用英语简介一下排球和网球的历史

用英语简介一下排球和网球的历史
不要很多的...3 4句就可以了~主要是什麽时候起源 谁在哪创造的 现在流行于那些国家 就可以了

Volleyball
The sport originated in the United States,and is now just achieving the type of popularity in the U.S.that it has received on a global basis,where it ranks behind only soccer among participation sports.
Today there are more than 46 million Americans who play volleyball.There are 800 million players worldwide who play Volleyball at least once a week.
In 1895,William G.Morgan,an instructor at the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) in Holyoke,Mass.,decided to blend elements of basketball,baseball,tennis,and handball to create a game for his classes of businessmen which would demand less physical contact than basketball.He created the game of Volleyball (at that time called mintonette).Morgan borrowed the net from tennis,and raised it 6 feet 6 inches above the floor,just above the average man's head.
During a demonstration game,someone remarked to Morgan that the players seemed to be volleying the ball back and forth over the net,and perhaps "volleyball" would be a more descriptive name for the sport.
On July 7,1896 at Springfield College the first game of "volleyball" was played.
In 1900,a special ball was designed for the sport.
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Tennis
It was in France that the game as we know it today really came into being.During the 16th,17th and 18th centuries it became the highly fashionable sport of kings and noblemen and was called ' Jeu de paumme' - the game of the palm.Early French players would begin a game by shouting 'tenez' i.e.'Play!' and the game soon became known as Royal,or Real Tennis.
Real tennis was actually very different to the game that we know today.It was played indoors,in large galleries with jutting roofs and points were won according to how the ball was played off of the gallery walls.This is very different to today's Lawn Tennis,where the rectangular court is laid out on a grass surface and the play is within marked boundaries,not off of the walls.Another key difference is that Real tennis used a system of chases.In today's game if a ball bounces twice it is dead.In Real Tennis however,a marker would mark the point of the second bounce.This was known as the chase.In addition to playing for points,opponents would compete by trying to put their chase as close as possible to their opponents back wall.A player who had lagged behind in the points could come from behind to win the match by being more skilful at the chase.
After its initial rise in popularity with the French nobility,tennis spread throughout Europe,becoming particularly popular in England.As in France the game became recognised as the sport of kings.Henry VIII was a very keen player and built a court at his palace in Hampton Court,still used today by Real Tennis enthusiasts.Tennis wasn't just confined to France and England though,and the game also spread to Spain,Italy,Holland,Switzerland and Germany.In the 18th century however,the game went into decline,the French revolution and the Napoleonic wars virtually eliminating it across most of Europe.