History of volleyball

VOLLEYBALL

History of volleyball

The game of volleyball, originally called “mintonette,” was invented in 1895 by William G. Morgan after the invention of basketball only four years before. Morgan, a graduate of the Springfield College of the YMCA, designed the game to be a combination of basketball, baseball, tennis, and handball.

 Inventor of volleyball: William G. Morgan   

In the winter of 1895, in Holyoke, Massachusetts (United States), William G. Morgan, a YMCA physical education director, created a new game called Mintonette, a name derived from the game of badminton, as a pastime to be played (preferably) indoors and by any number of players.

In 1896, Professor Alfred T. Halsted, after witnessing how the players seemed to be volleying the ball back and forth over the net, changed the sport's name to volleyball, and the first game of volleyball was played at Springfield College on July 7, 1896.