1. Volleyball was invented in 1895 by William G. Morgan from the State of New York, USA. It was originally called "Mintonette" before changing its name after a demonstration given at the YMCA in Springfield, USA.
2. Volleyball is now the second most popular sport in the world today, behind football. There are more than 800 million players worldwide and more than 200 national federations.
3. Sheffield is the home of British Volleyball with the GB men’s and women’s teams training at the city’s English Institute of Sport.
4. The ball has been given a recent make-over. The yellow and blue eight panel design now has dimples for a truer flight pattern for creative serves and spikes.
5. The major differences between beach and indoor volleyball is the playing surface! While teams consist of two players for beach rather than six for the indoor game.
6. The ball can be played by any part of the body.
7. Volleyball was introduced to the Olympic Games in 1964
8. Most volleyball players jump about 300 times a match.
9. There is a paralympic sport of sitting volleyball
10. A powerful one-arm hit of the ball returning it to the opponent’s court is called a spike.
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