HISTORY OF VOLLEYBALL In 1922 the maximum number of authorized contacts
with the ball was fixed at three.
Inventor: William G. Morgan
Date of Invention: 1895
Place of Invention: Massachusetts, USA
The beach volleyball was introduced to Olympic Game
in Atlanta in1996.
Original name of volleyball is Mintonette
The Origin
Morgan took his undergraduate studies in Springfield
College of the YMCA
Describing his first experiments he said, "the idea of a
net seemed a good one. We raised it to a height of about
6 feet, 6 inches (1.98 meters) from the ground, just
above the head of an average man. "
Morgan asked the firm of A.G. Spalding & Bros. to
make a ball.
 Leather-covered
 Rubber inner tube
 25-27 inches circumference (63.5-68.6cm)
 9-12 ounces of weight (252-336g)
Morgan asked Dr. Frank Wood and John Lynch to
draw up basic concepts and the first 10 rules of the
game.
Morgan took two teams, each made up of five men
Professor Alfred T. Halstead proposed that the name
"Mintonette" be replaced by "Volley Ball”.
its rules were published in the July 1896 edition of
"Physical Education" and were included in the 1897
edition of the first official handbook of the North
American YMCA Athletic League.
Worldwide Growth
By 1913, the game was included in the program of the
first Far-Eastern Games, organized in Manila.
An article written by Robert C. Cubbon in 1916 in the
Spalding Volleyball Guide estimated that the number of
players had reached a total of 200,000
In 1916, the YMCA managed to induce the NCAA to
publish its rules and a series of articles.
In 1918 the number of players per team was limited to
six.
BASIC VOLLEYBALL RULES
 The ball is spiked from up to 60 cm above the
height of a basketball hoop (about 3.65 metres)
 volleyball is a game of constant motion.
 A team can touch the ball three times on its side of
the net.
o The usual pattern is a dig (an underarm pass), a
set (an overhead pass) and a spike (the overhead
attacking shot).
 A block into your own court counts as one of your
three touches in beach volleyball, but not in
volleyball.
 Power and height have become vital components
of international teams
 There are six players on court in a volleyball team,
who each must rotate one position clockwise every
time their team wins
o Only the three players at the net positions can
jump and spike or block near the net.
o The backcourt players can only hit the ball
over the net if they jump from behind the
attack line
o Most teams will include in their starting line-up
a setter, two center blockers, two receiver-
hitters and a universal spiker.
 Teams scored a point on every rally (Rally Point
System), regardless of which team served.
 Matches are played best of five sets. The first four
sets are played to 25 points, with the final set being
played to 15 points.
 A team must win a set by two points.
 Previously, all sets were to 15 points, with the first
four sets having a ceiling of 17 and the final set
requiring at least a two-point winning advantage.
 In 1998, the FIVB introduced a new specialist role:
the libero.
o This player wears a different colored uniform
o can be substituted in backcourt for any player
on the team.
o The libero CANNOT serve, spike the ball over
the net or rotate into the front-line positions