Within two years after the game was invented (volleyball was invented in 1895). Observers picked up on the rule that the ball could not touch the floor and began calling the game 'volley ball' which was eventually changed to 'volleyball'.
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∙ 9y agoVolleyball was invented by G.Morgan in 1895. The idea for the game was from Badminton. Hence G.Morgan named it mintonette in the beginning.
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∙ 15y agoBecause when players played it, one of William G. Morgan's( the inventor of Volleyball) friends saw a volley and named it that.
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∙ 14y agoMintonette is what Volleyball used to be called.
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∙ 13y agoVolleyball, the name was changed because the objective of the game is to "volley" the "ball" from court to court.
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∙ 13y agoMintonette
Mintonette is the first name of the volleyball...afterwards a man noticed the game and called it volleyball (originally spelled as Volley ball)...
the original name for volleyball.
the old name of the volleyball is mintonette. the name volleyball was requested by an audience ( i will not include his name )
Mintonette. Volleyball was also created in 1895 by William G. Morgan.
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The original name is Mintonette
February 9, 1895. It was originally called Mintonette.
He is Mr. Alfred Halstead who was preffered to changed mintonette into volley ball. Then after a years, it becomes one word called as VOLLEYBALL