Blogs Posts in Beach Volleyball category; 515 blog posts

Gig Harbor is Hosting a Grass Volleyball Tournament August 3...

USA Volleyball Puget Sound Region, the City of Gig Harbor, Penmet Parks and Gig Harbor Volleyball Club have partnered to host the Gig Harbor Grass Classic Volleyball Tournament August 3&4 at Sehmel Park in Gig Harbor. The event is p [...]

Posted On : May, 02 2013 | Comments : 0

Sinjin Smith Best Beach Volleyball Tip on Passing

Sinjin Smith is one of the greatest volleyball players to ever play the game. He has won more beach volleyball tournaments (139 AVP and FIVB wins) during his beach volleyball carrer than any other player besides Karch Kiraly. In addition [...]

Posted On : Apr, 30 2013 | Comments : 0

Xue Chen, Zhang Xi Win 2013 Women's Beach Volleyball title a...

Xue Chen (3rd, R) and Zhang Xi (3rd, L) of China, Liliana Fernandez Steiner (1st, L) and Elsa Baquerizo McMilan (2nd, L) of Spain, Katrin Holtwick (2nd, R)and Ilka Semmler of Germany celebrate during the awarding ceremony for the women [...]

Posted On : Apr, 29 2013 | Comments : 0

Give it a go! Team GB star Dampney gets behind new beach vol...

After the success of beach volleyball at the London 2012 Olympics, the British public are being given the chance to try it for themselves. The sport was one of the highlights of the Games as crowds flocked to the Horse Guards Parade last [...]

Posted On : Apr, 28 2013 | Comments : 0

Beach volleyball star Zara Dampney aiming to marry up domest...

Zara Dampney is set to embark on what could be the most eventful three years of her life. The 26-year-old model and law graduate from Dorset has her mind and body focused on Rio de Janeiro 2016. However, there are changes afoot. Dampney h [...]

Posted On : Apr, 20 2013 | Comments : 0

Beach Volleyball to feature at 19th National Sports Festival...

The National Sports Commission has said that beach volleyball would be included in the events for the 19th National Sports Festival in Calabar, Cross River State in 2014. The Commission’s Assistant Director of Elite Athletes Develop [...]

Posted On : Apr, 02 2013 | Comments : 0

Beach Volleyball: Team Nigeria Will Qualify For Olympics — N...

Chairman beach volleyball committee of the Nigeria Volleyball Federation (NVF), Engr Musa Nimrod is confident that Team Nigeria will qualify for the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games’ men and women beach volleyball events. Nige [...]

Posted On : Apr, 01 2013 | Comments : 0

Not your typical beach volleyball: USC adds sand volleyball ...

COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) -The University of South Carolina Athletics Department announced Thursday it will add sand volleyball as its 21st intercollegiate sport for the 2013-14 academic year. "The addition of sand volleyball gives us the a [...]

Posted On : Mar, 01 2013 | Comments : 0

Laguna Blanca Begins First-Ever Girls Sand Volleyball Team i...

Laguna Blanca will join a short list of schools in the US that have come onboard to support the growth of Sand Volleyball at the high school level, and will become the first high school north of Westlake, CA to field a team. Laguna&rsq [...]

Posted On : Feb, 14 2013 | Comments : 0

Zimbabwe: Beach Volleyball Series Begins

LOCAL beach volleyball players got into action over the weekend when they took part in the newly-introduced series at Highfield community Hall with the top seeds Nyashadzashe Takawira and his partner Rufaro Choto winning all their matches [...]

Posted On : Jan, 30 2013 | Comments : 0

UCLA adds sand volleyball team for women

UCLA announced this week it has added sand volleyball as an intercollegiate sport for women. Former Olympian and Bruins alum Stein Metzger will coach. He says it’ll take time for players accustomed to playing on the school’s i [...]

Posted On : Jan, 28 2013 | Comments : 0

Ranse Jones beach volleyball tourney draws in community

It seemed like only yesterday that Ranse Jones's 6-foot-2, 190-pound sculptured frame was diving for loose balls and hitting winners off of a well placed spike in a beach volleyball tournament. It was around three years ago that the 3 [...]

Posted On : Dec, 18 2012 | Comments : 0

Beach volleyball pair's line in the sand

The pair enjoyed a strong lead into the London Olympics but bombed out in straight sets in what Bawden described as their "worst result in two years". Bawden hasn't ruled out a reunion in the future but said it would depend [...]

Posted On : Dec, 08 2012 | Comments : 0

Beach Volleyball Boss Decry Low Patronage In Sport

The National Chairman of Nigeria Beach Volleyball Federation, Engr. Musa Nimrod has fingered low patronage in the sport as the reason for its slow growth. He stated that until the government and relevant authorities concerned see sport as [...]