History
The History of Table Tennis: From Parlour Game to Olympic Sport
How a Victorian after-dinner game became an Olympic sport: the ping-pong trademark, the ITTF, sponge rubber, ping-pong diplomacy and modern reforms.
History
History
The History of Badminton: From Battledore and Shuttlecock to Olympic Sport
From an old shuttlecock pastime and British India to the All England, the IBF, Olympic status in 1992 and the scoring reforms of 2006 and 2027.
History
The History of Volleyball: From Mintonette in 1895 to a Global Sport
How a YMCA instructor's indoor game from 1895 became a global Olympic sport, from the name change and the spike to the FIVB, rally scoring and the libero.