Category: Beginner Tips
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How Sand Socks Will Improve Your Beach Volleyball Game
With heatwaves making their way through North America, beach volleyball players need to be concerned about more than just dehydration and UV rays. It’s also about the sand heating up and causing burns on the feet. According to Dr. Curt Armstrong from Conway Medical Center, sand can easily surpass 100 degrees, sending people to burn…
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Is Beach Volleyball Harder Than Indoor?
Up to this point, your experience with volleyball may have been within the caged realm of indoor volleyball. The elements are predictable and stable. The lights, the feel of the courts, even the smells are relatively similar from venue to venue. However, the lure of the outdoors is calling. The potential of changing the scenery…
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Rule Differences Between Beach And Indoor Volleyball
Transitioning from beach volleyball to indoor volleyball, or vice versa, is not as easy as just jumping on a different type of volleyball court. Not only do the courts and conditions change, but the rules change as well. Heck, even the equipment changes! Your most valuable time is spent creating muscle memory and not wasting…
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7 Ways Beach Volleyball Is Different Than Indoor
For many athletes, the changing of seasons often means a change in the sports we play. For indoor volleyball players, that might mean transitioning to the beach courts. But if you’re new at the game, you may be wondering: “How is beach volleyball different than indoor?” And you might actually be surprised at how different…
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What Volleyball Should I Buy?
Once you start playing regularly, having your own volleyball is a good idea. It means you don’t have to share volleyballs when you’re warming up, and it also means you’re not dependent on the old volleyballs that are in the equipment room of the gymnasium you’re playing in (that is, if you’re even allowed to…
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Why Volleyball Players Should Do Yoga
It is hard to find a sport’s coach not singing the praises of yoga to his/her athletes. From professional football to little kid’s swim workouts, coaches everywhere are pushing yoga. So, why should volleyball players do yoga? According to Jill Wosmek, former Head Athletic Trainer for the U.S. Women’s National Volleyball Team, yoga assists volleyball…
