Players could continuously “air dribble” the ball up to a restraining line 4 feet from the netĪny ball touching the net was considered out of boundsįaults by the receiving team, balls landing in the receiving team’s court or hit out of bounds by the receiving team resulted in a point for the serving teamįaults by the serving team, balls landing in the serving team’s court or hit out of bounds by the serving team (except for first serves) resulted in “side- out” for the serving team There was no limit to the number of hits on each side of the court Morgan, contained the following basic features:Ī second serve was permitted (as in tennis) if the first was served out of bounds The first rules, written in longhand by Mr. The game was created by mixing a variety of elements from: Basketball, Baseball, Tennis, and Handball They wanted a game which was competitive, but less physical than basketball. Morgan created a fun unique game for the businessmen who came to the YMCA. The name was later changed to Volley Ball, and finally as we know it today, Volleyball. Morgan created the game which was originally called “Mintonettte”.

The game came into existence in 1895, in Holyoke, Massachusetts. Originally Volleyball came from humble beginnings.

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