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Volleyball History

By Renata Cuevas Gómez

  • Origin

    Origin
    Volleyball formerly called mintonette, was born in the United States in Holyoke Massachussetts.

  • Ball

    Ball
    A specific ball was designed for this sport

  • Initial rules

    Initial rules
    It refers to the dimensions of the court, the number of players per team is limited to six and rotation is incorpored into the service.

  • Game

    Game
    It was changed from 21 to 15 points

  • Changes

    Changes
    The number of touches was regulated and the attack by the defenders was limited

  • Associations

    Associations
    The United States Volleyball Association (USVBA, now USA volleyball) was formed

  • Olympic Games

    Olympic Games
    Was introduced in Tokyo

  • Inventor

    Inventor
    It was invented by William George Morgan, a physical education teacherat the YMCA.

  • Old Regulation

    Old Regulation
    It was an indoor team game with similitaries to basketball.

  • Player figure

    Player figure
    The figure of the Libero player is introduced

  • Duration

    The duration of the encounters was significantly reduced

  • New changes

    Two possible new changes are propossed and tested in some competitions

  • Acceptance

    Acceptance
    Finally it is only accepted in the revision approved in the congress of the same year, held in Dubai

  • Revision

    The net touched rule is made and changed, the game is also made more flexible

  • At present

    At present
    Its teams are 6 people and can play any genre