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Playing Girls Volleyball: Top 5 Reasons Why Communication Is Key
Communication on the court during a girl’s volleyball game is key. I’ve always said that refusing to talk on the court is like playing volleyball with a blindfold on. How is anyone going to know who is going to do what if no one is talking about anything?

Pro Beach Volleyball: Women’s Beach Volleyball Champions Coaching on Pro Tour
An interesting trend began this past summer with legendary female champion volleyball players giving back to their sport by coaching some of the top women’s pro beach volleyball players on this year’s AVP Beach Volleyball Tournament Tour.

Summary of History in Volleyball
Who invented volleyball? Why was volleyball invented? Where was volleyball invented? How was volleyball invented? How did the name volleyball come about?

Girls Volleyball: Top 5 Ways Females Can Improve Their Volleyball Game
Female players frequently ask me what are some of the best ways a girl can improve her volleyball skills. I decided to write this article to discuss five of my more popular suggestions. Remember these may not work for everybody but it may give you some ideas as to what will work for you.

Coaching Girls Volleyball Skills: How The Pros Stay Square To The Net While Blocking
Good girls volleyball coaches and women volleyball champions know to get the most out of the block its important to stay squared to the volleyball net. This means to keep your shoulders, your underarms as you jump, boobies, abs and hips parallel to the net keeping as little space as possible between you and the volleyball net while you block jump. No matter how tall you are the following five steps will help you improve your volleyball blocking skill!

Booking Travel for Your Volleyball Team
This article provides helpful recommendations for coaches and parents booking travel for their volleyball teams.

Volleyball Practice: Watching Video…How to Play Better Volleyball Without A Ball
Watching Video can seem like the most boring aspect of game preparation but like most things you just have to know how to MAKE it work for you.

Playing Volleyball: Top 4 Ways YOU CAN Control the Pace of Your Volleyball Game
Have you ever played in a volleyball game where the pace seemed so fast that everything just seemed to be BEYOND your control? Many times you play in a volleyball game that seems to control you when in reality there are several things that you can do to change or control the game so that YOU can speed up or slow down the pace or the rhythm of the match.

Top 5 Ways to Become a Celebrity Volleyball Spiker
Let’s face it Spiking is pretty much what everybody lives for when playing or watching Volleyball. Spiking it hard, spiking it high and spiking it on or inside the ten foot line so the volleyball bounces back up high enough to hit the rafters on the ceiling is the dream, right? Heck, that’s what I always tried to do! Well the reality is that successful spikers or celebrity spikers which is what I like to call them are not always the heavy hitters with the golden arms…I call celebrity spikers the players who are smart enough to make points in VARIOUS ways when they attack the ball. I’ve listed here five ways you can become a celebrity spiker and the good news is you don’t have to be six feet tall!

AVP MVP Todd Rogers: The Professor
Todd Rogers, the 2006 MVP of the AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour, is the three time defensive player of the year and is known as the professor.

AVP MVP Jeff Nygaard
Highlights of the MVP of the AVP from 2003, Jeff Nygaard. See how this three time Olympian is dominating on the beach.

That’s Amazing
Albert Hannemann and Matt Prosser take one Eric Fonoimoana and Dax Holdren at the 2006 AVP Open tournament at Coney Island.

Volleyball Skills and Strategies: How to Win During Your Warm Ups
Whenever I get a chance I pass on one of the best pieces of advice I’ve ever gotten from one of my coach’s and this volleyball tip has to do with what happens BEFORE the volleyball game even starts. The advice is the following–when I’m in my hitting line–watch the opposing volleyball team players hitting warm up.

Volleyball Practice and Mental Strategy: Overcoming Life’s Obstacles
Read about a personal story on learning to give 110% whenever you have the opportunity.

Playing Volleyball: Top 5 Ways to Create Confidence in Your Teammates
You don’t even have to touch the ball sometimes to make a big difference on the volleyball court. Below you will find 5 ways to help make your teammates better players.

Volleyball Skills: Blocking is Beautiful
Blocking is considered the first defensive skill used to attempt to keep your opponent from spiking successfully into your court. While teaching volleyball fundamentals I focus on explaining what the responsibility and positioning is for each body part.

Volleyball Practice: Serve Receive Ain’t for Sissies
Here are Five Volleyball Tips elite athletes use when Serve Receiving. Now you can easily perform these volleyball skills to improve your technique during games and volleyball tournaments.

Volleyball Practice: Easy Volleyball Tips on Simplifying the Serve Receive
The ability to serve receive or to pass the ball from an opponent’s serve is one of the most important volleyball skills to learn in order to play competitive indoor or sand volleyball games and tournaments.

Volleyball Skills: Setting Is Simple, Part 1
Here I’ve broken down each part of the setting fundamental by body part so that you can self check and control each part yourself. So even without a coach you can correct or at least reduce your own unforced errors! This is Part 1 of my Setting is Simple Series.

Volleyball Skills: Setting Is Simple, Part 2
Here I’ve broken down each part of the setting fundamental into Upper Body and Lower Body positioning so that you can self check and control each part yourself. So even without a coach you can correct or at least reduce your own unforced errors! This is Part 2 of my Setting is Simple Series.

Volleyball Skills: Become a Serving Sensation!
The volleyball serve is the first form of attack. It’s the first attempt you have to make a Direct point against the opposite team. You should always serve to make a point or put the opposite team in difficulty.

Volleyball Strategy: Slamming the Spike and Wasting Your Competition
If you are a Volley Ball player and you truly like to win then you are going to have to practice the hardcore spike to level the competition. And when I say level them, I do not mean level the playing field I mean completely level them into submission. This is why you personally and your team must concentrate more on slamming the spikes and wasting your competition rather than just playing the fundamentals and proper placing of the spike.

Volleyballs
Volleyball is among the most well-loved and popular sports around the globe. An active sport that provides excellent aerobic exercise, this game is perfect for keeping you fit, and it also helps you improve your hand-and-eye coordination, as well as your ability to supersede the desire to duck a fast-moving object - in this case, a ball.

Volleyball Skills: Serving Like a Superstar!
The volleyball serve is the first opportunity to attack and immediately make a point against the opposing team. Since it’s the only volleyball fundamental that is completely under your control its important to be able to check your form to be sure you have the most effective serve as possible.

Women’s Beach Volleyball: Go Pro or Go Home
CSTV’s inside look at 16 of the top collegiate women volleyball players as they transition from the hard wood to the sand.

Kahuna Beach Volleyball AVP Next
This is a girls 15U juniors AVP Next tournament, sponsored by Kahuna Beach Volleyball. The tournament came down to two Kahuna Beach Volleyball Teams competing in the final! This video was produced by C2N Sports Productions, www.C2N-Sports.com

AVP Volleyball Best Celebrations
See the Top AVP Pros and their celebrations.

The Fascinating History of Volleyball
It’s a sport with that uses terms such as joust decoy and kills although it was originally devised to be played by businessmen to give them less physical contact and be more suited to their sedate lifestyle.

Decimating Your Opponent and Winning in Volleyball
When playing volleyball the objective of the game is to win. Too often people play volleyball and concentrate so much on the teamwork and setting up the place that they do not concentrate on decimating their opponents. Now don’t get me wrong it is important to train in the fundamentals and have good teamwork. But the last shot over that net should be to decimate your opponent.

The Power Serve: Volleyball Strategy and Strength
One of the most important things in volleyball is this serve. The power serve shows your opponents that you mean business and it shows the strength of your team. A super hard and fast and well-placed shot on the initial serve strikes fear into your opponent. And they should fear you because you are going to beat them. They should know that right up front and know that they will lose.

Balls That Could Be The Remedy For Your Workouts
Behind the ancient bumper pool table, beside the old Zim-Zam set and underneath the ugly pair of K-Tel skis lies a round, leathery object covered by two decades of dust. At first, it looks like an old, warn soccer ball or volleyball.

Beach Volley Ball; Not the Same Sport as Court Volley Ball
Beach Volley Ball is much different than court volley ball and not just the number of players on the court but the way in which it is played and the different muscles and skills needed to play it. Many folks who are very excellent players on the court have a very rough time of it on the sand. Playing beach volley ball competitively takes years of practice.

Volleyball Shoes
Volleyball is widely played and is among the most popular games in the world. As the evolution of the game goes on, equipment and apparels such as shoes are keeping up the pace. Most volleyball shoes are now available bearing the ingenuity of modern technological advances designed specifically to play the game.

Volleyball Heat Coming to the East
Check out the girls in bikinis and guys in boardshorts! The AVP beach volleyball event is coming to Brooklyn!

2006 AVP Tempe Semifinals
AVP Semifinals of Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh vs. Rachel Wacholder and Elaine Youngs. I shot this from the stage in Tempe. The quality kinda sucks and it’s a bit shaky, but something is better than nothing.

Stein Metzger, Mike Lambert, Casey Jennings, Matt Fuerbringe
AVP MC Geeter grabs AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Pros Mike Lambert and Stein Metzger for a surprise interview when Casey Jennings and Matt Fuerbringer crash the party. See their predictions on Chicago.

Get Into Shape With Volleyball
How are you feeling these days about your level of fitness or what you body looks like? Are you worried about bathing suit season? If so volleyball is the perfect get into shape activity. Don’t worry if you have never played volleyball before. You can still play on a league and use it as one of your cardio and strength training workouts.

Beach Volleyball: A Truly Versatile Game
Beach volleyball is a great impromptu game. Almost anywhere that there is sand and a net, groups of friends, acquaintances, and sometimes-even strangers will gather for a few rounds of beach volleyball. A playful game of beach volleyball doesn’t have to be too strenuous, so it is easy to have teams with people of all different ages and with mixed levels of fitness. This makes beach volleyball an ideal family game for a lively summer afternoon.

Training To Be A Better Court Volleyball Player
To be a great court volleyball player you need to be powerful, energetic, graceful, and able to handle the ball with finesse. This kind of spectrum of requirements calls for a unique training regimen. There are a lot of different ideas about how to best accomplish this goal, but most coaches and experts agree that it is important to undergo a course of training that includes a wide variety of different kinds of exercises that will help you develop all of these abilities. Training for an upcoming season of competitive court volleyball requires a diverse regimen of strength training, endurance building, and technique improvement.

AVP Pro Beach Volleyball: Nobody Dances Anymore
House music in the background sets up this awesome video of AVP Pro beach volleyball action from Tempe in May 06. check out all the best pros.

AVP Pro Beach Volleyball: Promiscuous Video
AVP footage from Tempe 2006 featuring all the AVP’s best players including Stein Metzger, Rachel Wacholder, Jake Gibb, Sean Scott, Misty May, Kerri Walsh, Jason Ring and more!

AVP MC Geeter Interviews Gold Medalist Kerri Walsh
Watch as the AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour’s MC Geeter sneaks up on Kerri Walsh for a surprise interview covering books, flying, TV work and the AVP Chicago Open.