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Hi, could someone help me? I saw in my local paper that Southport have a volleyball team.. I think they are called the scorpions. could someone 
verify this and give me some more information. as I haven't played volleyball for 2-3 years due to a reoccurring knee problem but I would like to get back into the game.

yours
Ian Blundell blundelli@hotmail.com

Dear sir or madam, I am teacher of beach volleyball specialist at University of Physical Education of Thessaloniki, Greece. We are looking for another exchange group (European University) . (Youth - European Community-programme). I would like to send me a list of Universities that may be interested about.

Thanks a lot 
George Giatsis tzortze@yahoo.com / ggiatsis@phed.auth.gr
http://www.geocities.com/tzortze

Hi Dave, I was quite interested by the article on Inter Millager team (Leicester Volleyball Club) and their history of tournaments in Europe.
Can you post a link to the Kieldrecht site at http://go.to/kieldrecht

You'll discover not only a great tournament, but also a team that won the European Top Teams Cup last year (and will defend it this year), and where now two British players are active (Simone Lewis and Maria Bertelli). So, be sure to come and visit Kieldrecht when you are in Belgium !

Thanks.
Vriendelijke groeten, 
Jan.Bens@electrabel.com

Thanks and keep up an excellent service.
Mick Warnes mick.warnes@advent-comm.co.uk

Nick jirapornsawat@yahoo.com

TOREXE VOLLEYBALL CLUB

JUNIOR OPEN COACHING EVENT

Be Coached by the Torexe National Division II Squad – then Watch them Play!

 SATURDAY 19 JANUARY 2001 – RIVERSIDE LEISURE CENTRE, EXETER

 A 2 hour coaching session open to all standards to introduce and improve volleyball skills, with the emphasis on giving plenty of ‘hands on ball’. Following the coaching session there is an invitation for all involved to stay and watch the Torexe National Men’s Division 2 side play Egham from 2pm to 5pm. The Torexe side features two England Junior players, Sam Thompson (16) and Mike Melbourne (17).

TIME: 12 – 2pm

COST: £1 per player

AGE: 12 – 18 (as of Aug 31^st 2002)

No previous experience required

Please return the on-line Application Form, to reserve your place(s) on the course. Individuals & groups welcome. Closing date for applications: Wednesday 9^th January 2002. Please bring a packed lunch for after the session if staying on to watch the National Game. Age Groups 12 to 18 / all levels accepted: Beginners - Intermediate - Experienced

Please return the completed form to: Dave Samuels 10 Abbey Road, Mount Pleasant, Exeter, EX4 7BG or by email to Rachel.Swindell@ndirect.co.uk (online payment option available). See the Torexe Web Site for maps and directions etc.

Please include a cheque made payable to Torexe Volleyball Club (money can be paid on the day). Depending upon the number of entries received the organisers reserve the right to select or reject applications – Apply early to avoid disappointment!

Entry Form available on the Volleyball Newsletter.com web site

1st "junior events" / 2nd "england juniors" / 3rd "coaching" / 4th "games" / 5th "cuba".

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Berliner TSC (playing in Black), Under 12 and Under 13 boys' teams visited the South West to play in our first "International" Mini vol competition. Teams from all over the region from Plymouth to Bristol , Wiltshire to Devon descended on Poole for the occasion. 

Over 100 children took part playing for four and a half hours in five divisions on seven courts. 

They go to a specialist sports school and train six times a week for two hours at a time. They are technically superb and also powerful. They played in our competition two years above their age group but it was still very difficult for us to offer them any real competition. 

The prizes were sponsored by Coles Miller solicitors Poole and the tournament was helped with an Awards for All Lotter grant. We hope to run something similar again in the future. 

Sue Pierce from Melksham reported back, "All my kids thoroughly enjoyed themselves and were so excited they screamed all the way home. My ears were hurting when I got home" 

Under 14 boys winners Berlin 
Runners Up Wessex 

Under 14 girls winners Plymouth A 
Runners Up Plymouth B 

Under 13 Boys winners Berlin 
Under 13 girls winners King Alfred 

Under 12 Winners Wessex 5 
runners up Whitefield 

The tournament was opened by the Mayor of Poole / The tournament was run on the day by Trevor Rothwell with help from Judith Rothwell and Julie Fry / The tournament planning was by Lynn Allen and Photographs by Terry Rickets tmrdtpp@yahoo.co.uk / Prizes were given away by Geoff Allen with a vote of thanks from Graeme Pearson.

Ros Sutherland ROSSUTH@aol.com

Check out the Newsletter Web site for more photos (15 full size photos) of this event. Click here for the direct link >>> Newsletter Photos

If exercise feels like a drag, try to synchronise your workouts to suit your body’s natural cycles. Here’s what you should be doing when. 

6am to 9am 
Best for: running, walking, jogging, archery, darts, sailing, windsurfing, rowing, or football.
Joints and muscles are stiffest because body temperature is low. This makes it a good time for doing low- impact sports that require greater endurance. Heart rate and physical arousal are lowest now, so this makes it the optimum time for sports that require a steady hand, such as archery or darts. This is also the best time to work on technique if you are a professional athlete. 

Noon to 2pm 
Best for: moderate low-impact exercise such as walking, yoga and low-impact aerobics.
A short, brisk walk at lunchtime will pep you up and help you feel more alert in the afternoon. It’s not a good idea to do anything too vigorous immediately after eating, though, as this coincides with the post-lunch dip, when your body is busy digesting and assimilating food. This diverts energy away from your muscles. 

3pm to 6pm
Best for: Volleyball, tennis, weight training, or fat-burning aerobic workouts.
This is a great time to exercise, as body temperature goes up and muscle strength and flexibility start to peak. Your airways are most relaxed at about 3pm (when adrenaline production is highest), which makes it easier to breathe. This means you are able to take in more oxygen, which improves lung capacity and helps the heart pump more efficiently. Increased adrenaline means your energy levels and pain tolerance are higher, so you can push yourself without discomfort. 

6pm to 8pm
Best for: swimming, gymnastics, sprinting, yoga, stretching, gym workouts, or aerobic exercise.
Body temperature is at its highest at this time, which makes muscles more flexible. Adrenaline also peaks. This makes it easier to work harder and for longer, which can help you to get fitter more quickly.

Looking for a club training program, Bath Volleyball club have published their weekly 2001-2002 training program and notes on their web site. http://www.bathvolleyball.co.uk/ (via Coaching Notes), all files are in the MS Word or Excel format for easy downloading, however they are not giving away copies of their 2001/02 match plan, it appears that you need to provide some Bath VC ID for that document!

Themes for the season
What we're working on 2001-2002

Games in training (for newcomers) - How we organise ourselves in games in training 
Phases of play - Breaking down the game into four positional phases (reset, defence, trigger, attack/cover) 
Defensive system - Positions for defence (based on EVA Level III course notes) 
Communication - Making positive communication on court 
Trigger positions for middle hitters  - How to get off the net ready for attack 
Attacking - Hitter's footwork Getting the attackers run up right 
Arm swing and follow through - How to develop a consistent and powerful hitting action 
Pressure in volleyball - How teams create and respond to pressure detailed notes 
Pressure and individual players - The basics element that affect how players respond under pressure 
Pressure serving and serve receive - How to serve to create pressure and how to respond to pressure on serve receive 
Pressure hitting and hitting tactics - How to apply pressure with a hit. Choosing the right hit for the quality of the set. Responding to the block. Cheap shots. 
Defensive movement - Relationship between defensive positions and movement styles and team play. 
Switching - How switching works 
Simple match stats - Sheet for collecting basic stats on how points are won/lost (Excel) 
Player stats - Sheet for collecting stats for players on serve, receive and hit (Excel) 

Saul Dobney saul.dobney@dobney.com Bath VC

Volleyball Canada is selling a CD called Interactive Volleyball. Has anyone ever used this product? It claims to have 400 full-video drills, a practice planner, and over 250 coaching tips.

Colin Glass volleyball_coach@email.com

Hi there, I bought a Baden Volleyball 450 C a few months ago. It's a fantastic ball and I find it has good feel. Lately, I've been noticing that some of the (artificial?) leather has been peeling away from the surface. Returning the ball is an option, but I would rather repair the ball myself.

Would anyone have experience with types of glue that would be suitable to adhere the leather casings to the ball? I'm guessing a rubber cement type of compound. Brands, Steps, and Techniques would really be appreciated as I'm thinking that it has to be malleable, yet withstand hard spikes off of metal posts.

Thanks, Sam S. Onite sam@sonite.com

I would suggest keeping the ball as an indoor ball only...moisture is what is making it peel (like keeping it in you car/truck overnight) try a shoe glue that stuff works wonders and should be somewhat elastic...

Jason hallmanJ@nb.sympatico.ca

What about table-tennis bat glue?

John McCabeinfo@easthantsvolleyball.org.uk

Hi all, I just discovered a VB article in our local newspaper here ("Neue Zürcher Zeitung", NZZ) about the (esp. HERE) renowned Ruben Acosta, head of FIVB. The article should be available till 8th of December at: http://archiv.nzz.ch/books/nzzmonat/0/$7RW7F$T.html

For those of you who do NOT speak German:

At a conference with South-American VB-officials in Rio de Janeiro, and on being asked what innovative things he still had in mind for his sport, Acosta said he could imagine to introduce a new class / category for players, shorter players. Not having clear ideas about women's limit, he said the mark in men's VB might be 1.85 m (6 feet 8 inches).

The article goes on making comparisons with other ball sports who had no such things and even other sports who had (fighting sports like
boxing, karate, judo, and rowing). Acosta, concerned: "the selection process in competitive VB takes now -- as virtually its only criterion - the height of a player."

Further Jackie Silva, 1996 winner of the Olympic gold medal in beach VB, is quoted with similar concerns about 12 year olds being sent home from training camps due to their height (or better: lack of :-)) only, and therefor a loss of talents. Since Asia is one of the markets where VB is wide spread, and hence most sponsor-money lies around, this could be a possible road the FIVB might take to boost the market (esp. in Japan).

greeting from Switzerland
Bob fra@bwi.bepr.ethz.ch

In this part of the world, our indoor mixed local leagues are played over a men's height net, with any combination of players. Elsewhere, things get a little more complicated - from rsv.

Q. Is it legal to have the following lineup (rotation of players) in a Co-Rec league? This would be the line-up before the first serve?

Man Man Woman
Woman Man Woman

Thanks for any help.
Malcolm Wyllie mwyllie@lisle.dupage.k12.il.us

It depends on the rules the co-rec league has instituted. I can say that such a lineup would not be allowed under USAV co-rec rules which mandate that the lineup be male-female alternating. It's the only standard out there for co-rec rules, but in my experience, few leagues follow it to the letter. 

Best Regards, Todd Haverkos tdh@vbref.org

We've attempted to run our recreation leagues in Columbus, Ohio, as consistent with USAV Rules as possible. Our major variations are in Mixed leagues. In both leagues, two males may never be next to each other in the rotation.

"Power Mixed" (playing on 7'11 and 5/8" net) is generally played with 3 males and 3 females, alternating positions; a variation of 4 females and 2 males is allowed. "Standard Mixed" (playing on 7'4 and 1/8" net) allows the same options, and the strong teams play 4 females and 2 males. We do not allow a male player to come from the back row to block.

Low net play requires an offensive play by a male to have a slight rise on the hit. If there's a male contact (other than a block) and the ball isn't taken over on the first hit, a female has to touch the ball or a fault is whistled (signal 29). So, our local leagues - as much as we attempt to utilize USAV Rules for consistency - do have some variations from USAV based on recreational level realities. But we do try to be as consistent with USAV as possible to make it easier on the many participants who play USAV men's and women's tournaments! We have all RPS, three non-deciding games, 25-25-21 (it would be 25-25-25) but the head of our Rec. Department's VB leagues recognizes that this makes it difficult to get in 4 to 5 matches in an evening session.

Rick Brown rickmbrown@aol.com

Todd is right if the league uses the USV rules, the lineup would have to be
M W M
W M W

Now some leagues just say that no more than two of the same gender can be on the front line in which case your lineup is fine.
Hopefully this helps.

Todd Haverkos tdh@vbref.org

Men's World Grand Champion - fivb

Cuba wrapped up its triumphant campaign by winning its fifth consecutive match, bulldozing Argentina into submission 3-0 (25-18, 25-17, 26-24) on Sunday.  The win is Cuba's first World Grand Champions Cup title, finishing third in 1997 and 1993, and only its third major men's volleyball title. The NORCECA champion's previous wins were the 1998 World League and 1988 World Cup.

Brazil finished second in the men's volleyball tournament, Yugoslavia third, followed by Korea, Japan and Argentina. The Cubans entered the final match against winless Argentina knowing all they had to do was keep the focus they had shown it their previous five matches and the US$400,000 first prize was theirs. 

But they had obviously determined they wanted to finish the way they had started on Day 1, when they overpowered Olympic and European champion Yugoslavia in straight sets. They needed just 20 minutes to take a 1-0 lead with Cuba's attacking duo, B. Leonel Marshall and Angel Dennis, too powerful to be suffocated by Argentina's leaky defense. Setter Alain Roca again directed the play beautifully, creating space all over the net for the Cuban offence.

It was Dennis, who had dominated throughout the event, who struck the attack to bring up match point, with a Pavel Pimienta block that gave Cuba the tournament. Dennis said, "We trained so hard for the tournament that I'm very happy to win the title. We finished third in the last appearance in the event, so I wanted to have some better results this time. The first victory over Yugoslavia gave us much confidence and that is the reason we could win all the five games."

B. Leonel Marshall, who lined-up with Dennis for the most intimidating offensive duo in the tournament, said the championship meant much to them. "The victories here will help us a lot for next year's world championship." Captain Ihosvany Hernandez said, "I'm glad to win the tournament and we will try our best for the 2004 Olympics."

Brazil lost a five-set marathon to Cuba, 25-21,22-25,20-25,25-20,15-11 on Friday, but proved its strength with a 3-0 pounding of Yugoslavia on Saturday to finish second.

Yugoslavia finished third, but failed to live up to the expectation, suffering from lack of preparation. Most of its players were involved in the Italian professional league with the team only getting together three days prior to this event.

Captain Nikola Grbic said, "I'm disappointed with our performances here. Lots of people expected us to win the tournament and our ambition is the same, but unfortunately we failed to do it." "Usually it takes several months to prepare for a tournament, but we had only three days training together before we came here. We need more time to prepare and to be together for next year's World Championship. I hope we could do better there, at least to get into the finals," he said.

The top three teams created a huge gap to the other three participants, Korea, Argentina and Japan. Asian champion Korea finished fourth with two wins, Japan fifth with one win, with Argentina sixth winless. Bottom of the table Argentina, which finished fourth at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, felt little frustration from their setback. Head coach Carlos Getzelevich said, "Playing good games in the tournament is more important for our young players, and the experiences of playing against world top teams, like Cuba, is very significant for us." 

Final standings: 1 Cuba US$400,000 2 Brazil US$250,000 3 Yugoslavia US$200,000 4 Korea US$150,000 5 Japan US$125,000 6 Argentina US$ 75,000

Best Player awards: Most Valuable Player: Miljkovic Ivan YUG Best Scorer: Miljkovic Ivan YUG Best Attacker: Kim Sang-Woo KOR Best Blocker: Geric Andrija YUG Best Server: Dennis D. Angel CUB Best Digger: Tsumagari Katsutoshi JPN Best Setter: Roca B. Alain CUB Best Receiver: Mijic Vasa YUG

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

4.13 At the Women's World Championships in a match between Japan and the Soviet Union, a Japanese spiker attacked the ball which was set on top of the net. A Soviet blocker contacted the ball at the same time without reaching beyond the net. After the simultaneous contact, the ball landed out of bounds on the Soviet side of the net. The first referee awarded the rally to the Japanese. Was this a correct decision by the first referee?

If the ball does not come to rest during a simultaneous contact by opponents, and the ball lands out of bounds, the fault was made by the team on the side of the net opposite to the position of the landing of the ball. Thus, the first referee was wrong. The Japanese should have been credited with hitting the ball out of bounds and the rally should have been won by the Soviets. Rule 10.1.2.2

4.14 The Chinese blocker Lai Yawen was blocking American attacker Tammy Liley. As Lai was blocking, Liley's spiked ball drove the net into Lai's forearms. The first referee did not signal a touch of the net even though Lai was in the action of playing the ball. Is this correct?

The first referee was correct. If the net is hit into the blocker, there is no fault. If the blocker hits the net during the blocking action, the blocker commits a fault. Rule 12.3.3

4.17 The USA Men were playing Cuba in a crucial match in the Men's World Cup. Cuba was on offense and the US players were preparing to block. Cuba ran three attackers toward the net and the Cuban setter, Diago, set a very deceptive ball to his attacker in position four. The USA block deflected the ball and it was played in the USA back court. At the same time as the Cuban attacker hit the ball from position four, an American blocker hit the net trying to block the Cuban attacker in Cuban position two.

The second referee whistled for the American blocker touching the net while trying to play the ball. Is this the correct response for the second referee?

No, the second referee was not correct. The attack was from Cuban position four and the net violation was in Cuban position two. Since neither the attacker nor the blocker were in any way involved with playing the ball, and the touch of the net did not interfere with play, the touch of the net is a legal action and play should not have been stopped. Rule 12.3.1

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