“Was that going out?”
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 […]
The Math and Consequences of Rally Point Scoring
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. […]
FIVB Doha 2018
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 […]
Another One Bites the Sand
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 […]
A simple lesson
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 […]
The mythical 300 jumps
This article has moved to a new location. Wilson, the sporting goods company, posted an ad on Instagram declaring DURING A MATCH, VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS ON AVERAGE JUMP 300 TIMES. The […]
Sharing Volleyball Courts
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 […]