Volleyball Destination

Volleyball riot leads to team-sport ban in Greece (Honolulu Advertiser)
ATHENS, Greece The Greek government suspended play in all professional team sports for two weeks today after a fan was killed in a volleyball riot. The ban, which covers soccer, basketball, volleyball and other sports, will last until April 13.

Greece suspends all team sports after volleyball fan killed (The Arizona Republic)
ATHENS, Greece - The Greek government suspended play in all professional team sports for two weeks Friday after a fan was killed in a riot before a women’s volleyball match.

Historic volleyball team returns nearly intact (Community Press & Recorder)
MT. WASHINGTON - The boys volleyball team with the most wins in McNicholas High School history returns almost completely intact.

MEN’S VOLLEYBALL: Cards look to offensive rhythm against short-serving Quincy (Ball State Daily News)
The No. 15 Ball State University will resume its Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association season with matches against teams that are combined 7-38 this season.

Pre-Practice Warm-Up Drill
Coaches that arrive early, ever want to reward those kids that show up early? You know those 4-6 kids that show up ready to play only to wait for…

AVP Announces 2007 Summer Schedule
The AVP has posted its 2007 Summer Tour Schedule. This year, they are going out to 16 different locations for some great beach action. Already, you can purchase…

Boys volleyball programs still trying to turn corner (Daily Herald)
It s quite likely that area boys volleyball programs won t ever enjoy the notoriety of other much-ballyhooed high school sports like football and basketball.

Girls volleyball teams vie for AMA supremacy (Calaveras Enterprise)
Nina Toia, left, and RB Ruhl of the Toyon seventh-grade girls volleyball team will try to avenge a close loss to Avery at this week’s AMA tournament. Enterprise photo by Jeremy D. Malamed

Local girls playing Junior Olympic volleyball (Mobridge Tribune)
Lady Tigers Britni Dietterle, Rudie Hepper, Hayle Neumiller and Ashley Imberi are spending their spring playing for the Northeast South Dakota Junior Olympic volleyball team.

Prepare to Play!
Tomorrow is the biggest match of your life. How do you get ready for it? Many younger players play hard during matches. They also play hard during practices. …

Prepare to Play!
Tomorrow is the biggest match of your life. How do you get ready for it? Many younger players play hard during matches. They also play hard during practices. …

Boys volleyball preview: Warriors return experienced lineup (Penn-Trafford Star)
After gathering just four wins last season, the Penn-Trafford boys volleyball team is looking for a fresh start in 2007.

Madera South, Buchanan 1st at Golden West boys volleyball tournament (The Sentinel)
HANFORD - Madera South placed first in junior varsity competition and Buchanan was the champion freshman team Saturday at the Hanford West boys volleyball tournament.

Prepare to Play!
Tomorrow is the biggest match of your life. How do you get ready for it? Many younger players play hard during matches. They also play hard during practices. …

Bath Twp. offers youth volleyball (DeWitt-Bath Review)
BATH TWP. Girls and boys in grades three through six are eligible to play in Bath Township Parks and Recreation’s youth volleyball program. Teams will be formed for each grade, and they will play in the Lansing Area Volleyball Association’s Instructional League.

Dealing with the Big Hit
In my last post, we talked about dinking and spiking. Danielle commented that there is nothing better than getting the big hit that no block can stop. What…

Adult volleyball open court (Lebanon Express)
Open court for adult volleyball is available at the Boys & Girls Club, 305 S. 5th, from 2-5 p.m. on Sundays. Cost is $3 per person. Players must be 16 years of age or older. Open court is tentatively scheduled to run through the end of March.

ETSU volleyball signee named to All-America Team (East Tennessean)
ETSU volleyball signee Whitney Cogburn from Kingsport was recently named to the PrepVolleyball.com All-America Team. It is the latest in a series of postseason honors for the Sullivan South senior. As a senior, Cogburn led her team to its second consecutive state championship appearance, falling to Brentwood Academy in the finals.

Youth volleyball tournament returns to WNC (Asheville Citizen-Times)
ASHEVILLE The 11th annual Jr. Hi Neighbor volleyball tournament returns to the Asheville area this Saturday and Sunday.

How to Use Your Coach
Let, face it: Your coach is a human being. Yes, believe it or not, that person who makes you condition, gets on you when you mess up, and disciplines…

Carroll volleyball signs hitter (Billings Gazette)
HELENA - Carroll College volleyball coach Maureen Boyle has announced the signing of Kristin Telin of Central Valley High School in Spokane, Wash.

Bad taste lingers after last volleyball season (The Reporter)
A late pre-season practice is coming to a close for the Souderton Area boys volleyball team. As the final drill winds down, the Indians slam down one bone-jarring kill after another. Although no one is on the opposite side of the net, the players are making a statement.

College Roundup: Poly volleyball hires assistant coach (The San Luis Obispo Tribune)
The Cal Poly women s volleyball team named Wes Schneider an assistant coach Friday to replace Rafael Paal, who recently returned to his native Brazil.

INSIDE FREEPORT VOLLEYBALL (Freeport Journal)
FREEPORT - Ideally, an administrative position would have opened up at Freeport and Stephanie Broege would remain the Pretzels’ head volleyball coach. But in order to advance her career, Broege, currently a physical education teacher at Freeport, could not pass up this promotion.

Rocky volleyball signs Overstreet (Billings Gazette)
Jessica Overstreet, an all-state middle hitter from Three Forks High School, has signed a letter of intent to join the women’s volleyball program at Rocky Mountain College.

College Roundup: Poly volleyball hires assistant coach (The San Luis Obispo Tribune)
The Cal Poly women s volleyball team named Wes Schneider an assistant coach Friday to replace Rafael Paal, who recently returned to his native Brazil.

Briefs: IPFW continues to roll on road in volleyball (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
IPFW continued to have success on the road during its current six-match swing away from Fort Wayne in men s volleyball, sweeping Saint Francis (Pa.) at DeGol Arena.

Carroll volleyball signs hitter (Billings Gazette)
HELENA - Carroll College volleyball coach Maureen Boyle has announced the signing of Kristin Telin of Central Valley High School in Spokane, Wash.

Dazzle ‘Em With the Dink
One of my favorite things to do in volleyball is smash down a really killer spike. One of my second favorite things to do his hit them with a…

Pre-Practice Warm-Up Drill
Coaches that arrive early, ever want to reward those kids that show up early? You know those 4-6 kids that show up ready to play only to wait for…

Knights have might in boys’ volleyball league (The York Dispatch)
It was a match that could’ve gone either way. The Eastern York boys’ volleyball team played host to Northeastern on May 4 last season inside Eastern York High School’s sweltering gymnasium.

Blocking Secrets
From Matt Childress in the forum, “Good blocking is successfully prediction of where the ball will be set, based on all the factors available to you — as mentioned…