VolleyballYears before 1859, when older people wanted to go out and play a sport, what sport would they play? Basketball involved too much physical contact. The baseball slipped too much and I had to bend over. Tennis was too much running and hurt my knees. Handball was just too much movement overall! That's why they invented volleyball! All you need to know is how it was "invented", its size, rules, types and where in the world it is found! How it startedIt was started in 1859. It was originally called mintonette (Costain, 59). The game is a combination of basketball, baseball, tennis and handball. Basketball for the ball, baseball for the movement of the shot, tennis for the net and handball because you use your hands (This is how volleyball is done...). Volleyball was created so that no elderly person would have to take risks playing the game. It was invented by William G. Morgan. Volleyball was invented in the same city where basketball was invented, at Springfield College Massachusetts (Volleyball). What a coincidence!The RulesIn 1920 there was a great ...