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• was first invented in 1895

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• by William G. Morgan, a physical
director of the Young Men’s
Christian Association in Holyoke,
Massachusetts

• the game was originally designed

as an indoor sport for businessmen
who found the new game of
basketball too vigorous
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LL • Morgan decided to combine elements
of basketball, baseball, tennis, and
handball to create the game which at
that time, he called "mintonette."
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• but this was only until observers

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watched the game and noticed that
players were “volleying” the ball
back and forth

• thus, the game’s name was

changed to “Volleyball”, which is
the name that we refer to the sport
today
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• The original rules of • The game quickly

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the game were written
by Morgan and printed
in the first edition of
• The first ever
game of
gained popularity in
schools, playgrounds,
the armed forces, and
the Official Handbook volleyball was other organizations in
of the Athletic League
of the Young Men’s
played at the United States, and
Christian Associations Springfield it was later
of North America College in the introduced to other
year 1896. countries.
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lighter and smaller was introduced
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• the United States Volleyball Association
(USVBA) was formed and was recognized as the

28 rules-making, governing body in the United

States

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• the word volleyball was originally spelt as two
separate words

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• volleyball was officially designated to spell as a
single word in 1952
QUESTIO
who created the
game of
volleyball?
William g.
morgan
when was
volleyball
invented?
1895
what was the
original name for
volleyball?
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