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U volleyball: Kelly Roysland back at it and also good at it (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
After a four-year layoff from volleyball, Kelly Roysland has made an improbable comeback. The former Gophers women's basketball captain played half of the match as Minnesota opened its volleyball season by sweeping Notre Dame on the road a week ago. Roysland, a 5-9 back-row defensive specialist, had seven digs and one set assist. "We are a top-10 team. At least we were last year, and hopefully ...

For volleyball legend Kiraly, one last day at the beach (USA Today)
Ten years after first contemplating retirement, Kiraly is finally saying goodbye at age 46. This weekend, in Cincinnati, is the final regular-season Association of Volleyball Professionals tournament of Kiraly's last season as a player.

No bikinis for beach volleyball players (Perth Now)
SCANTILY clad women diving around on a beach volleyball court may be OK at the Olympics, but not at the South Pacific Games.

Buford earns split in Thursday volleyball action (AccessNorthGA)
UNDATED - Buford topped Chestatee, 2-1 and fell by the same count to Winder-Barrow in a Thursday volleyball tri-meet. Buford 2, Chestatee 1 [22-23,25-23, 25-20] Buford leaders: Cami Lawson-16 kills, 4 digs. Hallye Jerkins-7 kills, 9 digs. Christi Wilson-23 asst.

GPS Volleyball Knocks Off Defending State Champs (The Chattanoogan)
GPS volleyball knocked off the defending state champions Father Ryan on Thursday. The Bruisers won 16-25, 26-24, 25-18, 25-22. Coach Paul Brock said, "Our team started really slow, making a lot of serving errors. Father Ryan played really smart and made few mistakes.

CSU hosts Ohio State in volleyball home opener (Greeley Tribune)
The Colorado State volleyball team will try to rebound from an 0-3 trip to Hawaii tonight when it hosts Ohio State in the Rams' home opener at Moby Arena.

Beach volleyball 'toned down' in Samoa (AAP via Yahoo!7 Sports)
Scantily clad women diving around on a beach volleyball court may be OK at the Olympics, but not at the South Pacific Games.

Kenya: Volleyball - Malta Boost for Volleyball Tournament (AllAfrica.com)
The local organising committee of the Africa Nations Cup women's volleyball tournament yesterday received a Sh3.5 million sponsorship from East Africa Breweries Limited through its soft drink brand, Malta Guinness, towards staging the week-long tournament at Kasarani from Tuesday.

Beach volleyball 'toned down' in Samoa (The West Australian)
Scantily clad women diving around on a beach volleyball court may be OK at the Olympics, but not at the South Pacific Games. Although many tourists feel free to dress in skimpy bikinis while on Pacific getaways, locals in Samoa have raised concerns about the official uniforms for beach volleyball.

East Ridge Volleyball Tops CCS, 3-0 (The Chattanoogan)
East Ridge defeated Chattanooga Christian in volleyball action on Thursday. The Lady Pioneers of Coach Catherine Neeley won 3-0. East Ridge won 25-10, 25-20 and 25-15.


Volleyball Commentary

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...


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