William G. Morgan invented volleyball in 1895, initially calling it Mintonette. It spread quickly through YMCAs and became an international sport within decades. Over time, the rules were refined to limit teams to six players and hits per possession to three. Volleyball became an Olympic sport in 1964 for indoor volleyball and 1996 for beach volleyball.
William G. Morgan invented volleyball in 1895, initially calling it Mintonette. It spread quickly through YMCAs and became an international sport within decades. Over time, the rules were refined to limit teams to six players and hits per possession to three. Volleyball became an Olympic sport in 1964 for indoor volleyball and 1996 for beach volleyball.
William G. Morgan invented volleyball in 1895, initially calling it Mintonette. It spread quickly through YMCAs and became an international sport within decades. Over time, the rules were refined to limit teams to six players and hits per possession to three. Volleyball became an Olympic sport in 1964 for indoor volleyball and 1996 for beach volleyball.
William G. Morgan invented volleyball in 1895, initially calling it Mintonette. It spread quickly through YMCAs and became an international sport within decades. Over time, the rules were refined to limit teams to six players and hits per possession to three. Volleyball became an Olympic sport in 1964 for indoor volleyball and 1996 for beach volleyball.
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The History & Development of Volleyball
William G. Morgan invented volleyball in 1895, initially calling the sport "Mintonette." Within a few years it have become a popular activity at YMCAs. Within a few decades volleyball had spread internationally and become a college sport in the United States. Over time, the rules were refined to limit teams to six aside on the court and hits to three per possession. Volleyball became an Olympic sport in 1964 and beach volleyball became an Olympic sport in 1996.
Invention of the Sport
Morgan developed volleyball in 1895, four years after a mentor, James Naismith, invented basketball. As director of physical education at the Holyoke (Massachusetts) YMCA, Morgan sought a sport less vigorous than basketball. While he was seeking for proffer sport , the game tennis came up to his mind but he eliminate some things ,the only thing he keep is the net. He raised the net higher than the height of the average person and experimented with various balls. Morgan asked A.G. Spalding & Bros. to develop a ball that could be batted back and forth.
Competition Begins
Morgan showcased his new sport to YMCA directors in 1896. At the suggestion of Professor Alfred T. Halstead, its name was changed to "volley ball" to match the action of the sport. It was played on a smaller court (25 feet by 50 feet) with an unlimited number of players hitting the ball an unlimited number of times. The sport's rules were published in the July 1896 edition of "Physical Education" and were included the first official handbook of the North American YMCA Athletic League in 1897.
Evolution of the Sport
Volleyball spread to Canada and then around the world. A version of the sport featuring 16 players aside was played at the first Far-Eastern Games in 1913. In 1918 the number of players on the court was limited to six per team. Another major rule change came in 1922 when the maximum number of hits per side was set at three.
Volleyball Gets Big
The sport became a serious international competition in 1947 with the formation in Paris of the Federation Internationale De Volley-Ball. The first World Championship was held two years later. With more than 50 million people now playing the sport in more than 60 countries by 1951, volleyball became part of the Pan-American Games in 1955 and the Olympics in 1964. By the late 1960s, the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics and National Collegiate Athletic Association had embraced the sport.
Beach Volleyball
The outdoor version of volleyball -- a two-on-two competition played on sand -- was born as a tournament sport in 1948. It grew in popularity after its introduction at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. It has been a vibrant professional sports for decades and has become one of the fastest-growing sports at the collegiate level.
The History of Volleyball in the
Philippines The Philippines had more influence over the style of modern volleyball than you might think. In fact, Philippine volleyball players invented the set and spike. More than 800 million people in the world play volleyball at least once a week, according to information from the Westlake High School physical education department. This competitive sport burns 364 calories per hour for a 200-pound person.
Origins The history of volleyball in the Philippines dates back to 1910. The Physical Director of the YMCA, Elwood S. Brown, first introduced volleyball to the Philippines that year. Philippine people began to play volleyball as a backyard sport and games of beach volleyball soon followed, according to information from the Philippine Volleyball Federation, or PVF. Players hung the net between two trees. They made up their own rules regarding how many players on each side and how many times you could hit the ball before sending it over the net.
Three-Hit Limit
The Philippine style of volleyball inspired the Americans to create the three-hit limit, according to information on the PVF website. Before the rule, Philippine volleyball teams would sometimes let every player hit the ball before sending it over to the opposing side. This took too much time and snuffed out the challenge and competitive nature of the game.
Set and Spike
With the new three-hit rule in place, Philippine players experimented with new volleyball techniques and came up with the set and spike, a.k.a. the “Filipino Bomb.” In this offensive passing style, one player hits the volleyball and sends it high in the air to set it up for another player on her team. A second player then strikes the ball sending it over the net at a downward angle. This is called spiking the ball.
Philippine Amateur Volleyball Association
The date July 4, 1961 marks the birth of the Philippine Amateur Volleyball Association. The director for the Playground and Recreation Bureau, members of the business community and others gathered to create an organized volleyball association in the Philippines. The Philippine Amateur Volleyball Association was later named the Philippine Amateur Volleyball Association and is currently called the Philippine Volleyball Federation. It is affiliated with and accredited by the Philippine Olympic Committee, Asian Volleyball Confederation and the Federation International de Volleyball.
This was How Volleyball was Introduced – Facts and
Information About the Game The game of volleyball, originally called “mintonette,” was invented in 1895 by William G. Morgan after the invention of basketball only four years before. Morgan, a graduate of the Springfield College of the YMCA, designed the game to be a combination of basketball, baseball, tennis, and handball.
Indoor Volleyball Scholarships
Beach Volleyball Scholarships
The first volleyball net, borrowed from tennis, was only 6’6″ high (though you need to remember that the average American was shorter in the nineteenth century).
The offensive style of setting and spiking was first demonstrated in the Philippines in 1916. Over the years that followed, it became clear that standard rules were needed for tournament play, and thus the USVBA (United States Volleyball Association) was formed in 1928. Latest Volleyball News from the NCAA and NAIA. Two years later, the first two-man beach volleyball game was played, though the professional side of the sport did not emerge until much later. Not surprisingly, the first beach volleyball association appeared in California (1965), and the professional players united under the auspices of the AVP (American Volleyball Professionals) in 1983.
During the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, American men and women took gold and silver medals in indoor volleyball competitions. Four years later at the Olympics in Korea, the men once again scored gold. Starting in 1996, two-man beach volleyball was officially introduced to the Olympics. Today, there are more than 800 million volleyball players worldwide, 46 million of them in the U.S.
Timeline of Significant Volleyball Events
In 1900, a special ball was designed for the sport.
In 1916, in the Philippines, an offensive style of passing the ball in a high trajectory to be struck by another player (the set and spike) were introduced.
In 1917, the game was changed from 21 to 15 points.
In 1920, three hits per side and back row attack rules were instituted.
In 1922, the first YMCA national championships were held in Brooklyn, NY. Twenty- seven teams from 11 states were represented.
In 1928, it became clear that tournaments and rules were needed, so the United States Volleyball Association (USVBA, now USA Volleyball) was formed. The first U.S. Open was staged, as the field was open to non-YMCA squads.
In 1930, the first two-man beach game was played.
In 1934, national volleyball referees were approved and recognized.
In 1937, at the AAU convention in Boston, action was taken to recognize the U.S. Volleyball Association as the official national governing body in the U.S.
In 1947, the Federation Internationale De Volley-Ball (FIVB) was founded.
In 1948, the first two-man beach tournament was held.
In 1949, the initial World Championships were held in Prague, Czechoslovakia.
In 1964, volleyball was introduced to the Olympic Games in Tokyo.
In 1965, the California Beach Volleyball Association (CBVA) was formed.
In 1974, the World Championships in Mexico were telecast in Japan.
In 1975, the U.S. National Women’s team began a year-round training regime in Pasadena, Texas (moved to Colorado Springs in 1979, Coto de Caza and Fountain Valley, CA, in 1980, and San Diego, CA, in 1985).
In 1977, the U.S. National Men’s Team began a year-round training regime in Dayton, Ohio (moved to San Diego, CA, in 1981).
In 1983, the Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP) was formed.
In 1984, the U.S. won their first medals at the Olympics in Los Angeles. The men won the gold, and the women the silver.
In 1986, the Women’s Professional Volleyball Association (WPVA) was formed.
In 1988, the U.S. men repeated the gold in the Olympics in Korea.
In 1990, the World League was created.
In 1995, the sport of volleyball was 100 years old!
In 1996, two-person beach volleyball became an Olympic sport.
