History of Volleyball

In early discovery, volleyball game sport is named Mintonette. Mintonette sport was first invented by a physical education instructor (Director of Education Phsycal) named William G. Morgan at the YMCA on February 9, 1895, in Holyoke, Massachusetts (USA). William G. Morgan was born in Lockport, New York in 1870, and died in 1942. YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association) is an organization dedicated to teaching the basic teachings of Christianity to the youth, as it has been taught by Jesus. This organization was founded on June 6, 1884 in London, England by William George. After meeting with James Naismith (the creator of the sport of basketball was born on 6 November 1861, and died on November 28, 1939), Morgan created a new sport called Mintonette.

Similarly, James Naismith, William G. Morgan also dedicated his life as a physical education instructor. William G. Morgan is also a graduate of Springfield College of the YMCA, created the game Mintonette four years after the creation of the game sports basketball by James Naismith. Sports Mintonette game is actually a game that was created by combining several types of games. Precisely, Mintonette game created by adopting four different characters into one game sports, namely basketball, baseball, tennis, and the last is handball (handball). At first, this game created specifically for YMCA members who are not young anymore, so this game was made not as active-basketball game.

Mintonette name change to volleyball (volleyball) occurred in 1896, in his first game demonstration at the International YMCA Training School. In early 1896, Dr.. Luther Halsey Gulick (Director of the Professional Training School Physical Education as well as the Executive Director of the Department of Physical Education of the International Committee of the YMCA) invited and asked Morgan to demonstrate the new game he had created in the new campus stadium. At a conference held at the campus YMCA, Springfield was also attended by the entire physical education instructor.

On the occasion, Morgan took two teams in each five-person team. On that occasion, Morgan also explained that the game is a game that can be played inside or outside the room with a very liberal. And according to the explanation at the time, this game can also be played by many players. There is no limit to the number of players who become the standard in the game. While the goal of this game is to keep the ball in order to keep moving higher over the net, from one region to another region (region opponent).