At the beginning of his discovery, this volleyball game was named Mintonette. Mintonette's sport was first discovered by a Physical Education Instructor named William G. Morgan at the YMCA on February 9, 1895, in Holyoke, Massachusetts (United States). The YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association) is an organization dedicated to teaching the basic teachings of Christians to the youth, as Jesus taught. The organization was established on
June 6, 1884 in London, England by George William. After meeting James Naismith (a creator of basketball sport who was born on November 6, 1861, and died on November 28, 1939), Morgan created a new sport called Mintonette. Similar to James Naismith, William G. Morgan also dedicated his life as a physical education instructor. William G. Morgan, who is also a graduate of Springfield College of YMCA, created this Mintonette game four years after the creation of a basketball game by James Naismith. Mintonette game sports is actually a game created by combining several types of games. Precisely, the Mintonette game was created by adopting four different types of sports games into one, namely basketball, baseball, tennis, and the last is a handball. At first, this game was created exclusively for YMCA members who are not young anymore, so this game-was made not as active as a basketball game.
Mintonette's name change to volleyball (volleyball) took place in 1896, at his first demonstration match at the International YMCA Training School. At the beginning of the year 1896, Dr. Luther Halsey Gulick (Director of the Professional Physical Education Training School as well as Executive Director of the Department of Physical Education of the International Committee of YMCA) invited and asked Morgan to demonstrate the new game he had created at the new campus stadium. At a conference held at the YMCA campus, Springfield was also attended by all physical education instructors. On the occasion, Morgan brings two teams that on each team consists of five people. On the occasion, Morgan also explained that the game is a game that can be played indoors or outdoors with great freedom. And according to his explanation at the time, this game can also be played by many players. There is no limit to the number of players who become the standard in the game. While the goal of this game is to keep the ball to keep moving through the high net, from one region to another (opponent region).
