Volleyball and Its History

1. VOLLEYBALL

2. Volleyball is popular around the world.
Over 800 million people play this sport.

3. • Volleyball was originally
called mintonette.
• The sport was invented
by William G. Morgan in
1895.
• William G. Morgan
studied at Springfield
College of YMCA.

4. • July 7, 1896 – At
Springfield
College, the first
game of
"volleyball" was
played.

5. • 1916 – in the
Philippines, an
offensive style of
passing the ball in a
high trajectory to be
struck by another
player were
introduced.

6. • 1922 – the first YMCA national championship
were held in Brooklyn, New York.
• 1928 - it became clear that tournaments
and rules were needed, the United States
Volleyball Association (USVBA, now USA
Volleyball) was formed.

7. • 1930 – the first two man beach game was
played.

8. • 1934 – national volleyball referees were approved
and recognized.
• 1947 – the Federation Internationale De Volleyball
(FIVB) was founded.
• 1957 - The International Olympic Committee
(IOC) designated volleyball as an Olympic
sport, to be included in the 1964 Olympic
Games.

9. • 1964 – volleyball was introduced to the Olympic
Games in Tokyo.
• 1965 – the California Beach Volleyball Association
(CBVA) was formed.
• 1974 – the World Championships in Mexico were
telecast in Japan.
• 1975 – the US National Women's team began a year-
round training regime.

10. • 1983 – the Association of Volleyball
Professionals (AVP) was formed.
• 1984 – the US won their first medals at the
Olympics in Los Angeles. The Men won the
Gold, and the Women the Silver.
• 1988 – the US Men repeated the Gold in the
Olympics in Korea.

11. • 1990 – the World
Leage was
created.
• 1995 – the Sport
Volleyball was 100
100 years old.
• 1996 – two
person beach
volleyball
become an
Olympic Sport.

12. • 20th century – volleyball is the second most
popular sports in the world. It is vey popular
for both man and women of all ages and
athletic ability.
• 2000 – Sydney
• 2004 – Athens
• 2008 – Beijing
• 2012 – London
• 2016 – Rio de Janeiro

13. Volleyball is a game of
two teams of six players
separated by a net.
The goal is to be the first
team to reach 25 in both
games of the 2 set.

14. Inside: Gym Outside: Beach

15. REFERENCE
 http://www.livestrong.com/article/287850-basic-
volleyball-information/
 http://www.livestrong.com/article/268531-facts-about-
volleyball/
 http://www.athleticscholarships.net/history-of-
volleyball.htm
 http://www.10-facts-about.com/Volleyball/id/67
 http://www.volleyball1on1.com/volleyball-facts-
intresting-fact-about-the-sport-you-love/