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V.1 History of volleyball
(Adela Navarro, Llorenç Hueso – Spain)
The Volleyball (initially under the name of mintonette) was born on February 9,
1895 in the United States, in Holyoke, Massachusetts. Its inventor was William
George Morgan, a physical education teacher at the YMCA. It was an indoor
team game with similarities to tennis or handball.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/William_G._Morgan.jpg
Although close in his birth to the basketball for time and space, he distances
himself clearly from the latter in rudeness, as there is no contact between the
players.
The first ball was specially designed at the request of Morgan by A.G. Spalding &
Bros. from Chicopee, Massachusetts. In 1912, the initial rules were revised,
which in relation to the dimensions of the court and the ball were not insured,
the number of players per team is limited to six, and the rotation is included in
the service
In 1922 the number of touches is regulated, the attack of the defenders is limited
and the two points of advantage are established for the attainment of the set.
The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) was founded in 1947 and the first
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