Summary of History in Volleyball Spikes

The set and spike style of offensive play was said to be invented in 1916 in the Philippines, where it was called “bomba” or kill, and the spiker was called a “bomberino”.

Soft spike (dink), forearm pass, blocking and defensive diving and rolling are considered relatively new methods that only came into play officially in the 1960s.

Summary of History in Volleyball Rules

Volleyball was designed for (but not restricted to) the indoors.

Initially, there was also no restriction on the number of players. However, the first game was played with 5 players on each side.

The objective of the game was (as it still is) simply to keep the ball in the air over the net.

Around 1920, the rules evolved to limit teams to 6 players and 3 contacts with the ball a side.

Summary of History in Volleyball: Beijing Olympics 2008

After the sand and dust has settled, here are the results of this year's Beijing Olympic Volleyball Games. The medal tally for volleyball is dominated by USA, Brazil and China. Some 12000 spectators turned up for each of the men's and women's beach volleyball finals.

Men's Volleyball
Gold - USA
Silver - Brazil
Bronze - Russia

Women's Volleyball
Gold - Brazil
Silver - USA
Bronze - China

Men's Beach Volleyball
Gold - USA
Silver - Brazil
Bronze - Brazil

Women's Beach Volleyball
Gold - USA
Silver - China
Bronze - China