Find sites with the Volleyball Voices Search Engine
Volleyball Voices is the doorway to the Volleyball web. Our search engine focuses on volleyball web sites. Can't find what you are looking for? Just use the search box to find what you need on the volleyball web.
As a service to Volleyball Voices readers, we will provide verbatim texts of selected press releases issued by volleyball-related organizations, federations, schools and universities, businesses and sponsors.
These press releases will appear as sent to Volleyball Voices and are not edited for spelling, grammar or punctuation.
Blog Directory www.free-seo.jp free SEO guide & Free SEO techniques about various Search Engine Optimization resources available around us on the internet. Submit your url, Add reciprocal link exchange directory.
HARRISONBURG, Va., June 18, 2012 – Incoming James Madisonvolleyball freshman MacKenzie Kleespies (Lincoln University, Pa./Avon Grove) was named a First Team Dandy Lion selection by PrepVolleyball.com. The list is part of PrepVolleyball.com’s Defensive Dandies series and recognizes players who were all-around players in high school or club, but project as back row specialists at the next level.
The website honored five teams of 12 players each with a number of other players receiving honorable mention. The players were nominated by their high school or club with the only restriction being that the players must generally be considered one of the 10-best defensive players in her state regardless of class year or school classification.
“We are very proud of MacKenzie for being one of the top 12 players in the country named a First Team Dandy Lion for her efforts throughout her senior year,” Head Volleyball CoachLauren Steinbrecher said. “She has put in the hard work on the court to be a superb six-rotation player. We are really looking forward to having Mac and our 2012 commitments join the JMU family in August!”
Kleespies is a four-time First Team All-State selection at Avon Grove High School and led her team with 738 kills and 564 digs in 110 games in 2011. She adds this recognition to her PrepVolleyball.comAll-America Special Mention accolade from March. She also collected AAU All-America honors and All-Tournament recognitions at the USA Volleyball Girls National tournament.
Kleespies and six other freshmen join the roster in 2012 and look to help JMU build on a 42-19 record over the past two seasons.
Eastside VBC 2012 Tournament Series - Eastside Moves To Iowa Region
After 16 years as a member of the Great Lakes Region, our club made a business decision this year to move to the Iowa Region. We are therefore sanctioning our tournament series through the Iowa Region, but I promise our events will be best in class as they have been for the last 16 years.
Please find below our event schedule for the 2012 season.
We hope you will be able to fit some of our dates into your schedule. The Iowa Region Tournament Site is utilized to manage the registrations, so you are confirmed in our tournament automatically.
There is a cost of $15 per team for the service so note we have reduced our tournament fee to $285 for the USAV Sanctioned events, so essentially you are still paying $300 for our two day events, as in the past.
The Registration for the tournaments open up on December 4 for teams to register for tournaments. Please check the Eastside Tournament Site for directions for entering the USAV Sanctioned Tournaments.
Finally, along with Illini Elite VBC and Primetime VBC we will be co-hosting the Central AAU Super Regional .
We hope to make this Super Regional one of the biggest and most spectacular AAU Event in the Midwest. We will be using venues in Peoria, Bloomington, and Champaign, IL. for the event.
For each team winning a division with 10 or more teams, their entry fee will be waived for the AAU Girls National Tournament that will be once again held in Orlando, FL in June of 2012.
For the AAU event, all players and coaches must be AAU Members. Membership for the AAU can be made at www.aausports.org.
To register for the tournament, please send rosters and entry fee to Eastside VBC; 1621 Highview Road; East Peoria, IL. 61611. If you have questions, please do not hesitate contacting me. Good luck and I look forward to our paths crossing this upcoming season!!
Eastside Volleyball Club Summer & Fall Events 2011
The Eastside Volleyball Club is pleased to announce its Summer & Fall Programming with the following Camps, Clinics, & Tournaments. We are also please to announce that we will be holding a FREE Junior High School Coaching Clinic on October 29 & 30, Clinicians TBA. The following are the details of the events:
Eastside Volleyball Club Fall Junior High School Coaches Clinic - October 29 & 30 - 12:30 to 3:30 each day - On Court demonstration - Clinicians TBD. Interested coaches should send email to Director@Eastsidevb.com
For further information please email Eastside Volleyball Club at Director@Eastsidevb.com or call (309) 699-8738
Fifth Annual Willamette Volleyball Classic to be Held This Weekend
Corvallis, Ore. – Oregon State University is pleased to announce that it will host the Fifth Annual Willamette Volleyball on May 6-8.
The event will be capped by an exhibition match between Oregon State and Western Washington on Saturday, May 7, at 7:30 p.m. in legendary Gill Coliseum. Admission is free to the event and fans can pick up the 2011 spring poster for autographs post-match.
The junior tournament, which will attract four different age groups (12’s, 14’s, 16’s, and 18’s), will draw 207 teams and over 5,000 coaches, friends, and family members to Corvallis and the Oregon State campus during Mother’s Day Weekend. Thirty courts await the participants across campus, with courts at Gill Coliseum, Truax Indoor Center, Indoor Tennis Pavilion, McAlexander Fieldhouse, Dixon Recreation Center and Langton Hall. Off campus, five courts will host the teams at the Boys and Girls Club and Linus Pauling Middle School.
The public is invited to join in the fun and festivities throughout the weekend. There is no admission charge for entrance into competition venues or to Fan Fest.
On Friday, May 6, the tournament begins with the Queen of the Court competition at 5:00 p.m. A select number of teams will take part in the competition, allowing teams to get extra matches in before pool play begins. Also, pool play will begin for the 12’s age group.
On Saturday, May 7, teams in all age groups will advance through a morning wave of three-team pools to a second round of pools in the afternoon. Pool play begins at 7:30 AM on Saturday. Based on Saturday’s results, teams will advance into brackets on Sunday. Bracket play will begin 8:00 a.m. on Sunday. Complete schedules will be available in the Truax Indoor Center.
The hub of the Willamette Volleyball Classic is Fan Fest, located at the Truax Indoor Center. Throughout the weekend, Fan Fest provides hospitality, entertainment, and an exciting atmosphere for tournament participants and fans alike. A central tournament scoreboard will keep participants up-to-date on each team’s standing in the tournament. Fan Fest will also feature an interactive area for tourney participants as well as for younger fans, including activities ranging from teaching volleyball skills to measuring volleyball proficiencies. Fan Fest will have concessions and booths from tournament sponsors such as ASICS, Wilson, Pepsi, University Hero, Jamba Juice and Domino’s. Fest also includes a free inflatable interactive area for children ages 3-7.
On Mother’s Day, (Sunday, May 8), the Willamette Volleyball Classic will hold a specially catered Mother’s Day Brunch. Available to tournament participants and the public, the brunch will be held from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. in the beautiful second floor Founders Loge of Reser Stadium. The menu features an assortment of buffet style foods and beverages. Tickets are $20.00.
The Eastside Volleyball Club is pleased to announce it will be hosting several USA Volleyball sanctioned events during the upcoming club volleyball season. We would love to host your teams.
The Eastside Volleyball Club Tournament series is a very diverse competition series that offers teams a chance to compete against some of the same teams they will see at the USA Volleyball Qualifier series. Our events can be reported and used for seeding purposes to the USA Volleyball Qualifier series, unlike some of the independent competitions.
Like many other USA Volleyball registered teams, our teams are looking for good competition with aspirations of competing at the USA Volleyball Junior Nationals in Atlanta during the Summer of 2011.
We think our series offer’s the type of competition and format to prepare teams for Qualifiers and National Tournament’s. New for this year we are pleased to assist all HS teams that enter our events with recruiting of their athletes at our tournament series. We are asking all coaches to send their rosters to Gary Lewis, Eastside VBC Recruiting Director at RecruitingDirector@Eastsidevb.com.
Gary, will be working full time on getting collegiate coaches and recruiters the information of teams that will be attending our tournament series. Most of the Eastside VBC events will be featured as multiple day events, and run in a festival format. All teams participating will be guaranteed 4-5 matches for single day events, 6-8 match's for two day events.
USAV Registered Head officials will be provided for all of our match's. Unlike many other venues, we DO NOT charge an admission. This year's schedule will also include a Mini Volleyball league that will be sanctioned USAV.
Our tournaments adhere to 4 team pools, 3 team pools, 3x3 cross pools, and 3x4 cross pools. We DO NOT do 5 team pools unless we do 5 cross pools.
We are also pleased to again offer a VIP incentive programs for teams that send multiple teams o our events. Clubs should contact Club Director Tim Vande Schraaf at Director@Eastsidevb.com to see if they qualify for the discount, as we can only offer to a select number of teams per events.
For further information on the tournament series and entry information please visit our website at www.eastsidevb.com. Please see our tournament series below. We look forward to hearing from you and hosting another year of USAV Volleyball events!!! Date Division Event Name
Site/Location Entry
1/8-9/11G18/17/16/15Eastside-University of IL Winter FestivalUniversity of IL / Champaign, IL.$300
1/22-23/11G18/17/16/15Eastside-River Plex Winter Slam FestivalRiver Plex / Peoria, IL.$300
2/13/11G18Eastside VBC 16’s Shoot-outEast Peoria HS / East Peoria, IL.$175
2/19-20/11G18/17/16/15Eastside-Presidents Day FestivalRiver Plex / Peoria, IL.$300
2/27/11G16Eastside VBC 18’s Shoot-outEast Peoria HS / East Peoria, IL.$175
3/5-6/11G18/17/16/15Eastside-River Plex Spring FlingRiver Plex / Peoria, IL.$300
3/19/20/11G18/17/16/15Eastside-Pre Qualifier Volley FestUniversity of IL / Champaign, IL.$300
Flyer Volleyball Recruit Named All-American At AAU Junior Nationals
FLYER VOLLEYBALL RECRUIT NAMED
ALL-AMERICAN
AT AAU JUNIOR NATIONALS
Megan Campbell, an incoming
freshman
for the University of Dayton volleyball team, was named an 18U
All-American
at last week’s 2010 AAU Junior Nationals in Orlando. Campbell, an
outside hitter from Versailles, Ohio, led her Asics Munciana Samurai
team
to a second-place finish in the 18 Open Division.
"Megan had a great tournament -
a coming-out party on the national stage,” UD volleyball coach Kelly
Sheffield
said. “Most of the top teams in the country were there and she was
as good as anyone. She made a three-hour round trip drive four or
five times a week for the past six months to play with that club team.
She received great coaching and it has really paid off for her.”
“I love seeing a player that is
willing
to do whatever it takes to reach her potential and Megan really improved
her game this year. She's a competitor and it was obvious that when
the competition got tougher, and the moments bigger, she was more
dominant."
A three-sport star in high
school, Campbell
was First Team All-Ohio in volleyball and the District 9 Player of the
year in both volleyball and basketball as a senior for Versailles High
School.
Also at the AAU Junior
Nationals, future
teammate Allyson Morey led her Munciana Ninja’s team to a ninth-place
finish in the AAU 18 Club Division. The Ninja’s went 10-1 at the
tournament, but their lone loss came in the round of bracket play,
placing
them behind the eight quarterfinalists in the tournament.
Last season, Dayton finished
30-4 and
advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament after capturing the
Atlantic 10 Championship at the Frericks Center in a
nationally-televised
broadcast of the championship match. Senior Lindsay Fletemier was
named Third-Team All-American by the AVCA. This fall, UD Arena will be
one of four 2010 NCAA Volleyball Championship Regional Sites.
Girls Playing Club Volleyball listen up, here are...
Five Reasons Why Communication While Playing Volleyball Is Important
Communication on the court during a girls volleyball game is key.
I've always said that refusing to talk on the court is like playing volleyball with a blindfold on. How is anyone going to know "who" is going to do "what" if no one is talking about anything.
I first learned how important "on the court" communication was in college as a Lady Vol while playing for the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. In high school I didn't talk much on the court because I knew I was supposed to get the ball the majority of the time.
Well that didn't work as a freshman in college and all the upperclassmen let me know very quickly that that wasn't how it was going to be. No matter what level you play...players can't read each other's minds nor is there a time during a game to guess whether you are bringing an off-the-court problem on the court, and since volleyball isn't an individual sport keeping things to yourself does not help the team.
It was one of the most important lessons I ever learned in volleyball and I remembered it throughout my entire professional indoor volleyball and beach volleyball career.
Teammates should always talk to each other and direct traffic among themselves. There are many, many situations in which players who talk to each other avoid problems of confusion, indecision and surprise on the court. I learned this lesson from some of the best players and coaches to play the game so now I'm passing this information on to you.
Here are a few situations that may not happen often but happen at least once a match in which communication with teammates can help solve a problem before it happens.
1. Digging the Off the Court, Angle, Down Ball.
When a down ball is being hit from way off either the right side or left side of the court...past the antennas...the only way it can be hit back into the court is at a cross court angle. Since there is no way the down ball attacker can hit the line without hitting the antenna why stay and block or defend the line?
There are two things players can be letting each other know or saying to each other...
a) "Down Ball"
b) but more importantly "Dig Cross Court".
By yelling "Dig Cross court' or " Dig the Angle" the defense should shift a few feet to the right or left depending on where the ball is coming from and quickly defend the part of the court that makes sense that the ball will come to...which is cross court. If you are concentrating on how the play is developing You can learn to call out what is going to happen before it happens.
Many times in club, high school and some in college volleyball when this situation occurs I've seen a defender or two is left defending a part of the volleyball court that the ball will never come to...wasting time, energy and manpower. By talking about what the hitter is doing the whole team knows that it will be useless to have anybody defending down the line and that they all need to shift to dig the cross court ball.
2. As soon as you see that the third hit over is going to be a free ball.
This may seem obvious but consider this example.
Many times a player has to turn their back to play a ball whether they are running off the court or not. Especially if this is the third contact, the minute the player bends their knees with their back turned...You should Yell "free ball" when you know its about to come over. The sooner you do this the sooner your team can transition back into a free ball defense.
But if you wait until the player has already contacted the ball AND its on its way over the net...you have wasted precious time that could have been used to ALREADY be in position so you could run a faster offense and catch the opposing team off guard. Learn to watch the arm position of the attacker...if there arms are below their waist...then they couldn't possibly be attacking the ball so Call the free ball as soon as you can.
3. When You Understand What Play the Other Team is Running.
Telling Secrets are okay in Offense but secrets don't exist on defense.
Call out what play you see developing. A lot of people are quiet in defense and assume that everybody sees the same thing. Remember...people always interpret what they witness or see differently...just ask a cop. Teammates need to be able to "see" or interpret the same thing ..in the same way. Since this doesn't always happen, if you see a play developing Call it out so everyone knows what YOU see developing. If you have 3-4-5 voices all calling the same thing...then everyone knows that everybody else is seeing the same play. This way its easier to see and make adjustments during the pauses in the game-as a team- because no one is guessing about what's on the other person's mind.
4. When the setter is front row.
In my opinion, in high school and club volleyball, too many setters make too many points especially when they are front row and I think for the majority of the time its not because they are crafty its because opposing teams aren't talking about them when they rotate up to the front.
Usually you hear one middle blocker and one setter say "Front row setter" as if it only means something to these two players. But since it's usually the back row defenders that have to dig the setter's tip attack it is really, really effective if five or six voices talk about the fact that she is right front or middle front or wherever she is and then in addition one blocker should say "I got the setter" out loud right at the net so the setter will think twice about tipping because now she knows that everybody on the team is AWARE of where she is on the court. Get into that opposing setter's head by making her/him think twice about attacking anything while she is in the front row.
5. Anticipating When a Hitter Will Tip.
The more you play the more you will be able to watch the movement of an opposing hitter's arm and better identify what and where they are going to hit. A good hitter will disguise their tip by doing the same spike arm movement then slowing down their wrist movement at the very last second to tip.
Always, always call out when you see the tip to your teammates. When I play, since "tip" is such a short word I can say it 6 or 7 times before it hits the ground. I've learned that it takes a second for people to react to what is happening so I repeat the word over and over again so it gets in my teammates minds what is going on.
A very good way of learning to recognize when a player is going to tip is when you are "Peppering" with your partner in warm ups in practice and in games. Make sure to mix up your "attack" in Pepper so that you hit five balls then you tip, then you hit 3 balls then you tip. Mixing up the attack is mimicking what actually happens in a volleyball game. You don't want to get into a comfortable rhythm while doing your pepper. Both partners should challenge each other so neither knows what "attack" is going to come next. So ultimately, the faster you recognize when someone is going to tip...the faster you can communicate this to your teammates.
Nancy Cole, an incoming Rice freshman volleyball player from Pasadena, Texas, was named Most Valuable Player of the USAV Junior Olympic Championship as her club team, AVA18 Performance, won the 18-U National Gold Division in Miami, Fla. AVA18 Performance won each of its 11 matches by 2-0 scores including the championship match when it defeated Santa Barbara 18-Blue 25-20 and 25-18.
Cole, a 6-3 middle blocker from Memorial High School in Pasadena, was a two-time MVP of her high school squad and three-time first team All-District 22-5A. In 2008, Cole registered set a school-record with 37 kills vs. Spring High School.
She joins a Rice volleyball team that finished 23-8 in 2008 and played in the NCAA tournament. The Owls return four starters from last season’s squad.
"After a slow few days because the younger girls played first, Dr. Brad Warrick said he expects to see several older girls come to his table with broken bones and torn anterior cruciate ligaments, injuries that could be career-threatening."
"The career-ending injuries are the hardest to discuss with the girls, Warrick said. He expects the number of ACL tears to be in the double digits, and for girls who still haven't decided what college they're signing with in their senior year of high school, those injuries could hinder academic futures."
This year's USA Volleyball Junior Olympic Championships held in the Miami Convention Center hosts 788 teams and as Kristy Cox told Miami Herald.com journalist Evan Drexler:
''We're talking about 30,000 people that are going to walk through these doors eventually,'' Cox said. ``We have to have cities that can handle us.''
Additional facts and figures:
There are three divisions of seven age groups each ranging from 12 to 18 year olds
More than 8000 girls volleyball players in attendance
Teams from all 50 states represented
Next year participating teams expected to top 800
Apparently there's less pressure for the 12 and under club volleyball teams and players who still know how to have fun on the court, while the 16s and over tend to have more things on their minds.
''The older girls are thinking about boys,'' Nguyen said.
volleyball quote D.T. Nguyen 12s coach AZ Sky 12N Black Aces, Miami Herald.com
$15,000, You, Olympian Misty May and Four Reasons Why You Should Go To This Tea Party
Okay, it's actually a video competition...about tea. And since I have a passion for volleyball video the fact that two-time beach volleyball Olympian Misty May Treanor is promoting this nationwide video competition about tea prompted me to tell you guys about it.
First reason to enter:
If you win the grand prize, you get a $15,000 scholarship to help pay for your school education
Now I'm planning several volleyball video competitions on VOVIDVO for the upcoming volleyball season and even I have to admit - $15,000 for the first place winner is an awesome incentive to explain in a video -- the most unique and creative way that you can think of to drink tea. The tea you talk about can be black, green or that oolong tea that I like to add honey to.
Second reason to enter:
Similar to Volleyball Voices, Misty May Treanor and the Tea Council of America are encouraging you to use your creative juices, the left side of the brain (is that right? I can't remember) anyway the artistic side to create a homemade video---that explains at least one of the health related benefits associated with drinking tea. Come on outside hitters...I know you don't JUST drink coffee.
Third reason to enter:
The deadline entry date has been extended to August 2, 2009. That's a Sunday, so while you are doing your offseason sprinting and weightlifting you can also be concepting, visualizing and developing a video script on just what you're gonna say...in two minutes or less, about tea. (Seriously, I get my best creative ideas when I'm working out. Just carry pencil and paper with you so you have some place to write those ideas down!)
Fourth reason to enter:
Because a) there's no entry fee b) if you are 16 years or older you can enter c) since everybody knows where Youtube is all you have to do is upload your video entry there and d) from what I can tell...the competition rules are easy to follow.
Here they are in that official competition language:
Entrants must create an original Internet video that is one (1) to two (2) minutes in length and may not exceed two (2) minutes, must focus on a unique and creative way to drink tea, must include at least one clearly stated message regarding Tea’s health-related benefits, specifically black, green, white and oolong tea (with no specific commercial brand mentions), and may not contain any indecent or obscene material, sexual content, inappropriate language, unsuitable behavior or adult material.
Entrants must upload their video entries via YouTube.com and submit the HTML code provided by YouTube.com upon upload completion.
Okay so in case you need some more information about this opportunity here's two-time Olympian Misty May Treanor to explain more about the Calm-A-Sutra of Tea nationwide scholarship competition. You know the drill, just click PLAY.
Want to do a little homework? Find out more about the tea competition and what the 2008 winners submitted by going to the official Calm-A-Sutra of Tea web site. If you want to brush up on your facts about tea, may I suggest visiting the Tea Council of America web site.
Everybody writes books for coaches. But here is the volleyball tips self-coaching e-book written just for your daughter, the youngfemale high school or collegiate volleyball player..
BUY Your Copy Now!
(Sponsored links)
Now you can shop, compare prices and find coupons for
