The Australian women’s teams are not playing the PAF Open in Finland, but both Men’s teams are still in the qualifiers. Nothings easy in the men’s draw. First round of the qualifiers Campbell-Carey are up against a couple of 19 years olds from Holland, which sounds good on paper, until you check the bios and…
Month: August 2009
First ever grand final for Austria
The Schwaiger sisters have achieved the highest ever finish for an Austrian team in the history of the FIVB World Tour, winning their semi final match against Felisberta Silva and Larissa Franca of Brazil. Unfortunately they failed to complete the dream run, losing the final 1-2 (14-21, 21-18, 12-15) to second seeds, Talita-Antonelli BRA, but…
Exercises to jump higher
Exercises to jump higher for beach volleyball Most beach volleyballers are looking for exercises to jump higher but if you search on the internet, you will mostly find basketball dunking programs. Most of these programs will work, there is no doubt, but there is a big difference between basketball and volleyball when it comes to…
Otera Open – Kristiansand, Norway
Australian FIVB qualification results Once again both our women’s teams have made it through to the main draw. Palmer-Bawden have continued their dream run, winning their first two matches and will play Montagnolli-Hansel AUT [5] in the third round of the winners bracket today. See the results on the FIVB page here. Unfortunately Alice and…
Silver medal in Poland
Louise Bawden and partner Becchara Palmer have won the silver medal at the Polish World tour event losing the final to Larissa-Juliana 2-0 (21-14, 21-16). This is a landmark result for the Australian beach program, marking the arrival of a new group of Australian athletes on the World Tour. Currently Australia has 4 teams travelling…