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Team India kills time with beach volleyball (IANS via Yahoo! India News)
Sydney, Jan 8 (IANS) The Indian team was still unaware of the International Cricket Council's move to remove umpire Steve Bucknor from the third Test at Perth, when they went to Sydney's Bondi Beach for an informal beach volleyball game with the lifeguards.

Zimbabwean women volleyball team in camp for Olympic Games (People's Daily)
The Zimbabwe senior women's volleyball team was in camp to step up preparation for the Beijing Olympics qualifiers set in Algeria later this month, local media reported on Tuesday. The team went into camp on Saturday at Danhiko Coll ...

VOLLEYBALL - Phoenix on the move (Rugby Observer)
RUGBY Phoenix Volleyball Club has moved to a new home - Harris School's £2.5 million sports centre. The club will play all its home fixtures and train at the venue, which opened this week.

Canada into semis of volleyball qualifying (TSN)
Canada advanced to the semifinals of the North American men's volleyball Olympic qualifying tournament with a 3-0 win over Mexico on Tuesday.

Todd Dagenais Named UCF Women's Volleyball Head Coach (UCF Golden Knights)
UCF Director of Athletics and Executive Vice President Keith R. Tribble announced on Tuesday that Todd Dagenais has been named the Knights' women's volleyball head coach. He becomes the ninth head coach since the program debuted in 1975.

T&T volleyball men out Olympic qualifier (Trinidad Express)
TRINIDAD and Tobago are out of contention for a place in the 2008 Olympic Games after suffering their third defeat in the NORCECA (North, Central America and the Caribbean) Men's Olympic Qualifying Volleyball Tournament in Puerto Rico yesterday.

Holloway leaving NU volleyball team (Lincoln Journal Star)
Rachel Holloway, who as a freshman setter led Nebraska to a national championship, is retiring from volleyball. The two-time All-American told the Journal Star of her decision on Tuesday afternoon, moments after notifying teammates.

Venezuelan volleyball team makes Beijing Olympics, downing Argentina 3-1 in qualifying (Charleston Daily Mail)
FORMOSA, Argentina (AP) -- The Venezuelan men's volleyball team is headed to the Olympics for the first time after beating Argentina 3-1 in the South American elimination tournament.

UH: Students get free ticket to volleyball matches (Honolulu Advertiser)
University of Hawaii students will receive a free ticket to this week's men's volleyball team's matches against Long Beach State Thursday and Friday at Stan Sheriff Center.

All-America trio travels to U.S. Women’s National Volleyball Team tryouts (Texas Longhorns)
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Texas Volleyball’s All-America trio of freshman outside hitter Juliann Faucette, sophomore outside hitter Destinee Hooker and junior middle blocker Lauren Paolini are among the 12 players to take part in a week-long invitation-only tryout with the U.S. Women’s National Volleyball Team. The Horns’ three players will compete with current and former collegiate players ...


Volleyball Commentary

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...


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