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The game of volleyball, originally called âmintonette,â was invented in 1895 by William G. Morgan after the invention of basketball only four years before. Morgan, a graduate of the Springfield College of the YMCA, designed the game to be a combination of basketball, baseball, tennis, and handball. The first volleyball net, borrowed from tennis, was only 6â6â³ high (though you need to remember that the average American was shorter in the nineteenth century).
âI donât just want to be inspired by the past,â says the eventâs creator, Palm Springs interior designer Christopher Kennedy, who created a state of the art kitchen with Sub Zero and Wolf appliances, Bellmont wood cabinetry and open shelving in a tasty mustard yellow and David Hicks patterned wallpaper.