This number of limits in hitting the ball was based by American volleyball players from the Filipino way of letting each player hit the ball before sending or 'volleying' it over to the side of the opponent team. The first contribution was that the Filipinos inspired American players to create the 'three-hit limit' for each player in modern-day volleyball. The Filipinos contributed two items to modern-day volleyball: Inspiration for the three-hit limit Early in the history of the game of volleyball in the Philippines, the Filipinos used trees as makeshift net holders (the net was hung between the two chosen trees). These American military servicemen encouraged the Filipinos to join them in playing during their time-off from military duties. US soldiers who were assigned to the different islands of the Philippine during the period also helped in the widespread introduction of volleyball to the Filipinos. At first, the Filipinos invented their own rules for the game.

It became a popular game held in backyards and at beaches in the islands. Brown, the then Physical Director of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA). It was introduced to the Filipinos by an American named Elwood S. The Spikers' Turf is the top-tier men's volleyball league in the Philippines. Volleyball in the Philippines is a female-dominated sports, with two commercial leagues serving as the de facto top-flight leagues in the country the Philippine Super Liga and the Premier Volleyball League. The Filipinos continued playing volleyball up to the modern-day period in its status as an independent republic (1946–present). The Filipinos have made significant contributions to volleyball in its evolution as a professional and international game. Philippine volleyball history began in 1910 when the Philippines was a United States territory (1898–1946). The history of volleyball in the Philippines refers to the history of volleyball in the Philippines as a recreation and as a sport.

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