volleyball history

Volleyball (initially under the name mintonette) was born on February 9, 1895 in the United States, in Holyoke, Massachusetts. Its inventor was William G. Morgan, a physical education director for the YMCA. It was an indoor team game with similarities to tennis or handball. The first ball was specially designed at Morgan's request by the firm A.G. Spalding & Bros. of Chicopee, Massachusetts.

Volleyball rules It is a sport where two teams face each other on a flat playing field separated by a central net, trying to pass the ball over the net to the ground of the opposite field. The ball can be touched or propelled with clean hits, but it cannot be stopped, held, held or accompanied. Each team has a limited number of touches to return the ball to the opposite field (a maximum of three). Usually the ball is hit with hands and arms, but also with any other part of the body. One of the most peculiar characteristics of volleyball is that the players have to rotate their positions as they get points.

WORLD VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENTS The International Volleyball Federation, It is the world body that is dedicated to regulating the rules of volleyball at a competitive level, as well as periodically holding competitions and events in its two disciplines. tournaments can be played at world, continental or national level. FEATURED COUNTRIES IN VOLLEYBALL Italy and Russia. The list of leading nations in the sport continues with Japan, Serbia, Poland, Cuba, China and Germany.