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Volleyball playersare hoping to get noticed during college volleyball recruiting. In the U.S., a collegiate circuit which oversees the processes involved in college athletic scholarships is organized by the National Collegiate Athletics Association.

William Morgan studied at Springfield College, Massachusetts, where he met James Naismith, the inventor of basketball. Morgan was motivated by Naismith’s game of basketball to formulate a game suitable for the older members of the YMCA. He also made the then popular and similar German game of Faustball as a basis for volleyball, as well as a few other sports including tennis, baseball and handball.

Volleyball was first played with a tennis net raised 6 and 1/2 feet from the floor. It utilized many of the rules of baseball, tennis, handball and basketball. In the early stages of volleyball, teams were allowed to have any number of players, each game was played for nine endings, and there was no limit to the number of hits on each side. However, as the sport began to increase in popularity, it soon became clear that specific rules were needed in order for the game to be played well, and to flourish. In 1890 the first ball specifically designed for volleyball was put into play, and the net was raised a foot higher.



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