skill demands when compared to the men's hurdles.

In sporting events in which Jersey does not have international representation, when the British Home Nations are competing separately, islanders that do have high athletic skill may choose to compete for any of the Home Nations-there are, however, restrictions on subsequent transfers to represent another Home Nation.

On 25 February 1850 the Wenlock Agricultural Reading Society resolved to establish a class called The Olympian Class-" for the promotion of the moral, physical and intellectual improvement of the inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood of Wenlock and especially of the working classes, by the encouragement of outdoor recreation, and by the award of prizes annually at public meetings for skill in athletic exercise and proficiency in intellectual and industrial attainments ".

In sporting events in which Guernsey does not have international representation, when the British Home Nations are competing separately, islanders that do have high athletic skill may choose to compete for any of the Home Nations-there are, however, restrictions on subsequent transfers to represent another Home Nation.

Any rabbit regardless of breed may participate in this kind of competition, as it is based on athletic skill.

This experience had a profound effect on him, and reinforced his belief that athletic skill must be combined with courage and altruism.

Most of the participants were young army recruits who had been selected by their commanders for their athletic skill.

Tournaments are held at various athletic clubs and contain divisions for many skill levels and age / skill levels.

The Academy was a major league experiment to take teenage players with overall athletic skill and develop them into major league players.

He brags about his incredible hand-to-hand combat skills, though it is quite obvious he lacks any real skill or athletic balance.

It is known that Olympia originally housed far more of these statues, but time brought ruin to many of them, leaving Delphi as the main site of athletic statues.

The up-tempo, athletic, and high scoring games brought fans from many miles.

The athletic successes brought the University a new level of national exposure, and enrollment has since increased to nearly 30, 000 students.

When she was 17, she brought her graceful, athletic style to Broadway, where she starred in various revues and musicals.

The German immigrants brought with them a vibrant athletic and artistic heritage, which reflected in their social establishments.

O ’ Callaghan remained loyal to the NACAI, a decision which effectively brought an end to his international athletic career.

The early 2000s brought more expansion to the UTPB athletic program when the students voted to increase the amount of student fees allocated to support of athletics.

Not only would Monsoon call holds but he consistently brought up the athletic competition frequently mentioning his and Jesse's wrestling backgrounds and drawing on that, saying on occasion that he was " glad had retired " ( after a particularly devastating move during a match that for which he was commentating ).

The boys brought their athletic gear from Brophy with them to St. Mary's, causing St. Mary's to change its colors from red and white to green and white, the previous Brophy colors.

After Mike Hamilton stepped down as University of Tennessee athletic director, Fulmer has been frequently brought up by Tennessee fans as a potential replacement, but has said that he doesn't consider himself a likely candidate.

* Notre Dame memorializes him in the Knute Rockne Memorial Building, an athletic facility built in 1937, as well as the main football stadium.

Courtenay's suitor is " Douglas Steele ", an athletic man who apparently believes Courtenay is helpless without him.

The monument site contains his tomb, two statues of him in athletic poses, and historical markers describing his life story.

It is Milo's sudden death which makes him most akin to the heroes: there is a hint of hubris in his attempt to rend the tree asunder, and striking contrast between his glorious athletic achievements and his sudden ignoble death.

The German athletic federation suspended him, and Hary retired from the sport.

Darnley also was physically strong and athletic which made him into a good horseman with knowledge of weapons and a passion for hunting and hawking.

Adding one final piece for the team, Riley acquired Jamal Mashburn, an athletic, high-scoring swing-man that could take whatever role that was asked of him.

The Theban gymnasium was also named after him, and the Iolaeia, an athletic festival consisting of gymnastic and equestrian events, was held yearly in Thebes in his honor.

Years prior to his political career, Ryun had an athletic career that saw him become a world-class runner and the last American to hold the world record in the mile run.

* Floyd B. Johnson 1933-1935 ( athletic field at St. Peter High School is named after him )

His dark hair and eyes and his athletic and riding ability ( he did most of his own stunts until late in his career ) led reviewers to describe him as a " Valentino type ".

Pheidippides at first agrees to do as he's asked then changes his mind when he learns that his father wants to enroll him in The Thinkery, a school for nerds and intellectual bums that no self-respecting, athletic young man dares to be seen with.

Ely's height ( 6 ' 4 ") and athletic build also won him the title role in the 1975 film Doc Savage, as well as various guest shots.

Drew's athletic achievements helped win him a scholarship to Amherst College in Massachusetts and he graduated in 1926.

He's wearing his track outfit which shows off his muscles, as she intends to use him as a figure model for a poster she's doing for a major athletic competition being held in the town.

The athletic fields at Lower Merion are named after him.

The New York Times described him as " Tall, athletic, young, blond ", and having " a tan and the build of someone who spends his time on the rugby field, not holed up reading G-8 communiqués.

Covey was athletic as a youth but contracted slipped capital femoral epiphysis in junior high school, requiring him to change his focus to academics.

His dad became athletic director of Chillicothe Township High School ( now Illinois Valley Central High School ) as well as a respected football coach, and both Josh and older brother Ron played quarterback under him.

Hartnett was active in sports as a child, especially football, and did not entertain the thought of becoming a performer, until an injury left him unable to participate on the athletic playing field.

In fact, his obituary in The Times took more interest in his athletic career, calling him " one of the best known Cambridge athletes of his day ".

He had been awarded a scholarship at Duke, but not at Princeton ; the Ivy League does not allow its members to award athletic scholarships, and Bradley's family's wealth disqualified him from receiving financial aid.

While Hayes ' public stance was that he refused to play Notre Dame because he was afraid of polarizing the Catholic population in Ohio, Notre Dame's long-time athletic director Edward " Moose " Krause said that Hayes had told him that Hayes liked having Michigan as the only tough game on the Ohio State schedule and that having the Buckeyes play Notre Dame would detract from that.

This earned him an athletic scholarship to the University of Southern California, but he subsequently tore his shoulder ligaments, ending his javelin throwing career and his participation on the USC track team.