Volleyball Destination

No. 7 West volleyball at State (Plano Courier)
Austin Westlake (42-1) came into Friday s Class 5A State Semifinal match ranked No. 1 in the state, No. 2 in the country and having won 65 games in a row.

Teens, Girls & Coaching
Recently, my girls left a team because they were miserable. Despite having some great skills and pretty good team work, the coach would absolutely berate these young athletes to…

Suburban West Conference volleyball team selections (Meramec Journal)
SUBURBAN WEST CONFERENCE VOLLEYBALL FIRST TEAM Alex Berry, Kirkwood; Brooke Boggs, Lafayette; Casey Chernin, Lafayette; Alyssa Cliffe, Oakville; Jenny Costello, Parkway South; Natalie Emro, Lafayette; Maddy Hammack, Lindbergh; Kelsey McCann, Marquette; Lauren Sazama, Oakville; Nicole Tate, Lindbergh; Becca Vieker, Parkway South.

A year to remember for area volleyball teams (Seguin Gazette-Enterprise)
With this being the last sports edition of 2007, we decided to save the best for last. This was the best collective volleyball season for the Gazette-Enterprise coverage area as for the first time all four varsity teams qualified for the postseason in the same year.

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….

High school volleyball: All-Area teams (San Antonio Express-News and KENS 5)
Game and feature coverage of high school volleyball

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…

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…

Volleyball Coaching Outline
Follow the link to pages that contain a series of outlines that I use to instruct our incoming freshmen who want to play volleyball. I developed These outlines after…

Volleyball selections (The Hindu)
Vijayawada: Trials to select the Krishna district youth volleyball teams (boys and girls) will be held at the Railway Institute, Vijayawada, on January 6 at 10 a.m. The selected players will take part in the inter-district youth …

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…

All-JCC large school division volleyball selections (News Democrat Journal)
JEFFERSON COUNTY ALL-CONFERENCE VOLLEYBALL LARGE SCHOOLS First team - Grace Anderson, sr., De Soto; Gabby Schmitz, sr., Festus; Brittany Sinclair, sr., Festus; Kaylin Rasmussen, jr., Hillsboro; Alicia Eubanks, sr., Windsor; Brittany Nappier, sr., De Soto; Liz Martin, sr., Perryville.

Prep Spotlight: Illinois volleyball player Ward a real hit (USA Today)
Meet Colleen Ward of Naperville North, (Naperville, Ill.) one of the top high school volleyball players in the country. The 6-2 outside hitter is a two-time all-state player, carries a 3.7 grade-point average and has committed to play at Florida next season. She spoke recently with USA TODAY’s Jim Halley.

Mustangs Alumni Volleyball Tournament is Jan. 5 (Jackson County Chronicle)
Melrose-Mindoro High School will be the location for the Mustangs Alumni Volleyball Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 5.

Prep Spotlight: Illinois volleyball player Ward a real hit (USA Today)
Meet Colleen Ward of Naperville North, (Naperville, Ill.) one of the top high school volleyball players in the country. The 6-2 outside hitter is a two-time all-state player, carries a 3.7 grade-point average and has committed to play at Florida next season. She spoke recently with USA TODAY’s Jim Halley.

All-JCC large school division volleyball selections (Meramec Journal)
JEFFERSON COUNTY ALL-CONFERENCE VOLLEYBALL LARGE SCHOOLS First team - Grace Anderson, sr., De Soto; Gabby Schmitz, sr., Festus; Brittany Sinclair, sr., Festus; Kaylin Rasmussen, jr., Hillsboro; Alicia Eubanks, sr., Windsor; Brittany Nappier, sr., De Soto; Liz Martin, sr., Perryville.

MSU volleyball player transferring to Aquinas (The Grand Rapids Press)
Katie Vander Meer has decided that gaining an education while trying to lead a volleyball rebuilding process at Aquinas College is more important than being a student-athlete at Michigan State.

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…

All-County Volleyball: Rams’ Powell Player of Year (Palatka Daily News)
There was one aspect of Amanda Powell s volleyball game that she enjoyed the most in her time with Interlachen High School. Hitting, she said emphatically. I definitely like hitting the most. It doesn t compare to anything else.

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….

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…

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…

Volleyball Coaching Outline
Follow the link to pages that contain a series of outlines that I use to instruct our incoming freshmen who want to play volleyball. I developed These outlines after…

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…

UD volleyball beats Miami in challenge (Dayton Daily News)
The University of Dayton women’s volleyball team swept Games 3 and 4 to defeat Miami in the championship game of the MAC/A-10 Challenge on Saturday.

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…

Brecht named Volleyball Player of the Year (The Morning Sun)
Aly Brecht has seen her share of success during her prep volleyball career. Entering her senior season the Alma High School outside hitter had played a key role in helping the Panthers secure back-to-back district titles.

Teens, Girls & Coaching
Recently, my girls left a team because they were miserable. Despite having some great skills and pretty good team work, the coach would absolutely berate these young athletes to…

Mustangs Alumni Volleyball Tournament is Jan. 5 (Jackson County Chronicle)
Melrose-Mindoro High School will be the location for the Mustangs Alumni Volleyball Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 5.

Youth Sports: Millicoma team wins volleyball title (The World)
The Millicoma 2 team edged Coquille 2 to win the season-ending volleyball tournament at the Boys & Girls Club of Southwestern Oregon last weekend. The tournament was for all the teams in the sixth-grade program and included 12 different teams.

IPFW men’s volleyball No. 6 in preseason poll (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
IPFW s men s volleyball team is ranked sixth in the preseason poll released by the American Volleyball Coaches Association.

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. …