Volleyball

• William G. Morgan


  The Physical Education Director of YMCA, Holyoke, Massachusetts
• William G. Morgan created the game incorporating aspects of basketball, handball and tennis called "mintonette"


  1895
• mintonette


  • Less strenuous activity than basketball for middle aged businessmen who attended YMCA classes
  • Objective was to hit the ball back and forth with the hands
  • Each team, having any number of players, was permitted three outs before the team forfeited the ball
• The game was renamed "Volleyball"

  1896
• Earliest rules of Volleyball

  • Played in nine innings on a 25'x50' court
  • The serve was hit over a 6'6" net
  • The bladder of the basketball was originally used for the ball, but it was too light, and basketball was too heavy
  • AG. Spalding constructed a ball expressly for the game
• Volleyball history began in the Philippines when it was a United States territory

  1910
• Elwood Brown


  An American who introduced volleyball to the Filipinos
• Early history of volleyball in the Philippines

  • Filipinos used trees as makeshift net holders (the net was hung between the two chosen trees)
• Filipinos inspired American players to create the "three-hit limit" for each player in modern-day volleyball


  1916
• Filipino contributions to volleyball

  • The "set and spike" maneuver, which they called the "FILIPINO BOMB"
  • The "bomba" or kill, and called the hitter 'bomberino'
• The first 2-man beach volleyball game was played

  1930
• The Federation International de Volleyball (FIVB) was founded in Paris


  1947
• Volleyball was introduced to the Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan


  1964
• 1. man beach volleyball was added to the Olympics


  1996
• Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF)

  The national federation which governs volleyball in the Philippines
• PNVF was formed following democratic elections held by the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) in which members from both the Philippine Volleyball Federation (PVF) and Larong Volleyball sa Pilipinas participated


  January 2021
• FIVB WORLD CONGRESS APPROVES AFFILIATION OF PHILIPPINE NATIONAL VOLLEYBALL FEDERATION
• Ace


  A served ball that directly results in a point
• Antennae


  • Poles made of flexible rod made of fiberglass, attached at sides of the net which delimits the crossing space
• Attack


  Any method used to send the ball over the net into the opponent's court from above the net level
• Attack Hit


  An action of the player who directs the ball towards the opponent's court
• Attack block


  An attempt to intercept the ball before it crosses over the net
• Attack line


  • The line parallel to the net, 3 meters away from the net
• Attack zone (front zone)

  • The area in the court marked by the center line and the attack line
• Back zone


  • The area between the attack line and the end line
• Ball handling


  Execution of any passing fundamentals
• Ball in play


  The ball is in play from the instant it is contacted or is being hit by the server until the fault has been committed by a team and the official suspends the play for any reason
• Ball Out


  Ball touching the antennae or the outside portion of the net; ball passing under the net; ball passing outside of the crossing space; ball touching any person outside of the playing court; ball touching the ground outside the boundaries of the court and ball touching the ceiling of a building in an indoor game
• Back Row Spiker


  A back row player who has attacked the ball from above the top of the net. The action is legal only if at the moment of the attack hit both feet leave the floor from behind the attack line
• Center line


  • The line that divides the court into two equal parts, located directly under the net
• Contacted ball


  A ball in play that has been touched by a player
• Cover


  To protect an area on defense
• Crossing Space


  • The space on the vertical plane of the net limited by the upper part and on the sides of the net by the antennae and their imaginary extensions
• Dead ball


  A ball not in play following a point, side out or any decision temporarily suspending the play
• Dig


  A recovery of a hard driven ball over the net with one or two hands
• Dink/Tipping


  An attack in which the ball is hit with relatively little force from the fingertips or wrist
• Double Hit


  Two hits by the same player separated by a time interval
• Double Fault


  When two opposing players commit foul simultaneous touching of the ball is common
• Defensive player


  Any player of a team not in possession of the ball
• Defensive team


  The team not in possession of the ball