Volleyball, in it's current form, was oringially created in
Holyoke, Massachusetts by
William G. Morgan, in 1895. It started at the
Holyoke YMCA, downtown under the name "
Mintonette." It was renamed to volleyball after a demo at
Springfield,
MA's YMCA (who stole credit for
basketball from Holyoke).
The oringial rules were as follows:
- The net was 6 feet, 6 inches high.
- The court was 25 by 50 feet (in two 25 by 25 squares)
- The teams could have any number of people on them
- There was no limit to the number of times you can touch the ball before returning the serve
- You got a second try on serves
- The game was set up in a series of nine innings, where each side would serve 3 times in an inning.
The
hall of fame is fairly meager, and it resides just outside of
Heritage Park (near the famous
merry-go-round)in downtown
Holyoke. It is small, but the
ciry is constantly improving it, as it is a huge part of it's
heritage.
Informatione edited from volleyhall.org