History of

VOLLEYBALL
 Volleyball is a team sports in which two teams
composed of six players are playing separately by a
net. Each team is allowed three hits or contacts to get
the ball over the net to the other team. A point is
scored if the ball hits the ground in the opponent's
court, if the opponents commit a fault, or they fail to
return the ball properly.
• William G. Morgan from Holyoke,
Massachusetts (United States) a YMCA
physical education director, created a new
game called Mintonette at around February,
1895, as a pastime to be played indoors and
by any number of players.
• The game took some of its characteristics
from tennis and handball. Mintonette was
designed to be an indoor sport, less rough
than basketball, for older members of the
YMCA, while still requiring a bit of athletic
effort.
• The first rules, written down by William G Morgan,
called for a net 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) high, a 25 ft x 50 ft
(7.6 mx 15.2 m) court, and any number of players. A
match was composed of nine innings with three
serves for each team in each inning, and no limit to
the number of ball contacts for each team before
sending the ball to the opponents' court.
• In case of a serving error, a second try was allowed.
Hitting the ball into the net was considered a foul
(with loss of the point or a side-out) except in the
case of the first-try serve.
• After an observer, Alfred Halstead, noticed the
volleying nature of the game at its first
exhibition match in 1896, played at the
International YMCA Training School (now called
Springfield College), the game quickly became
known as volleyball (it was originally spelled as
two words: "volley ball").
• Volleyball rules were slightly modified by the
International YMCA Training School and the
game spread around the country to various
YMCAs.
• The complete rules are extensive, but simply,
play proceeds as follows: a player on one of
the teams begins a 'rally' by serving the ball
(tossing or releasing it and then hitting it with
a hand or arm), from behind the back
boundary line of the court, over the net, and
into the receiving team's court.
• The receiving team must not let the ball be
grounded within their court.
• The team may touch the ball up to 3
times but individual players may not
touch the ball twice consecutively.
• Typically, the first two touches are used
to set up for an attack, an attempt to
direct the ball back over the net in such a
way that the serving team is unable to
prevent it from being grounded in their
court.
The rally continues, with each team allowed as
many as three consecutive touches, until
either 1. a team makes a kill, grounding the
ball on the opponent's court and winning the
rally; or 2. a team commits a fault and loses
the rally. The team that wins the rally is
awarded a point, and serves the ball to start
the next rally. A few of the most common
faults include:
causing the ball to touch the ground
or floor outside the opponents' court
or without first passing over the net;
catching and throwing the ball;
double hit: two consecutive contacts
with the ball made by the same
player;
four consecutive contacts with the ball
made by the same team;
net foul: touching the net during
play;
foot fault: the foot crosses over the
boundary line when serving.
The ball is usually played with the
hands or arms, but players can
legally strike or push (short contact)
the ball with any part of the body.
For you to further trace the history of Volleyball here are some
important dates how volleyball improved through times:.
Year 1896 was when the volleyball was first
played at Springfield College.
Year 1900 was when a special ball was designed
for the sport YMCA spread volleyball Year
1907 Volleyball was presented at the playground
of American convention as one most popular
sports.
Year 1910 Elwood S. the physical director of the
manila YMCA introduced volleyball in the
Philippine
Year 1912 The Philippine amateur athletic federation adapted
volleyball for men as an official event in the national
championship games.
Year 1913 Volleyball was one of the events in the Far Eastern
Games in Manila, Philippines.
1916 In the Philippines, as offensive style of passing the ball in a
High trajectory to be struck byan other player (the set and spike)
were introduced. The Filipinos developed the "bomba" or kill,
and called the hitter a "bomberino".
The NCAA was invited by the YMCA to aid in editing the rules
and promoting the sport. Volleyball was added to school and
college physical education and intramurals programs.
Year 1917 In Brazil Volleyball game was changed from 21 to 15
points.
 1928 It became clear that tournaments and rules are
needed, the United State Volleyball Association
(USVBA, now USA Volleyball) was formed. The first
U.S open was staged, as the field was open to non-
YMCA squads
 Year 1934 the national volleyball referees were
approved and recognized.
 1937 at the AAU convention in Boston, action was
taken to recognize the U.S Volleyball Association as
the official national governing body in the U.S.
 1940 the Forearm pass was introduced to the game.
Most balls were played with overhand pass.
 1947 the Federation International De Volley-ball
(FIVB) was founded in Paris.
 1957 the International Olympic Committee (IOC)
designated volleyball as an Olympic team sport, to
be included in the 1964 Olympic games.
 1964 Volleyball was introduced to the Olympic
Games in Tokyo. The Japanese volleyball used in the
1964 Olympics, consisted of a rubber carcass with
leather paneling.
A similarly constructed ball is used in most modern
competition.Southern California Intercollegiate
Volleyball Association (SCVIA) was formed in
California.
Year 1965 The California Beach Volleyball
Association (CBVA) was formed.
Year 1968 National Association of
Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) made
volleyball their fifteenth competitive sport.
Year 1969 The Executive Committee of the
NCAA proposed addition of volleyball to its
program
Year 1983 The Association of Volleyball
Professionals (AVP) was formed.
Year 1984 The US won their first medals at
the Olympics in Los Angeles. The Men won
the Gold, and the Women the Silver.
Year 1986 The Women's Professional
Volleyball Association (WPVA) was formed.
Year 1987 The FIVB added a Beach Volleyball
World Championship Series.
Year 1989 The FIVB Sports Aid Program was
created.
Year 1994 Volleyball World Wide, was
Created.
Year1995 The sport of Volleyball was 100
years old!
Year 1996 the 2-person beach volleyball
was added to the Olympics.
Year 1989 The FIVB Sports Aid Program was
created.
Year 1994 Volleyball World Wide, was
Created.
Year1995 The sport of Volleyball was 100
years old!
Year 1996 the 2-person beach volleyball
was added to the Olympics.
• Volleyball now a day is one of the
most successful and popular
competitive and recreational in the
world.
• It is fast, exciting and the action is
explosive. People are excited to watch
and the image of the volleyball is
increasingly a good one.
Thank you!