The Ultimate Guide to Volleyball Nutrition will teach you how to increase your RMR (resting metabolic rate) to accelerate your metabolism and help you change your body for good. Learn how to get in top shape and reach your ideal weight through smart nutrition so that you can perform at your very best. Eating complex carbohydrates, protein, and natural fats in the right amount and percentages as well as increasing your RMR will make you faster, more agile, and more resistant. This book will help you to: -Prevent dehydration. -Prevent getting cramps. -Get injured less often. -Recover faster after competing or training. -Have more energy before, during, and after competition. By eating right and improving the way you feed your body you will also reduce injuries and be less prone to them in the future. Being too thick or too thin are two common reasons injuries happen and is the main reason most athletes have trouble reaching their peak performance. Three nutrition plan options are explained in detail. You can choose which one is best for you depending on your overall physical condition. One of the first changes most people who start this nutrition plan see is endurance. They get less tired and have more energy. Any athlete who wants to be in the best shape ever needs to read this book and start making long term changes that will get them where they want to be. No matter where you are right now or what you're doing, you can always improve yourself. Joseph Correa is a certified sports nutritionist and a professional athlete.

Play Volleyball in College, The Insider's Guide, will give prospective student athletes and their parents unparalleled inside information about the volleyball recruiting process. You'll find out what a recruiting package is, how to put it together, and when to send it to get an edge on your competition. You will learn what to put in a skills video and what you should leave out. Coaches in all 3 NCAA Divisions offer recruiting advice in their own words. You can't get any closer to being on the inside than that You'll find out that getting good grades are as important as playing good volleyball. The recruiting process can be easy if you know what to do. Parents, athletes and coaches have all commended Thompson on her advice to help athletes with the recruiting video, the process, and educating them along the way. Discover the secrets of getting recruited today

The passionate, poignant, and triumphant story of two-time Olympic gold medal-winning beach volleyball icon Misty May-Treanor.
More than any Olympics in history, the 2008 Beijing Summer Games captured the world's imagination, and Misty May-Treanor became one of the biggest U.S. stars on the global stage. Now she shares the story of her life and remarkable athletic career.
Destined for beach volleyball superstardom, having been raised on famed Muscle Beach in Santa Monica, California, Misty talks about the personal and professional challenges she has faced and the life lessons she has learned in the process. From growing up with two driven, competitive, accomplished athlete parents and living in a volatile household rocked for years by their alcoholism to the heartbreaking death of her mother from cancer, Misty reveals intimate details never before publicly discussed. She tells behind-the-scenes stories about her eight-year climb to the top of beach volleyball with partners Holly McPeak and Kerri Walsh; her career-threatening injuries; her role on ABC's hit television show "Dancing with the Stars"; and of course, her historic two Olympic gold medals and the special rewards they've brought.
Offering an unprecedented glimpse into the life of a cherished celebrity sports icon and an ambassador for women's athletics, "Misty "will touch, inspire, and empower readers everywhere.

This is Tom's second book and illustrates his bizarre, humorous and emotional ten-year journey in the world of club volleyball. Tom's three daughters participated in this roller-coaster environment for several different club teams. When Tom says, "Lunatic Rantings of a Volleyball Dad," he is not kidding. He loses his composure many times in the book and relates stories that are not normally discussed in polite conversation. He humorously takes on everyone who is associated with club volleyball: The players The coaches The volleyball officials The volleyball club rules Volleyball traditions The parents His wife Himself This book is for everyone. The young athletes will enjoy the book as much as the adults. The craziness found in club volleyball is probably relatable to all club sport teams. Enjoy! Tom's favorite volleyball cheer is, "Mirror, mirror on the wall, pretty girls don't play volleyball so let's get ugly." I think Tom has taken "ugliness" to a whole new level.

By the turn of the twenty-first century, volleyball had spread throughout the world, its number of participants second only to soccer's. And while the growth and development of the sport has been well chronicled, one story has remained untold the story of the inventor of volleyball, William G. Morgan. The Untold Story of William G. Morgan - Inventor of Volleyball reveals the people and places that surely influenced Morgan throughout his life and during the time he invented one of the most popular sports in the world. Although Morgan is widely recognized by name, the complete story of his roots, his trails, and his adventures had never been recorded until now. Read on to discover his story as it is told for the very first time.

By the turn of the twenty-first century, volleyball had spread throughout the world, its number of participants second only to soccer's. And while the growth and development of the sport has been well chronicled, one story has remained untold the story of the inventor of volleyball, William G. Morgan. The Untold Story of William G. Morgan - Inventor of Volleyball reveals the people and places that surely influenced Morgan throughout his life and during the time he invented one of the most popular sports in the world. Although Morgan is widely recognized by name, the complete story of his roots, his trails, and his adventures had never been recorded until now. Read on to discover his story as it is told for the very first time.

There are few books on the market today about playing the sport of volleyball. Few of these books speak to the outdoor doubles game. Even those that do exist simply go over the basic fundamentals. Most of the literature on this topic the average player already knows. "Winning Doubles: Mastering the Game Through Strategy and Training," is meant to bring players of all levels immediate improvements in their game. Using a series of strategies discussed nowhere else in any book currently on the market, Sangiacomo covers all aspects vital to a player's success on the doubles court. Topics include: Finding the right partner Types of serves and serving strategy Adjusting to weather conditions Passing positioning and tips (beyond fundamentals) Setting Techniques Hitting different types of shots Defensive schemes and blocking Physical conditioning and strength training for optimum performance Mental conditioning and exercises to enhance your play Reference section and description of useful products Much, much more This book is a must read for any competitive player who aims to be in the winner's circle

The Harper College women's volleyball team had a terrific record last year. In general, the same players were on the team this year as the year before. However, the prior year, with a different coaching staff and philosophies, the team record was only 3 wins and 18 losses. This year, the team ended up rated the 4th best team in the nation.

In volleyball, as with any sport, there are certain philosophies that work better than others. Sometimes, better talent with poorer philosophies can overcome worse talent with a good system. But this was a situation where we generally followed the philosophies and marched toward the success at the end of the tunnel.

This book is about those philosophies, and illustrates the points by showing where Harper College's players performed against those philosophies.

Players and coaches alike will become a better volleyball player or coach by reading this book.

This book first describes the physical profile of elite young tennis players focusing on the Inertial Movement Analysis patterns. In Inertial Movement Analysis, wearable microsensor technology is used to improve the knowledge about activity patterns such as accelerations, decelerations, jumps and changes of direction. Following this, the authors review the prevalence and risk factors of low back pain in tennis players and discuss the optimal rehabilitation program, focusing on non-operated adolescent/adult tennis players. A methodology for creating educational training programs in volleyball is examined. Algorithmic methodological steps of educational training programs, models and methods that were used in their creation and control, and the calculation and analysis of their effects and changes in volleyball are presented. The game pattern of the 2008 and 2012 Olympic women's volleyball finals between the USA and Brazil is assessed through data obtained from an observational video analysis of the Olympic finals in Beijing and London. Studies on game analysis in volleyball are discussed which identify that the points generated through the fundamentals of attack, block and serve are decisive for a team to achieve victory in high performance volleyball. Thus, the objective of this study was identify the factors that determine victory in high-performance men's volleyball. In the conceptual aspect, the authors discuss the theoretical assumptions of sociology of sport and historical-critical pedagogy, aiming to understand volleyball's history and basic fundamentals. In closing, the relationship between athletes, parents, and coaches is discussed in detail, depending on each individual's expectations and how these expectations influence the self-confidence of volleyball players.