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Your hands-on guide to coaching youth volleyball

Have you been asked to coach a youth volleyball team? This friendly, practical guide helps you grasp the basics and take charge on the court. You get expert advice on teaching key skills to different age groups, running safe and effective practices, helping struggling players, encouraging good sportsmanship, and leading your team with confidence during a match.

• Lay the groundwork for a great season — develop your coaching philosophy, run an effective preseason meeting, and get up to speed on the rules and terminology of the sport

• Build your team — size up the players, find roles for everyone to succeed in, and coach all different types of kids

• Teach the basics of volleyball — from serving and passing to setting, attacking, and blocking, instruct your players successfully in all the key elements

• Raise the level of play — teach more advanced offensive and defensive skills and keep your kids' interest in volleyball going strong

• Make the moms and dads happy — work with parents to ensure a successful and fun season

• Score extra points — keep your players healthy and injury free, resolve conflicts, and coach a volleyball club team

Open the book and find:

• Clear explanations of the game's fundamentals

• An assortment of the sport's best drills

• The equipment your team needs

• Player positions and their responsibilities

• Tips for running fun-filled practices

• Refinements for your coaching strategies

• How to meet players' special needs

• Ten ways to make the season memorable

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Get in top volleyball shape by using the same training approach used by the powerhouse UCLA teams! Complete Conditioning for Volleyball—written by the Bruins’ legendary coach, Al Scates, and St. Louis University’s strength and conditioning coach, Mike Linn—will have you serving with more power and consistency, skying higher on every jump, and covering the court with increased quickness and agility.

Both a workout manual for players and a training guide for coaches, Complete Conditioning for Volleyball does more than tell you what you should do; it explains and shows you how to do it. Drills and exercises are presented in diagrams and photos and described in detail.In-season and off-season programs include a wide range of on-and off-court activities that prepare players to perform to their potential.

For the past four decades, Coach Scates has set the standard for success in collegiate volleyball, netting 18 NCAA Division I championships. In Complete Conditioning for Volleyball, he gives you the perfect set—now it’s up to you to score with it! ... Read more

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Thank you for the order
Book received as promised.Would order from you again.Thank you very much!

If your team will use it, buy it.
Great book that offers a year round conditioning program.For the competitive team or player that wants to take a step above the competition this book is for you.Highly recommend it.

olleyball book
this is a usefull book for beginners specially if you need to know soem aorkouts for improvement in volleyball.

good but can be better
The idea of the book is good but the value of the book will further more increase if there were photo's and drawings illustrating how to execute the exercise. Only the explanation is not sufficient it might be difficult to understand

Very informative
The illustrations help a lot. This book is great for club and lower college coaches who can't/ don't have a paid trainer for their program. It is very informative and will help condition to build up your program. ... Read more

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Play Your Best, On and Off the Beach.

In the volleyball world, the name Karch Kiraly is synonymous with excellence, whether it be in the U.S.A. or abroad, in the gym or on the beach. This revised edition of Karch Kiraly's Championship Volleyball provides a complete course in volleyball skills, including:

• Serving

• Bumping

• Setting

• Hitting

• Blocking

• Basic and Advanced Team Defense and Offense Strategies

So, whether you're a beginner just learning the basics or an advanced player looking for the strategy that will blow your opponents off the court, Karch Kiraly's Championship Volleyball will give you the skills to do it. ... Read more

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A worthy companion to Kiraly's BEACH VOLLEYBALL
Like Joe Eszterhas, the author of SHOWGIRLS and FLASHDANCE, the parents of Karsh Kiraly emigrated to the US from Hungary, where a repressive regime had limited their rights to work and practice free thought.Kiraly shares with Joe Eszterhas some of the same beliefs in the goodness of America, a land where you can make as much money and accure as much cultural capital as you possibly can.And Kiraly has had it all.In CHAMPIONSHIP VOLLEYBALL it is like having a coach over your shoulder at all times, a coach who is going to teach you to block, bump, pass and spike step by step, with careful diagrams and a consistent "you can do it" attitude.

Funny to think that a childhood cartwheel, in which he injured his hand badly by thrusting it into a gopher hole, led to a general lengthening of one arm and corresponding flexibility, which saw him in good stead when he became a teen.Kiraly proves over and over that when life hands you (or your parents) a lemon, you can turn around and make the finest lemonade from it.

One handy chart included in both editions of KK's CV is the list of VOLLEYBALL MILESTONES at the end.

Great book!
I've been coaching volleyball for 7 years now. This is the best book I've found on skills and strategies. It helped me go from the basics, which is all the farther high school volleyball got when I played, to the advanced game it is today. Easy to read and understand, also.

Nice. Not very thorough. Offers interesting concepts.
The book covers the basic techniques and tactics. It is mostly a description of the author's view of how to play, and less a complete description of the possibilities, implications, pros and cons of thevarious options.

If you want to know how Karch plays - there's some veryinteresting "inside information". This does not necessarily meanit suits your needs and abilities.

If you value your health, and want tomake real progress, skip the chapter about conditioning and strengthtraining - very unprofessional: For example, his gym leg training is kneeextensions, rather than leg press / squats, and his view of rest is 24hours off the gym (in his level he should retire for ~96 hours).

Karch is King!
Volleyball's most decorated player in history [winner of 3 gold medals in the Olympics (2 indoor and 1 outdoor), over 130 career wins on the A.V.P. Tour, the #1 leader in career prize money,etc.], Karch Kiraly has yetanother career ahead of him in writing. Karch teaches you to become abetter volleyball player and the techiniques he uses to be 'numero uno.' Ithink it's well written and he's added more about the beach game.Everything that Karch does is 'golden!'

The best thing about my copy ofKarch's book is I had him sign it for me! So, go out to the next A.V.P.event or if you see him practicing, and ask him to do the same. I can'twait to read some of his other books in the near future!

Karch is King!
Volleyball's most decorated player in history [winner of 3 gold medals in the Olympics (2 indoor and 1 outdoor), over 130 career wins on the A.V.P. Tour, the #1 leader in career prize money,etc.], Karch Kiraly has yetanother career ahead of him in writing. Karch teaches you to become abetter volleyball player and the techiniques he uses to be 'numero uno.' Ithink it's well written and he's added more about the beach game.Everything that Karch does is 'golden!'

The best thing about my copy ofKarch's book is I had him sign it for me! So, go out to the next A.V.P.event or if you see him practicing, and ask him to do the same. I can'twait to read some of his other books in the near future! ... Read more

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To many players and fans, Karch Kiraly is beach volleyball. Now you can learn the game from the best there ever was with Beach Volleyball, the only book devoted exclusively to the sport.

Beach Volleyball will help you master the skills of the game. Kiraly explains and demonstrates every technique—serving, passing, setting, spiking, blocking, and digging. He also presents the 23 best practice drills to improve each of these important skills. You will learn Karch's special beach volleyball conditioning program for high-level fitness and performance, a regimen that has kept him at the top of the game for over two decades. More than 40 training exercises and drills will boost your flexibility, strength, speed, agility, and endurance.

The techniques, tactics, and training tips contained in Beach Volleyball, along with Karch's special insights and stories, will prepare you for even the toughest opponents. And you too might become the best on the beach. ... Read more

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Great Book About Beach Volleyball!
The Grand-daddy of beach volleyball gives excellent pointers on training, strategy, and skills in this book.He also sheds some light on the state of the AVP pro beach volleyball tour. For the latest on the AVP and inside, behind-the-scene stories, I'd also recommend "Order On The Court" by Tom Burke (2008) as a must-read!

Lastima de fotografias.
Si eres un principiante del voly de playa, o aún si eres un experto, este libro debería estar en tu colección. Está "salpicado" con interesantes anécdotas de la historia de este deporte y con descripciónes de las caracteristicas de algunos famosos jugadores del pasado reciente (mediados-finales de los 90's).
Si acaso quieres seguir los consejos técnicos ofrecidos es probable que las fotografias que los acompañan te defrauden. Son en blanco y negro y no de muy buena calidad.
Por si no estás familiarizado con los términos de la jerga del voly de playa, el libro ofrece las descripciones de los mismos junto al lugar en donde aparecen.
No hay mucha bibliografía que trate este deporte, esto hace que el libro sea "escencial".

Geared for the masses...
Good book, but its only purpose is to appeal to "the masses." Most volleyball books are designed to help everyone; whether you're a beginner, intermediate, or advanced player. Let's face it, if you're trying to make a lot of money off a book...that's the best way to go. However, if you're already a good player, you're not going to benefit much from this book. You're much better off buying Mark Tanner's Smarter Volleyball. It actually talks about the "mental game," rather than the traditional pass, set, hit scenario that you see in most of these books. I've been Karch's biggest fan for most of my life, but to be honest...this book is a waste of time if you're actually wanting to get to a higher level of play. If you're just starting out, buy the book...but if you're looking for more indepth strategies, go with Mark Tanner's book or one of the "lesser known" authors...they're probably not in it for the "big" money.

Every volleyball player should buy this book!
This book has great photos and a balanced overall approach to beach volleyball. It's got all the basics covered and the stories that are peppered throughout the book make for interesting reading. I would probably have liked to hear more about the players and matches of the past, but I think Karch wanted this to be an instructional book rather than one for entertainment. Still I would have preferred more opinions and insights into the players and strategies. I hope that Karch does a second edition with the new AVP and it's rules.

Great for Beginners
This book is great for the beginner.It does not go in depth into strategy, reading hitters, positioning, etc...It does give GREAT tips on imporving your overall game, endurance, shot placement, et al.There is a bit of humor mixed into the fray, which adds the human touch.

When I bought this book i was a beginner.My serves were poor, sets average, kills average,blocks average, and passes were mediocre.After just a few weeks i had a great jump serve, monster kills, and incredible blocks.I love it.

If you are a beginner and want to improve quickly - this is for you.If you have been around a bit - you might find something useful in here but you probably already know this stuff.In depth strategy is lacking. ... Read more

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Examines the life and achievements of the award-winning professional beach volleyball player who is also a fashion model and television personality. ... Read more

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Fun, safety, and effective instruction are the focus of the fourth edition of Coaching Youth Volleyball, helping you create an environment that promotes learning, cultivates a love of the game, and motivates your athletes to come out year after year.

Numerous coaching books present the skills and drills of volleyball. But here's a book that teaches you how to convey those skills to your athletes in an engaging and positive manner. Coaching Youth Volleyball's focus on teaching volleyball skills through gamelike drills sets it apart from the current lineup of volleyball coaching books. And it's the only one recommended by and written with the expertise of USA Volleyball's Coaching Education Department.

Ideal for coaches of players aged 14 and under, the fourth edition includes 18 drills and 32 coaching tips that are sure to jump-start your practices. This new edition also adds

• two new chapters on coaching individual volleyball skills and coaching the transitions and alignments of the game;
• important age-group modifications regarding ball size, net height, player positions, and court dimensions for three age groups (6- to 9-year-olds, 10- to 11-year-olds, and 12- to 14-year-olds) and for team play in 2v2, 3v3, 4v4, or 6v6 competition;
• court diagrams to help you quickly and accurately construct your own age-appropriate court, and
• a clear explanation of rules and procedures, including the capabilities and limits of the new libero position.

Coaching Youth Volleyball's combination of volleyball fundamentals and essential coaching skills--such as communicating with parents and officials, motivating players, and preparing for games and practices--makes this book a must-read as you prepare to meet the challenges and enjoy the rewards of coaching young athletes. ... Read more

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don't wasteyour money
This book is a waste of money.I am an assistant coach for a 5th grade girl's volleyball team.I was hoping to learn something new, get some creative ideas on coaching or building teamwork, or at least come away with one good drill.The book offers none of the above.it's very basic and there is nothing original in the book.

Great for teaching this age group
I've been around volleyball for many years as a player, coach and ref, so I wasn't looking for a primer on coaching. Although I've had many opportunities to teach fundamentals in a clinic settingI'm getting my first opportunity to coach JO youth for a season. This book was very helpful in getting me to understand that 14 year old girls are going to need a somewhat different approach than adult and high school players and gave me great ideas to help me be successful with them.The assistant coaches were also given the book sothat we all were, quite literally, on the same page during practices. Everyone thinks it is quite valuable and are committed to trying the book's approach.

Coaching Youth Volleyball
Book in excellent condition, took a few weeks to receive.Book is great for those interested in "remembering" how to play volleyball and how to help coach their own children or a team.Good foundation basic information.Helped my daughter with her serves. Would buy again.

Good read for starting a youth program
I'm a varsity coach, so stepping back and teaching youth wanted to get a refresher course as we set up our youth program.This book is a big help, though for the experienced coach I would assume they know most of it but could use it as a refresher as well.Beginner coaches it would be great, especially for middle school level and below levels. ... Read more

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Practice like a champion!Make the most of each minute on the court by using drills that demand 100% effort and concentration. Volleyball Drills for Champions provides 73 practice activities to produce the maximum individual player and team development at any competitive level.

Seven of the world's top volleyball coaches combined their knowledge to produce this special practice tool. Each coach focuses on one of volleyball's key skills:

• Serving: Russ Rose, Pennsylvania State University

• Passing: Lisa Love, University of Southern California

• Setting: John Dunning, University of the Pacific

• Attacking: Brad Saindon, Australia National Team

• Blocking: Greg Giovanazzi, University of Michigan

• Digging: Jim Stone, Ohio State University

In addition, editor Mary Wise, head coach at the University of Florida, contributes valuable insights for designing drills and incorporating them into effective practice sessions.

Become a champion by practicing like one. Volleyball Drills for Champions will help you turn hard work on the practice court into title-winning seasons. ... Read more

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Great book of Drills
Not a season goes by I don't give this book a twice over to look for some drill I might of missed, great read for new and experienced coaches.

Oh no, not another drill book! Well, kind of...
One problem with being a beginning coach is the constant and nagging suspicion that there is one absolute and definitive drill that will magically solve all of your problems for you.Well, no.It takes asystematic design of the practice and a good understanding to coach thesport.But what is a beginning coach to do?

This book is a good sourcefor drills, but Coach Wise presents the drills in a format that encouragespeople to think about the skill first and then go into the drills.This isa drill book but it is a little more than that.Each chapter breaks downthe essntials of the theme of the chapter and THEN goes into the drills. For those desperate for more drills, that does not prove to be enough of aside track to force them to think about what they are teaching, but forthose who do stop and reflect on the technique and skills required toperform the drills, it is a nice touch that proves to be very beneficial. Because of the scattered nature of the book, a name college coachwroteeach of the chapters, this is a compendium of knowledge which is quiteuneven in terms of writing.But is serves its purpose well.

I wouldrecommend Arie Selinger's book and Mike Hebert's book for more advancedcoaches and Bill Neville's book for beginning coaches who actually wants tocoach and not just throw the kids into a maze of drills.

GOOD PLACE TO START.
This book has a lot of good basic drill for the technical game of volleyball. I must say, for the coach that does not have a lot of drill tucked away in his/her head, this book is a definiteasset. It has a lotof good solid drills that would help any coach. I would have like to haveseen some more technical drill, but on the other hand, if your team canhandle all of the drills provided, your doing alright..Well worth themoney.. Thanks ... Read more

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Be a competitor on the court in no time at all! In Volleyball Fundamentals you learn by doing. Sequential instructions accompanying photographs will guide you to perform the essential skills and tactics of the game:

* Serving
* Receiving
* Setting
* Attacking
* Blocking
* Digging

In addition to mastering the basics, you’ll be challenged to expand your repertoire of skills and to use those newly acquired techniques and tactics for competitive advantage. More than XX gamelike activities and drills will speed your learning and improve your performance.

Volleyball Fundamentals gives you a better way to learn the basics in less time. With this book, you’ll be making a winning spike instead of just studying about it. ... Read more

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Informative book
A good book to learn the basics of volleyball. Useful pictures on formation, strategy, and drills.

For beginner coaches
This is a good "starting" coaches book for the grade school level.There are NO advanced strategies here.But if you are a new coach, it is a good book to learn the basics.

Good book
Simple and understandable book. Dont expect much but the name of the book is a hit. You can understand fundamentals and get theoretic base for this game. It is what you really need if you have not read anything about volleyball and need something to start with. Book is good if you have never played volleyball or if you have never had coach or never have read anything about volleyball. So, I was fed up with playing volleyball in DIY way and decide to get some theoretic base. This book was exactly what I needed.

book about volleyball
this is a usefull book for beginners specially if you need to know soem aorkouts for improvement in volleyball.

Volleyball Fundamentals (Sports Fundamentals Series)
Excellent for a beginning coach to review skills.Good drills. ... Read more

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A volleyball coaching book like none other. Not a list of drills. Not a "How To" of offense or defense. Just practical advice for coaches at all levels of volleyball.EXPERTS ENDORSE THE LITTLE BLACK BOOK:"Building a strong coaching philosophy that complements our unique, lifetime sport is vital to a coach's success. John Betcher's book will help you along the journey to become the best coach you can be."John Kessel USA Volleyball Director Membership Development & Disabled Programs "If you are trying to decide whether or not you should coach a volleyball team, this book can help you make that decision. The insights and anecdotes that John shares in his Little Black Book can help all coaches keep coaching in a proper perspective." Professor G. Thomas (Tom) TaitUSA Volleyball "All-time Great Coach")Founding Father of Penn State Men's and Women's Volleyball Programs ... Read more

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not for experienced players/coaches
I have played volleyball at the college level. I have also done some coaching as a student assistant in college and an assistant coach for high school. I have been around volleyball for awhile and this book just told me everything I already knew. Some ideas were interesting, but it was just different ways of saying things I already knew. More catchy phrases. Overall I'm looking to return it, it was a waste of money for anyone who knows anything about volleyball. If you haven't played in awhile and are about to start coaching, it would be a good read. However, I graduated college a year ago and it was uninformative to me.

"Little" descibes this book in more than one way.
I would strongly discourage purchasing this book.The actual book itself is approximately 5.5 inches by 8.5 inches and the standard page is full of awkward spacing, double spaced, and large font.Not to mention the book only has 102 pages... I'd be very curious as the overall word count.The book doesn't cover anything new or "insightful".It discusses the fundamentals of volleyball, a volleyball rally, and tosses in a quote here and there.

My background is I've played volleyball through college and have been an assistant at the high school and collegiate level, as well as being a head varsity coach for 4 years at the high school level.

must read for beginning coaches
Mr. Betcher's book should be required reading for beginning coaches of all sports.It is well written, concise and has a vast store of information that would help coaches who are just beginning their journey.

volleyball insights
Very readable and insightful book about the game of volleyball.We gave this to our high-school aged niece and she feels it has improved her game!
A must read for those you play and follow the game of volleyball.You will learn alot.

Great little book!
This book is a "must read" for every new coach, regardless of the sport.It's a small book, but addresses crucial issues every coach needs to learn, or remember.Highly recommended. ... Read more

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This guide to volleyball uses the Personalized Sport Instruction model of teaching (PSI), which is widely respected as an effective, interactive, student-centered teaching model. This workbook, as part of a six-book series, features a common organization and framework for planning, managing, implementing, and evaluating the fundamentals of learning badminton. Each module includes specific directions for setting up learning tasks and criteria for demonstrating mastery. For anyone interested in the sport of volleyball. ... Read more

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This is not how you play volleyball
As a professional educator and long time volleyball coach and instructor, I am deeply disturbed by the new ruminations being proposed by Poole and his
supporters.From where the dissenters come I don't know, but their divisive machinations are destroying the game and misleading many of the more inexperienced volleyball players into thinking that volleyball is archaic, dated, and ripe for a philosophical overhaul. Well, it isn't. These volleyballistas and their propogana programs need to be curtailed at the base, there is no method. There is no sports instruction system. Volleyball is chaos, it is a microcosm of the unpredictablem forces of the universe that created and will destroy our fragile world. Therein lies the beauty of the game, to play is to reinact this drama of the heavenly bodies and gases and divine indifference. Volleyball is life and death intertwined with immutable inevitabilty, and no hubristic system will ever shelter the volleyball player from his predetermined glory and humiliation.Surprisingly however, Poole gives a very good summary of beach volleyball and lists some very popular spots to get in on a pickup game. ... Read more

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An introduction to volleyball, explaining its history, rules and the skills it requires. It covers the equipment and suggests exercises to get the reader started. Step-by-step pictures alongside the text show how to get the sport right and there is a list of useful addresses. ... Read more

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On the worldwide stage, Beach Volleyball rules - no ifs, ands, or butts! Its fast action, sex appeal, and beach party vibe lure millions of television viewers to what NBC proclaimed the hottest ticket during the Olympic Games. The United States has long dominated this sport. Yet, as these Olympic champions return home, the afterglow rapidly burns out. The ever-optimistic Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP) always hopes for an Olympic spike that will sweep its Pro Beach Volleyball tour into the sports mainstream. Instead, this provocative sport struggles year after year. What gives? What's going on underneath this lustrous sun-baked layer of sun, fun, and buns? Order On The Court strips away this glistening front, revealing the dark clouds that smog Pro Beach Volleyball's visions of respect and recognition. This benchmark book not only dives deep into the sport's turbulent and amusing times, but also traces its history and projects its future. ... Read more

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Fantastic look into the world of Beach Volleyball & it's history
My wife and I are avid Pro Beach volleyball fans, dating back to 2005 after volunteering at our first AVP event in Cincinnati.Since that time we have had the privilege to work at tournaments around the US and have fallen in love with the sport. During a recent tournament back in Cinci, we had the good fortune of meeting the author, Tom Burke. As we flew back home to San Diego, I was totally engrossed in his book "Order on the Court". I'm not sure which part I enjoyed most, it was excellent from start to finish.The sport's history was chronicled back to the very beginning and his in-depth knowledge and analysis was highly illuminating from the early days up to 2008 when the book was released.

As the AVP recently announced it was closing it's doors, I kept hearing the old saying about history repeating itself. This is certainly the case when it comes to the AVP and current state of pro-beach volleyball in the US. Hopefully some of the excellent points made by Tom will be given some serious thought and consideration by the future leaders of sport and it will once again rise to prominance. This book is a great read not only for us rabid fans, but also newbies to the sport interested to learn more and those hopeful it will get back on track and transform into something bigger and better for the players and fans alike.

Olympic Fan
I am a casual fan of Olympic Beach Volleyball, who has attended two Women's Olympic Finals, and one AVP event.As an avid all around sports fan, I found that Order on the Court provided context and perspective by chronicling the up and down history of the USA's AVP, which is the tour that attempts to market ths sport as a professional event for the US sports fan consumer.Additionally, as Tom Burke juxtaposes the seemingly no-brainer appeal of the sport versus the business of running a tour one is able to understand the issues that cause the tour to struggle year in and year out with sponsors and fans.I learned a great deal about the inner-workings of the AVP from reading this book, and I walked away with a greater respect for the athletes who pursue their athletic dreams via beach volleyball.

Super Book! Inside Look at the Life & Times of Pro Beach Volleyball
This book rocks and lives up to all its promises!It certainly is a groundbreaking book for it covers not only the history of the pro beach volleyball sport but also all its present challenges and successes.The book is loaded with drama and comedy as it describes every facet of the sport: the AVP organization, the players, the media and sponsors, and even the fans. A definite must-have for any Sports or Olympics fan. ... Read more