Volleyball Destination

Sports Drinks - Better than Water?
You know the summer is here when you are always thirsty. I know one of my personal faults is I do not drink enough water. Or perhaps…

Smith returns to take over Pas volleyball (The Mississippi Press)
PASCAGOULA — Former St. Martin resident Janet Smith will take over the Pascagoula volleyball program and assist the girls basketball team for the 2007-08 season.

Canada handles Korea in World League Volleyball (CBC)
Canada rebounded from a tough outing against defending champion Brazil to defeat Korea in World Volleyball League action Friday night in Winnipeg.

Girl power: Volleyball Festival on deck (Reno Gazette-Journal)
If you hear a roar coming from the Reno-Sparks Convention Center this week, odds are it will be from the 20,000 expected participants and attendees for the Volleyball Festival, which begins Sunday with opening ceremonies and runs through July 7. Competition begins Monday.

Beach volleyball continues Saturday (Beaches Leader)
Comments ( No comments posted. ) The second tournament of this year s beach volleyball season, the First Coast Summer Blast, is scheduled to take place all day Saturday in Jacksonville Beach.

Volleyball league in its 20th summer (Antelope Valley Press)
This story appeared in the Antelope Valley Press on Friday, June 29, 2007. LANCASTER - For 20 years AVC women’s volleyball coach Jane Cwayna has run a summer volleyball league for teams in the Antelope Valley.

Brazil into semis at Pan Am Volleyball Cup (Trinidad Express)
DESPITE being represented by their under-20 squad, Brazil reached the semifinals of the Pan American Women’s Volleyball Cup on Wednesday night in Mexico.

Beach Volleyball Gets Big-Name Push (gazettes.com)
The city of Long Beach is getting special attention from the man many people know as the original King of the Beach. Beach volleyball legend Sinjin Smith has helped line up several youth, college and corporate beach volleyball championships to help promote the sport in Long Beach.

Stiefel tapped as next FPHS volleyball coach (The Times-Journal)
One of the top players in the history of Fort Payne High School volleyball is returning home to run the program. The city board of education Monday night approved a recommendation from principal Ronnie Crabtree that Amanda Stiefel be selected the team s next head coach.

BYU retains Patchell as men’s volleyball coach (The Salt Lake Tribune)
Posted: 4:48 PM- As the NCAA review continues into the BYU men’s volleyball program, athletics director Tom Holmoe announced Wednesday that Shawn Patchell will be retained as the head coach on an interim basis.

Making Setters More Aggressive!
Do you have setters on your volleyball team that just aren’t as aggressive during the game as you would like? This problem plagues teams all over the country. …

Poway ousts veteran coach in volleyball (San Diego Union-Tribune)
June 27 (UNION-TRIBUNE): Poway High is looking for a new girls volleyball coach and Lisa Reis is asking why. Reis will not be returning as coach in the fall, although the San Diego Section’s all-time leader in wins will keep her job as a physical education teacher.

Stepping up to the Overhead Serve
Isn’t it funny that one of the most simple things to do in volleyball starts out with so much worry for so many players. The overhand serve is one…

Hand Passing the Serve…Good or Bad?
Long ago in volleyball history, using your hands to make first contact after the serve was voodoo bad. However, these days the rules have changed and using your hands is…

Stop the Choking!
I’m always amazed at some of the great advice that gets posted to our forum. It is a huge wealth of knowledge offered up by players, coaches and fans….

IHSAA moves volleyball state finals to Muncie for 2007 (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
MUNCIE, Ind. - The Indiana High School Athletic Association volleyball state championships will be played in Muncie this year because of a schedule conflict at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, the site of the finals since 2001.

Nebraska volleyball player nets lofty award (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
Nebraska volleyball star Sarah Pavan maintained a 4.0 grade-point average while leading the Cornhuskers to a 33-1 season and the NCAA title. Those achievements earned the junior from Kitchener, Ontario, the 31st annual Honda-Broderick Cup as the nation’s female college athlete of the year Monday. Pavan was among five finalists for the honor, beating out Tennessee players Candace Parker …

Brazil tops Canada in Pan-Am volleyball (Canada.com)
COLIMA, Mexico - Canada’s national women’s volleyball team’s record fell to 1-3 at the Pan American Cup with a 3-1 loss to the Brazilian junior team on Sunday.

Beach volleyball: Hawaii’s Lambert, Metzger 3rd in Paris (Honolulu Advertiser)
Hawai’i’s Mike Lambert and Stein Metzger defeated Germany’s Julius Brink and Christoph Dieckmann, 21-12, 21-17, today to finish third in the Henkel Grand Slam in Paris, the first of four Grand Slam events on beach volleyball’s SWATCH FIVB World Tour.

Windsor’s Lamb to play volleyball at Olivet Nazarene (Journal Gazette & Times-Courier)
WINDSOR Before December Nikki Lamb, a recent graduate of Windsor, had not heard of Olivet Nazarene University. However, after typing in things she wanted on collegeboard.com she found that Olivet, a NAIA school, had what she wanted. Lamb is to play volleyball at the school in Bourbonnais.

Volleyball: Lady Jays camp (Jefferson City News Tribune)
The Jefferson City Lady Jays volleyball camp will be held June 25-29 at the high school. The event will run from 3-4:30 p.m. for those entering kindergarten through sixth grades, from 4:45-6:45 p.m. for those entering grades 7-8 and from 7-9 p.m. for those entering grads 9-12.

Making Setters More Aggressive!
Do you have setters on your volleyball team that just aren’t as aggressive during the game as you would like? This problem plagues teams all over the country. …

Lancers looking to hire new volleyball coach (Midland Daily News)
Bullock Creek High School is in need of a varsity volleyball coach for this coming fall. Those interested should contact Bullock Creek Athletics Director Tim O’Rouke at 631-2340, ext. 104 during the week or write him at the high school.

What to Do With a Bad Setter
In a perfect world, volleyball players play on teams where everyone loves to play on the same team and with each other. However, often this is not the case. Once…

USA beat Japan in World League volleyball (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Two-time Olympic champions the United States outgunned Japan in three sets to maintain the lead in the World League men’s volleyball Group B tournament on Saturday.

Often Good Players Get Overlooked
One of a volleyball coach’s hardest problems, bench morale will be eternally linked to satisfying players’ desire for playing time Good players will often sit the bench, especially on really good…

International Volleyball in the United States!
If you have never been to a World League match then you have never really seen top-performance indoor volleyball. Luckily, those of you that can get to Chicago on…

Watch the volleyball all-stars at EAC on June 23 (Eastern Arizona Courier)
The best and brightest volleyball players in Arizona will compete in two all-star games at the Eastern Arizona College gymnasium Saturday. The 1A/2A game starts at 1 p.m., and the 3A game begins at 3 p.m.

Volleyball Crusaders finish strong in postseason (St. Clair County Journal)
When the IHSA playoffs started, the Althoff boys volleyball team was at its best.

Sports Drinks - Better than Water?
You know the summer is here when you are always thirsty. I know one of my personal faults is I do not drink enough water. Or perhaps…