History Of Volleyball Game In India

The game of volleyball was brought to india more than 70 years ago when some physical education teachers who had been abroad were trained in different games including volleyball.

History of volleyball game in india. Volleyball was played for the first time at that edition and the indian men volleyball team led by the veteran gurudev singh clinched bronze. Later the rules of the volleyball were modified by the international ymca training school and the game spread around the united states and to various other ymcas as well. Volleyball is a sport played all over india both in rural as well as urban india. Morgan 1870 1942 created the game of volleyball but called the game mintonette.

A player on one of the teams begins a. It has been a part of the official program of the summer olympic games since tokyo 1964. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team s court under organized rules. India was ranked 5th in asia and 27th in the world in 2013 doing well in the youth and junior levels india came in second in the 2003 world youth championships.

Kumaran and his staff members officials of isc voliq at doha. It is a popular recreation sport. Ramavtar singh jakhar with ambassador of india in qatar mr. However alfred halstead later renamed it to volleyball because the objective of the game was to volley the ball back and forth over a net.

By 1913 the growth of the game in the continent was evident as that year saw it being included in the first far eastern games organised in manila. Volleyball history history creator and object of the game in volleyball history volleyball is recognized as a truly international widely played popular sport. Volleyball originated in the united states in 1895 as a blend of basketball baseball tennis and handball. The complete set of rules is extensive but play essentially proceeds as follows.

Volleyball was called mintonette because of its similarity with badminton. The first exhibition match of volleyball is played at springfield college called international ymca training school in 1896. It was in asia that it gathered steam. With ymca societies playing prominent roles in regions like india china europe south america and africa volleyball would soon spread in these regions.

Y m c a college of physical education madras took this game seriously and started training of volleyball in the students trained here took the sport to other parts of the country. Indian men s volleyball team secretary general volleyball federation of india member board of administration finance committee avc mr. In the philippines an offensive style of passing the ball in a high trajectory to be struck by another. India at the asian games.

After alfred halstead noticed the nature of the game in 1896 which was to volley the ball towards the other team the game came to be known as volleyball. The game is still widely played by 80 million people worldwide at least once a week.