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USAV Mourns Beach Director Dave Williams
Sad news out of USA Volleyball this week. Dave Williams, the managing director for USAV Beach passed away yesterday at the age of 55 from cancer. Williams was the first and only person to hold the position and brought a wealth of knowledge of beach volleyball events from his many years of work with the AVP where he produced over 150 events. Show More Summary
USA Women to Compete In So Cal
USA Volleyball announced several opportunities to watch the women's team play in Southern California in the coming months. In an effort to strengthen ties with the community in which the USA teams train, there will be several intrasquad scrimmages and matches against international competition in the surrounding cities.... Read Full Post
Prince Harry Back on VB Court with Wounded Warriors
Prince Harry loves volleyball. There's no other explanation, the prince takes up our sport at every opportunity. I think that means something. Last year, in the lead up to the London Games he made a point of saying how excited he was...Show More Summary
Fans Earn Respect at National Championship
As far as fan bases go, BYU is right up there with the best of them. No matter where the Cougars play in the country, you can bet there will be hundreds if not thousands of loyal, screaming fans there to support them. So it was no surprise to see a huge turnout to root on the No. Show More Summary
Gibb & Patterson Win Shanghai Grand Slam
American beach volleyball is looking quite good on the men's side in just the first two weeks of international action. After last week's Fuzhou Open was won by the new partnership of Phil Dalhausser and Sean Rosenthal, Rosie's old partner Jake Gibb decided to follow suit one week later. Show More Summary
Long Beach State Wins NCAA Sand Championships
Long Beach State upset No. 1 Pepperdine in the women's sand championship in Gulf Shores last weekend. Pepperdine was undefeated this season and was expected to win its second straight women's sand championship to claim back-to-back titles. Show More Summary
Teams
The word “team” is used so liberally now to describe a collection of people with a common purpose. I’ve worked in several “teams” in my professional life that weren’t really teams. We just shared a common supervisor and divvied up the work. There are teams that are exactly the sum of their parts; there are [...]
Dalhausser & Rosenthal Win First FIVB Event
If you were wondering how long it might take for Phil Dalhausser and Sean Rosenthal to become contenders, the answer is no time at all. The pair finished atop the podium in the very first FIVB open event of the season in Fuzhou, China over the weekend. Show More Summary
Lang Ping Named Head Coach for Chinese National Team
The Chinese Federation announced the hiring of Lang Ping as the new head coach of the women's national team. As a player she was a legend known as the Iron Hammer. She's also the main reason the U.S. women's team does not yet have a gold medal. She snatched it from their grasp at the LA Olympics in 1984.... Read Full Post
UCI Edges Long Beach State for At-Large Bid
Long Beach State was playing well. Really well. Well enough to beat Stanford in three and UCI in a five set marathon. Well enough to hang with BYU for three sets even with all the Cougar hitters firing on all cylinders. Though they lost in three, two of those sets could have easily ended differently. Show More Summary
NCAA Men: Final Four Teams Set
After a weekend of epic conference tournament matches, it is clear that this year's field of men's volleyball teams is intensely competitive. No. 1 BYU was the clear favorite and last week I said there was a decent chance they'd get upset in the MPSF Conference tournament. Show More Summary
April in Review
It has been another eventful month in the world of volleyball. Just in case you missed any of the coverage here is a brief overview. This month has been mostly about the indoor men inching ever closer to the playoffs, then reaching the...Show More Summary
Caren Kemner Named to Hall of Fame
Three-time Olympian and bronze medalist Caren Kemner was named as one of this year's inductees to the Hall of Fame in Holyoke, Massachussets. Kemner was a long-time national team member who participated in the 1988, 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games. She earned the bronze medal with the 1992 Olympic team that competed in Barcelona.... Read Full Post
NCAA Men: Close Calls, But Just One Upset in Quarters
There were no upsets in the MPSF quarterfinals, but it wasn't for lack of trying. Both No. 1 BYU and No. 2 UCI struggled against their much lower-ranked opponents, each going the distance to five sets.... Read Full Post
AVCA Sand: National Title Contenders Named
Six women's sand volleyball teams were chosen to compete in the 2nd annual AVCA National Championship event which will take place May 3-5 in Gulf Shores, Alabama. Not surprisingly, the top seed is defending national champion Pepperdine. Show More Summary
Ignition v Quick Wins
I’ve previously written about the choices coaches can make in how they teach players and the implications for short term and long term success. In some of the programs I have been involved with, many of the decisions on how kids are coached, and at what level of competitions they will compete have been made [...]
My Men's NCAA Final Four Picks
I'm not great at predictions. My March Madness bracket this year was a mess. And as unpredictable as that playoff was, men's volleyball may be the most unpredictable sport of them all. But why let that stop me? Predictions are fun, so here are mine.... Read Full Post
NCAA Men: Playoff Time, Ball State Climbs
The men's NCAA playoffs are finally here and in just over two weeks we will crown the 2013 men's volleyball national champion. It has been another unpredictable season in men's volleyball and I'm looking forward to a competitive post-season. BYU is still the frontrunner, but there are several teams with a chance to upset them for a shot at the title.... Read Full Post
NCAA Men: Cal Baptist Breaks Into Top 5
With just one week remaining in the regular season, the Cal Baptist Lancers managed to break even more new ground with their first top five ranking in this week's AVCA poll. They did it by beating No. 3 UCLA in four sets last weekend at Pauley Pavilion. Show More Summary
Kerri Walsh Gives Birth to Third Child
Kerri Walsh-Jennings and her husband Casey Jennings welcomed their third child into the world on Saturday. After having two sons, the couple have added the first baby girl to the family. Kerri revealed that she was several weeks pregnant when she and Misty won their third straight gold medal in London last summer. Show More Summary
