Beach Training

One of the common traits in all the best side out players, especially the smaller ones, is their ability to see the block, and or the defender. In the ideal situation, a player should know where the defender is, and see where the block is as they are hitting the ball. There are a few [...]

After playing a solid qualification tournament, the Aussie team of Becchara Palmer and Louise Bawden have given a solid account of themselves in the main draw. They pushed the Swiss team, Kuhn-Zumkehr to three sets, in the end losing 2-1 (17-21, 21-18, 15-9) in 56 minutes, but pulled out a gutsy win against the Italians, [...]

The first big game of the qualification tournament is at 12PM today: Rohkamper-Jensen AUS [19] Vs Maaseide-Kongshavn NOR [14]. The winner of this match will play the Swedish team – Lundqvist-Ljungquist SWE [3]. This is a pretty good opportunity for Alice and Heike.

It’s all about to kick off in Klagenfurt again. As some of you know, I am lucky enough to be living in Klagenfurt, Austria at the moment, about 15 minutes from the Grand Slam.