这段话什麽意思ThesportoriginatedintheUnitedStates
这段话什麽意思
ThesportoriginatedintheUnitedStates,andisnowjustachievingthetypeofpopularityintheU.S.thatithasreceivedonaglobalbasis,whereitranksbehindonlysocceramongparticipationsports.Todaytherearemorethan46millionAmericanswhoplayvolleyball.Thereare800millionplayersworldwidewhoplayVolleyballatleastonceaweek.In1895,WilliamG.Morgan,aninstructorattheYoungMen'sChristianAssociation(YMCA)inHolyoke,Mass.,decidedtoblendelementsofbasketball,baseball,tennis,andhandballtocreateagameforhisclassesofbusinessmenwhichwoulddemandlessphysicalcontactthanbasketball.HecreatedthegameofVolleyball(atthattimecalledmintonette).Morganborrowedthenetfromtennis,andraisedit6feet6inchesabovethefloor,justabovetheaverageman’shead.Duringademonstrationgame,someoneremarkedtoMorganthattheplayersseemedtobevolleyingtheballbackandforthoverthenet,andperhaps"volleyball"wouldbeamoredescriptivenameforthesport.