histrory

• Volleyball was invented in 1895 by William G. Morgan, physical director of the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) in Holyoke, Massachusetts
• It was designed as an indoor sport for businessmen who found the new game of basketball too vigorous.
• Morgan called the sport “mintonette”, untila professor from Springfield College inMassachusetts noted the volleying nature of play and proposed the name of “volleyball.”
• The Philippine Amateur Volleyball Association (PAVA) was founded by the Playground and Recreation Bureau (PRB) of the Philippines on July 4, 1961. It was renamed the Philippine Volleyball Federation (PVF) in 2003. The PVF was the recognized sporting body for volleyball until 2015, when recognition was transferred to the Larong Volleyball sa Pilipinas (LVPI), following a leadership dispute in the PVF. The LVPI itself was succeeded by the Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF) in 2021.