He wanted a sport similar to Basketball but without the running up and down the court, since not everyone can do that. He wanted teamwork to be an important factor. So, he set up a net and experimented with different balls (basketballs, basketball bladders), until Spalding invented the perfect ball for him.
William Morgan
William G. Morgan wanted to create a game for older people to play that wasn't as violent as basketball.
William G. Morgan in 1895
William G. Morgan
William G. Morgan it was originally called "Mintonette"
William G. Morgan, it was made for the YMCA.
The game of volleyball, originally called mintonette, was invented in 1895 by William G. Morgan, after the invention of basketball by only four years. Morgan, a graduate of the Springfield College of the YMCA, designed the game to be a combination of basketball, baseball, tennis and handball.
William Morgan invented Mintonette (Now called Volleyball) at a YMCA in Massachusetts.
William Morgan invented volleyball in 1895 at the Holyoke, Massachusetts, YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association) where he served as Director of Physical Education. Morgan originally called his new game of Volleyball, Mintonette. The name Volleyball came about after a demonstration game of the sport, when a spectator commented that the game involved much "volleying" and game was renamed Volleyball. from the site http://inventors.about.com/od/uvstartinventions/a/Vollyball.htm
The four sports that were brought into the case of creating volleyball were tennis and handball, basketball and baseball. Since the creation, baseball isn't as seen in the game of volleyball. When created, volleyball consisted of 9 innings with each team allowed three serves in each inning.
The person who founded Volleyball was William G. Morgan. On the February 9 1895, a Phys Ed teacher (William G. Morgan) created a game called Mintonette. The game had things from Handball and Tennis. During that time Basketball was extremely popular because it was invented on the same day 4 years ago. William G. Morgan then decided to write the rules down. Then an observer came to the school and was fascinated by the volleying game at it's first Friendly match. Since then the game has been called, Volleyball
Volleyball history began in Holyoke, Massachusetts in 1895. The sport was developed at the YMCA by William G. Morgan. Originally it was called Mintonette, it had the net from tennis and took cues from basketball, baseball and handball.