History & Origins
Volleyball was invented in 1895 by William G. Morgan at the YMCA in Holyoke, Massachusetts, as a less intense alternative to basketball!
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Baseball is a team sport where two teams take turns batting and fielding to score the most runs in nine exciting innings!
Equipment & Gear
A standard skateboard deck is usually about 30–32 inches long and about 7.5–8.25 inches wide, with around 8 inches wide being very common — that size helps riders balance and do tricks well!
The fastest speed ever reached on a skateboard standing up was 91.17 miles per hour, set by Peter Connolly downhill in Quebec, Canada.
Skateboarding became an Olympic sport for the first time at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics (held in 2021)!