Volleyball
Posted on February 13, 2008 - Filed Under Recreation and Sports | Leave a Comment
Volleyball originated in United States and is more than hundred years old. Volleyball is an extremely popular sport in United States and has gained popularity in various other parts of the world. It is estimated that 46 million Americans play volleyball and there are around 800 million players of volleyball worldwide. In the year 1895, William G. Morgan, thought to mix the elements of baseball, basketball, tennis and handball into one game. He thus created a game called mintonette, which was later called volleyball. The first game of volleyball was played in the year 1896. Earlier, the ball of basketball was used for playing volleyball. In the year 1900, a special ball was designed for the sport. The ball of volleyball now weighs between 9 and 10 ounces and the ball pressure is between 4.5 and 6 pounds
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Posted on January 25, 2008 - Filed Under Recreation and Sports | Leave a Comment
In the winter of 1895, a YMCA director in Massachusetts created a game you could play indoors with any amount of people and called it “Mintonette”. The game was a cross between handball and tennis. Mintonette was designed to be a less active or less rough sport for the older YMCA members to play instead of the harsher and more athletic sports like basketball or football.
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