…So, based on the game Minton, which originated in India, he came up with a game in which players hit a small, light ball with bare hands across a net. Initially, Morgan named the game Mintonette (a game like Minton), but in 1896 he changed the name to volleyball because the game involved "repeated volleys (same meaning as in tennis) in which the ball was hit back before it touched the floor." In 1952, the word volleyball, as it is today, was adopted. … *Some of the terminology that mentions "mintonette" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…そこで,インドに起源をもつミントンmintonというゲームを下敷きにして,ネットを境に素手で小さくて軽いボールを打ち合う形式のゲームを考え出した。当初,モーガンはこのゲームをミントネットmintonette(ミントンのようなゲーム)と名付けたが,〈ボールが床につかないうちに打ち返すvolley(テニスのボレーと同じ意味)が応酬する〉ゲームだからと,1896年に名称をバレー・ボールvolley ballに変えた。1952年に今日のようにvolleyballという一語となった。… ※「mintonette」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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