Central Park in New York City has a number of volleyball courts, but in order to use them you not only have to bring your own volleyball, you also have to bring your own net!
Web TV is set to stream the FIVB Volleyball World Club Championships. The action starts in just over 24 hours. Click here for a countdown clock and a link to the stream where you can watch the action on court.
The word “Google”has come to so completely represent the internet search company that most people are not aware that before the internet, the word “google” was represented by an actual number. It is a 1 followed by 100 zeros, and looks something like this 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. We have it on good authority that that number accurately […]
Serve, block, dig and spike. Bob Holmes does it all. He’s a one man volleyball machine. Holmes uses his volleyball skills in a one man exhibition to bring attention to his “Beat The Odds” program designed to inspire high school students. The 56 year old inspirational speaker has beaten pro teams, teams of celebrities and […]
Eight members of the State University of New York at Geneseo have been charged with hazing after they were accused of mistreating six freshman team members. It is alleged that the women were handcuffed, blindfolded and forced to drink alcohol during an off campus party. One of the students was hospitalized for alcohol poisoning. The […]
Serve, block, dig and spike. Bob Holmes does it all. He’s a one man volleyball machine. Holmes uses his volleyball skills in a one man exhibition to bring attention to his “Beat The Odds” program designed to inspire high school students. The 56 year old inspirational speaker has beaten pro teams, teams of celebrities and […]
Volleyball has finely made it to the smart phone. Blobby Volleyball is a free, downloadable smart phone app. That might help you make it through the off season if there is no way to get to an inside court. Unlikely that it will get you your volleyball fix, but it is good for a few […]
Early in its life, volleyball had nine innings like baseball. An inning consisted of a serving rotation that gave each player on the court one chance to serve. After nine innings, the winner of the match was the team with the most points. This system fell out of favor in 1900. Thank you, Morgan’s original […]
Newcomers to highly competitive volleyball quite often leave their first match a little bewildered. The game moves fast, the court is complicated and the action and officiating sometimes don’t quite make sense. Before you attend your next match, take a minute to study this this three dimensional diagram from the Merriman-Webster Visual online dictionary.
Nothing happens on the volleyball court until the ball is served. If it is served well enough, nothing else happens after it is served either! Click here for some tips on serving.