The Tale Of A Thrilling Sport - Beach Volleyball
Soon after William Morgan invented the volleyball in 1895 this sport quickly spread throughout America and around the world. Some of the reasons why people really enjoy playing this game are probably because it's so fun and only requires some basic equipments so they can play it just about anywhere including on the beach. Without these people even realized, they actually have initiated an invention of a really great sport, The Beach Volleyball, which one of the most significant things in the volleyball history.
There are actually a few different opinions about where and when the beach volleyball history begins. There is an opinion that says sand volleyball was initially played in a nudist beach in France, and another opinion says it was played for the first time in Hawaii in 1915 on Waikiki Beach. But most people believe that the history of beach volleyball began in Santa Monica, California around 1920's when a lot of people play volleyball on the beach during their holiday.
However, this game was really having a blast during the great depression in 1930's. A lot of people were looking some low cost activities that they can do for recreation and playing volleyball on the beach was a really cool and inexpensive option. During this era most people played beach volleyball with 6 players on each side, but they also began to vary the number of players like playing 2 on 2, 3 on 3, also 4 on 4.
The 1950's is probably the first important stage in the beach volleyball history because tournaments are started to held. However at the beginning this was not just a sporting event, in order to attract more people, they mixed it with some other forms of entertainment including beauty contest. Along with the increased popularity, the sponsors started to appear and this helped beach volleyball spread all over The United States and even the world.
Winston Cigarettes was the first known sponsor of sand volleyball when they supported a tournament in 1975. More bigger and better beach volleyball tournaments were held as the number of sponsors increased significantly, and finally in 1979 King of The Beach Tournament was held for the first time, which is known as one of the best beach volleyball tournaments. At this stage beach volleyball is being played everywhere, in the city people built artificial sand courts so even in a city or country with no coastline people were still able to feel the awesome sensation of playing volleyball on the sand.
Beach volleyball really gained the world recognition when it was played in the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona as a demonstration sport, and then officially included in the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. Today beach volleyball has been played by hobbyists and professional athletes from all over the world, and also more world class tournaments are being held. The invention of beach volleyball is also a significant stage in the history of volleyball game, and it has proven to us that what was first just a leisure game could become a competitive sport played in world class tournaments including the Olympics.
There are actually a few different opinions about where and when the beach volleyball history begins. There is an opinion that says sand volleyball was initially played in a nudist beach in France, and another opinion says it was played for the first time in Hawaii in 1915 on Waikiki Beach. But most people believe that the history of beach volleyball began in Santa Monica, California around 1920's when a lot of people play volleyball on the beach during their holiday.
However, this game was really having a blast during the great depression in 1930's. A lot of people were looking some low cost activities that they can do for recreation and playing volleyball on the beach was a really cool and inexpensive option. During this era most people played beach volleyball with 6 players on each side, but they also began to vary the number of players like playing 2 on 2, 3 on 3, also 4 on 4.
The 1950's is probably the first important stage in the beach volleyball history because tournaments are started to held. However at the beginning this was not just a sporting event, in order to attract more people, they mixed it with some other forms of entertainment including beauty contest. Along with the increased popularity, the sponsors started to appear and this helped beach volleyball spread all over The United States and even the world.
Winston Cigarettes was the first known sponsor of sand volleyball when they supported a tournament in 1975. More bigger and better beach volleyball tournaments were held as the number of sponsors increased significantly, and finally in 1979 King of The Beach Tournament was held for the first time, which is known as one of the best beach volleyball tournaments. At this stage beach volleyball is being played everywhere, in the city people built artificial sand courts so even in a city or country with no coastline people were still able to feel the awesome sensation of playing volleyball on the sand.
Beach volleyball really gained the world recognition when it was played in the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona as a demonstration sport, and then officially included in the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. Today beach volleyball has been played by hobbyists and professional athletes from all over the world, and also more world class tournaments are being held. The invention of beach volleyball is also a significant stage in the history of volleyball game, and it has proven to us that what was first just a leisure game could become a competitive sport played in world class tournaments including the Olympics.