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History of Volletyball

Volleyball was invented in 1895 by William G Morgan at the Holyoke YMCA in Massachusetts. Originally called Mintonette, the game incorporated elements of tennis, basketball, and handball. Morgan created the game as a less strenuous alternative to basketball for older YMCA members. The first official rules were established, including a net 6'6" high and a 3-hit limit per side. Volleyball grew in popularity and organized leagues and tournaments were formed throughout the 20th century, leading to its inclusion in the Olympics.

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History of Volletyball

Volleyball was invented in 1895 by William G Morgan at the Holyoke YMCA in Massachusetts. Originally called Mintonette, the game incorporated elements of tennis, basketball, and handball. Morgan created the game as a less strenuous alternative to basketball for older YMCA members. The first official rules were established, including a net 6'6" high and a 3-hit limit per side. Volleyball grew in popularity and organized leagues and tournaments were formed throughout the 20th century, leading to its inclusion in the Olympics.

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INTRODUCTION OF

VOLLEYBALL
Originally called 'Mintonette', the
game of volleyball was invented in
1895 by William G Morgan, in
Holyoke, Massachusetts at a YMCA.
The game is still widely played by 80
million people worldwide, at least
once a week.
Volleyball was called Mintonette
because of its similarity with
badminton. However, Alfred
Halsted later renamed it to
volleyball because the objective
of the game was to volley the ball
back and forth over a net.
Morgan studied at the Springfield
College of the YMCA, where he
met James Naismith. Naismith
had very recently invented
basketball in 1891. Four years
later, in the summer of 1895,
Morgan moved to the Holyoke
YMCA and became the Director
of Physical Education.
It was because of his role that Morgan had the
opportunity to direct numerous programmes,
exercises and sports classes for male adults. His
leadership was widely accepted and appreciated
and his classes grew in large numbers. This is
when he came to realize that a different kind of
competitive recreational game is needed in order
for his programme to stand out. Morgan took
characteristics of basketball, tennis and
handball. He believed that this game was less
rough than basketball for the older members of
the YMCA, while it still involved some athletic
activity.
The first rules were:
1. The net had to be 6 feet 6 inches (1.98
metres) high. This was because the average
American was shorter in the 19th century.
2. A 25?50 foot (7.6?15.2 metre) court was
required.
3. A team could have as many players as a
team wanted.
4. A match would be nine innings with
three serves for each team in each inning.
5. There would be no limit to the number of
ball contacts for each team before sending the
ball to the other side of the court.

6. In case of a missed serve, a second try was


allowed.

7. Hitting the ball into the net was a fault,


with loss of a point, or side-out, except in
case of a first serve.
Here is a timeline of some important events
in the history of Volleyball:
1. The sport got its first designed ball in
1900.
2. The offensive setting and spiking style
(style of passing the ball in a high
trajectory to be struck by another player)
was first demonstrated in the Philippines in
1916.
3. In 1917, the point system game was
changed from 21 to 15 points.
4. Rules for three hits per side and back
row attack were instituted in 1920.
5. The first YMCA national championships
were held in Brooklyn, NY. There, 11 states
were represented by 27 teams.
6. It was realised over the following years that
some standard rules were needed for tournament
play. Therefore, the USVBA (United States
Volleyball Association) was formed in 1928.
The first US open was staged as the ground
opened for non-YMCA teams.
7. Volleyball referees were approved and
recognised in 1934.
8. The first men's World Championship took
place in 1949.
9. The first women's World
Championship took place in 1952.
10. The game was introduced to the
Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964.
11. The Women's Professional
Volleyball Association (WPVA) was
established in 1986.
12. The World League was created in
1990.

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