UNC Volleyball News

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Excerpt from DailyTarheel.com RSS Feed McGee, Gaffen Named To All-ACC Academic Team Register Free Online For Carolina Volleyball Camp | Follow UNC Volleyball Via TwitterTwo members of the 2011 North Carolina volleyball team – Emily McGee and Tia Gaffen – have been named to the 2011 All-Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Team Wednesday as announced by […]

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It Would Have Been Quicker To Just Use Gym Floor Tape

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Here is a link to a time lapse video of the building of the court for the Carrier Classic basketball game on an aircraft carrier deck. They should have just used this stuff instead.

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Volleyball Drills To Liven Up Your Practice

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

 

Mid Season Volleyball Rankings Put Illinois At The Top

NCAA Division 1 women’s volleyball rankings place Illinois, with a 19-0 record, at the top.  The Big 10 holds three places in the top ten, with the Pac-12 and the Big 12 each taking two top ten spots. The ACC holds one top ten spot (Florida State) and North Carolina’s women are 18th.

USA Today Puts Volleyball In The News

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The Sept. 19 edition of USA Today featured the U.S. Womens National Volleyball Team.  The article acknowledged the women’s team victory in the NORCEA Women’s Continental Championship, the first step towards an eventual berth in the 2012 Olympics. You can read the USA today article by clicking here.

 

Time To Vote For Your Favorite Coach

The NCAA Women’s Volleyball season is in full swing, and it is time to vote for your favorite coach. Liberty Mutual is sponsoring their “Coach of The Year” competition, and you can cast your vote by clicking here.

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Great Tip For Getting Scuff Marks Off Your Floor

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 […]

 

Lots Of Interest In LED Volleyball Court Postings

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.

 

Ever Wonder How A Volleyball Is Made?

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A good quality volleyball is made in three levels of fabrication.  You start with a rubber bladder, made of material similar to a basic inner tube.  the middle layer is cloth,  sometimes attached to the inner bladder, other times floating around it.  The final layer, the shell is made up of 18 leather panels that […]

 

Volleyball Popularity Grows World Wide

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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 […]

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