History of Volleyball Ball
On February 9,1895, in Holyoke, Unlike the basketball that has different sizes
Massachusetts, USA, William G. Morgan, a for different age groups and gender, the
physic education director at the Young volleyball has only one specific size. It
Men’s Christian Association (YMCA), should have circumference of 65 to 67 cm,
created a new game called mintonette. It should weight 260. To 280 grams (g), should
was meant to be a pastime to be played have an inside pressure of 0.30 to 0.325
preferably indoors by any numb of players. kg/cm2.
It took some of its characteristics from
tennis and handball and was less rough the
basketball but still required a bit of athletic
effort. It was designed for older members of
Volleyball Court
the YMCA. An observer, Alfred Halstead,
noticed the volleying nature of the game at The volleyball ball court measures 18 m x 9
its first exhibition match in 1896, played at m. It is divided into two halves by a net. The
the International YMCA Training School. first line that is 3 m parallel to the net is
Soon the game quickly became known as called the attack line, the space between
volleyball (it was originally spelled as two the net and the attack line is called the
words: volley ball). attack area or front row. The space
between the attack line and the service line
is called the back row.
The court is surrounded by an area called
the free zone, which measures about 3 m
The Equipment
wide. The players may enter and play within
Net and Antennae the free zone after the service of the ball.
All lines denoting the boundaries of the
A volleyball net typically measures 2.75 m
team court and the attack zone are drawn
tall and 10.6 m long. The net of the
or painted within the dimensions of the
volleyball court varies among the
area and are therefore a part of the court
participants of a certain tournaments In the
zone. If a ball lands on the line, it is
Palarong Pambansa, the annual sports
considered in.
event hosted by the Department of
Education, the height of the net for the
elementary level is 2.10 m for boys and 2.05
m for girls. For the high school level, it is
2.43 m boys and 2.24 m for girls. Prepared by: TRIZCIA ANN C. SUMILE
As antenna is placed on each side of the net
perpendicular to the sideline and is a
vertical extension of the side boundary of
the court. A ball passing over the net must
pass in between the antennae without
contacting them.
