Improving Quads 2: Reduce seams
The convention of most teams in beach quads format is the “diamond” formation when receiving serve – the players orient themselves with three players staggered in a V formation, and […]
Falsifiability
In an earlier posting on detecting the signs of pseudoscience, I quoted an article which mentions unfalsifiability as a property. This is actually a pretty good early test for understanding […]
A nuclear option
On the Facebook group Volleyball Coaches and Trainers (VCT), a coach shared a rule with regards to juniors beach volleyball tournaments held in the Chicago area – an optional one, […]
Recognizing Sports Pseudoscience
In a recent discussion with BJ Leroy of USA Volleyball, I encountered a paper by Bailey et al (2018) published in the open access journal Frontiers in Psychology, titled “The […]
Court behavior beyond the game
When people picture beach volleyball culture, they usually just think about just the game. People don’t seem to have to think about how the ball, or the net, or the […]
Improving 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 are exposed to it in the 4v4 format. These articles […]
Just that way
On a hot Texas summer day for regular pick up beach volleyball, I was asked to fill in on a doubles team by someone seeking a break. My soon to […]
“Call me off”
I hear a number of common phrases during volleyball play which I discourage athletes from using. This is why. “Call me off” This phrase is most commonly uttered when a […]
T-shirt: Gluten is OK (mostly)
Testing out Teespring. New shirt design: Gluten is mostly OK.
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