This
was How Volleyball was Introduced
The game of volleyball, originally called
“mintonette,” was invented in 1895 by William G. Morgan after the invention of
basketball only four years before. Morgan, a graduate of the Springfield
College of the YMCA, designed the game to be a combination of basketball,
baseball, tennis, and handball.
The first volleyball net, borrowed from tennis, was
only 6’6″ high (though you need to remember that the average American was
shorter in the nineteenth century).
The offensive style of setting and spiking was first
demonstrated in the Philippines in 1916. Over the years that followed, it
became clear that standard rules were needed for tournament play, and thus the
USVBA (United States Volleyball Association) was formed in 1928.
I think this article is very interesting because there are some curious facts about volleyball, for example the original name. Also, I didn’t know that the volleyball is a combination of four sports, basketball, baseball, tennis and handball. I don’t really think that this information is essential to play this sport but never its bad to learn new things, and in this case, is something funny and ludic.
ResponderEliminarHowever, the volleyball is not a very practiced sport and not as famous as others like football or basketball, that get a lot of attention in all the sport sections of the channels.