Vollyball

Volleyball

Essential Question: Where did the sport of Volleyball come from?​

By Danyel Fogarty

Poll

How much do you already know about Volleyball?

• Nothing - Never heard of it

• Eh - I've heard of it but don't know much

• I've watched or played it but I don't really know the rules

• I am an expert!

​Where did the sport of Volleyball come from?

​- Volleyball is an American game that was invented by William G. Morgan in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1895.

• Volleyball was originally called mintonette.

​William G. Morgan

​Volleyball (mintonette) combined elements from other sports:

• Net (from tennis)

• Ball (from basketball)

• Use of hands (from handball)

• Innings (from baseball)

Multiple Choice

What was volleyball originally called?

• Net Ball

• Mintonette

• ball that you volley

• Hand Tennis

Multiple Choice

Who invented Volleyball?

• William G. Morgan in England

• Misty Mae in England

• Misty Mae in Springfield

• William G. Morgan in Sprinfield

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​The first volleyball game was played on July 7th, 1896 at Springfield College.

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Setting and spiking skills were first used in the Philippines in 1916.

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​Where did the sport of Volleyball come from?

​The United States Volleyball Association (USVBA) was created in 1928 when it became apparent that players needed to follow a set of standard rules.

Multiple Choice

Why was The United States Volleyball Association (USVBA) created?

• Because Volleyball became so popular

• Players needed to follow a set of standard rules.

• Because every sport needs an association

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• ​In 1947 the Federation International De Volleyball (FIVB) was formed.

• The first two-person volleyball competition occurred in 1948.

• Volleyball became an Olympic sport in 1964.

• The first beach volleyball association was formed in California in 1965.

• The Olympics included two-person volleyball for the first time in 1996.

​Where did the sport of Volleyball come from?

Multiple Choice

Volleyball is an olympic sport.

• True

• False

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The Ball

​Initially, volleyball was played using a basketball, but this brought about some issues seeing as a basketball was a bit too heavy and bulky for volleyball.

In the early 1900s, Morgan contracted A.G. Spalding to design a special ball particularly suited to volleyball. This ball would be made of a rubber bladder encased within a leather shell.

Multiple Choice

Volleyball (mintonette) combines elements of all of the following sports EXCEPT:

• tennis

• handball

• swimming

• basketball

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