Volleyball was invented in 1895 by William G. Morgan as a indoor winter sport combining elements of basketball, tennis, baseball, and handball. It has since grown internationally with the establishment of international governing bodies and inclusion in the Olympics beginning in 1964. Key events in volleyball's development include standardizing equipment like balls, nets and court dimensions as well as the introduction of techniques like offensive passing and the establishment of professional leagues.
Volleyball was invented in 1895 by William G. Morgan as a indoor winter sport combining elements of basketball, tennis, baseball, and handball. It has since grown internationally with the establishment of international governing bodies and inclusion in the Olympics beginning in 1964. Key events in volleyball's development include standardizing equipment like balls, nets and court dimensions as well as the introduction of techniques like offensive passing and the establishment of professional leagues.
Volleyball was invented in 1895 by William G. Morgan as a indoor winter sport combining elements of basketball, tennis, baseball, and handball. It has since grown internationally with the establishment of international governing bodies and inclusion in the Olympics beginning in 1964. Key events in volleyball's development include standardizing equipment like balls, nets and court dimensions as well as the introduction of techniques like offensive passing and the establishment of professional leagues.
Volleyball was invented in 1895 by William G. Morgan as a indoor winter sport combining elements of basketball, tennis, baseball, and handball. It has since grown internationally with the establishment of international governing bodies and inclusion in the Olympics beginning in 1964. Key events in volleyball's development include standardizing equipment like balls, nets and court dimensions as well as the introduction of techniques like offensive passing and the establishment of professional leagues.
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Volleyball: Its History and development
Originally, volleyball was called “mintonette”, is was inveted by William G. Morgan after the invention of basketball. Willian G. Morgan, a graduate of the Springfield College of YMCA, designed the game to be a combination of basketball, baseball, tennis, and handball.
A TIMELINE OF SIGNIFICANT VOLLEYBALL EVENTS:
In 1900, a special ball was designed for the sport.
In 1916, an offensive style of passing the ball in a high trajectory to be struck by another player were introduced in the Philippines. 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 27 team from 11 states were presented. In 1928, it became clear that tournaments and rules were needed, the United States Volleyball association (USVBA, now USA Volleyball) was formed. In 1930 the forst wo-man beach game was played In 1934, the approval and recognition of national volleyball referees In 1937, at the UAA 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 Volleyball (FIVB)was founded In 1948, the first two-man beach tournament was held In 1949, the initial World Championship was were held In 1964, volleyball was introduced to the Olympic Games in Tokyo In 1965, California Beach Volley Association (CBVA) was formed In 1974, the world champion in Mexico were telecast in Japan In 1975, the US National women’s team began a year-round training regime Pasadena Texas In 1977, the US 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 US won their first medal at the Olympics in Los Angeles. The men won the gold and the women won the silver. In 1986, the women’s professional volleyball association (WPVA)was formed In 1988, the US Men repeated the Gold in the Olympics in Korea In 1990, the World league was created In 1995, the sport volleyball was 100 years old In 1996, 2 person beach volleyball will be an Olympic sport.
VOLLEYBALL: Competitive sports in our country Dr. William G, Morgan created volleyball in 1895 in Holyoke City Massachusetts, USA (YMCA Director). Being played during winter time. Was also played in innings and its name was “Mintinette”. Springfield college professor suggested that it be called “volleyball”. 1897, The first set of rules was published. The sport continued to grow through the 1940’s and 1950’s. In US during that time, it was purely a recreational activity, a fun game. In 1964 volleyball is being team sport in which 2-teams of 6-players are separated by a net and a maximum of 12 players each team. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team’s court under organized rules. BALL: Spherical Circumference: 65-67 cm Weight: 260 – 280 grams Pressure: 4.26 – 4.61 psi
NET AND BALL:
9.50 meters 1 meter Men, 2.43 m Women, 2.24 m Pole: 2.55 meters
