(HBO)- In recent years, the movement of practicing and exchanging volleyball competition in Ky Son district has been developing rapidly and widely, which has attracted a large number of people of different classes and ages. This sports has become a useful and interesting playground, helping people to improve their health and improve their spiritual life.


Men's volleyball content match at Ky Son volleyball championship (in 2018).

Ms. Dinh Thi Bich Dam, the deputy head of Ky Son’s Department of Culture and Information says that currently volleyball has been developed evenly in villages, hamlets and residential areas with 100% of villages and hamlets having men's, women's and the stream volleyball teams. Each team has built up their own rules and regulations. Every year, the district organizes championship volleyball tournaments, women's volleyball and stream volleyball tournaments and so on to strongly promote the volleyball movement. Additionaly, the residential areas regularly organize sports exchanges with each other and with other agencies under in the area to improve their ability and strengthen the solidarity. As a result, the volleyball and stream volleyball have developed extensively, typically some communes have strong development movements such as Phuc Tien, Hop Thanh, Phu Minh, Ky Son town and so on. It can be said that volleyball is not yet is the district's strong sport but it is a sport attracting a lot of people.

Phuc Tien has been evaluated to have a strong volleyball with a lot of good athletes. Currently, each village has from two to three men's, women's and stream volleyball teams.  The teams regularly practice and hold the friendly competitions to train physical health, get experiences and improve techniques for themselves. At the volleyball tournaments organized by the district, Phuc Tien commune’s volleyball team is always in the top. This commune also has two athletes who have been selected for the district volleyball team to participate in the provincial volleyball tournaments. Every year, on the occations of holidays, Tet holidays and other anniversaries, and Phuc Tien commune organizes exciting sports and cultural activities, in which volleyball stadiums always attract many people to watch and cheer. Thereby it helps creat a joyful atmosphere and solidarity between people. Thanks to the strong development of volleyball, the physical training movement following the great example of Uncle Ho has been increasingly promoted. The number of people participating in the commune's physical training and sports has reached nearly 40% of the population so far.

 

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