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William Morgan, an instructor at Young Men's Christian Association in Massachusetts, created the sport in 1895. Morgan decided to combine elements of Basketball, baseball, and tennis to create a game for his classes of businessmen who demanded a sport with less physical contact than basketball. The first volleyball net, borrowed from tennis, was only 6'6" high and a special ball was made for it in 1900. In the Philippines 1916, the offensive style of setting and hitting was first demonstrated. Soon after that it became clear that rules must be made for tournament play so the USVBA (United States Volleyball Association now USA Volleyball) was formed in 1928. Today there are more than 800 million volleyball players worldwide, 46 million of them in the U.S.

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William Morgan, an instructor at Young Men's Christian Association in Massachusetts, created the sport in 1895. Morgan decided to combine elements of basketball, Baseball, and tennis to create a game for his classes of businessmen who demanded a sport with less physical contact than basketball. The first volleyball net, borrowed from tennis, was only 6'6" high and a special ball was made for it in 1900. In the Philippines 1916, the offensive style of setting and hitting was first demonstrated. Soon after that it became clear that rules must be made for tournament play so the USVBA (United States Volleyball Association now USA Volleyball) was formed in 1928. Today there are more than 800 million volleyball players worldwide, 46 million of them in the U.S.

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Volleyball originated in Massachusetts in 1895 when the director of a local YMCA used the bladder of a basketball for a ball and a tenis net as the first volleyball net. The game was regulated by the YMCA until 1928 when the United States Volleyball Association was founded.

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Volleyball was invented in 1895 by William Morgan.

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in 1940 when Russian pirates wanted to wow amaze their wife's so they performed and act of a game that would become world wide.

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