This year’s FIVB World League Finals in Argentina has generated some terrific competition. Lots of good pictures posted to the FIVB Facebook page. Take a look here.
When President Herbert Hoover asked his personal physician to come up with some activities to help keep him fit, the doctor invented a game that has come to be known as “Hooverball”. Played on a court similar to volleyball, with teams on opposing sides of an 8 foot net, the game used a medicine ball, […]
Yelp, the site that allows for unmoderated reviews of almost everything, has included indoor volleyball facilities to its list. You can search by city and by neighborhood an get some idea of what users think about specific facilities and their gym floors.l Just to to Yelp.com and enter “Indoor volleyball courts” in the FIND field […]
Most sports have their own lingo, and volleyball is no different. About.com has a whole section on volleyball vocabulary. Click here if you want to be able to “talk the talk”. Volleyballtape.com is your leading source of information about setting up temporary playing courts with gym floor tape.
UNC Womens’ Volleyball schedule is now official and available at GoHeels.com. Carolina opens on Aug. 30 against Notre Dame and plays their home court opener on the gym floor at Carmichael Arena in Chapel Hill against George Washington on Sept. 13. The regular season wraps up with an away match against Duke on Nov. 29. […]
Google Maps now offers the ultimate search function for hard core volleyball players You can actually locate courts in your area buy using google maps to make the search. Here’s an example.
USA Volleyball in Florida is hoping to develop a beach volleyball complex on Lake Harris that would draw some of the best players in the world. The propsed Lake County facility would bring economic stimulus to the area by attracting USA Volleyball’s 12,000 Florida members as well as players from across the country. The proposal […]
The 25-5 UNC women’s volleyball team will head to Ames, Iowa for the first round of this year’s NCAA tournament to face 15-15 California. The nationally ranked Tar Heels beat rival NC State in their final home match last week. The first round regional match up is on Thursday at 6:00 PM.
Okay, maybe not the most expensive, but certainly a lot more than the builder expected to spend. The Detroit Free Press reports that a Michigan man, William Colston of Cheasing, built a professional quality sand volleyball court on federal land that had been designated as a preserve for an endangered bird. The land had been […]
Shooting good volleyball action pictures requires that you think like a defender. The game moves too fast to shoot the action based on where it is actually happening. Approach the photo opportunity like a blocker sets up on the front line by following the action to anticipate where the next thing happens. Pre-focus your shot […]
