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Invention of Volleyball
The game of volleyball, originally named “mintonette,” was invented in 1895 by William G. Morgan after the invention of basketball only four years before by James Naismith. It is game for two teams, usually of six players, in which a large ball is hit by hand over a high net, the aim being to score points by making the ball reach the ground on the opponent's side of the court. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BqyHHLiM8U -
Game 1
The first volleyball game was played at Springfield College. -
Special Ball Made for Volleyball
In 1900, the first volleyball ever made was created that year. Before that was a soccer ball. -
Popularity growing
Volleyball was presented at the Playground of America convention as one of the most popular sports -
First style of play
In 1916, in the Philippines, an offensive style of passing the ball in a high trajectory to be struck by another player (the set and spike) were introduced.This shows the development of the sport, where they are looking for an attacking position, the Philippians called the hitter "bomberino" and his job was to "bomba" which is spiking today. -
Point changer
The game was altered from being played to 21 points to 15 points. -
Investment in Balls
American Expeditionary Forces distributed 16,000 volleyballs to it’s troops and allies. -
USVBA (United States VolleyBall Association)
USVBA is a non-profit organization which is recognized as the national governing body of volleyball in the United States by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB). This was founded due to the fact that it became clear that tournaments and rules were needed. -
Going into depth
Rules that go into depth were cleared, like:
-Maximum of three hits per side
-Player may not hit the ball twice (A block is not considered a hit)
-Ball may be played off the net during a volley and on serve
-A ball touching a boundary line is good
-Server must serve from behind the end line until after contact
-Ball may be served underhand or overhand
-Ball must be clearly visible to opponents before serve
-Serve must be returned by a bump only. no setting or attacking a serve -
The beginning of the FIVB
The Federation Internationale De Volley-Ball (FIVB) was founded in Paris, France. Fourteen national federations representing five different countreis attending, where the organization was actually formed. -
Goals of the Congress
One of the main goals of the 1947 congress was acheived two years later with the establishment of the first international major volleyball event, the World Championship. -
Growing population
it became clear that tournaments and rules were needed, -
Canada's Debut
Canadian Men's National Volleyball Team first participates in International Competition (Pan Am Games). -
Volleyball and the Olympics
In 1964, Volleyball was introduced to the Olympic Games in Tokyo. It ran from October 11 to October 23, 1964. Japan won the gold medal, with the Soviet Union and Poland taking silver and bronze. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nc0omDsD0HI
(1694 Olympic Women's finals) -
Beach volleyball's first major sponsor
In 1979, Jose Cuervo became beach volleyball's first major sponsor. -
WVPA ; redefining volleyball
The Womens Proffessional Volleyball Association is formed. This is important , because up until 1986, only men were dominating the sport, which is definitely not the case today. -
The World League
The FIVB Volleyball World League is an international men's volleyball competition. Created in 1990, it is the longest and richest of all the international events organized by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. -
Period: to
AVP hold 27 events, ALL sponsored
1994 was the most successful year in history for holding the most sponsored events in the history of Volleyball. In the following list of the MAJOR events, it had been fully covered from all expenses due to the sponsors of all these following corporations. These are the biggest events held by a SINGLE sponsor:
- Evian sponsors indoor event at Madison Square Garden
- Nestea sponsors four events
- NBC broadcasts 10 events(21 hours) Averaging each at around $4,000,000 total in sponsors PER event. -
Birthday
The sport of volleyball turns 100 years old! -
Two-person Beach Volleyball
Two person beach volleyball was finally introduced in the 1996 Olympics. 24 men's teams and 16 women's teams represent their countries in the first ever Olympic Beach Volleyball Tournaments. -
Defensive Speacialist Role "Libero"
The defensive specialist position, aka the "libero" was introduced to the game of volleyball in 1999. The libero remains in the game at all times and is the only player that is not limited by the regular rules of rotation.The libero must wear a contrasting jersey color from his or her teammates and cannot block or attack the ball when it is entirely above net height. When the ball is not in play, the libero can replace any back-row player, without prior notice to the officials. -
Volleyball today
-There are 800 million players worldwide who play Volleyball at least once a week.
-Today there are more than 46 million Americans who play volleyball.
