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EVA Men’s Division Three (North) Match (05/11/2006)

City of Preston v Chester EELS

Match Sponsored by: Aden-Tudor Ltd & Myerscough College
Match Supplied by: Andrew Wildman City of Preston VC.

		City of Preston v Chester EELS
		EVA Men’s Division Three (North) Match (05/11/2006)

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City of Preston v Chester EELS

British Volleyball has made its first staff appointment in the run up to the London 2012 Olympic Games and has announced Wayne Coyle as Programme Manager. UK Sports funding announcement of £4.04m earlier this year has enabled this appointment as well as numerous GB training camps under interim coaches.

Wayne Coyle, currently Head of Sport and Director of Olympic and Paralympic Strategy for Sheffield, has been appointed as Programme Manager to oversee the British programme on its course to Beijing and London. Wayne has a background in Volleyball having been a player, coach and also Team Manager of the England Senior Men’s Team. Wayne’s volleyball event management experience is unrivalled, and includes the World University Games in 1991, several international matches and the English National Cup Finals.

Richard Callicott, British Volleyball President, expressed his delight at Wayne’s appointment. “Having a background in Volleyball and wealth of experience, Wayne is the ideal person to set the foundations for a successful British programme. British Volleyball is also actively working to recruit a team of coaches for the programme.”

Wayne Coyle comments “I am honoured by the appointment in a sport with which I have been very closely involved. The opportunity presented to British Volleyball to compete in the Olympic Games in 2012 is one which must be grasped wholeheartedly and I relish the challenge presented.” Wayne will be starting in his new role early in the New Year, the British Men’s and Women’s programmes will both be based in Sheffield

For further information contact Rebecca Lee 01509 631699 or 07841 524354
Rebecca Lee rlee@eng-volleyball.demon.co.uk

This weeks team of the week is Team Bath (Bath University), they are currently through to the third round of this years EVA KO National Cup competition. On closer inspection, the team boasts an impressive line up of beach players.

Simone Lewis
Simone is the setter in the Women’s National Team who competed in the World Championships Qualifiers in 2005. She is an ex-professional player in the Belgium Top Division.

Amanda ‘Mo’ Glover
Mo is Britain’s most capped beach volleyball player who finished 9th at the Atlanta Olympic Games. She is currently the Women’s National Team (Indoor Volleyball) Strength & Conditioning Coach. Mo had a best rank of 7th on the FIVB World Tour as a professional beach player.

Angela ‘Gadge’ Clarke
Angela competed at the Sydney Olympics in 2000 for Australia, and was ranked 12th in the World Rankings for Beach Volleyball in 2004-5. Angela has a best rank of 3rd on the FIVB world tour.

Vicky Palmer
University of Bath beach volleyball player, Vicky won the inaugural Volleyball England Beach Student Cup competition.

Denise Austin
2006 No 1 Volleyball England Beach Tour Ranked Player, 25th Olympic Rankings for Sydney Olympics, 2000 World Ranking 23rd.

Shauna Mullin
Indoor Scottish National team for 3 years. Played beach volleyball in Cyprus for the World University Beach Champs, then to Korea for an exhibition tournament.

Bath University
Team Bath hosts athletes in volleyball and beach volleyball in a world-class environment as well as offering volleyball as a recreational option. The aim of the volleyball programmes is simply to offer athletes the opportunity to develop their talent to full potential and achieve their goals.
More info from www.teambath.com

Yeovil Volleyball Cub started back in the mid eighties, like so many others, following an evening class teaching the sport. With the beginners keen to continue playing, they formed Bucklers Mead Volleyball Club and set up a weekly volleyball session at the school. The nearest local league is down in Weymouth, thirty miles away, but despite that the club entered a team. The club matured and at one point had three teams playing in the league.

Since then, though, the club has been through a period of decline that at one point saw the club only able to enter a single team in the league and its future was uncertain due to dwindling numbers. However, the committee was refreshed with new members and, following a concerted effort in a publicity drive, the club has grown from strength to strength. The club renamed itself Yeovil Volleyball Club and in the last four years has seen an increase in new members of all levels and has gone back up to two teams.

The standard of those teams has also improved with the club entering a men’s team in the South West regional league for the first time in the 2005/6 season, finishing a respectable 2nd. This season we have also entered the club’s first women’s team into the SW league as well.

With an increasing range of standards as well as players, the club’s single training session was beginning to suffer! So, this year saw the launch of a second, weekly training session dedicated to the team squads. This has allowed the original session to become far more recreational and as a consequence we have seen a lot more beginners join the club, especially juniors.

The club’s progress in the last few years has all been down to the team effort of its members but it’s not stopping there. Aims in the pipeline include more teams linking in with the introduction of a local league in the Yeovil area. To achieve this members of the club are improving links with the local council and schools.

The club looks forward to an exciting future – and some of those founding members are still playing and supporting the club!

For more information on the club visit www.yeovil-vc.org.uk
Jason Brinck pr@yeovil-vc.org.uk

CEV and Global Sports Marketing announce the calendar of the NESTEA European Championship Tour 2007

The early bird catches the worm” an old saying goes. Transferred to the NESTEA European Championship Tour this means. The earlier all partners have planning security, the better the end result will become.” And Europe’s highest-ranking tournament series of Beach Volleyball again has a whole lot of treats in store for the coming season. In the fifth year of the NESTEA European Championship Tour the Continent’s best Beach Volleyball professionals will compete in at least six countries - at least six because there is a possibility of one additional tournament this time.

A freshman on the European tournament calendar is set to kick-off the season: The Tour will begin in mid May (17-20 May 2007) in St. Pölten (Austria) with the Austrian Masters at Lake Ratzersdorf. Afterwards the action will continue on the Rathausmarkt in Hamburg, where the German Masters will take place for the second time from 31 May to 3 June 2007. The next venue is Moscow. The Tour will stop off in the Russian capital from 14-17 June 2007. Following the first half of the pre-Olympic season, the NESTEA European Championship Tour 2007 will continue with the Swiss Masters in Lucerne from 5-8 July 2007 directly on the shores of Lake Lucerne to be followed by the Dutch Masters in The Hague (9-12 August 2007) on the Beach of Scheveningen where the NESTEA European Championship Final 2006 was held.

Valencia, as one of the oldest partner cities of the European Tour, is looking forward to hosting the NESTEA European Championship Final 2007. The highlight of the Tour from 23-26 August 2007 will shortly follow the Sailing America’s Cup and will therefore be in the focus of sport fans and the media worldwide.

Given the promising Tour Calendar for the 2007 Season, the responsible organisers at the European Volleyball Confederation (CEV) in Luxemburg and the Zurich based agency Global Sports Marketing (GSM), who is organising and marketing the NESTEA European Championship Tour, are very pleased. CEV President André Meyer says: „This early announcement of the Tour Calendar underlines the continuity of the NESTEA European Championship Tour on a high quality level – in 2007 our main focus for the development remains in optimising the Tour even further. The schedule was coordinated in close and smooth coordination with the international Volleyball Federation (FIVB). We are very pleased to be able to present top Beach Volleyball to the fans in the European key markets.”

For Global Sports Marketing Managing Director Christian Scholbrock says: „We have now a high level of security in our Tour Planning through long-term agreements with the involved Volleyball Federations, Commercial Partners, Host Cities and Local Organisers. This is valuable for the organisation and marketing process. On the basis of the international and continental tournament dates, the national Beach Volleyball series also have an early basis to plan their events.”

NESTEA European Championship Tour 2007
17-20 May	Austrian Masters / St. Pölten	Austria
31 May-3 June	German Masters / Hamburg	Germany
14-17 June	Russian Masters / Moscow	Russia
5-8 July	Swiss Masters / Lucerne	Switzerland
9-12 August	Dutch Masters / The Hague	Netherlands
23-26 August	NESTEA European Championship Final / Valencia	Spain
13-16 September	Greek Masters / Athens	Greece TCB

More info from www.eurobeachtour.com

[Before anyone gets too confused - USA NCAA RULES ONLY]

In women's NCAA matches, I've started to see substitutions between non-libero players happening without interaction from the down referee, and I'm wondering if this is a new development.

The scenerio is really a double substitution. The libero rotates into the front row, and a middle hitter comes in to sub for her, and at the same time a middle rotates back to serve, and the libero comes in to sub in the back row. Rather than do two separate substitutions, the libero simply rotates back to the serving position, and the two middles run in and out of the back of the court.

Is this the result of the rule change that allows the Libero to serve? Wasn't there a rule before that the libero had to sit out for a point before re-entering? Has that changed?

RSV: david ralley

Yes, you are correct. What you may be seeing is something that I've heard jokingly referred to in officials clinics as the libero labamba.

It is relatively new, starting with the ability of the libero to serve. You're also correct in that it's recorded by the libero tracker as 2 replacements.

> Wasn't there a rule before that the libero had to sit out for a point before re-entering? Has that changed?

Yes, and there still is. The only exception to that rule is when the libero's next action is to serve.

RSV: Todd Haverkos

It is also legal under the Federation experimental "libero may serve" rule. Oregon and at least 9 other states played under the experimental rule for the 2006 high school season.

I'd expect the experimental rule will be made standard HS volleyball next season. There don't seem to have been any serious problems experienced under the experimental rule in the states which used it.

RSV: Bill Shatzer

2006 NCAA Women's Volleyball Rules - P. VR-63:

RULE 12 - The Libero Player
Section 2 - Libero Replacements
Article 2 - Procedure

c. The libero and the player replaced by the libero must enter or leave the court only by the sideline in front of their team bench between the attack line and the end line. A team delay is assessed for improper libero replacement procedures. (Exception: In one rotation, the libero can replace the player in position No. 1 and serve the next rally even if she is already on the court in replacement of another player. In this situation, the libero does not have to exit the court before replacing the player in position No. 1.)

Of course "position No. 1" is the service position (right-back).

RSV: y_p_w

The Indoor and the out door beach versions of the volleyball game are well known, but there are many other lesser known versions of the game out there. The following list is taken from "the free dictionary".

Indoor sand volleyball
This is an even newer variation than beach volleyball. As beach volleyball took volleyball outdoors, indoor sand volleyball takes beach volleyball indoors. In the United States, a growing number of colleges are now considering switching from hard court indoor volleyball to sand court indoor volleyball. The biggest reason for the possible change is the reduced rate of injury of players. Secondary reasons are: 1) bad weather doesn't cancel play, something that commonly happens with beach volleyball; 2) it is thought to make the game more appealing to spectators since sand courts do not require players to wear elbow and knee pads or shoes.

Indoor sand volleyball teams vary from two to six members, college teams having six. Normally, rather than using a purpose-built hall, an indoor basketball court is converted. A protective tarpaulin covers the floor of the basketball court and "soft" sand is laid a foot deep over it. The boundaries are commonly marked off with lines in the sand. However, a recent innovation uses colored lasers that illuminate the lines in the sand.

Sitting volleyball
Sitting volleyball for locomotor-disabled individuals was first introduced in 1956 by the Dutch Sports Committee. International competition began in 1967, but it would be 1978 before the International Sports Organisation for the Disabled (ISOD) sanctioned the sport and sponsored an official international tournament in 1979 at Haarlem, Netherlands.

The game is played on a smaller 10 x 6 meter court and with a 0.8 meter-wide net set to a height of 1.15 meters for men and 1.05 meters for women. When hitting or attacking the ball, the player must have one "buttock" or an extension of the torso still in contact with the floor. Traditionally the sport has been played not only by amputees and people with polio, but people who have orthopedic problems in their knees or ankles. Often able-bodied players are on the club teams. Because of the game's quick pace, the use of your hands to move and play the ball, good balance and a sturdy butt are a necessity. Consequently, it is not the ideal sport for most paraplegics.

Men's sitting volleyball was introduced to the Paralympic Games in 1980 and has grown to be one of the more popular Paralympic sports due to the fast and exciting action. Women's sitting volleyball was added to the program for the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The international governing body for the sport is The World Organisation Volleyball for Disabled (WOVD).

Blind volleyball Also known as 'ghost volleyball, it is another variation that tries to remove height of players as a determining factor in team success is blind volleyball. Ad-hoc blind volleyball is where sheets are draped over the net so one side cannot see the other side. A more formal type of blind volleyball removes the traditional volleyball net and replaces it with a tarp thick enough that shadows cast on it cannot be seen from the other side. Blocks, spikes, and overhand serves are prohibited. Blocks are almost impossible to do since it is difficult to know where the ball is going to come over the net. Spikes and overhand serves are prohibited because it is already very difficult for the receiving team to react to any incoming ball without the increased speed of a ball struck in such a manner. Blind volleyball additionally creates a higher level of suspense for spectators, who, unlike the players, can see what is taking place on both sides.

Another unique feature of blind volleyball is how it can make the back row the row that hits the ball over the net. In regular volleyball, the back row tends to receive the volleyball and then move it to the front row. In blind volleyball, moving the ball to the back row makes it harder for the other team to see where the ball is and by hitting the ball on a flatter trajectory, the back-row players can more easily surprise the receiving team on where the ball will be coming over the net.

Nine-man volleyball
A variation of volleyball utilizing nine players and a slightly larger court originated in Asia in the 1920s when American missionaries introduced the game in China. The variant became popular within the Chinese-American communities in large US and Canadian cities, and continues to grow with a rotating popular tournament called the North American Chinese Invitational Tournament.

Wallyball
Wallyball is played in a racquetball court, which is divided into two halves by a net. The game is played like volleyball, with the added complexity that players may carom the ball off a side wall when playing it into the opponents' court. If a ball played over the net contacts the ceiling, the opponent's back wall, or both side walls without being touched by an opponent, the ball is ruled out of bounds. The pace of the game is generally fast, as the confined quarters encourage quick action and the walls often keep the ball conveniently in play.

Sepak Takraw Sepak Takraw is a variant of volleyball popular in Asia, similar to footvolley. Players use their feet to get the ball over the net; the game is played on a badminton doubles court. Traditionally hand-woven, the Takraw ball is made of rattan stems or very hard plastic. A ball weighs approximately 250 grams. Game playTwo teams compete for higher scores by spiking a ball into the opponents court. Each team gets three chances to kick, knee, shoulder or head the ball back to the opposing team. Like in Volleyball there are passes, sets and spikes — but the strokes must be made soccer style: no hands or arms allowed. A sight to behold is the smash, in which a player executes a bicycle kick to fire the ball into the opponent's court with great force. In contrast to soccer bicycle kicks, in which the players usually land on their backs (which would be both painful and dangerous on the hard sepak takraw pitch), sepak takraw players are agile enough to land on their feet again.

Bossaball

Bossaball is more than a variation on the volleyball concept. It's a mix of volleyball, football, gymnastics and capoeira. The court is a combination of inflatables and trampolines, divided by a net. Bossaball mixes sport with music. Bossaball referees have a whistle, a microphone, various percussion instruments and a Disc jockeyset. They referee the game and control the soundtrack. Players play to the music / The music follows the game. Bossaball brings elements of capoeira, samba, breakdance, football, volleyball, acrobatics and circus together on a single pitch. Rules, Scoring, and PlayingBossaball can be played in teams of three to five players. The aim of bossaball is for each team to ground the ball on the opponent's field.

Each team is entitled to a maximum of 8 contacts with the ball on its own field, while the trampoline jumper gains height to prepare a smash. Any body part can be used. Players can touch the ball only once with their hands, or double touch it with their feet and/or head. Once a team grounds the ball on the inflatables they gain one point. Scoring on the trampolines is worth three points. Hitting the bossawall - the red rings around the trampolines - doesn't count as a score, so the rally continues.

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Mixed Teams / coed teams
Most competitive volleyball is played with same-sex teams (exclusively so at the elite levels). Different sets of rules have been drafted to allow for mixed teams, often known as "coed" teams in the United States. The net is at men's height for "regular coed" and women's height for "reverse coed". Several adaptations are common, some of them to compensate for the men's greater reach and strength. The FIVB rules used internationally do not support mixed play, but USA Volleyball, the national governing body for the United States have specific rules, the main points of which are:

• A minimum number of female players must be on the field (usually 3 males and 3 females)
• Alternating male and female players in the rotation.

In reverse coed the men are prohibited from attacking a ball above the height of the net from in front of the attack line. Men can attack a ball that is above the height of the net from anywhere on the court, but the ball must take an immediate upward trajectory. Men can jump serve, but are not allowed to block. If there is only one female player on the front row, then one back row female may come from the back row to block, but not hit. If the ball is touched more than once on one side then a male player must make one of the contacts. Strategically, this usually means that a male setter is used.

In regular coed, if there is only one male player on the front row then one man may come from the back row to block, but not hit. If the ball is touched more than once on one side then a female player must make one of the contacts. Female players have no blocking or attacking restrictions. Strategically, this usually means that a female setter is used.

Footvolley
Footvolley is an entirely new sport which combines beach volleyball and soccer skills where the difference is that the players may not contact the ball with their hands; instead they can use all other body parts including their feet, head, shoulders, and chest, etc. Sport originated in Brazil; but is quickly becoming popular in the US, Europe, and Asia.

Ecuadorian Volleyball (Ecuavolley)
A variation with 3-player teams on clay courts with a higher net.

Newcomb
A simplified form used to teach the fundamentals of volleyball, Newcomb (sometimes referred to as "Nuke 'em") is generally taught to school-aged children but is also popular among adults of limited athletic ability. Its main differences from regular volleyball are that the ball can be caught before passing on to a team-mate or over the net, and each pass or serve is a throw rather than a hit. While most other volleyball rules apply, variations on the numbers of players per team and the numbers of 'catches' per side are common.

Jollyball
Jollyball is a cross between juggling and volleyball. A juggling ball is passed between players who must catch it by using the ball, plus the two that they are holding, to perform a juggling pattern.

Jollyball is usually played on a badminton court with two or three players on each team. Each player has two juggling balls and a final ball is held by the server, who serves by throwing the ball into the opponent's side of the court. This must be "caught" by one of the opponents, by using the ball to perform a three-ball juggling pattern (commonly the three-ball cascade). They are allowed three catches before one of the balls (not necessarily the one that was served) must be thrown to another player, or passed back across the net. Like volleyball, only three passes are allowed by a team before the ball must be returned.

Teams score by causing the ball to land in the opponent's side of the court, causing the opposition to throw a ball out of bounds, or fail to complete a juggling pattern. Games are relatively informal, and players are encouraged to show off their juggling skills for spectators. Juggling can refer to all forms of artful or skillful object manipulation. This includes most prop-based circus skills such as diabolo, devil sticks, cigar box manipulation,

Text from http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/volleyball

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