A Game of Balloon: the Precursor to Volleyball? - Neatorama

Giornale Nuovo blog posted 8 fantastic paintings (circa 1626) by Adriaen van de Venne [wiki], a Dutch Baroque painter. This particular one above is A Game of Balloon, apparently a volleyball-like game of the Renaissance period.

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Look closer: there *is* a net - it's that slack line down the middle between the two teams.

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Yeah, the hand-thing is pretty weird. it would be a good post-amputation game for convicted Arab thieves, though.

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So, this game is a lot like volleyball, except that there is no net, and you have to amputate your right hand.

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Volleyball was supposedly invented in Holyoke, Mass. USA in 1895. Basketball was also invented in Holyoke by Dr. Gabler, but he allowed his colleague Dr. Naismith to take the credit.

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it's bad enough that Teen Titans Go! was a "replacement" for Young Justice, then this had to happen, why CN?! I guess cheaper production cost, easy and random laugh is what it's all about now.

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