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Beach volleyball players at the Outrigger Canoe Club in Hawaii, ca. 1915. Beach volleyball is a variant of indoor volleyball, which was invented in 1895 by William G. Morgan. [6] Beach volleyball most likely originated in 1915 on Waikiki Beach in Hawaii, [7] at the Outrigger Canoe Club.
William George Morgan (January 23, 1870 – December 27, 1942) was the inventor of volleyball, originally called "Mintonette", a name derived from the game of badminton which he later agreed to change to better reflect the nature of the sport. [1]
Beachball volleyball: A game of indoor volleyball played with a beach ball instead of a volleyball. Biribol: an aquatic variant, played in shallow swimming pools. The name comes from the Brazilian city where it was invented, Birigui. It is similar to water volleyball.
Biribol was the first aquatic variant of volleyball. It was invented in the '60s in Birigui, Brazil, and has moderate popularity in the country. Aquatic volleyball is a team sport similar to volleyball but adapted for competition in a deep swimming pool. It is also referred to as "pool volleyball", and sometimes as "aqua polo", not to be ...
Footvolley was created by Octavio de Moraes in 1965 [2] in Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana Beach.The game of footvolley was first called 'pévolei', pé=foot and vôlei=volley, but that name was discarded in favor of "futevôlei".
Beach volleyball was a demonstration sport at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, at which Sinjin Smith and Randy Stoklos won the men's tournament, and Karolyn Kirby and Nancy Reno won the women's. Beach volleyball was introduced as an official Olympic sport in 1996. A total of 24 teams take part in each beach volleyball Olympic tournament.
A popular beach umbrella anchor was invented in South Carolina and has been sold across the east coast. Here’s the story behind it.
Ecua-volley is a variant of volleyball invented and played in Ecuador. Its official name is Ecuavoley, however it can be informally be called ecuavolley, ecuavoly, ecuabol, or simply boly. Its popularity has also spread to Colombia, the United States, and Europe.