Learn to play better Beach Volleyball
If you haven’t already heard, the FIVB sent a letter to all Federations a couple of days ago telling them about some fairly big rule changes on the Beach Volleyball circuit for season 2014. The two that are causing the most controversy are the three touches after the block change and the introduction of overhead…
As the coach of a team that’s,… well to put it bluntly; short, I am constantly looking for new ways to win points and make a more consistent side out. There are plenty of standard side out patterns that you can look to for ideas, and the guys out there on the World Tour are…
The World Tour is full of surprises this season, with a lot of teams winning medals for the first time, probably most notably the Dutch guys winning the World Champs from a previous best result in a Grand Slam of 9th. Right now, every tournament is up for grabs. There are a lot of good…
I have just returned from the Gstaad Grand Slam in Switzerland. Apart from seeing some pretty amazing Beach Volleyball, particularly from the Dutch guys, Brouwer-Meeuwsen, my strongest memory of the event was the number of really bad refereeing decisions that I saw. Don’t get me wrong. I am not a guy who goes around sledging…
I found out today that some of the guys from the Under 17 indoor team that I have been coaching are playing in an inter school beach volleyball tournament tomorrow. Summer has really only just started here, so I have not had much time to work with the guys on the beach. As I rode…
