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Approach to Coaching Boys vs. Girls
posted on February 9, 2010 at 9:54pm

Approach to Coaching Boys vs. Girls            I recently received a text message from a former student-athlete that I coached.  Although he didn’t continue onto play collegiate men’s volleyball, I always knew his primary sport was hockey...more

NCAA happenings
posted on January 17, 2010 at 4:19pm

The annual NCAA meeting concluded this weekend after a great deal of business was conducted--or at least it seemed that way from press coverage; I wasn't there. I just wanted to quickly mention two decisions.The first is in regards to sand volleyball. Des...more

Sand volleyball: In or out?
posted on January 15, 2010 at 1:21pm

The NCAA, which is meeting in Atlanta, Georgia this week, is voting today on whether to keep sand volleyball (for women) or to nix it from the list of emerging sports.When it was added I recall a little concern on my part on how it would be implemented an...more

Mental Toughness: Beyond the L's and W's
posted on December 23, 2009 at 4:27pm

“I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, his greatest fulfillment of all he holds dear, is the moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.” -Vince Lombardi...more

National Champs return home
posted on December 21, 2009 at 9:17am

Kudos to the Nittany Lions for one of the great runs in sports history. (And who knows? It may not be over yet.) Champions when they left, they return home status unchanged: ...more

Penn State: 102 Wins
posted on December 20, 2009 at 10:04am

Is Penn State volleyball the greatest Div I women's sports team ever?   For further discussion, an American winter league team signed a 17-year-old Japanese woman to pitch for them.  Is this a gimmick or the start of something big? I am at a work func...more

NCAA Volleyball Tournament Final Four tonight
posted on December 17, 2009 at 4:50pm

Where the elite meet: Be sure to catch tonight’s national volleyball semifinals  when they take place in Tampa, Florida. Thursday’s semifinals: Minnesota (28-8) vs. Texas (28-1), 6 p.m. • Penn State (36-0) vs. Hawaii (32-2), 8 p.m. • St. Pete Ti...more

Penn State: 100-0, possible three-peat next
posted on December 16, 2009 at 8:41am

The Penn State volleyball team are off for Tampa in pursuit of their third consecutive national championship. Saturday they earned a spot in the semifinals by winning their 100th consecutive match, the longest winning streak in women's Division I sports h...more

About that pregnant teen athlete who wasn’t allowed to play volleyball controversy
posted on December 14, 2009 at 3:04pm

Originally written for and cross-posted from BlogHer.com When Mackenzie McCollum was told she couldn’t play volleyball at school anymore until she had a doctor’s note she was upset for several reasons. First of all, she wasn’t telling many people s...more

Penn State's got a pretty decent vollyeball team, Ey?
posted on December 11, 2009 at 9:34am

I swear I don't mean to pick up the season in the playoffs every year.  It's not malice aforethought. It just never comes to mind.  The third round is tonight and has some good matchups, or so I'm told.  Texas only lost once this year and all, too.  ...more

5 reasons many girls don’t play sports at my high school (and it’s not because they don’t want to)
posted on December 9, 2009 at 9:15am

By Hannah Ritchie Only one in four girls at Colleyville Heritage High School in Texas, my school, participate in sports while more than half of boys are on sports teams. This is NOT because girls aren’t interested. Last December, 3,374  girls in gr...more

ESPN profiles case of pregnancy discrimination in high school sports
posted on December 3, 2009 at 9:36am

Via Womenstake (among other blogs) I learned that ESPN recently profiled a case of discrimination against a pregnant high school athlete in an episode of Outside the Lines. Mackenzie McCollum was a star setter on her high school volleyball team in Fort W...more

Spike this: Pregnant volleyball player misserved by school officials
posted on December 1, 2009 at 6:05pm

By Laura Pappano Sure, research shows that high school girls who play sports are less likely than their non-athletic peers to get pregnant. But sometimes it happens. When it does, schools and districts need fair and sensible policies that allow girls (w...more

What ESPN Left on the Cutting Room Floor
posted on November 30, 2009 at 3:52pm

by Lara S. Kaufmann, Senior Counsel, National Women’s Law Center  If you watched ESPN’s “Outside the Lines” yesterday, you know it included a segment on a client of ours, a 17-year old high school senior in Fort Worth, Texas. In case you miss...more

Mailbag: Support Sand Volleyball
posted on November 9, 2009 at 9:51am

Hello Friends and Beach Volleyball Enthusiasts, Many of you have contacted USA Volleyball with questions as to the status of sand volleyball in the NCAA.  On January 15, 2010 there will be an override vote led by universities who are trying to block the...more

Quinnipiac v-ball not a sure thing
posted on October 2, 2009 at 9:32am

During the midst of court proceedings last spring, Quinnipiac University in Connecticut reinstated women's volleyball under pressure about their Title IX compliance and some questions about doctored rosters.But the university went ahead with its original ...more

Podcast: Interview with Gabby Reece
posted on September 24, 2009 at 4:35pm

Gabby Reece possesses a look that conveys both athleticism and feminine beauty. At 6’3”, she is a dominate force on and off the pro beach volleyball circuit, and an inspiration to all who meet her. California born, Gabby was raised on St. Thomas in ...more

The mommy discourse: Motherhood and sexification
posted on September 24, 2009 at 12:15pm

Misty May is coming back to professional volleyball this month. May is the latest athlete mommy to return to competition. And thus the mommy discourse continues. Laura Pappano comments on May's return and discusses the other mommy returns. It seems like s...more

What an awesome Sunday it was
posted on August 31, 2009 at 9:35am

That's not even including the WPS All-Star game, which I DVR'ed but haven't watched yet. *Over on the men's side, Carl Edwards capped a final lap of extraordinary driving by forcing Marcus Ambrose into a mistake on the last turn and winning at Montreal's...more

Shaq Vs. Me
posted on August 27, 2009 at 5:49pm

The premise of the new ABC show Shaq Vs.  is basketball legend Shaquille O’Neal challenges other incredible athletes at their sport, in their house.  Even if this guy alleges Shaq and William Morris Endeavor ripped him off, the show has debuted and...more

More details on the status of sand volleyball
posted on August 10, 2009 at 9:51am

So not too long ago we got wind that sand volleyball was not a shoo-in for emerging sport status; that there were some concerns. But we didn't get a lot of information about the situation. Then I read a piece by Graham Watson at ESPN.com where it seemed t...more

Shaq vs. Serena Williams in tennis?
posted on July 23, 2009 at 2:28pm

 ABC  is set to air “Shaq Vs.,” a reality show pitting four times hoops champion Shaquille O’Neal against top athletes in their own sports. O’Neal, who he’s scheduled to report for NBA training camp Sept. 15 as he joins the Cleveland Cavalie...more

Sand volleyball recalled
posted on July 14, 2009 at 8:41am

Somehow we missed the news that sand volleyball, the newly named NCAA emerging sport, has been called back to the drawing board.It seems San Diego State University had been planning to add sand volleyball along with women's lacrosse. SDSU must meet the ge...more

Mediation in QU case
posted on June 12, 2009 at 10:16am

Judge Stefan Underhill, who ordered the injunction on the Quinnipiac Title IX/volleyball case recently, has sent the case to a magistrate judge for mediation talks. No word here on what next week's talks will address, but both sides made the request to th...more

Honda Award Winners - Best Female Collegiate Athletes
posted on June 11, 2009 at 9:10am

For the 24th consecutive year, Honda has honored the most outstanding female collegiate athletes in the nation with the Collegiate Women Sports Awards. Winners are selected in each of the 12 NCAA-sanctioned sports by a panel of more than 1,000 NCAA a...more
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