Ymca volleyball

VolleyBall was created in Holyyoke Mass USA YMCA in 1895. USA Volleyball is founded by YMCA of the USA, at the Yale Club in New York City.

William G Morgan in 1895 invented the sport of volleyball while working in Springfield Massachusetts. He was the YMCA Physical Education director and was intrigued by the sport of basketball which was invented less than 10 miles away and less than 4 year earlier. William G Morgan was however concerned that basketball, due to is physical nature was not an appropriate activity for women or elderly YMCA members.

This Day In History: February 9, 1895 On this day in history, 1895, the first volleyball game, originally called “Mintonette” (referencing its similarity to badminton), was played in Holyoke Massachusetts at a YMCA. The inventor of the game was the YMCA athletic director there, William G. Morgan. Morgan had become intrigued by the recently invented game of basketball, which had [...]

Where #volleyball was invented! The original Holyoke YMCA building.

In honor of the #RedSox win last night, our #ThrowbackThursday is the 1954 Boston YMCA men's #volleyball team #tbt