Who Created The Game Of Volleyball

I actually worked on a ps2 beach volleyball game for Sony back in 00-01, which got scrapped after 18 months. I think it comes down to a few things:Nobody watches volleyball (market size)Nobody makes volleyball games, thus nobody knew if volleyball games would sell (assessing risk)Volleyball isn't a particularly fun sport to turn into a video gameOn the last point, we tried a number of things to make it more fun by being inspired by Dead or Alive style fighting games. We had awesome levels like playing on a snow court during the sapporo snow festival, or an elevated court above nyc, or playing in a nightclub (seriously). We had cool characters, hot babes and muscley dudes with signature moves and crazy animations. There was even talk of some time slowdowns during saves, though we never built it. We did an awesome job with the art and style of the game.That said, I'm not sure there's enough in volleyball as you try to boil it down into a flashy, high energy video game. There aren't as many approachable nuances to the game as there are to say, basketball or football. Some nuances and strategies exist, but they're not well known. The game in general is just more messy and in the moment than other sports. So you're basically left with spikes, because that's the only thing anyone remembers about volleyball. Nothing else was that interesting, and even with spikes, it was hard to make a seemingly realistic move-countermove system that made blocks effective and fun. In conclusion, I think Volleyball is a game that's more fun to play or watch in person than to play as a traditional video game. I don't have high hopes that they'd be fun enough to hang with the ps3/360 blockbusters. A Wii game might be interesting with the Wiimote, and maybe a Kinect game. The only thing I know I'd drop money on would be a $5 iphone game.(note: if your question is about indoor volleyball, that's an order of magnitude worse when it comes to viewership and barely anybody knows about it. It does have more strategy though)

“Discovered” implies it was lost. But a quick search revealsIn the winter of 1895, in Holyoke, Massachusetts (United States), William G. Morgan, a YMCA physical education director, created a new game called Mintonette, a name derived from the game of badminton, as a pastime to be played (preferably) indoors and by any number of players.That game eventually evolved into Volleyball

This really depends on the context of the game however, I have found 3.5 common patterns.Best of 5. This means there is a minimum of 3 sets and a maximum of 5 sets. Essentially, the game continues until a team has won 3 sets. This is the style for most high school and college matches during their league play.Best of 3. Very similar idea to best of 5 but now its a minimum of 2 sets and a maximum of 3 sets. This is the style for most tournaments because with teams expected to play multiple games in a day, it speeds up the process, induces less variability in timing, and and means players don't die after 3–4 matches.Exactly 3. This means that regardless of who wins which sets, all 3 sets are played. I most often see this with the really young ages (12s and below) because at that age the outcome doesnt really matter and the extra set is just extra practice for future years. I also see this pretty frequently in adult leagues because everyone just wants their money's worth and wants to have fun. It also decreases timing variability.Exactly 1. I have only seen this very few times and only played it once. It is usually a tie-breaker format in a tournamnet when 1 team willl move up to the gold bracket in playoffs and 1 team will move down to a lower bracket in playoffs.As you can see it really depends on who sets up the game and what they want.

“On February 9, 1895, in Holyoke, Massachusetts (USA), William G. Morgan, a YMCA physical education director, created a new game called Mintonette as a pastime to be played (preferably) indoors and by any number of players. The game took some of its characteristics from tennis and handball. Another indoor sport, basketball, was catching on in the area, having been invented just ten miles (sixteen kilometers) away in the city of Springfield, Massachusetts, only four years before. Mintonette was designed to be an indoor sport, less rough than basketball, for older members of the YMCA, while still requiring a bit of athletic effort.”-Wikipedia

A volleyball match is judged based on the number of sets (or games) won. Based on the league and level this is either a best of 5 sets or best of 3 sets. Once a team has claimed a majority of the total number of potential sets, they are declared the winner of match. This "majority" is a fixed number, meaning a team must always win 3 sets to win a 5-set match, although 3-5 total sets might be played.Each set is judged based on the number of points won. In indoor volleyball (often best of 5), this is typically 25 points for the first 4 sets. In beach volleyball (best of 3), the winning score is 21 points for the first two sets. The final set is played to 15.There is also a deuce rule in place that requires a team to win by 2 points in order to claim a set. If the score is tied at 24, then the first team to acquire a 2-point lead wins the set. Theoretically, this means a single set could go on forever, so in certain amateur tournaments, a cap may be imposed for the sake of time.

“Let’s get a sideout here”, is a phrase commonly used in volleyball when receiving. The origin of this phrase is interesting; There was a time when you could only score points in your serve. Hence for your team to score, you have to break the opponent’s serve.But why the particular choice of words “side”, “out”? Your guess is probably as good as mine. My guess, based on Volleyball Rules - 1897, we see that the server from the serving side is sent off the court if the team fails to score the point. So sideout is probably short for serving-side-out. It would be interesting to listen to more theories on this.