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The following Newsletter has been forwarded to you, from the Volleyball Newsletter E-Mail list. The UK's leading on line Volleyball News service, providing up to date volleyball information, direct to newsletter members throughout the UK and Ireland. Articles are collected from a variety of sources and credited appropriately. The Volleyball Newsletter uses advertising sponsorship to support our free and non-profit making service to newsletter members. To advertise your volleyball events or products, direct to players, club and league secretaries throughout the UK & Ireland, then please see our web site for details or contact Dave at Dave.Reece@volleyballnewsletter.com |
| Issue 146 (04/03/2002) - Circulation: 2300 - Regular Items: Letters to the Editor / Tournaments / International News / Photos of Interest / On-Line Calendar. |
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| LETTERS TO THE EDITOR |
| Clubs in Birmingham
Hi David, I am a P.E PGCE student and am interested in playing volleyball for a club,
I used to play for Birmingham university and was wondering if there were any clubs near me, in the
Birmingham area? thanks, Sarah Lloyd |
| Coaching Info Required
Hi, I did my preliminary coaching award back in 1984ish, and have been coaching ever since. I am currently coaching the Royal Navy side. Do you know a site where I can get the latest coaching awards and what they entail as I know they changed to levels 1-4 a while back or so I am led to believe. Many thanks for your time |
| Looking for Matches
I would be grateful if anyone could put me in touch with someone from the Perth
Scottish open committee. We play in Jersey in the Channel Islands are are looking for tournaments. I know about the outdoor games but want to know the standard of play for the indoor " league of honor" . I
don't know what our chances of getting in as we don't play on the mainland. |
| Seeking UK Sponsorship Hi, we are a very good and up coming Volleyball team in Ghana shop is seeking for sponsorship to help build the team. We participate in the division one league in Ghana which we were 6th in last season but hope to do better this season. We are seeking for sponsorship from teams, clubs, individuals and companies which we can also help advertise their products or goods here in Ghana. Our name can also be change to other name if the sponsor want to. Daniel Osei oseikwamed@hotmail.com |
| June Tournaments
Required
Hi,
I'm currently seeking information for tournaments played around June,2002. My
men's team (DCU in Ireland) is looking to play in a weekend competition. We would probably be 2nd or 3rd level Bundesliege standard. If you have any information, for anywhere in Europe, please contact me at your earliest convenience, so that we can prepare for flights, etc. |
| Coach Required
Bournside Volleyball Club located at Bournside Sports centre, Cheltenham, have recently achieved promotion into the GVA division 1 and require a coach to take a series of sessions to boast their play for this higher division and beyond.
Interested? contact M Reeves Chairman, Bournside Volleyball Club
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| VOLLEYBALL EVENTS |
"THE CHAMPAGNE TOURNAMENT" The Ashcombe Tournament is on Sunday 30th June 2002 This outdoor Tournament is held at The Big Field, Brockham, Surrey at Dorking R.F.C.'s home ground. The tournament is for men, women, mixed and junior teams of all standards. The Tournament annually attracts over 100 teams of all levels and is
played on out door grass courts, matches begin at 10 am and play finishes at
about 6.30 pm. Entry Fee is 28 pounds, Under 16 & 19 only 8 pounds. All
finalists win medals or engraved shot glasses. FACILITIES Licensed Bar, hot and cold food and drinks, Bar-B-Q, changing rooms and showers SPORTSET - VOLLEYBALL SUPPLIERS. SATURDAY NIGHT - DISCO Camping overnight on site.
Tournament entry forms are available for download from the Ashcombe Volleyball Club website http://ashcombevc.tripod.com Freda Bussey at sport.bussey@btinternet.com |
Lancing Doubles & Triples Tournament - 1st/2nd
June 2002
Calling all volleyballers!
This
is your invitation to enter the 2002
Lancing Doubles & Triples Tournament,
being run this June Bank Holiday weekend. The Men’s and Women’s Doubles
competitions are being held on Saturday 1 June, and the mixed Triples
competition takes place on Sunday 2 June. [Some of you
will know that Lancing Volleyball Club has this year changed its name to Adur
Volleyball Club. We have retained the old club title for the tournament this
year because many people will not be familiar with the new name. Next year’s
tournament will be titled “Adur Doubles & Triples”] What sort of competition is
it?
An indoor tournament, played on an 8m
x 8m court (compared with 9m x 9m for 6-a-side indoor volleyball). Normal indoor
rules apply with the addition of a NO TIPPING (guiding the ball with the
fingertips over the net) rule, and setting over the net is allowed ONLY if in
line with the body. These extra rules worked well last year. Team entries are allocated into pools
of 4-8 teams (depending on number of entries), with all teams in each pool
playing each other once. Teams are then sorted into upper and lower divisions
for a second set of pool matches. Top teams from each pool then play off in the
finals for division winner. We shall aim to provide at least 6
matches for each team (depending on entry numbers). Matches will be of one set
duration, with rally point scoring. As usual, all teams will share the
officiating for the other matches in their pool. What standard is it suitable
for?
The
tournament is suitable for players of all standards. It is run so that all teams
get a chance to play competitive matches. This is where the “Player
Standard” part of the entry form comes in. Timing
Men’s
Doubles:
Saturday 0915 start
1800 final (approx) Where is it?
Southwick Leisure Centre, Old Barn
Way, Southwick. This is about 3½ miles west of Brighton Pier and ½ mile from
the coast. Directions will be sent out with the tournament programme. Entries
We
hope you will want to enter a team for both the Doubles and Triples tournaments,
though we’ll be glad to accept entries for one tournament only. Remember that
triples teams must have at least one woman player. Entry
fees:
Doubles £17.00/team
Triples £25.50/team
Please make cheques payable to “Lancing Volleyball Club” Entry
submission: Please use the entry form
overleaf. Submit via (i) the post, enclosing the entry fee and a
220mm
x 110mm Stamped Addressed Envelope for
us to send out your programme, or (ii) email to jonners@btinternet.com
and we’ll email your programme. We will only be able to allocate you a place
in the tournament when we have received your entry fee. If
you wish to submit multiple team entries, we will require separate Team
Captain’s details for each team. The closing date for entries will be 26 April
2002. Programmes will be sent out in the third week of May. Surcharge for
payment on the day of the tournament will be £5 pound per team, to cater for the
hassle this causes! Accommodation
For
those that are prepared to brave it, the Leisure Centre usually allows free
camping in its grounds on the Friday and Saturday nights, although local bylaws
prohibit cooking. Tournament Organiser
For
enquiries and entries:
Jon Glenister, 1 South Way, Lewes, BN7 1LX |
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Funding
and Promoting your Club
Does your club need more money? Could you benefit from better publicity and attracting more members? If the answer is yes - read on. Essex Volleyball Association are hosting this workshop which is part of Sport England's Running Sport series. Date Sunday 19th May 2002, 10.30-1.30 at Brentwood Centre. This event will be customised for volleyball clubs. Later in the day will be the Essex County finals and a junior competition. Cost to English Volleyball Association members £12, others £15. For details contact Ken Edwards, 2 Vale End, Galleywood, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 8NZ; tel 01245-474425; ken.edwards@volleyball.co.uk Level 3 Coaching course Plans are well advanced to put on this rare beast through a series of four single day sessions. The hope is to use several venues that will be especially convenient to those living in East, London and South East regions. Dates are still to be confirmed but we hope to hold one in April, one in May and the other two later in the summer. Grant Aid has been applied for to enable us to subsidies travel, so all those attending will have similar costs. As a modular course it is worth considering attending any or all of these as individually. Coaches Commission have ruled that this course can only be open to level 2 coaches, bur remember you could take level 2 at a course soon e.g. Ashcombe in March. Please send any expressions of interest to Ken Edwards, 2 Vale End, Galleywood, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 8NZ; tel 01245-474425; ken.edwards@volleyball.co.uk. Details will be sent to you as they become known. Ken Edwards ken.edwards@volleyball.co.uk |
| Information Required Here are your top five search statistics, used on the web site, during the last two weeks. A total of 41 searches carried out. 1st "volleyball" / 2nd "tournaments" / 3rd "coaching volleyball" / 4th "ladies tournaments" / 5th "Lancing". 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?
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| NEWS ITEMS |
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Ashcombe Volleyball Centre The £1 million Ashcombe Volleyball Centre opens on 3rd January 2002 and bookings are being taken to hire this prestigious centre. The Centre has been built at The Ashcombe School, Dorking, Surrey, turn off junction 9 on the M25, A24 to Dorking and situated opposite Dorking train station. The 2 match court, sprung floor hall has been purpose built for volleyball with everything available for training and matches for any interested volleyball users, and the cost is fantastic value. The hall has been built due to the dogged determination of The Ashcombe School and the Ashcombe Volleyball Club together with support from Surrey County Council, Mole Valley District Council, The Foundation for Sport and the Arts and of course The National Lottery For regular volleyball users the cost is only £12.50 per hour and only £10.00 per hour for junior teams. If you want to book the whole hall at the weekend or during school holidays it's only £120.00 per day. Teams and squads already booked into the centre include Ashcombe Volleyball Club, Sussex Volleyball Club, Chessington Volleyball Club, South East Junior Squads, British University Squads, Surrey Volleyball Association, Berkshire Volleyball Association, English Volleyball Association [ coaching courses and seminars]. If you are interested in booking the venue or joining one of the clubs please contact Freda Bussey at sport.bussey@btinternet.com and more information can be found on the Ashcombe VC website: volleyballashcombe.f2s.com Freda Bussey sport.bussey@btinternet.com |
| Lighter, Larger and Brighter
Wilson Sporting Goods, the world leader in volleyball technology, has reached an agreement with the Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP) that extends its relationship through 2004 with the world's premier beach volleyball tour. Under the agreement, Wilson will continue making the Official AVP Game Ball, which will now be used in both men's and women's competition. Wilson will also have exclusive manufacturing rights for other AVP branded volleyballs. |
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Mature Volleyball Hi Dave,
In a recent local league match my club Newbury Volleyball Club fielded a six with a combined age of 260 years. It made me wonder if there are any competitions or leagues for the over 40's, over 45's and over 50's. And yes, we did win! |
| Helping girls move 'like boys' The best way to prevent serious knee injuries in female athletes may be to teach them to "run, jump and pivot like boys," a new study suggests. Compared to males playing the same sport and position, girls and women playing volleyball are two to eight times more likely to injure their anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), the major stabilizer of the knee. Dr. Letha Griffin of the University of Georgia in Augusta and Dr. Bert Mandelbaum of the Santa Monica Orthopedic and Sports Research Foundation in California tested a special training program in female soccer players and found it cut their rate of ACL tears--commonly referred to as "blown knees"--by 88%. The findings were presented this week at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons' annual meeting in Dallas. The researchers compared knee injuries among 1,041 female soccer players enrolled in the Prevent injury and Enhance Performance (PEP) program to injuries in 1,902 players who did not enroll in the course. All of the athletes played for the Coast Soccer League of Southern California. At the end of the season, the PEP-trained players had only two ACL tears, compared with 32 in the non-trained group, Mandelbaum reported. The PEP program, a comprehensive training system, consists of a special 20-minute warm-up that includes special avoidance techniques, stretching, strengthening, jumping and sports-specific agilities. The program concentrates on "running, jumping and pivoting with knees bent," said Griffin, who is head physician for all sports teams at the University of Georgia. Girls, Griffin said, do move differently than boys. Even the casual observer watching boys and girls play soccer, she added, could spot the differences. "Girls run and pivot in a stiff-legged, upright posture. Boys, on the other hand, have knees bent and play low to the ground." In an interview with Reuters Health, Griffin said that orthopaedic surgeons have offered several different theories to explain the gender differences in ACL injuries. "Anatomy, of course, is a popular explanation," she said. "Others have theorized that hormones may play a role, but anatomy cannot be changed and hormones should not be manipulated," she said. But biomechanics, she added, "can and should be manipulated" to prevent injury. By Peggy Peck http://www.4woman.org |
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Libero - rsv
What's the purpose of it? |
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Not much you can do - rsv I had a guy serve backwards between his legs once. He also had two guys
stand in front of him and then break to reveal him standing there with no |
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World Club Championship A Club World Championship, a project that’s been talked about for two years, will be on the Agenda of the next FIVB Executive Committee meeting which will take place in Lausanne from the 28th of February to the 2nd of March. If the Committee gives the green light to the idea, it will then be presented to the Board of Administration in April and further to the FIVB Congress, which takes place in Buenos Aires in September. The agreement and cooperation of the National Leagues would then be necessary to launch the first tournament, which could feasibly begin in May 2003. Competitions with a height limit Another project, the organisation of a Volleyball competition with height limits for the players, is still in the early stages of discussion.
Dr. Rubén Acosta, FIVB President, opens the debate this year after several requests of this type, in order to allow wider access to the higher levels of the sport of Volleyball. |
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Never be afraid to measure the court! - rsv
I was officiating at the Scottish Universities Cup today, at a venue that's used both by the national team for training and one of our leading club
sides for matches. During the first set of the match between Edinburgh and Glasgow, I called 'illegal back-row attack' against both sides on at least
one occasion. At the end of the first set, the Glasgow captain asked if I could please measure the distance of the attack line from the centre line,
as he was sure that his take-offs in zone one (he was the team's off-side hitter) were from well back in the court. |
| EUROPEAN UPDATE |
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Adopt a Team
To learn more about European events, we have decided to adopt a team, Asterix Kieldrecht from Belgium and follow their progress in this years Women's "Top Team" competition. They are the current holders of the event and are looking to successfully defend it this year.
Having been knock out of this years European "Top Team" event, Asterix are now aiming to win their domestic league and cup competitions to re-qualify for next season's European competitions. The Belgian Federation has determined that the national cup winner will participate in the TOP TEAMS CUP, while the loser will be allowed to play in the European CEV cup.
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| RULES OF THE GAME
- FIVB
5.2 During the Women's World Cup, Kojima, the coach of Japan, signaled for
substitution without indicating the number of substitutions desired. Two substitutes
reported to the second referee to enter the set. The second referee allowed one
substitute and rejected the second as an improper request. Is the second referee
correct? More examples in the next issue.... |
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