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First Originated
An instructor named William. G. Morgan decide to combined the ideas of basketball, baseball, tennis, and handball to create a new game. -
Reached across the seas to Japan throughout Asia
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A Special equipped ball was created to help the game and the height of the net was altered.
This would allow players to do more with the game. -
Decision that court size had to be 35x60 feet, and rotations of the positions.
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The Philippines created '"set" and "spike"
The creation of the main building blocks of the game. An offensive style of passing was also created to help trajectory. -
Point requirement changed.
This changed the points from 21-15. -
The decision of amount need to play
Eventually in 1918 it became the standard way of executing the sport to have 6 players on each side. -
The military sent 16,000 volleyballs to help occupy troops who were off at war
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New rules were added
It also became a standard rule to minimize the amount of touches during the game to make it more competative. -
The first championship was held by the YMCA in brooklyn NY
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Net change again.
It was required that the net be adjusted to 3 feet wide, 4 inch square mesh of number 30 brown thread, canvas cover, top and bottom with 1/4 inch cable at tope and 1/4 inch rope at the bottom -
The U.S started the national volleyball association.
This was an association that represented the sport to help expand the game. -
Beach volleyball was created
This was requires two players instead of six -
The approval to provide volleyball referees
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Volleyball was denied to be an olympic sport.
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Volleyball was added to the olympic games
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The Womans Professional Volleyball Association was created
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The first Woman professional volleyball event in Newport beach