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Cheers - Dave Reece Dave.Reece@ndirect.co.uk

Hi Dave, Having read the comments about the coaching courses I thought it might be worth asking about a level 2 coaching course I hope to run at the beginning of next year. Is there anyone interested? It will be in the East Midlands, probably in Lincolnshire. I have 5 people interested but would need another 5 to make it viable.

Thanks

Janet Inman InmanLN1@aol.com
Lincolnshire Volleyball Association Development Officer.

YES, I am Interested Click Here to request details 

Hello Dave, I'm a new resident in London. I'm searching desperately for a volley-ball club in the south of London. I would be grateful if you could help me.
 
Cheers,
Wilson wilson77@caramail.com

Terri Danisevich terri.danisevich@neslab.co.uk

Hi Dave, your comment on having several requests for courses in England, should be given one main contact which is to ring or write to Hayley at the EVA offices ( 0115 981 6324) where she is in charge of all courses in England and will know of courses planned or have the Regional Coaching Sec relevant to the applicant. Courses and candidates are not always in sync but we always do our best to oblige. Volleyball needs all aspiring coaches.

Neville Lewis nevillelewis@wr97pe.freeserve.co.uk

Hi Dave, Manchester Metropolitan University (Alsager Campus) have organised a Volleyball Level 1 course for Sat & Sun 27 & 28 October 9.00 - 6.00pm. The level 2 will be held on 10, 11 & 12 Feb 2002.

If you have any interested parties please do contact me V.Parkinson@mmu.ac.uk

Veronica Parkinson V.Parkinson@mmu.ac.uk

Indoor Beach Training

Dear All, Just to let you know Mo and I will be running an open beach training day at Heyford on Saturday 10th Nov. We will be running four sessions two male and two female during the day. The times approx. will be 9-11.30, 1130-2. 2-4, 4-6. Depending on who is available to come and traveling distances, I will schedule the male/female sessions accordingly.

The cost for the day will be nominal to cover court and petrol expenses depending on numbers approx. £3-5 per person. You should bring your own food and drink. & Warm clothes. Please let me know if you are attending, if you have not been before then please phone to me to clarify anything. (01271 890676)

New people are always welcome. Let me know as soon as possible, so I can finalise times and send you confirmation etc. If you need to stay overnight (if you are using public transport) then please contact me as arrangements can be made but I would prefer for most people to arrive and leave on the Saturday.

Regards
Denise Austin austin@seabirdsbandb.freeserve.co.uk

The NIVA leagues start next month for women and this weekend for men. The leagues run until January when the teams will split into a top
four first division and a second division with expansion teams from the juniors joining in a last year.

Paddy Murphy PADYMURPHY@aol.com

1st "coaching" / 2nd "swva" / 3rd "competitions" / 4th "injuries" / 5th "dublin".

If you are organising an events or are running a coaching or refereeing course, make sure your event is well publicised. If your forthcoming event was not listed in our search statistics, you may be lacking Brand Awareness?

What was amazing was the fact that all the small villages, some only a couple of tea-houses and domestic dwellings in size, all had a volleyball court. They were usually made up of flattened earth with the lines gouged out of the ground. The posts were tree trunks which also served, in some cases, as places to tie a yak to. The nets were also something to behold as were the balls.

On day 12 of the trip we camped at a village called Yanphudin which was 6200 feet above sea level. This was a chance for us to play against the Sherpas and the porters. 

 Large bamboo screens had been erected in years gone by to stop the ball disappearing. When we were getting tired I shouted for the ball and hit it as hard as I could over the top of the bamboo so we could all have a rest. 

One of the locals would go for the ball and we would have a break a lot longer than a time-out. The highlight was when a yak wandered on the court and stopped play for 5 minutes.

Day 15 we reached Tirenge and the Shree Kalika School, the object of our trek. This was a bit lower at 4500 feet. We quickly dug the foundations, much to the amusement of the locals, and were welcomed formally by the village elder and the headmaster of the school. James Treweek and Myself, Gary Armitage, asked where they would like the volleyball net set up, they pointed to a millet paddy (terrace) which was full of rocks and really hard and bumpy. 

After presenting the equipment we then had a game against the school team. Although they were very small in stature they managed to make the Shawbury team look very small indeed. 

In one rotation I was at the net with a young lad who did not come up to my chest. Although I am 6ft 2 and cannot jump as high as I used to, this young lad was able to jump up and spike the ball over the top of my hands and it would hit the ground about 5 feet behind me. A very humbling experience. 

What did I learn about volleyball from this trip. We are quite well mollycoddled in this country, the right kit, nets, balls, designer trainers, moaning at referees etc. Out there they have none of the luxuries that we have. Some of the kids walk for an hour and a half just to get to school. 

Gary Armitage gazzaloo@hotmail.com
Secretary RAF Volleyball Association.

24th - 26th May Weymouth Sands Grand Prix TBC

31st May - 2nd June Boscombe Pier Grand Prix + Junior Friday Qualifier

8th - 9th June Telford Junior Nationals

15th - 16th June Sandbanks, Poole Includes 4s +Junior Event

22nd - 23rd June Croyde Beach King and Queen + Junior Gold Coast 2001 Festival

5th-7th July Bournemouth Pier Grand Prix + Junior Friday Qualifier

13th - 14th July Weston

27th - 28th July 2001 Weymouth Sands Weymouth Classic Friday Qualifier

3rd - 4th August Barry Island Grand Prix

10th - 11th August Cardiff CEV U23

10th - 11th August Walton Walton Beach Classic

16th - 18th August Boscombe Pier Friday Qualifier

Richard Cannon richard@rcannons.co.uk

Free Match Ice Cream

Craigavon Aztecs have landed a new sponsorship, the famous ice cream giant Haagen-Dazs has backed the Armagh club's maiden season in the All Ireland championship. Paul McIlwaine of Aztecs thanked David Lyness of Haagen-Dazs Ireland and said, " This puts us on a new plain in professionally approaching the championship." 

The four figure sum includes new home and away kits for the Craigavon team to wear playing around the island. These are made by Italian designers Panzeri and are of Olympic teams' standard rather than recycled soccer kit! A big bonus for spectators (and players) will be the presence of the ice cream at home and away matches.

But their All Ireland Premier 32 League rivals, Belfast's deal with a major international sportswear company has fallen through. Officials have confirmed that the company, which we will not be giving mention to on the pages of this leading Top sports newsgroup, initially agreed a deal similar to the Ice Cream boys in Craigavon. But apparently the European headquarters refused to back local distributors because they don't supply retail volleyball kit to the UK.

Alternative support has been promised by local agents of Rucanor sports and Shell, so things are not too black for Belfast. 

Paddy Murphy PADYMURPHY@aol.com

What is the proper way of checking some ones Vertical leap?
Rau rauma@mymail.emcyber.com

Hi Rau

I can only tell you how we do it: we measure the difference between player standing still, extending one hand vertically above, and the point he can reach with any steps he likes (we got a self-built device here we are using each year at our big tournament in august, it's a nice side-event there I can tell you). bob fra@bwi.bepr.ethz.ch

When I played in college, we used a Vertec (I think that's what it was called). We stood flat footed on the ground with the hitting arm stretched
as far as we could go up, then jumped with a hitting approach and a second measurement was taken. The difference between the two was the vertical leap for volleyball purposes (40 inches in my case).

Vertical leap for other sports (e.g. basketball) could be measured differently, based on the sport. Some people also measure standing vertical
leap (i.e., without taking an approach). Raheeb raheeb@mindspring.com

This may be of some interest to you then. Go to the High Performance section of the USA Volleyball website. Peruse the physical testing done around the world for Junior National team candidates and Youth National Team candidates. 
http://www.usavolleyball.org/highperf/research.htm / http://www.usavolleyball.org/highperf/99testing.PDF

teron uy nodinx@hotmail.com

Some interesting data from that site: The average vertical jump (blocking) without an approach for high performance boys 19-20 was 26" (touch 8'3" and block 10'5") with 33" for attack jump (attach at 11'). The average block jump for 18 year old high performance girls was 15"(touch 7' 6" and block at 8'9") - a far cry from the numbers that have been posted here. Those gave unrealistically high expectations. Wally Hendricks wally-h@uiuc.edu

Since no one has actually answered the question...
There are two verticals a block reach and a spike reach. The block reach is measured without an approach and the spike reach is with an approach. Obviously the block reach will be a little lower than the spike reach. Giving "reach" numbers is better than the vertical because it eliminates the guess work. Someone says they are 5'10 with a 30 inch vertical - I still have to guess about how high they can reach. If you tell me you have a 9'1" spike reach, I can compare that to anyone else's.

You can just use a piece of chalk on a wall, telephone pole, etc, like you mentioned as long as you do not change the way you are holding the
chalk when you jump. You should get within an inch or so anyway.

20 inches is pretty good for women around college age. Above 30 inches is good for men. My old Guinness World Records book listed Dominque
Wilkins as having the biggest for men at 48 inches but I have heard someone is at 54" now.

Once again if you want to impress a coach your touch height is more important.
Pat pat_branch@yahoo.com

Thirty-two teams from fourteen countries have arrived at Iracema Beach, Fortaleza for the last event of the 2002 FIVB World Tour, which kicks off on Tuesday 30 October and finishes on Sunday 4 November. It will be the seventeenth World Tour event for Brazil and the sixth for Fortaleza as the host city. The city hosted the men's World Tour four times from 1994 to 1997, and the women's World Tour for the first time last year.

The event, as always in Brazil, is expected to attract huge crowd and a carnivalè atmosphere. World Champions Shelda and Adriana Behar are expected to be the stars of Fortaleza and are looking forward to finishing their phenomenal season in front of a home crowd.

Going into the event with 3,642 points, 942 points clear of the second placed team, compatriots Sandra Pires and Tatiana Minello, Shelda/Behar are in the unassailable position of having already topped the 2001 World Tour rankings - for the fifth consecutive season. With six tournament victories for the season, including their second consecutive World Championship title won in Klagenfurt, Austria, on 5 August, the 'dynamic duo', as the media has dubbed them, have bettered their performance of last season when they won four events and the Olympic silver medal. 

Another highlight of the event will be FIVB Beach Volleyballer of the Decade and Atlanta 1996 Olympic gold medallist, Jacqueline Silva, teaming up for the first time with Brazilian volleyball sensation, Ana Margarida Alvares "Ida". Having left the national team, Ida is attempting to make the transition from indoor to the sand, and couldn't find a better partner and mentor than crowd favorite Silva. The 36 year-old veteran of the national team has only played in one World Tour event, in Melbourne, Australia in 1997, where she finished seventeenth.

Brazil is also be represented by (not including possible qualifying round qualifiers), Goodwill Games gold medallists, Sandra Pires/Tatiana Minello, Adriana Bento/Cláudia, and Shaylin/Maria Clara. The USA is represented by three teams McPeak/Walsh, Fontana/Youngs and Masakayan/Denecochea, with Austria, Canada, Mexico and Italy each represented by two teams. Bulgaria, Cuba, England, Greece, Hungary, Holland, Norway and Portugal each registered just one team. 

The Main Draw, starting Thursday 1 November, will also include eight other pairs that have qualified through the Qualifying tournament.

The World Council also confirmed that more international professional referees would be used on the 2002 World Tour to improve the quality and consistency of refereeing.

I was just wondering if anyone out there could tell me how to soften a volleyball. The one complaint that I always hear when someone brings a new
volleyball to play with is that it is "TOO hard"; "It hurts the arms". The other day, I went out and bought a new volleyball for the Senior Men's team. It is the official volleyball so, it's going to be the one that'll be in all of the tournaments.

When I got this ball aired up, it seemed a little hard and we have our first practice tomorrow night, Soooooo....I wanted to see if there was anyway of softening it a little before taking it to practice (besides letting air out). I have been "rubbing" it around the seams hoping that would help a little.

Any help would be greatly appreciated...
Thanks

Doug Paul tyree@nbnet.nb.ca

Easy!

1) Under inflate (just enough to hold shape)

2) Throw in the clothes dryer for about 20 minutes (no heat)

3) Bring up to proper pressure.

4) Play volleyball

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Some of the more interesting volleyball rules from the FIVB Casebook. Did you know that......

4.2 In an attempt to play the first ball in the back row, Papi, the Italian spiker, hit the ball with one hand with the palm of the hand up. The first referee allowed the play to continue. Was this the proper response of the first referee?

The first referee was correct. The ball contact must be judged by the quality of the ball contact whether or not the ball was caught or thrown. Referees must not be too hasty in whistling this play unless the referee can visibly see that the ball caught or thrown by Papi. Rule 10.2.1, 10.2.2, 10.2.3.3, 10.3.4

4.3 In a women's match between the USA and China, Li from China spiked the ball into a block by Elaina Oden. The ball rebounded back into the Chinese court where Li attempted to play the ball with her forearms. The ball rebounded from one arm to the other arm and then onto her chest during one action and without being caught or thrown. The first referee allowed the play to continue. Is this correct?

The first referee was correct. This was the first team hit of a ball being received from the opponent. Therefore, successive contacts are legal since they occurred during one playing action of the Chinese player and she did not catch or throw the ball. There are a number of "first hit" cases in which successive contacts are allowed. Among these are:

1. Reception of the serve. / 2. Reception of an attack hit. This can be either a soft or a hard attack. / 3. Reception of a ball blocked by one's own
team. / 4. Reception of a ball blocked by the opponents. Rule 10.2.3.2

4.5 In a match between Canada and Brazil in the Pan American Games, a Brazilian player received the serve. She passed the ball over the net where the Canadian front row centre player, in a blocking action, "redirected" the ball to the floor of Brazil. Is this legal?

It is legal to block the ball and direct it back to the opponent's court. The first referee must decide upon the legality of the blocker's contact with the ball. The only consideration is whether the ball was legally hit or whether it was "caught and/or thrown". The illegal contact of "catch" is possible to occur in blocking. Rule 10.2.2

4.7 The USA Women were playing Canada. During a rally, a Canadian player chased the ball up into the spectator stands. Just as the player was about to hit the ball, a spectator reached up to catch the ball. The Canadian coach requested a play-over because of the spectator interference. The
referee refused. Was this a correct decision of the first referee?

Yes. The player is allowed to retrieve the ball from the spectator stands or anywhere outside the playing area including the team bench. (Note Rule 11.1.2). On the other hand, while the player has priority for the ball within the playing area, the player has no such priority outside of the playing area. Rules: 10, 10.1.3, 11.1.2

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