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The game was invented by William G. Morgan and was first played at Springfield College. This was the beginning of a sport that would grow to become one of the most popular american sports.
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Specific ball was designed for the sport. This gave the game its own specific ball and people began to recognize it as a sport.
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To win the game you must earn 15 points instead of 21. This was only a minor change that would be changed many more times over the years.
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Now three hits per side and back row attacks are permitted in the game. These allowed positional players to develop in both the front and back row.
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This opened up the game of volleyball to the outdoors. Now there is indoor with 6 players and outdoor with two.
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This added an upper hand in all the judgment calls in the game. The game was forever changed at this point and from there they have added another ref and line judges to the game.
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They were held in Prague, Czechoslovakia. This made volleyball a world wide sport and the world began to have a love for the game.
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This marked that volleyball is able to thrive as a sport and that it would only continue to grow.
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This was a major turning point for volleyball as being an olympic sport establishes you as a major sport.
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Beach is a whole different type of volleyball than indoor, the fact that both men's and women's won in the same year is a huge accomplishment for team USA and they have continued to dominate ever since.
