Who invented volleyball?
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In 1895, William G. Morgan, an instructor at the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) in Holyoke, Mass., decided to blend elements of basketball, baseball, tennis, and handball to create a game for his classes of businessmen which would demand less physical contact than basketball. He created the game of Volleyball (at that time called mintonette). Morgan borrowed the net from tennis, and raised it 6 feet 6 inches above the floor, just above the average man's head.\n\nDuring a demonstration game, someone remarked to Morgan that the players seemed to be volleying the ball back and forth over the net, and perhaps "volleyball" would be a more descriptive name for the sport.
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When M. Rimet crossed the Atlantic in a steamship to the first World Cup in Uruguay in 1930, he carried that small trophy in his bag. It was later presented permanently to its serial-winners, Brazil.\n\nBut who was Jules Rimet? And how did a man who never played football (his sports were fencing and running) come to invent a competition that transformed football into the international business, and obsession, which we know today? M. Rimet was born in Haute-Saone in eastern France in 1876. He was the son of a poor grocer, who migrated to Paris when Jules was 11 years old. Unlike many of the figures who dominated the administration of international sport at that time - such as Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the Frenchman who re-invented the Olympic Games - M. Rimet was not an aristocrat but a self-made man. That fact enormously influenced his attitudes to sport.
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There are no definite facts as to who invented the games.  One story goes that the Ancient games were nothing more than the funeral rites to the dead king Pelops.\n\nAnother says that the games originated when Hercules won a foot-race at Olympia, and then gave the order that the same race take place every four years.  This is an interesting story, as Pausanias says that initially the only event was a race.\n\nAs for the number of competetors...I don't think there was a limit.  The only limits imposed were that the athlete had to speak Greek, was 'young' and had been training for 10 months.
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screw anyone who doesnt.  I LOVE VOLLEYBALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Some say that Abner Doubleday invented the sport of baseball, but I have read a book saying that Alexander Cartwright did.  Go to wikipedia.org and type in baseball.  They have a part called History.  That should help you.
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I had to do this before this should help.\n\nhttp://www.sportsknowhow.com/volleyball/history/volleyball-history.shtml
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It is a good idea, in my opinion.\n\nI don't know who invented it. It isn't relevent. The important thing is that 32 countries are getting together to play ball while everyone is watching it. Peacefully.
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Indoor volleyball became an Olympic sport in 1964. Beach volleyball became an Olympic sport in 1996.\n\n-- Men's Olympic Gold Medal Winners -- \nTokyo 1964 - gold: USSR\nMexico 1968 - gold: USSR\nMunich 1972 - indoor: Japan\nMontreal 1976 - indoor: Poland\nMoscow 1980 - indoor: USSR\nLA 1984 - indoor: USA\nSeoul 1988 - indoor: USA\nBarcelona 1992 - indoor: Brazil\nAtlanta 1996 - indoor: Netherlands; beach: USA (Kiraly & Steffes)\nSydney 2000 - indoor: Yugoslavia; beach: USA (Blanton & Fonoimoana)\nAthens 2004 - indoor: Brazil; beach: Brazil (Rego & Santos)
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Volleyball was for the first time played in the Olympic Games in 1927, ... Winners (Women). The opening edition of the Volleyball Olympic Tournament, ...\nen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volleyball_Olympic_Tournament - 46k -
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A.J. Spaulding (of Spaulding sporting goods fame and also the first comissionare of baseball) wanted Baseball to be an American invented game. So in his book on the history of baseball he credits Abner Doubleday with inventing the game. Doubleday however should only be credited with the layout of the bases as we know them today.\n\nA few summers ago a old law was found in a small town in Mass. that predates the year Doubleday supposedly invented baseball. The law outlaws the playing of baseball at certain times of the day. So there was a form of baseball in the US before the base layout of Doubleday as we know it.\n\nIn Britain there was a game called baseball and other games called one old hat and two old hat that have similiarities to baseball and may be how the game was introduced to the US.\n\nThe game has under gone many changes since the start. With the mound moved back from 40 feet to 50 feet to 60.5 feet, the mound dropped from 16 inches to 10 inches, the pitch was initially underhand, the ball was smaller in diameter and so on. So no matter where the game was invented and when, it really is an American invention.
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There are hundreds, probably thousands of books on volleyball. The best coaches in the world usually coach national teams, and countries with professional leaques: Italy, Japan, USA (beach), Brazil, etc... \n\nIf you live in the USA, I recommend going to WWW.USAVOLLEYBALL.ORG
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VOLLEYBALL!!!!!!!!!!  I play volleyball, it's the best sport ever!!!  It's fun to watch, fun to play, and an awesome way to spend your time!!!  Trust me, volleyball is the answer!
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Volleyball can be related to several sciencies:\n\nPhysics - as many of the other answers talk about Newton's laws of motion and gravity.  Don't forget stuff like impact with the ball, flight dynamics, ball pressure (boyles law)\n\nMathematics - Volleyball, like many other sports, is surrounded by rules of geometry.  The playing field is a finite area, bounded by vertical planes.  How a player plays the ball will be determined by their particular skill, height, approach and respective defensive postures on the other team.\n\nSociology - Group dynamics.  How does the team work together to achieve their goal?\n\nPsychology - Personal dynamics.  How to players react to adversity?  How do they respond when things go well?  How does their attitude affect their play/others play?
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ok, what does this have to do with volleyball?? it should be in like dating and love!
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Volleyball is the best sport in the WORLD!
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b ball is th best. it was invented by a black men.\nbut i forgot is name