HISTORY & PLAYING AREA TERMS

• william g morgan invented volleyball in february 9 1895
• volleyball originated at springfield massachusetts
• original name of volleyball

  mintonette
• mintonette was derived from badminton
• morgan created volleyball with the combination of basketball , tenis , and handball
• the concept of linings that was borrowed from baseball

  sets
• morgan first introduced the sport at ymca physical director's conference at springfield college
• alfred halstead changed the name mintonette to volleball
• this body formulated for implementation of all rules of the game

  federation internationale de volleyball
• location of the headquarters of fivb

  lausanne switzerland
• headed by fivb, the first volleyball olympics was held at tokyo , japan
• the year when new designed ball was introduced - lighter and smaller ball

  1900
• in 1917 , points per set changed from 21 to 15 points
• the offensive way of playing the game - setting and spiking - emerged in the philippines
• term for setting and spiking in philippines

  bomba or filipino bomb
• when did volleyball established fixed set of rules

  1947
• first participation in the olympic games

  1964
• paralympic game

  1976
• first official beach volleyball world championship

  1997
• what period was volleyball introduced in the phillipines

  american
• informal volleyball in the philippines

  1910
• physical director of ymca who introduced volleyball in the philippines

  elwood s brown
• philippine amateur volleyball association was founded in july 9 1961 which introduced volleyball to philippine athletes
• pava was renamed to philippine volleyball federation in 2006
• professional volleyball leagues

  1. premier volleyball league
  2. philippine super liga
• volleyball court

  1. length - 18 meters
  2. width - 9 meters
• also known as restricted area

  attack area
• mark between the centerline and restricted line

  attack area
• spiking is executed here

  attack area
• a line that is 3 meters away from the net

  attack line
• line which limits play of spiking that lies three meters away from the centerline

  attack line
• also known as back court

  back area
• measures 6 meters away from the restricted area back to end line

  back area
• area between the attack line and the end line where the players in the back row stand

  back area
• an area that typically consist of libero, setter, and a defensive specialist

  back area
• side and tend lines that limit the playing court into 9 x 18 meters

  boundary lines
• 5 cm-line that divides the court into two (2) equal areas that is located directly under the net

  center line
• 9m x 18m playing area where the volleyball is being played

  court
• line located on the ends of the court

  end lines
• marked at the end of the backcourt, indicating the line that players must stand behind when serving

  end lines