How Did Volleyball Get Started? What Was The "Origin Of Volleyball"?

The game of volleyball has its start in Massachusetts in February 1895 with a Physical Education teacher by the name of William G.Morgan. He combined some aspects of tennis and certain aspects of throw ball to create an indoor sport that required a fair amount of athletic effort and was essentially designed for the older members of the YMCA. Morgan called the game Mintonette and was supposed to be less rough than basketball, another game that was fast becoming a favorite.

The first few rules that were penned down gave the specifications of the Mintonette net and court. It allowed a total of 9 innings with each side having 3 serves and had no restrictions on the amount of ball contacts that were made before the ball reached the opponents side. As its popularity grew, the first match came to be held in Springfield YMCA in the year 1896. Noticing the volleying nature of the ball, Alfred Halstead decided to rechristen this game 'volleyball'. In 1947, the first Federation for Volleyball was founded. This was followed by the Volleyball World Championships for men in the year 1949 and for women in n the year 1952.

The game of Volleyball was invented in the year 1895 by a YMCA (Young Men Christian Association) physical education director called William G Morgan. The exact date is said to be the 9th of February that year. The game was created in the city of Holyoke, Massachusetts. What is noteworthy is that just four years ago another instructor of the YMCA founded the game of basketball in Springfield, Massachusetts; not far from here.

The game was later called volleyball after an observer at an exhibition match remarked on the peculiar volley nature of this game. It was in 1896 and the observer was one Alfred Halstead. It had become a game that was supposed to be less violent and rough than basketball. It was adopted by Canada, the first other country after the United States, by the 1900s. Later in 1924 it became part of the Olympics.

It started in 1895 .

Cups and trophies of volley ball?

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