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June 21, 2010
Boldt Tabbed to Assist USA Volleyball
University of Iowa Assistant Volleyball Coach Ben Boldt has been named an assistant coach for USA Volleyball. Boldt will assist Head Coach Todd Dagenais and the U.S. Women’s Junior A2 Program. The team will train at Wisconsin Dells, WI, and com...
June 16, 2010
From Court To Sideline…In 3 Months
The first thing I did was close the office door and sat down behind the coach’s desk. I took a deep breath and said ‘Holy cow.’ ” Shane Davis had reason to be nervous. Just a few months before, he had been a volleyball player at Loyola...
June 16, 2010
Volleyball: The benefits of the ‘Baseball Drill’
Shane Davis, the head volleyball coach at Northwestern University, loves gleaning information from other sports to use in his program. He attends basketball practices to learn from that game, and he has installed a "Baseball Drill" into his volleybal...
April 23, 2010
Volleyball: Three drills to emphasize serving, passing
Serving is the one volleyball skill a player can control. It's the most important skill to master, closely followed by receiving the serve and passing. Receiving is the first contact of offense, and the quality of the pass dictates how your offense i...
March 23, 2010
Beloved Stanford Men’s Volleyball Assistant Coach Dies
Alfonso Roderigues, who has been an assistant men’s volleyball team at Stanford University for the last 18 years and who has battled stomach cancer for the last 16 months, passed away Friday. Roderigues was a teacher in the same school district...
February 10, 2010
Stanford’s Radcliffe Wins NSCAA Coach Of The Year
Paul Radcliffe, Stanford women’s volleyball coach, has been named the National Soccer Coaches Association of America Division I women’s National Coach of the Year. Stanford went 25-1 and played in its first NCAA College Cup in 2009.http:/...
February 5, 2010
Sand Volleyball Survives NCAA Vote
Beach volleyball can be played as a Division I sport starting next year. Called "sand volleyball," the sport survived an NCAA vote in which 58 percent of voters cast a vote against the sport. However, a "no" vote of 62.5 percent was needed to elimina...
February 5, 2010
Legendary UCLA Volleyball Coach To Retire
Andy Banachowski, the head women’s volleyball coach at UCLA since 1965 (except for two seasons), will retire June 30. Banachowski has won six national titles and has as record of 1,106-301 in 43 years.http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jan/12/spo...
February 5, 2010
Hawaii’s Shoji Is AVCA Coach of the Year
Dave Shoji has been named the American Volleyball Coaches Association Division I National Coach of the Year. The U of Hawaii coach earned the same honor in 1982. Hawaii went 16-0 in WAC play this year and Shoji became the second coach to reach 1,000 ...
February 5, 2010
Future Of Beach Volleyball As NCAA To Be Decided Today
Today, the NCAA will decide whether beach (sand) volleyball will become a sanctioned sport for NCAA Division I collegiate women. Beach volleyball is an approved sport in Division II.http://www.ncaa.org/wps/portal/ncaahome?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/ncaa/nca...
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