HISTORY OF VOLLEYBALL AND EQUIPMENT

Volleyball
A game in which the players use their hands to bat a ball back and forth over a high net,
trying to make the ball touch the court within the opponents’ playing area before it can be
returned.
WILLIAM G. MORGAN
Served as the physical director at the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) 1895 in
Massachusetts, USA
HISTORY OF VOLLEYBALL
Originally called mintonette
A new specially designed ball, introduced in 1900, Dale Callaghan
December 1895
1896
July 1896, Official handbook of the North American
YMCA Athletic League
July 7, 1896, Springfield College
1913, Far-Eastern Games, Manila
1952, Professor Alfred T. Halsted
1957, Indoor volleyball
1964, Tokyo, Japan
Old Ball: covered in leather, circumference 25–27 inches, weighed 9–12 ounces.
FEDERATION INTERNATIONALE DE VOLLEYBALL (FIVB)
April 1947, Paris, France
France’s Paul Libaud
EQUIPMENT
COURT: 18 x 9 m, All lines are 5 cm wide, Attack line - 3 m
BALL
Circumference - 65 – 67 cm
Weight - 260 - 280 g
Inside pressure - 0.30 to
0.325 kg/cm2
NET
Height - men - 2. 43 m
women - 2.24 m
Width - 1 m

Length - 9.5m-10 m
POSTS
0.50 - 1.00 m outside the side lines
Height - 2.55 m (preferably adjustable)
VOLLEYBALL ANTENNA
flexible rod
1.80 m long, 10 mm diameter
7.5 feet above the ground for girls and 8 feet
above the ground for boys
.91 m
ATTIRE
Jersey, shorts, socks and sports shoes
Jersey number - 15 cm (front), 20 cm (back), 2 cm width
Team captain uniform stripes ( 8 x 2 cm ), underlining the number infront