Don’t duck under a serve! Serve reception in Beach Volleyball. In most situations if you are ducking under a serve, then the ball is more than likely going to land in. You should never duck under a ball and let it travel over you head. Ducking under it leaves you in a poor position with…
Jason Lochhead making a dig in Klagenfurt 2013 Have you ever had a game where every shot you played got dug? Like the defender could read your mind. If you have, you probably felt like the defender knew something that you didn’t… and you were probably right. Defence is a tricky business. Good defenders are…
Growing an organic side out strategy – Image copyright fivb.org 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,…
Photo courtesy of the FIVB 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…
Why don’t beach volleyball refs check ball marks? 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…