Volleyball was invented in 1895 by William G. Morgan, physical director of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) in Holyoke, Massachusetts. It was created as an indoor sport for businessmen who found the game of basketball too difficult.
Morgan called the sport “mignonette,” until a professor from Springfield College in Massachusetts said that “volleyball” would be a better fitting name for the game. The original rules were written by Morgan and printed in 1897 and were dubbed "The Official Handbook of the Athletic League of the Young Men’s Christian Associations of North America". And it was soon to be taught in other countries.
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