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| Issue 174 (08/08/2003) - Circulation: 2800 - Regular Items: Letters to the Editor / Tournaments / International News / Photos of Interest / On-Line Calendar. |
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| LETTERS TO THE EDITOR |
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Southampton Volleyball Required
Hi! I am going to spend three weeks in UK, near Southampton and I was wondering
if you could help me finding a place where I could play volleyball (indoor |
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Club Required
Hello, my name is Tomasz Swierczek, I am from Poland and now I am on course for volleyball instructors which will finish in September. Don't hesitate to write, my e-mail address: tomaszswierczek@interia.pl |
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Evolution Beach Fours Sunday 31st August The fourth in this years series of Exmouth beach events will be taking place on Sunday the 31st of August. Places are limited to just 48 teams, cost £12 pounds per team, more details and entry forms from Mike Halse mike.halse@qnetsolutions.biz |
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Whitefield 2003 Photos |
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Pictures at:
http://www.mcgugan.co.uk/volleyball
There are quite a lot of them and I am testing a new HTML page generator so if you don't have ADSL or CAble it will take a little while to download the page. Jon McGugan jon@mcgugan.co.uk
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SWATCH-FIVB World Tour |
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Klagenfurt, Austria, August 3, 2003 - Brazil's Benjamin Insfran and Marcio Henrique Araujo claimed their second title of the 2003 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour on Sunday with a straight-sets victory over Americans Stein Metzger and Kevin Wong in the final of A1 Klagenfurt Grand Slam.
In front of a capacity center-court crowd in the Austrian lakeside resort, Benjamin and Araujo secured the gold with a 22-20, 21-17 victory, adding to the title they won at the Gstaad Open in Switzerland in June. The bronze medal went to Swiss pair Patrick Heuscher and Stefan Kobel, who fought back from a set down to defeat Olympic champion Dain Blanton and Jeff Nygaard of America 19-21, 21-19, 15-8. more German Spanish French Pic: |
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WORLD YOUTH GAMES 2003 |
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GB Students triumph in Sweden As part of their ongoing preparation for the World University Games (Daegu, Korea 21-31 August 2003) the GB Women's Student team traveled to Sweden 26 - 29 July, where they dominated the Elite Division club team Kolbacks in a 3 match series. GB strolled the first match (Sunday 27th ) in front of an expectant home crowd 3-0 (25-13, 25-19, 25-16) and followed this with solid 3-1 (25-20, 20-25, 28-26, 25 -23) and 2-1 (21-25, 25-22, 15-13) wins on the Monday and Tuesday. Loughborough's Rachel Laybourne, GB captain, who is joining Kolbacks immediately after the WUG, played a superb series and even before their season began has established herself as a future star attraction in the Kolback firmament. Despite a back injury sustained in Sunday's game by starting swing hitter Rachel Bragg (sidelining her for the remainder of the tour), Coach Handford asked his team for back to back wins leading into the second match. Following a heavy morning training session the tired GB Women demonstrated their determination, dominating the opening set of the second match 25 - 20. Going into the second set and with the firm orders to keep serving with maximum pressure producing too many errors, the Swedes got their first smell of success; 7 serving errors and 5 reception errors - the worst set of the tour - saw them draw level with a 25 - 20 win. Unleashing his bench players - Elaine Kawczyk, Lianè Herbert and Shauna Mullin towards the end of the second set coach Handford set the tone for a dog fight of a third set. The spirit of the squad was examined - saving 5 set points against an improving Swedish offense; setter Krawczyk kept on finding a side out solution and a superb roof block from middle Herbert clinched the set. The same sextet lead the 4th set throughout and edged it 25-23 (how many sets and matches are won by this slimmest of margins?) The third and final match on Tuesday was a close affair; captain Laybourne started as a swing hitter, rather than opposite, with Mullin getting an extended run opposite the setter. It was lost 25 -21. Handford's decision to have faith in this experimental lineup brought GB the second set 25 - 22 The third was won 15 - 13 on the back of a run of 4 unreturnable serves and some great defence from Helen Brown, coming off the bench to prove her value to the team. Coach Handford commented: 'A good step up from our performance at Whitefield tournament (19-20 July). It's good to travel to mainland Europe and win at this level. Lisa Mullarkey enhances the level of performance and experience of the team and Shauna Mullin and Elaine Krawczyk add balance. The team is determined to give its best performances when it matters, in Korea, and our last series of preparation matches in Belgium (8-10 August) will challenge the players at a level beyond this Swedish experience. It was unfortunate that Nichola Osborne and Rachel Bragg were injured early in the tour - it robbed us of a chance of seeing them playing different roles in the team. If we can keep up this rate of improvement for the remainder of our preparation time we will surprise some teams in Korea' Team: Rachel Bragg, Helen Brown, Liane Herbert, Rachel Laybourne, Chantel Mortimer, Sarah Palmer, Katie Virr, Lucy Wicks (all Loughborough), Elaine Krawczyk (Strathclyde), Lisa Mullarkey (Kings College London), Shauna Mullin (Heriot-Watt), Nicola Osborne (Oxford) Coach Craig Handford, Manager Michael McKeever Michael McKeever michael.mckeever@ntlworld.com |
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Team Priory from Weston Super Mare, at this years Exmouth Junior Open Beach tournament. |
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| SWATCH-FIVB World Tour |
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Osaka, Japan, August 6, 2003 – Brazil's Adriana Brandao Behar and Shelda Kelly Bruno will aim to extend their remarkable winning record on Osaka's sand this week when they line-up at the Japan Open, the seventh leg of the 2003 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour and the first of three back-to-back on the Asian continent. |
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Do it Yourself Beach Set Hi All, I'm a newbie to volleyball and am finding it a fun sport to play. It has also sparked my interest in building my own portable setup. Instead of buying a grass vball set, has anyone built their own poles to hookup the nets? Any information/instructions/diagrams/specs&parts and measurements on how to build one yourself would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Beano verook@hotmail.com 1) With the boundary rope, I've considered using a trick to allow both 9 x 18 metres and 8 x 16 court dimensions. At each corner you
usually leave a little loop for the spike to hook onto. A knot is then tied to form the corner. I think you will find that you need to remove 2 meters from the long sides of
the rectangle, and taking only 1/2 a meter on each end still leaves you with a
17 meter long court while you want it to be 16 meters. You need to mark the long sides of the rope 1 meter away from the end loops and
tie that spot with .5 meter spot on the endlines to make it work. I've known several people who used 3-4 inch diameter pvc piping for poles.
You can also put a screw joint in the middle if you don't have trouble transporting the poles. You don't have to drive or screw anything into the
ground either, besides the stakes for the tension lines on the sides. The ones I've played on used 3" pvc with 3 tension lines on each side, and it
resulted in an almost perfect net. Hi, For the poles we use old "stakes" (I don't know the word in English sorry) from surfboards. They are carbon fiber so very strong and light. Beachvolleybal beachvolleybal@home.nl |
| Indicating attack or block... Hi, I just couldn't find a definition for how teammates indicate where they will block or set the ball for attacking in beach volleyball. So what is all this "showing numbers with your fingers" behind your back so that your enemy can't see about? I've seen them showing 1,2,3 or whatever to their mates. Is there a common rule for this? Reinhard Brandstädter r.brandstaedter@gmx.at These vary by player--ask your partner and agree: fist: either means "I'm blocking ball, you read!" or "I'm not blocking this chump." open palm: either means "I'm not blocking this chump" or "I'm blocking ball, you read." Attacking-- hand signals aren't used in beach 2's (I've never seen it anyway). There's no point really--no running quick attacks or shoots, because there's no mystery as to who's gonna attack, and if the setter decides to attack the ball, no hand signal makes any difference to the attacker. Talk with your partner and see what kind of set they like whether it's always 10' from you and a certain height, or if they want the ball at a certain place on the net regardless of where you set it. What set an attacker wants can be barked out verbally right after the pass. If the play is wacky or from a dig, or everyone's off the net, you'll hear the pros call "up and down" -- telling their setter, "Just put it up where you're standing, I can't get to the net, and I'm gonna hit if from back here without a huge run. " Best Regards, Todd Haverkos tdh@vbref.org
It's also important to note that the 1/2 fingers signal can be used to
indicate coverage, not just blocking tactics. Against players who do
not have great vision, it is a good idea for the blocker occasionally
to run back off the net at the last moment and cover tips/dinks rather
than block. In this instance, the finger signal indicates which way
the blocker will run.
Occasionally they use a verbal such as "inside" or "middle" or "outside"
depending on where the setter is and where the bump came from. I saw a
play in the Arizona match where the spike probably should have call
"outside" since he bumped it from near the side line. |
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Weymouth Beach Volleyball Classic The Weymouth Beach Volleyball Classic bounced back from its wettest day ever in its 21-year history on Saturday to two spectacularly successful finals watched by over 1000 people on Sunday afternoon. 82 teams took part over the weekend, with play starting with a qualifying competition on Friday afternoon. As well as all the top British sides teams came from Germany, France, Switzerland, Spain and Australia to compete. Despite the appalling conditions throughout Saturday play continued non-stop on the 10 courts, which was a huge testament to the players. Some of the volleyball seen on the Centre Court by the dedicated crowd was of a tremendously high standard. The wet sand made it a day for the big hitters who were able to higher than usual and they took full advantage. One of the best results of Saturday was the excellent 9th place finish by local boys Gavin Sandrey and Justin Setterfield. They played two matches on Centre Court and did not look out of place compared with any of the top seeds. This was the highest place finish by a Weymouth side for 10 years. Sunday saw the good weather return and the play just got even better. The women's final saw a Classic encounter between the youngest finalist ever 17year olds Kerri Olding and Lucy Boulton from the West Midlands and the very experienced pair of Denise Austin and Melissa Coutts from Croyde. It was the experienced pair who came out on top winning 15-9,15-8. The men's final saw the first German side to reach the final Stefan Rautert and Albrecht Glitz played Clayton Lucas and Jody Gooding from Gloucester. This was a much closer affair but eventually the English pair came through winning 15-11, 16-14. Clayton Lucas picked up the award for Most Valuable Men's player and Lucy Boulton won the women's award. There seemed little top doubt that Weymouth had maintained its reputation as the number 1 spot for Beach Volleyball in the UK. Overall Tournament Directors Graeme Sawyer and Pete Bennett were delighted with the success of the event despite Saturday's weather and are already beginning to plan for 2004 event Graem Sawyer graemesawyer@yahoo.com |
| Bahrain lift beach volleyball crown BAHRAIN 'B' regained the 12th Arab Beach Volleyball Championship beating Oman 21-12, 21-17 in the final last night in Amman. The Oman team consisted of Yaqoob Al Meqbali and Bader Saeed. Bahraini 'B' team of Osama Isa and Qader Abdulla beat compatriots Bahrain 'A' team of Hassan Ali and Younes Abdulla 21-17, 21-16 in the semi-finals while Oman got past hosts Jordan 21-17, 21-13 in the other semi-final. Bahrain 'B' earlier finished second in Group 'D' behind Oman and made it to the semi-finals with a 21-16, 21-19 win over Group 'C' runners-up Kuwait. It was the first defeat for Bahrain 'A' who had won all their previous matches in Group 'A' before beating Group 'B' runners-up Syria 21-16, 21-19 in the quarter-finals. In the consolation match, Bahrain 'A' defeated Jordan 21-14, 21-9 to finish third. The final was attended by the Jordan Olympic Committee general secretary Abdulghani Tabalat who also presented the prizes to the winners. http://www.gulf-daily-news.com |
| RULES OF THE GAME |
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- from the FIVB
SPECIAL CASES
A Japanese back row player pursued the ball to play it back to the Japanese side of the net. The line judge
signaled the ball "out" and the first referee whistled with the decision being in favor of
the Italian attacker. The line judge should have given no signal while the ball was still in play. Ruling 11.1.2 More examples in the next issue.... |
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| 31 | Aug | 03 | EVOLUTION BEACH FOURS, EXMOUTH |
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