The Chinese have joined in on the challenge of perfecting the synthetic outdoor volleyball court in a big way. Shangran, a giant Chinese industrial conglomerate has announced that they are able to provide the raw materials for outdoor playing courts in bulk, up to 2000 metric tons per month. Their material can be used to […]
A volleyball court is defined by four different kinds of lines. Baseline-The line at each end of the court-equally distant from the net Centerline-The line directly under the net, dividing the court into two equally sized rectangles Sideline-Lines running at right angles to the net, connecting the baselines Attack lines-Line on each side of the […]
Official volleyball rules require that all court lines be two inches wide (5 cm). If you are laying out a temporary volleyball court in a basketball gym, use this floor tape to create those two inch wide lines. Click here for a link to all court dimensions.
A new court design featuring palm trees and a hardword floor that looks like sand has made it’s debut at Long Beach State. The 49er’s Walter Pyramid Court will host Big West Conference basketball and volleyball matches starting this season. Click here to take a look.
Even the best quality floor tapes may leave adhesive residue, particularly if the floor is not clean or is not in good condition Use of harsh floor cleaning chemicals can also cause adhesive to delaminate from the tape backing and leave residue on the floor. Camie 22/80 spray adhesive remover is designed to gently remove […]
Women’s Beach Volleyball got some of the highest television viewership of the recently ended London Olympics and the Americans brought home the gold. Click here for some guidelines on making your own court. You won’t need floor tape, since beach volleyball uses rope instead of painted or taped lines.
Here is a great set of drills, compliments of the athletic department at The University of South Carolina-Aiken. http://www.usca.edu/volleyball/page3.html
No matter how well you care for your wooden gym floor, it is bound to get scuff marks. Try this to get those scuffs up. Take a tennis ball, the newer and fuzzier the better, and dip half of it in warm clean water. Grip the ball tightly in your hand and buff the scuff […]
My Google+ stream is turning up lots of interest in the LED lines on sport courts that i wrote about a couple of weeks ago. Any school or gym being planned or renovated really needs to take a look at this technology.
Livestrong.com, the foundation run by cyclist Lance Armstrong says that the International Volleyball Federation now claims that volleyball is the second most popular sport in the world. The FIVB is the major international governing body that oversees both national, educational and prpivate volleyball competition and development. They are headquartered in Switzerland. If you are ready […]