This time I am going to talk about the history of volleyball and where it all started.

The game of volleyball was invented by a man named William G. Morgan in 1895. The game was originally called "mintonette". The guy that named it volleyball was Alfred Hallstead. He said that the players were "volleying" the ball, hence the name volleyball. He designed the game to be a combination of basketball, baseball, tennis and handball. The game at first was popular in the United States but then couple years later it became more popular in Canada and Cuba. After that a lot of more countries became fans of the game volleyball. Little by little more and more countries like Poland and Czechoslovakia were staring to be interested in the game. The first net that was played with was borrowed from tennis and it was raised to 6 feet and 6 inches of the ground. The offensive style of setting and spiking was first demonstrated in the Philippines in 1916. After a while it became obvious to people that there needed to be rules to the game. That is when the USVBA was created. (United States Volleyball Association)

This is a picture of the flag for the Phillipines because they played a big role in the game of volleyball



In 1900, there was a special ball invented for the game.
In 1916, in the Philippines, an offensive style of passing the ball in a high spot to be struck by another player (the set and spike) were introduced. Also in 1916 the Filipinos developed the "bomba" or kill, and called the hitter a "bomberino"

In 1920, three hits and back row attack rules were formed
In 1930, the first two man beach volleyball game was played
In 1934, referees were approved to ref the games
In 1960, new techniques were added to the game including the soft spike (dink), the forearm pass (bump), blocking across the net, and defensive diving and rolling
In 1964, volleyball was introduced to the Olympics in Tokyo
In 1983, AVP was formed (Association of Volleyball Professionals)

This is obviously a picture of the flag of the United States because they are the one the invented volleyball.



There is something called the Morgan trophy. It is a trophy given to the most outstanding female and male volleyball player. It is presented annually obviously named after William Morgan, the inventor of volleyball.

Volleyball ranks behind only soccer in participation sports. Today there are over 800 million people who play volleyball a week.

I hope you all enjoyed learning about the history of volleyball.

-Sabrina :)