Volleyball
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Where It Began
William G. Morgan invented the game called “mintonette” in 1895. Later the name was changed to volleyball. Interestingly enough Morgan designed the game to be a combination of basketball, baseball, tennis, and handball. The first volleyball net was actually a tennis net and was only 6 feet 6 inches tall. By today’s standards the net should be 32 to 33 feet long or 36 feet between the poles and 39” tall. In 1930 the first two man beach volleyball game was played in California.
Misty May-Treanor
Hometown: Santa Monica, Calif.
Birth Year: 1977
Height: 5-9
Resides: Long Beach, Calif.
Birth Place: Los Angeles, Calif.
College: Long Beach State
Birth Year: 1977
Height: 5-9
Resides: Long Beach, Calif.
Birth Place: Los Angeles, Calif.
College: Long Beach State
- Won three gold medals
- Many consider her the greatest volleyball player
- 3 time champion and all american
- Misty shared her journey with volleyball in her new book
Timeline
- 1900, Ball invented
- 1916, set and spike concept .
- 1917, game was changed from 21 to 15 points.
- 1922, YMCA national championships: Brooklyn, NY: 27 teams
- 1928, United States Volleyball Association was formed.
- 1930, first two-man beach game
- 1934, referees were used.