Vollyball History

Aurelian Dragomir
3 min readOct 31, 2021

History

At the beginning of its discovery, this volleyball game was named Mintonette. Mintonette sport was first discovered by a physical education instructor (Director of Phsycal Education) named William G. Morgan at the YMCA on February 9, 1895, in Holyoke, Massachusetts (United States). William G. Morgan was born in Lockport, New York in 1870, and died in 1942. The YMCA (Young Men’s Christian Association) is an organization dedicated to teaching young people the basic teachings of Christianity, as taught by Jesus. . The organization was founded on June 6, 1884 in London, England by George William. After meeting with James Naismith (a creator of the sport of basketball who was born on November 6, 1861, and died on November 28, 1939), Morgan created a new sport called Mintonette. Like James Naismith, William G. Morgan also dedicated his life as a physical education instructor. William G. Morgan, who is also a graduate of Springfield College of YMCA, created this Mintonette game four years after the creation of the basketball game by James Naismith. Mintonette is actually a game that is produced by combining several types of games. To be precise, the Mintonette game is produced by adopting four types of game sports characters into one, namely basketball, baseball, tennis, and the last one is handball. Like James Naismith, William G. Morgan also dedicated his life as a physical education instructor. William G. Morgan, who is also a graduate of Springfield College of YMCA, created this Mintonette game four years after the creation of the basketball game by James Naismith. Mintonette is actually a game that is produced by combining several types of games. To be precise, the Mintonette game is produced by adopting four types of game sports characters into one, namely basketball, baseball, tennis, and the last one is handball. Like James Naismith, William G. Morgan also dedicated his life as a physical education instructor. William G. Morgan, who is also a graduate of Springfield College of YMCA, created this Mintonette game four years after the creation of the basketball game by James Naismith. Mintonette is actually a game that is produced by combining several types of games. To be precise, the Mintonette game is produced by adopting four types of game sports characters into one, namely basketball, baseball, tennis, and the last one is handball. created this Mintonette game four years after the creation of the basketball game by James Naismith. Mintonette is actually a game that is produced by combining several types of games. To be precise, the Mintonette game is produced by adopting four types of game sports characters into one, namely basketball, baseball, tennis, and the last one is handball. created the game Mintonette four years after the production of basketball games by James Naismith. Mintonette is actually a game that is produced by combining several types of games. To be precise, the Mintonette game is produced by adopting four types of game sports characters into one, namely basketball, baseball, tennis, and the last one is handball.(handball) . At first, this game was produced specifically for YMCA members who are not young anymore, so this game is not as active as basketball .

Mintonette’s name change to volleyball (volleyball) occurred in 1896, at the demonstration of its first match at the International YMCA Training School. At the beginning of 1896, Dr. Luther Halsey Gulick (Director of the Professional Physical Education Training School as well as Executive Director of the Department of Physical Education of the International Committee of YMCA) invited and asked Morgan to demonstrate a new game he had created in the new campus stadium. At a conference that took place on the YMCA campus, Springfield was also attended by all physical education instructors. On this occasion, Morgan brought two teams, each consisting of five people. On that occasion, Morgan also explained that the game is a game that can be played indoors or outdoors very freely. And according to his explanation at the time, this game can also be played by many players. There is no limit to the number of players that are standard in the game. While the goal of this game is to keep the ball in order to keep trying to pass a high net, from one area to another (opponent area).

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