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For a view of Volleyball Officials doing things with their hands at EVA National Cup Finals (22nd April 2007), check out the latest photos from John McGugan at www.mcgugan.co.uk/volleyball

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Volleyball in High definition (Sky Sports HD 2)! time to get down to my local TV supplier for that free demonstration.

EVA National Championships 2007

01 May 2007
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World League In Lodz, Poland

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World League In Varna, Bulgaria

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I have relocated to the USA for 3 years and I have started to make contacts in the USA and they have a Youth competition which they would like me to advertise. For the right team they are prepared to subsidise all costs (accomodation, transportation in US, food, entrance fee) except the flight.

The Dates are 23rd - 27th July, the event is the USA Volleyball Global Challenge, the event details can be found at the following url www.imvolleyball.org/national_events/global_challenge_information07.pdf

Many thanks Richard Smith smithrs@ldschurch.org

2007 USA Volleyball Global Challenge
This year the Global Challenge will once again be hosted in Salt Lake City, Utah. The athlete village and competition venue all will be on the campus of Westminster College. We are currently accepting applications for entry into the event. To register for the event, please send an email to Scooter Keister at scottk@imvolleyball.org. Entry deadline for the event is June 1, 2007. Below is the information for the event:

What: 2007 USA Volleyball Global Challenge
When: July 24-27, 2007
Where: Westminster College, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Who: Any Region High Performance team or foreign delegation.

Three division will be offered: Junior (athletes born in 1988 or 1989), Youth (athletes born in 1990 or 1991), USA Select (athletes born in 1992 or after).Entry Fee: $1200

Housing Cost: Approximately $25/person/night. Dorm style rooms include bedding, bath towel, hand towel, washcloth, lounge area. Apartment style rooms include bedding, bath towel, hand towel, washcloth, kitchen, lounge area.

Nearby businesses: Westminster College is within walking distance of two grocery stores, dozens of restaurants, movie theaters, park and entertainment.
Nearby attractions: Beautiful Park City and Utah Olympic Park, access to all 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Games venues, Lagoon Amusement Park, Historic downtown Salt Lake City, and just minutes from ski/mountain resorts which offer hundreds of thrilling summer activities.

Schedule of Events:

July 23
12:00-3:00pm – Team Check-In
3:00-6:00pm – Preliminary Inquiry (by appointment)
5:30-7:00pm – Officials Meeting
7:30-8:30pm – Technical Meeting
July 24-27 – Competition on campus of Westminster College. Teams may depart late evening on the 27th or by noon on the 28th.

NOTE: If your are interested them you may also find the following links usefull: www.usavolleyball.org/volleyballnews/news.asp?id=1032 plus photos and video clips from www.bringitusa.com/globalchallenge

The 2005 Global Challenge, a world-class boys and girls junior and youth volleyball tournament with teams from the USA, Canada, Russia, China and Slovenia participating, kicked off Monday at the Intermountain Volleyball Training Center. In 2005 the event is hosted by Salt Lake City while in 2006 the event will be hosted in Europe (Italy, Croatia, and Slovenia). Salt Lake City will then host the event in 2007, with it returning abroad in 2008.

Yellowave at Brighton have opened its doors for the first time as the UK's first permanent beach sports venue, you can now check out their promotional video below.

3/side and 6/side beach volleyball leagues have kicked of with a huge success, doubles start soon. Teams interested in entering a team should contact T: 01273 672222 or email info@yellowave.co.uk, Courts (floodlit) are available to hire for £16/hour.

They offer beach sports activities to all ages and abilities, from beginners through to pro's. Beach volleyball, beach soccer, footvolley, beach rugby, Ultimate frisby and bouldering are all available. Come on down and book a court, pitch or club session by calling us on 01273 672222 The Nivea Sun Yellowave venue has a fantastic south westerly facing decked area with the Barefoot Bar / cafe. The lovely beach backdrop makes this the perfect place to hang out. www.yellowave.co.uk << Click Image to view >>

The British Volleyball Federation with the cooperation and support of ECVD and WOVD is delighted to announce international referee and classifier courses at the English Institute of Sport (EIS) in Sheffield.

EIS is an excellent sporting facility which is the base of a number of British sports as they prepare for high level competition, including the British Volleyball Federation. Irma Bos, the WOVD General Manager, will be sending the documents to the WOVD member nations. Also you can download the information here.

Students for the referee course must arrive on Monday 6 August 2007 and will leave on Monday 13 August 2007, for the classifier course, arrive on Thursday 9 August 2007 and will leave on Monday 13 August 2007.

The courses will have theory and practical classes taught by WOVD instructors. There will also be the opportunity for shopping and sightseeing. Accommodation will be in the modern and comfortable Etap Hotel, only 200 metres from EIS.

The participants Students on the referee and classifier courses must be nominated by their national volleyball federation or national sport federation for disabled people. The registration form must be signed by an official from the supporting federation and have the federation’s official stamp or seal. Students for the referee course must be National referees in their own national volleyball federation, aged under 45 years old on 6 August 2007.

Each WOVD member nation may register up to three (3) students on the referee course; the host nation, Great Britain, may register up to five (5) students on the referee course.

Students for the classifier course must be qualified physiotherapists or medical doctors with relevant experience, such as in sports medicine, traumatology or rehabilitation, and preferably knowledge of volleyball.

Each WOVD member nation may register up to three (3) students on the classifier course; the host nation, Great Britain, may register up to five (5) students on the classifier course.

The course fee for the referee course is £230 UK pounds and the classifier course is £170 UK pounds.

To apply for a place on the referee or classifier course, complete the registration form and send it by Monday 9 July 2007 to: Cathie Nicholson at Volleyball England c.nicholson@volleyballengland.org

If you have questions about the course, please contact Mr Gordon Neale, the course organiser, Chair of the British Volleyball Federation sitting volleyball committee and Director of Events for Disability Sport England: email: gordon@dse.org.uk

World organisation Volleyball for Disabled
http://wovd.info

A list of videos worth watching on YouTube (date unknown), click the required link below to view.

Report on the largest floodlit beach volleyball facility in North America, 20 courts in all. Holly McPeak "Beach Volleyball Bronze Medalist" speaks about her life and car. Gabrielle Reece Volleyball Interview New Zealand beach volleyball video

Note: If you are using the Volleyball Toolbar, you will find a direct link to the lastest YouTube volleyball videos via the "Resource" button.

Description:
Form 2 teams. Have each team stand on either side of the volleyball net. Have each team divide into pairs. Each pair should have one towel and each person should grab 2 corners of the towel so that it is spread out between the pair.

A water balloon is placed on the towel of one of the pairs. The pair must then work together to lift their towel so that the balloon is propelled into the air, across the net to the other team. One of the pairs on the other team must then try to catch the balloon with their towel and return it the same way.

As in regular volleyball, a team scores a point when the balloon hits the ground on the other side of the net.

Requirements:
1 beach towel for every 2 people. Water Balloons (large balloons tend to be more fun!). A Volleyball net.

Objective:
Like Volleyball the object is to score the most points and get the other team wet at the same time.

http://www.ultimatecampresource.com/site/camp-activity/beach-towel-volleyball.html

FRANCE IS THE NEW BOYS’ YOUTH EUROPEAN CHAMPION

In a dramatic final of the Boys’ Youth European Championships 2007 France was able to defeat Poland with 3:2 (25:21, 25:19, 22:25, 24:26, 15:7). After 1:59 hours Earvin Ngapeth secured the fifth set and thus the gold medal in the competition for the French team.

1100 enthusiastic spectators saw the exciting final at the Budocenter Vienna, among them CEV President André Meyer and the President of the Austrian Volleyball Federation Stefan Tweraser. Cheered by their numerous fans the Polish players were able to gain the lead in beginning of the first set, but from the score of 14:12 onwards the French team could distance their opponent more and more.

In the end they secured the first set with the second set point after 24 minutes (25:21). Also in the second set the hard-fighting Polish players were able to keep up with their opponent and even gain the lead over the French team, but again starting at the score of 9:8 France did not give away the lead anymore and also secured the second set in 25 minutes, again with the second set point 25:19. The Polish defense had no chance to counter the powerful smash of Guillaume Quesque. The third set was remarkable because it was the first one that the French players lost in this competition. After 25 minutes Przemyslaw Kasparek secured the set with the third set point for Poland (25:22).

In the fourth set Poland was in the lead several times, but towards the end France could gain the upper hand again (21:19, 22:20). However, the Polish players did not give up, fought back and secured the fourth set with 26:24. In this phase of the game the atmosphere among the spectators at theBudocenter was at boiling point! In the decisive fifth set the French players proved to have strong nerves, winning the set and thus the European Championships title 2007. Girls' Youth European Championships 2007: final day results

GIRLS’ YOUTH EUROPEAN CHAMPION 2007 IS GERMANY

Germany is the new Champion of the Girls’ Youth European Championships. They defeated Serbia 3:0 in the final match in Brno (CZE). The bronze medal was seized by Italy who beat the Belgians 3:1.

“We need to perform strong in reception, otherwise we will have no chance”, said German head coach Jens Tietböhl prior to the final match against the Serbs. The Germans had their chances though and used them, proving especially strong mentally during the end phase of each set. Whilst they managed to seize their fourth set point in the first set (27-25), which was also the first set loss for the Serbs in the whole competition so far, the Germans took the second set point in the second set (25-23) with setter Lena Möllers tipping the ball over. The third set finished just as close as the first two and again Germany scored the decisive points, finally taking the third match ball (28-26).

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Ticket for Seat Reservations for the 2007 NESTEA European Championship Tour Events, will be Distributed via the Europe-wide Operating Agency Ticketcorner www.ticketcorner.com

"We want to expand the ticketing for the entire Tour”, Christian Scholbrock, Managing Director of the Zurich based agency Global Sports Marketing (GSM) that organises and markets the NESTEA European Championship Tour, explains: „We are very pleased to have found a professional partner in Ticketcorner, a company that is among the leading service suppliers in this line of business in Europe.”

Ticketcorner not only offers its services in the area of concerts and show events, but also operates in sport. Ticketcorner processed the ticket distribution for the Handball World Championship 2007 in Germany, an extremely successful event. In the same way tickets for the Beach Volleyball World Championships 2007 in Gstaad are offered. Therefore the continent’s Beach Volleyballers and their fans are in good hands with their goal to increase the publicity of their most important tournament series.

"Up to now we were not able to fully fulfil the wishes of fans, let us say, from Munich who wanted to attend the German Masters in Hamburg or the Swiss Masters in Lucerne”, Scholbrock explains. The fans did not know the promise of a seat on the tribune because of crowded stadiums. This has now changed with the new service, „with which we will achieve a higher level of planning security for spectators and as well for us as organisers”, Scholbrock says. In the future the seat reservations can be made through the web address, via telephone hotline or at ticket agencies.

The new service has been enthusiastically received by the Beach scene. For Andreas Scheuerpflug, one of the best players of his time and now managing the European Champions Julius Brink and Christoph Dieckmann, the new service "achieves a new level of professionalizing of the sport Beach Volleyball.” For Scheuerpflug "the NESTEA European Championship Tour is already a great product that offers athletes and fans a great event. It is nice to see that this tournament series is further continuing to grow and sets consistently new impulses.”

Christian Scholbrock rejects any thoughts that the NESTEA European Championship Tour will gradually change its policy of free admission to see Europe’s best Beach Volleyballers in the future. "We will continue to be a Tour that offers free admission. We do not change that status. Our goal is to guarantee our fans seats on centre court, fans that often in times have long trips and commutes to make it to the events. After all, it can be very disappointing to come to a tournament and be left out because all seats in the stadium are taken.”

NESTEA European Championship Tour 2007

17 - 20 May	Austrian Masters / St. Pölten (Austria)
31 May - 3 June	Russian Masters / Moscow (Russia)
14 - 17 June	German Masters / Hamburg (Germany)
5 - 8 July	Swiss Masters / Lucerne (Switzerland)
9 - 12 August	Dutch Masters / The Hague (Netherlands)
23 - 26 August	NESTEA European Championship Final / Valencia (Spain)

We are pleased to inform you that the 2007 Beach Volleyball Handbook is now available on the FIVB web site, while the hard copy version has been sent out on the first week of April to all the parties involved in the growth of the sport, as per the World Council decision. This important tool has been designed to assist all parties concerned in staging, promoting, and marketing all FIVB Beach Volleyball events, focusing on the SWATCH FIVB World Tour. This 2007 edition of the Handbook, which has been completely revised and updated, reflects the latest decisions made by all relevant FIVB organs to better shape the future of the sport and the terms of fundamental partnership agreements signed between the FIVB and its sponsors, organizers and their partners. On this occasion, we also would like to inform you that all forms, report templates and manuals for the 2007 season that are complementary to the 2007 Handbook are now available on the FIVB website.

We hope that this 2007 Handbook will help to further increase the popularity of Beach Volleyball and give opportunities to athletes, sponsors and organizers alike all over the world to enjoy the sport, get involved and keep the ball flying!

http://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Handbook/2007/index2007.asp?sm=18

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Sports science information for coaches

If you have ever wondered about the mathematics behind some of our most common volleyball moves, then you may wish to have a look at the following scientific papers available on the Coaches Infoservice web site.

• Simulation of Ball Handling in Overhead Passing in Volleyball
• Kinematic Analysis of the Volleyball Back Row Jump Spike
• A 3D Analysis of the Volleyball One-Foot Jump Spike
• Fluid Mechanics Analysis in Volleyball Services
• A 3D Kinematic Analysis of the Volleyball Jump Serve
• Drop Jumps or Hurdle Jumping for Volleyball Training?
• Biomechanical Differences in Elite Beach-Volleyball Players in Vertical Squat Jump on Rigid and Sand Surface

www.coachesinfo.com/category/volleyball

A Volleyball toolbar is now available and comes preconfigured with the volleyball RSS newsfeed link, just click on the toolbar image below to download and install (please accept the default options to keep the toolbar automatically up to date). It's free, no spyware or viruses, does not open pop-ups or hijack your searches, and no personal information is required. Their is no flashing adverts, it just sit quietly at the top of your browser and provide you with quick access to the latest volleyball items. You can turn it on or off at anytime via the "View / Toolbar" menu Click on the above image Or download it direct from: http://volleyballnewsletter.ourtoolbar.com What does the volleyball Newsletter toolbar let me do? Instant access to our site from any site on the web Get instant access to National Volleyball links Get fresh content automatically via the Volleyball RSS Reader Info on the lastest feature match Links to on line VB Resources Get notified when you receive new e-mails Get the lastest Weather details Search from anywhere on the web (defaults to google.co.uk) Includes Uninstaller System Requirements, Windows 2000/XP, Internet Explorer 5.0+ or Firefox 1.0.1+

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