Friday, February 9, 2007

The game of volleyball, originally called Mintonette, was created at the Holyoke, Massachusetts YMCA on this day in 1895.



Volleyball's appeal became worldwide, within 50 years of it's inception an international federation was formed and it later became an Olympic sport. Such is the appeal of the game that even Japanese super-heroine Sailor Moon is known to enjoy a game now and again.