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William G. Morgan became director of physical education at the YMCA in Holyoke, MA in 1896. He needed to develop a less intense game for his older, male students to play which lead to the development of volleyball, originally called "Mignonette". www.volleyball.org/wmorgan.html
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- Court size was 25 x 50 feet
- Height of the net was 6 feet, 6 inches
- Any number of participants was allowed
- Serves could be assisted across the net
- A second serve was permitted (as in tennis) if the first was served out of bounds
- There was no limit to the number of hits on each side of the court
- Players could continuously “air dribble” the ball up to a restraining line 4 feet from the net
- Any ball touching the net was considered to be out of bounds
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- Faults by the receiving team, balls landing in the receiving team’s court or hit out of bounds by the receiving team resulted in a point for the serving team
- Faults by the serving team, balls landing in the serving team’s court or hit out of bounds by the serving team (except for first serves) resulted in “side out” for the serving team
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- Length of the game was nine “innings,” with three serves per team per inning, for three or more players on a team. If one player on a team, one serve per side; two players on a team were thus allowed two serves per side.
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During a demonstration of the new game "Mintonette", spectator commented to Morgan that it looked like the players were volleying the ball back and forth and perhaps the game should be called volleyball. The first game of volleyball was played at Springfield College on July 7th, 1896 in Springfield, MA. www.volleyball.org/history.html
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Volleyball was introduced to Puerto Rico in 1909, China and the Philippines in 1910. This was the beginning of global volleyball.
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Game points were reduced from 21 to 15 points.
Made volleyball quicker. http://ncva.com/info/general-info/history-of-volleyball/ -
The ball could be played by any part of the body above the waist. http://ncva.com/info/general-info/history-of-volleyball/
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Sand Volleyball started in Santa Monica, California in the 1920s. Courts were put on the beach at the playground where families played 6v6. www.volleyball.org
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In 1947, the first official 2 man tournament was held in State Beach, CA.
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The beginning for many more championships. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volleyball
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September 24, 1957, the IOC session in Sofia recognised Volleyball as an Olympic sport.
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Volleyball was added as a medal sport for men and women at the Tokyo Games in October 10th to October 24th. http://www.fivb.org/TheGame/TheGame_VolleyballOlympicGames.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Summer_Olympics
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The United States won their first gold medal in 1984 in the Los Angeles games. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volleyball
