Volleyball tips and news from around the world
East Middle volleyball off to hot start; Girls take runners-up finish at South Oldham tourney (The Sentinel-News)
The East Middle volleyball team is trying to go from worst to first this season. The girls are off to a 4-3 start and find themselves in second place in the conference after taking second in the South Oldham Middle School tournament over the weekend.
High School Volleyball vs. Club Volleyball
High School and Club volleyball has always been a matter of debate. Which is more important? Is a club player more dedicated than a strictly high school player? Are club coaches better than High School coaches? These questions have been…
Storms limit UCF volleyball (Sun-Sentinel)
The schedule keeps changing for UCF’s volleyball team, and come today’s home opener against Southern Miss, there will have been three postponed matches because of hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
No. 4 Penn State Women s Volleyball Travels To Ohio State, Hosts Indiana (GoPSUsports.com)
University Park, Pa., Sept. 27, 2005 The fourth-ranked Penn State women s volleyball team (11-2) has a split week, traveling to No. 18 Ohio State (8-3) on Wednesday, Sept. 28 for a 7:00 p.m. contest at St. John Arena in Columbus before returning home to host Indiana (7-6) on Saturday, Oct. 1 at 8:00 p.m. After the contest on Saturday night, head coach Russ Rose will be presented with an award
Here’s an interesting article Tara posted on learning volleyball positions:
When first learning volleyball, most kids don’t know what position they are and what that position does. As you get older, you learn to adapt to one of two volleyball positions and you’ll always play that one spot. Especially if you’re on a high school or club team because they’re more competitive.
“The No. 5 Gophers volleyball team defeated No. 24 Kansas State 30-25, 30-22, 26-30, 30-25 Saturday night, winning the Kansas State Invitational in Manhattan, Kan.”
Read the rest the results here.
There are 2 players for beach volleyball and 6 for indoor. Well, for beach volleyball both players have the same amount of work, however, in indoor the setter for the most part has the most work because they always have the second hit.
Read the full volleyball rules article.
In an article titled So You Want to be a Volleyball Coach, Coach Houser breaks down what it takes to fill the job.
However, don’t lose faith as he says, “There’s nothing like coaching. It’s awesome. However, it didn’t always used to be this way for me.”
He gives a lot of good tips that are definitely worth a read!
Team USA swept Mexico 3-0 to start the NORCECA championship tournament.
“Tonight’s match was a great start to the tournament,” said Team USA head coach Hugh McCutcheon (Christchurch, New Zealand). “The team was able to play at a high level and sustain it throughout the entire match. We hope to build on this momentum throughout as we get ready for our next match.”
Here’s a good article on mental objectivity.
I know that you’re itching to know what that is.
“Leng Her (aka omnispiker) brings us a great new article on keeping your mental game in check. Players are dealt a lot of choices when playing volleyball. How they react to those choices and the input they receive from other players (both on and off their team) is called mental objectivity.”
No surprise here, as reported by Xinhua.
China has won their 10th consecutive Asian women’s volleyball championship.
” China launched a brilliant attacking wave from the start of the first set with a 7-0 lead and extended the winning momentum to take the opener 25-18. “
