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Volleyball
In 1895, the education director of the Holyoke, Massachusetts YMCA, a man named William G. Morgan, invented the game we know today as volleyball. At that time, basketball, which was just invented 4 years earlier by a colleague of Morgan, was rising in popularity. Morgan noticed that certain middle aged business men who frequented the YMCA could not keep up with the fast pace of basketball. He decided to invent a new game that combined basktball, baseball, tennis, and handball and that would allow the business men to participate. Because his new game closely resembled badminton, Morgan called in "Mintonette." After an exhibition, a fan described the game as a series of "volleys" and eventually the description stuck and mintonette was changed to volleyball. Regular chiropractic and massage treatment can help protect the muscles and their corresponding joints from injury and strength training and flexibility exercises targeting all of the above muscles are essential for competitive/professional players and would benefit the casual player as well. Poor training/exercise could lead to injuries. Some of the more common injuries associated with volleyball are as follows: |