The convention of most teams in beach quads format is the “diamond” formation when receiving serve – the players orient…
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In an earlier posting on detecting the signs of pseudoscience, I quoted an article which mentions unfalsifiability as a property.…
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On the Facebook group Volleyball Coaches and Trainers (VCT), a coach shared a rule with regards to juniors beach volleyball…
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In a recent discussion with BJ Leroy of USA Volleyball, I encountered a paper by Bailey et al (2018) published…
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When people picture beach volleyball culture, they usually just think about just the game. People don’t seem to have to…
Continue ReadingImproving Quads 1: The net is not a player
Although a great deal of the instruction describes beach volleyball primarily as a doubles game, many, if not most, people…
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On a hot Texas summer day for regular pick up beach volleyball, I was asked to fill in on a…
Continue Reading“Call me off”
I hear a number of common phrases during volleyball play which I discourage athletes from using. This is why. “Call…
Continue ReadingT-shirt: Gluten is OK (mostly)
Testing out Teespring. New shirt design: Gluten is mostly OK.
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