Volleyball has witnessed unprecedented growth over the last two decades. The beach volleyball phenomenon also continues to amaze. The overwhelming spectator and television success of beach volleyball since its introduction to the Olympic Games at Atlanta and the stunning success of the FIVB World Tour, the World Championships and the Continental Cup has opened up volleyball to a completely new market.
William G. Morgan , who was born in the State of New York, has gone down in history as the inventor of the game of volleyball, to which he originally gave the name "Mintonette".
In this role he had the opportunity to establish, develop and direct a vast programme of exercises and sport classes for male adults.
His leadership was enthusiastically accepted, and his classes grew in numbers. He came to realise that he needed a certain type of competitive recreational game in order to vary his programme.
Basketball, a sport that was beginning to develop, seemed to suit young people, but it was necessary to find a less violent and less intense alternative for the older members. At that time Morgan knew of no similar game to volleyball which could guide him; he developed it from his own sports training methods and his practical experience in the YMCA gymnasium. Describing his first experiments he said, "In search of an appropriate game, tennis occurred to me, but this required rackets, balls, a net and other equipment, so it was eliminated, but the idea of a net seemed a good one.
We raised it to a height of about 6 feet, 6 inches 1. We needed a ball and among those we tried was a basketball bladder, but this was too light and too slow. We therefore tried the basketball itself, which was too big and too heavy. The result was satisfactory: the ball was leather-covered, with a rubber inner tube, its circumference was not less than 25 and not more than 27 inches Morgan asked two of his friends from Holyoke, Dr.
Frank Wood and John Lynch, to draw up based on his suggestions the basic concepts of the game together with the first 10 rules. The Men won the Gold, and the Women the Silver. Men repeated the Gold in the Olympics in Korea. This Web site — Volleyball. Com goes live! She becomes the third American woman to achieve that mark. They join Mike and Patty Dodd, who accomplished the feat four times in , but each time in different locations.
She reached this total in just tournaments — winning The marathon set the record for the longest match in rally scoring, men or women, in domestic or international play. China placed in both Silver and Bronze categories. Research shows volleyball is one of the top 3 most popular sports for women to play in high school.
It remained solely an American sport for a few years until it began crossing oceans to become one of the most exciting and popular sports played world wide. Volleyball had humble beginnings, created by a teacher to be a uniqueand challenging game for his students. Now it is an Olympic sport played and watched by millions of people inspiring fitness, skill and teamwork. Morgan liked the idea of a net, like the one used in tennis, but rose it to 6 feet 6 inches above the floor.
Then there was the matter of the ball. The game required something larger than a tennis ball but lighter than a basketball.
Created especially for this game was a light leather covered ball that could easily be buoyed above the net. It was a spectacular fit for the object of the game, which was to keep the ball in movement back and forth between teams.
The game of volleyball has experienced a wide variety of rules changes throughout the early years. Also various parts of the world have been using different rules before the standardization. When volleyball was created it was not intended for the game to be confined to just the indoors.
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