Just like with any sport, volleyball is very competitive. And so it should be made clear that if you’re going to start playing volleyball, while it is extremely fun, fun IS NOT the main purpose. If you’re not playing to win, you’re not playing it right.
Last night, the team I play with in a very [...]

This year (2008) the sport of Volleyball turned 113 years old!
You heard it right. That’s almost as old as John McCain. The sport originated in the United States, and is now just achieving the type of popularity in the U.S. that it has received on a global basis, where it ranks behind only soccer among participation sports. [...]

For some of you older folks, maybe you haven’t heard, but there have been a number of changes in the game of volleyball since your day. I think it’s important to take some time to explain them. The reason I do this is so you don’t look silly once you finally join that coed league, [...]

Sometimes you just feel like playing a little game of volleyball with the kids (or your siblings or your buddies or whatever). Wouldn’t it be great if you could just step through the sliding glass door and walk right onto a nice, regulation size volleyball court? Of course it would. Well, it’s really not too [...]

Ok. So let’s say you couldn’t find any Mizuno volleyball shoe’s you think are cute. Well, since they are the best, you should go with the second best. And we’ve already established that the second best choice is to get an Adidas volleyball shoe. But, let’s assume that, for whatever reason, you don’t want the [...]

Some interesting facts about my favorite male and female volleyball players of all time:
Male:
– Karch Kiraly is arguably the greatest volleyball player in history of the sport.
– Karch Kiraly is the only volleyball player to win three gold medals (1984, 1988, 1996).
– Karch Kiraly is known as the sparkplug that inspired the 1984 and 1988 [...]

So you’re wondering what to do to show everyone at work, or at school, or on the road, that you’re a hardcore volleyball lover. You could wear your kneepads all over town. That’d be pretty obvious. Or you can carry around a volleyball with you wherever you go. But that could get bulky and difficult. [...]

We’ve all seen the horrors that can happen. Even for the most seasoned and professional athletes, lightning does strike. That sad part is, it doesn’t even have to be an injury that happens on the court. You could be minding your own business, practicing your jive dancing skills, preparing for your national TV audience, taking [...]

There have been some silly looking inventions over the years when it comes to volleyball training. This one is no exception. But at the same time, the purpose is sound. When it comes to spiking the volleyball, the key is to jump as high as possible, contact the ball at the highest point possible, and (most [...]

There are more than enough options when it comes to volleyball jewelry. It’s obviously going to be simple to come up with plenty of jewelry ideas for any necklace/bracelet maker because volleyballs are very simple, circular objects. That lends itself very well to becoming a killer piece of jewelry.
One of the bad things about volleyball [...]