History About Volleyball. As a student at the springfield college in massachusets he had befriended james naismith who in 1891 had himself invented basketball. Morgan called the sport mintonette until a professor from springfield college in massachusetts noted the volleying nature of play.
All about volleyball history how to play rules strategy club volleyball famous players. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team s court under organized rules. William morgan was born in the state of new york and studied at springfield college massachusetts.
In volleyball history volleyball is recognized as a truly international widely played popular sport.
A player on one of the teams begins a. Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. He pursued a career in physical education and attended the ymca young men s christian association international training school in massachusetts which was later renamed to springfield college. Today volleyball has spread to 211 countries around the world.
