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Chapters: Yevgeniya Artamonova, Elena Tyurina, Natalya Morozova, Konstantin Ushakov, Ruslan Olikhver, Yuri Cherednik, Andrei Kuznetsov, Evgeni Krasilnikov, Igor Runov. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 25. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Yevgeniya Viktorovna Estes (Russian: ), née Artamonova () (born July 17, 1975 in Sverdlovsk) is a Russian volleyball player, who was a member of the national team that won the silver medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She won the most beautiful woman volleyball player award, which was held on the occasion of World Grand Champions Cup '93 and sponsored by Japanese Monthly Volleyball Magazine, overtaking second-placed Mika Yamauchi of Japan. As a member of TOYOBO, she won the first runner-up of "Miss V-League". Grand Chamoions Cup '97 brought Russia team the perfect victory and she won the MVP. During the Russia-Japan game of the World Grand Prix '95 she fell down because of a knee injury. The knee was operated on unsuccessfully the previous year. Aru-chan (Evguenia's nickname in Japan) On the court, she rarely shows her feelings, which made Japanese media nickname her Ice doll. ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=10950420 ... Read more

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Chapters: Xue Chen, Wang Jie, Tian Jia, Wang Fei, Zhang Xi, Xu Linyin, Wang Lu, You Wenhui, Wu Penggen. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Xue Chen (Chinese: ; pinyin: Xu Chén; born February 18, 1989 in Fuzhou, Fujian) is a Chinese female beach volleyball player, measuring 6'3" or 191 cm in height. Her hometown is Fuzhou, Fujian, but she trains in Sanya, Hainan. She has also trained in California under coach Dane Selznick. She began playing basketball as a child, but disliked the physical contact of that sport. She then played indoor volleyball from the age of 10 to 13 before settling into beach volleyball. She began training for her sports career in 2000 at the Fu Zhou Sports Training School. In 2002, she attended the Athletic Sports College of Fu Zhou and became a member of the Chinese National Beach Volleyball team. Xue then made her SWATCH-FIVB World Tour debut in 2005, playing in two events with You Wenhui and winning the FIVB Top Rookie award for 2006. Early 2006 Xue became the youngest player to ever win a major event, when on May 28th 2006 the 17 year old won the $400,000 China Shanghai Jinshan Open. Later in 2006, Xue and Zhang Xi won the gold medal in the women's team competition at the 2006 Asian Games. The pair also won the bronze medal in women's beach volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Near the end of 2009 Xue and Zhang Xi won the Asian Beach Volleyball Championships in Haikou, Hainan. Xue Chen is also very popular because of her good looks, and is many consider her to be the hottest beach volleyball player. ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=18416693 ... Read more

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Chapters: Lucilla Perrotta, Annamaria Solazzi, Laura Bruschini, Andrea Ghiurghi, Daniela Gattelli, Paolo Nicolai, Dio Lequaglie, Riccardo Lione, Eugenio Amore. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 25. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Lucilla Perrotta (born June 3, 1975 in Rome) is a female professional beach volleyball player from Italy, who twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics: 2000 and 2004. Partnering Daniela Gattelli she claimed the gold medal at the 2002 European Championships in Basel, Switzerland. ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=18301737 ... Read more

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Chapters: Mohammad Mousavi Eraghi, Alireza Nadi, Behnam Mahmoudi, Mohammad Mohammad-Kazem, Saeid Marouf, Hamzeh Zarrini, Padideh Bolourizadeh, Mojtaba Shaban. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 23. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Seyed Mohammad Mousavi Eraghi (Persian: , born August 22, 1987 in Dezful) is a volleyball player from Iran, who plays as a middle-blocker for the Men's National Team. He was named Best Blocker at the 2008 Olympic Qualification Tournament, where Iran ended up in sixth place and missed qualification for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China. ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=18079194 ... Read more

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Chapters: Natalie Cook, Kerri Pottharst, Summer Lochowicz, Joshua Slack, Julien Prosser, Lee Zahner, Tamsin Barnett, Andrew Schacht. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 23. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Natalie Louise Cook OAM (born 19 January 1975) is an Australian professional beach volleyball player and Olympic gold medallist. Cook was born in Townsville, Queensland. She was the dux of her school, Corinda State High (located in the western suburbs of Brisbane). Subsequently, Natalie enrolled to study medicine. At the same time, she took up volleyball, captaining the Australian Indoor Junior Team in 1992. In 1993, she began playing beach volleyball, before giving up her medical studies and going professional the following year. She partnered with Kerri Pottharst, and together, they represented Australia at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996, winning a bronze medal - the very first time that beach volleyball had been an Olympic sport. In the same year, the pair won a silver medal at the world championships, and came first in the World Tour Event in Japan. Cook and Pottharst split for a few years afterwards, but reunited in time for the Sydney Olympics in 2000. Before the games, they finished third in the World Tour Events in France and Portugal. At the games themselves, the pair dominated the competition, ultimately winning the gold medal. In the aftermath of their Olympic win, the pair were awarded the Order of Australia, Australia's highest honor. Cook and Pottharst were included in the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball's Team of the Decade. After the Olympics, Pottharst retired, and Cook found a new partner in Nicole Sanderson. They won a bronze medal at the 2003 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, and by the end of the 2003 world tour, were ranked fourth in...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=914909 ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Olympic Beach Volleyball Players of Puerto Rico, Yarleen Santiago, Raúl Papaleo, Dariam Acevedo, Orlando Irizarry, Roberto Rodríguez, Ramón Hernández. Excerpt: Yarleen Santiago Pagán (born January 18, 1978 in Trujillo Alto) is a female beach volleyball player from Puerto Rico who won the gold medal at the NORCECA Circuit 2009 at Montelimar, Nicaragua playing with Dariam Acevedo. At home, she was runner-up of the beach professional circuit Circuito de Voleibol Playero Profesional, playing with Sheila Conley. In 2009, playing with Dariam Acevedo, she won the championship. She studied and played at University of Arkansas as outside hitter. There, she earned between 1997 - 1999, AVCA All District/All region, All Southestern Conference (SEC) Team and SEC All-Tournament Team every year. She also were dig leader among her team every season during 1997-1999. She earned the Freshman of the year award in 1997. She retired from the national team in 2007 after being representing her home country in many events. At the 2006 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup, she won the Best Defense Award. She actually played professionally in 2009 with Gigantes de Carolina from Liga de Voleibol Superior Femenino. ... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=25037340 ... Read more

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Chapters: Wang Jie, Tian Jia, Zhang Xi, Wang Lu, You Wenhui, Li Hua, Gu Hongyu, Wu Penggen. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 24. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Wang Jie (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: Wáng Jié; born 4 December 1983 in Urumqi, Xinjiang) is a female Chinese professional beach volleyball player. Wang has partnered with Tian Jia since the start of the 2006 season and are currently fifth in the world rankings. She won four titles with Tian, most recently in Hong Kong in 2007. The other two came in back-to-back events in Austria and Poland in 2006, and in Shanghai in 2007. A very consistent tandem, the duo has made 15 podium finishes in addition to those four victories, finishing runner-up seven times in 2007 and eight overall, finishing atop the FIVB standings in 2007. Wang Jie had originally partnered with Linjun Ji upon entering the FIVB circuit in 2003, but made only three top-10 finishes, highlighted by a fifth-place finish in her debut in Greece in 2003, and did not return to beach volleyball until partnering with Tian. She competed at the beach volleyball event at the 2008 Summer Olympics with playing partner Tian Jia. They were undefeated up to the finals where they lost against Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh of the United States, winning the silver medal. Swatch ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=18669547 ... Read more

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Chapters: Natalie Cook, Kerri Pottharst, Summer Lochowicz, Joshua Slack, Julien Prosser, Lee Zahner, Tamsin Barnett, Andrew Schacht. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 23. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Natalie Louise Cook OAM (born 19 January 1975) is an Australian professional beach volleyball player and Olympic gold medallist. Cook was born in Townsville, Queensland. She was the dux of her school, Corinda State High (located in the western suburbs of Brisbane). Subsequently, Natalie enrolled to study medicine. At the same time, she took up volleyball, captaining the Australian Indoor Junior Team in 1992. In 1993, she began playing beach volleyball, before giving up her medical studies and going professional the following year. She partnered with Kerri Pottharst, and together, they represented Australia at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996, winning a bronze medal - the very first time that beach volleyball had been an Olympic sport. In the same year, the pair won a silver medal at the world championships, and came first in the World Tour Event in Japan. Cook and Pottharst split for a few years afterwards, but reunited in time for the Sydney Olympics in 2000. Before the games, they finished third in the World Tour Events in France and Portugal. At the games themselves, the pair dominated the competition, ultimately winning the gold medal. In the aftermath of their Olympic win, the pair were awarded the Order of Australia, Australia's highest honor. Cook and Pottharst were included in the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball's Team of the Decade. After the Olympics, Pottharst retired, and Cook found a new partner in Nicole Sanderson. They won a bronze medal at the 2003 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, and by the end of the 2003 world tour, were ranked fourth in...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=914909 ... Read more

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Chapters: Paul Laciga, Martin Laciga, Lea Schwer, Sascha Heyer, Jan Schnider, Patrick Heuscher, Nicole Schnyder-Benoit, Simone Kuhn, Stefan Kobel,. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 25. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Paul Laciga (born November 24, 1970 in Bern) is a beach volleyball player from Switzerland, who won the silver medal in the men's beach team competition at the 2005 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Berlin, Germany, partnering Sascha Heyer. He represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000 (Sydney, Australia). Laciga and his younger brother Martin (born 1975) teamed from 1995 through 2004 to place fifth in two Olympics (Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004) while competing together in four FIVB World Championships (1997, 1999, 2001 and 2003) and the 1998 Goodwill Games in New York. The Swiss brothers won six international gold medals (five SWATCH titles and a 1997 FIVB Challenge crown in the Czech Republic). Laciga earned FIVB World Championship silver medals with his brother in 1997 in Marseille, France, and with Sascha Heyer in 2005 at Berlin. Sandwiched between bronze (1997 Italy) and silver medal finishes (2001 Italy, and 2002 Switzerland), the Lacigas captured three-straight European continental championships (1998 Greece, 1999 Majorca and 2000 Spain). ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=11327115 ... Read more

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If you're like many volleyball officials just starting out, you've played the sport in the past, you love the competition, and you're looking for a way to stay involved. But you know there's more to officiating than just knowing the rules. Officiating Volleyball offers up-and-coming and seasoned officials comprehensive guidelines for officiating matches with confidence.

Based on officiating mechanics endorsed by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS), Officiating Volleyball is the definitive guide for high school officials. You'll learn what's expected of you as an official, including your match responsibilities, procedures to follow, mechanics to use during the match, how to enforce infractions, and how to apply the rules in situations such as substitutions, player alignment, and the new libero position.

Officiating Volleyball is not a rules book--it's a practical resource for implementing correct mechanics as developed and approved by the NFHS. Officiating mechanics are supported by nearly 100 photos and illustrations of positioning and signaling. Real-life cases demonstrate correct rulings, point out common officiating errors and how to avoid them, and challenge you to make the right call. A glossary of key volleyball terms is also included. It's a resource sure to have a place in every official's sport bag.

Officiating Volleyball was written by the American Sport Education Program (ASEP) in cooperation with the NFHS. It serves as the text for the NFHS Officiating Volleyball Methods online course, offered through the NFHS Officials Education Program. ... Read more

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This book is not a rule book.With a good sense of humor, it explains many ways to become a great referee by going over various situations. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Wang Jie (simplified Chinese: 王洁; traditional Chinese: 王潔; pinyin: Wáng Jié; born 4 December 1983 in Urumqi, Xinjiang) is a female Chinese professional beach volleyball player.Wang has partnered with Tian Jia since the start of the 2006 season and are currently fifth in the world rankings. She won four titles with Tian, most recently in Hong Kong in 2007. The other two came in back-to-back events in Austria and Poland in 2006, and in Shanghai in 2007. A very consistent tandem, the duo has made 15 podium finishes in addition to those four victories, finishing runner-up seven times in 2007 and eight overall, finishing atop the FIVB standings in 2007. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Volleyball at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games consisted of indoor volleyball held at the West Negros University Gymnasium in Bacolod City, Negros Occidental, Philippines and beach volleyball held at the University of St. La Salle Grounds also in Bacolod City.Volleyball at the SEA Games was split into two categories: the traditional volleyball competition and beach volleyball. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Volleyball Federation of Montenegro (OSCG) (Montenegrin: Odbojkaški savez Crne Gore) is the governing body of volleyball in Montenegro. It is based in Podgorica.It also organizes the Montenegrin national volleyball team and the Montenegro national women's volleyball team.OSCG was formed in 1949. It is a member of the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball and the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Yuri Borisovich Chesnokov (Russian: Юрий Борисович Чесноков; January 22, 1933 - May 30, 2010) was a Russian volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1964 Summer Olympics. He was born in Moscow. Chesnokov was a two-time world champion, having won gold at the 1960 and the 1962 competitions. In 1964 he was part of the Soviet team which won the gold medal in the Olympic tournament. He played eight matches. After his active career, he coached the Soviet team at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics, and later served as a FIVB vice-president for many years. The FIVB World Championship is a men's and women's indoor volleyball competition. It is the oldest and most important of all the international events organized by the FIVB and must not be confused with the FIVB World Cup or the FIVB World League/FIVB World Grand Prix. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Volleyball has been contested as an indoor sport at the Summer Olympic Games since 1964. Beach volleyball was introduced at the 1992 Games, and has been an official Olympic sport since 1996The history of Olympic volleyball can be traced back to the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, where volleyball was played as part of an American sports demonstration event. Consideration of its addition to the Olympic program, however, was given only ... after World War II, with the foundation of the FIVB and of some of the continental confederations. In 1957, a special tournament was held at the 53rd IOC session in Sofia, Bulgaria to support such request. The competition was a success, and the sport was officially introduced in 1964. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Paralympics was staged at the Helliniko Fencing Hall from September 21 to September 27.The sport is performed sitting down. Subject to a minimum degree of physical disability there are no classifications in this sport. There are separate men's and women's competitions.The tournament brought Bosnia and Herzegovina their first ever Paralympic gold medal. Their team consisted of players injured in the War of 1992-95. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Volleyball tournament of the 2006 Lusophony Games was played in Macau, People's Republic of China. The venue was the IPM Multi-sports Pavilion. The tournament was played from 7 to 15 October 2006, and there was a men's and women's competition.Portugal won both male and female tournaments, defeating in the final both teams from Macau, by 3-0. East Timor achieved their only medal (bronze) at the Games. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is an athletics association of eight colleges and universities in the Philippines. Established in 1924, the NCAA is the oldest athletic association in the Philippines. The Philippine NCAA is not connected to the NCAA of the United States.The Policy Board and the Management Committee handles the affairs of the league. The Board and the Committee are composed of representatives of the eight member schools, and determine the acceptance and suspension of member schools, game reversals and replays, and other official actions. During the nearly yearlong season from June to March, each school participates in 11 sports; each sport is conducted in two divisions: the Juniors for male high-school students, and the Seniors for college students. There are male and female Seniors divisions for some events. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Volleyball Hall of Fame was founded to honor extraordinary players, coaches, officials, and leaders who have made significant contributions to the game of volleyball. The hall is located in Holyoke, Massachusetts, where volleyball was invented in 1895 by William G. Morgan at the local YMCA.In 1971 the Greater Holyoke Chamber of Commerce established a committee to campaign for the founding of the Volleyball Hall of Fame in Holyoke, Massachusetts, which is where volleyball was originally founded. In 1895, William G. Morgan, the inventor of volleyball, was posthumously inducted into the hall as its first member. A small exhibit dedicated to the history of volleyball and the hall of fame's inductees opened in a local building on June 6, 1987 with 1,600 square feet (150 m2) of space. In 1997 the exhibit moved to a new temporary location, and is now awaiting movement to a permanent museum. ... Read more