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- THE DAY WHEN VOLLEYBALL WAS INVENTED
- Today, I, William Morgan invented Mintonette for us
- As a professor, May I suggest the name "volleyball?"
- oh, Volleyball yes It does sound fun!
- THE RULES OF THE GAME
- I have made up my mind, I'll make this game more interesting by adding rules
- NATIONAL EVENTS
- Let's Have a Good Game!
- Try Us!
- Volleyball was invented in 1895 by William G. Morgan, physical director of the Young Men’s Christian Association in Holyoke, Massachusetts. Morgan called the sport «mintonette,» until a professor from Springfield College in Massachusetts noted the volleying nature of play and proposed the name of «volleyball».
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- The original rules were written by Morgan and printed in the first edition of the Official Handbook of the Athletic League of the Young Men's Christian Associations of North America 1897.The game soon to appeal in any gender in any places., and it was subsequently introduced to other countries. In 1916 rules were issued jointly by the YMCA and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).
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- The first nationwide tournament in the United States was conducted by the National YMCA Physical Education Committee in New York City in 1922. The United States Volleyball Association was formed in 1928 and recognized as the rules-making, governing body in the United States.From 1928 the USVBA—now known as USA Volleyball (USAV)—has conducted annual national men’s and senior men’s (age 35 and older) volleyball championships, except during 1944 and 1945.
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- Volleyball was introduced into Europe by American troops during World War I, when national organizations were formed. The Fédération Internationale de Volley Ball was organized in Paris in 1947 and moved to Lausanne, Switzerland, in 1984.
- International volleyball competition began in 1913 with the first Far East Games, in Manila. During the early 1900s and continuing until after World War II, volleyball in Asia was played on a larger court, with a lower net, and nine players on a team.
- The FIVB-sponsored world volleyball championships (for men only in 1949; for both men and women in 1952 and succeeding years) led to acceptance of standardized playing rules and officiating. Volleyball became an Olympic sport for both men and women at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
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