One look at Phil Dalhausser, and it’s obvious, he’s not on steroids.  Sorry Phil, you are in great shape, just not in the false muscle bound, vein popping way that has become an acceptable norm.  NPR recently published the following article, Who can a young fan look up to? Professional Beach Volleyball Player, Phil Dalhausser is a great Continue Reading

Friday the 13th struck volleyball hard this year. Today, the AVP announced that it is “suspending operations“. In layman’s terms, the season is canceled and there is a good chance the AVP, a public company, may go bankrupt (the stock is currently trading at $0.02 per share).  Hans Stoflus offers some great insight from his perspective: End of Days. Continue Reading

Rotate 123 is a great volleyball rotation coaching tool that allows you to input numerous line-ups in a variety of offenses (5 – 1, 6 – 2).  Instead of writing down all 6 rotations by hand, crossing-out, and manipulating serve receive patterns, just enter your roster into the system and Continue Reading

Another year has passed, another Manhattan Beach Six Man Volleyball Tournament I have missed.  I hope one day, before I’m old and gray, I’ll make one of the world’s best volleyball events.  This year, even Kerri Walsh played IN the tournament for Team Gum Tree.  They took second place in the tournament and Team Magnum, on the men’s side completed a three-peat.  It wasn’t without a fight, team 12th Street with the helps of gold medalist Sean Rooney and Eric Fonoimoana gave a valiant effort.  Gold medalists Continue Reading