I hear a number of common phrases during volleyball play which I discourage athletes from using. This is why. “Was that going out?” This phrase is most commonly uttered right after a player contacts a ball during defense and shanks it out of team control. It’s a peculiar question to ask of a team mate, […]
The adoption of rally point scoring fundamentally changed the strategy in beach volleyball. The original mintonette borrowed scoring from baseball with nine innings — but few people even remember that. Some, though, can probably remember the sideout scoring system, where a team must have served the ball to earn a point. Rallies won by the […]
The news about the FIVB Katara Beach cup in Doha that has people agog is that Jake Gibb and Taylor Crabb managed to defeat Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena in the second round match of Pool A – which earned them a first round bye in the elimination bracket, but doesn’t really eliminate Phil and […]
New season, new team for Tuesday night at Third Coast. Here is the shirt design, comments are welcome. You can order the Tanktop version There are also regular T-shirt versions.
View this post on Instagram Always dust off the sand before tossing the ball to someone. For many beginners, this simple attention to detail could spell the difference between a blinding someone or being asked to return. #bekind #takesjustasecond #keepsanddown #besafe #beachvolleyball #learning #growing #vb4therestofus #nevertoooldtoplay A post shared by Volleysensei (@volleysensei) on Jan 30, […]
The mythical 300 jumps Wilson, the sporting goods company, posted an ad on Instagram declaring DURING A MATCH, VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS ON AVERAGE JUMP 300 TIMES. The ad is accompanied by an illustration that depicts female beach volleyball players, which implies that this number applies to beach volleyball specifically. This number appears unusually high, so I […]
The abundance of public beach volleyball courts in Southern California is a pleasant anomaly. Locals usually do not have to compete for the availability of a court, but in most other places, beach volleyball courts are relatively rare, and communities have to share them. Very often, a park may only have one court, and cliques […]