Volleyball, perhaps one of the most widely known sports in the world, is, like many other sports, one that had very humble beginnings, but blossomed into a fad that swept across the United States and the world in the space of a few years. In Holyoke, Massachusetts in 1895, a man named William G. Morgan (the P.E. director of the local YMCA) was looking to create a game for the businessmen that wouldn’t require …showed first 75 words of 593 total…

…showed last 75 words of 593 total…skills, defensive/offensive maneuvers, and on the physically beneficial side, works the muscles in the arms and legs, as well as the circulatory and respiratory systems. More than 210 nations are currently represented in the FIVB (Encarta)...if that doesn’t show that volleyball is one of the most popular sports of all time, I don’t know what will. Bibliography “Volleyball,” Microsoft® Encarta® Encyclopedia 2000. © 1993-1999 Microsoft Corporation. “History/Rules of Volleyball,” http://www.volleyball.org