Introduction to the history of volleyball
Volleyball originated in the United States in 1895. It was originally a game in which a net was hung on the basketball court. Later, w. G. Morgan, a YMCA officer in Holyoke, Massachusetts, created the game of volleyball.
In 1896, Morgan formulated the world’s first volleyball competition rules, and the world’s first volleyball game was held at Springfield Junior College in the same year. Dr. Terhalsday of Springfield City College named it volleyball, which means “air ball.”
Around 1900, volleyball was introduced to Canada from the United States.
In 1905, volleyball was introduced to Cuba, Brazil, China and other countries and became a fashionable sport in the Americas at that time.
During the First World War from 1914 to 1918, volleyball was spread and widely developed in France, Italy, the Soviet Union, Poland and other countries successively, and the rules of volleyball were continuously improved in the development process.
In 1912, the rules of the volleyball game stipulated that players on both sides must rotate positions.
In 1917, it was stipulated that each round was 15 points and the best of five rounds system.
In 1918, the number of players on the court was limited to 6 players per team.
In 1922, it was stipulated that each side must hit the ball within 3 times over the net.
In 1949, the first men’s world volleyball championship was held in Prague, Czechoslovakia.
In 1952, the first World Women’s Volleyball Championship was held in Moscow, the former Soviet Union.
In 1953, the Chinese Volleyball Association was established in Beijing, and in 1954 it was officially accepted as a full member by the FIVB.
In 1964, volleyball became an official sport of the Olympic Games.
With the demand of market-oriented operation of volleyball, after years of research, the FIVB has carried out a traumatic reform of the rules of volleyball. Around 1998, in order to improve the attractiveness of volleyball, indoor volleyball began to make some improvements in the rules.
