April's Beach Volleyball Log

Pro Beach player Angie Akers overcomes personal obstacles

One of the reasons I created Volleyball Voices was so that younger players can learn from the personal stories of experienced professional players.

Angie Akers has a great interactive website that all young indoor and outdoor players should visit. Be sure to visit her "Overcoming Obstacles" link which she retells the story of having to recuperate from leg injuries.

In many cases the hardest part of recuperating from an injury is the mental part. Overcoming the fear of not repeating the injury or regaining the natural normal movement that you had before getting hurt. Check out how Angie endured her experience.

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Volleyball quotes from AVP CROCS pro beach volleyball player Elaine Youngs

"I'm able to block out a lot of stuff when I play," she said. "I always play best when I am sick.”

Elaine Youngs after announcing that she was dedicating the final game in Charleston-to her neighbor, who had died a few days before.

Click Olympian Elaine Youngs wins the AVP Crocs Charleston Open to read more.

What's so special about the CROCS beach shoe that the players wear?

Remember the Wilson Official AVP Game Ballis in your court.

April Chapple is a freelance copywriter for volleyball products and promotions, columnist for USA Volleyball and the American Volleyball Coaches Association Coaching Volleyballmagazine and author of numerous online articles on playing and coaching volleyball. Author of the upcoming ebook "How to Stop Serving Like a Wimp" April's volleyball sites are volleyballvoices.com, volleyballvoyeur.com, beijingolympicvolleyball.com, and aprilsbeachvolleyballog.com. She can be reached at april@volleyballvoices.com

I know you want to learn the secrets of how the pros play like they do. The fastest way for you to do that is to sign up for the FREE Volleyball Voices Newsletter so you can be the first person on your team to get the inside track on how to stay off the bench and gain more playing time by improving all your volleyball skills, fast! Just fill out that box in the upper right hand corner to receive today's volleyball news you can use.

Volleyball quotes from AVP CROCS pro beach volleyball player Elaine Youngs about the semis

"We feel good," she said. "We haven't had a lot of long matches. It's going to be a tough game but we want to win this tournament so we'll be ready.

Elaine Youngs on reaching the AVP Crocs Charleston Open finals

Click pro beach volleyball player Elaine Youngs

What's so special about the CROCS beach shoe that the players wear?

Remember the Wilson Official AVP Game Ballis in your court.

April Chapple is a freelance copywriter for volleyball products and promotions, columnist for USA Volleyball and the American Volleyball Coaches Association Coaching Volleyballmagazine and author of numerous online articles on playing and coaching volleyball. Author of the upcoming ebook "How to Stop Serving Like a Wimp" April's volleyball sites are volleyballvoices.com, volleyballvoyeur.com, beijingolympicvolleyball.com, and aprilsbeachvolleyballog.com. She can be reached at april@volleyballvoices.com

I know you want to learn the secrets of how the pros play like they do. The fastest way for you to do that is to sign up for the FREE Volleyball Voices Newsletter so you can be the first person on your team to get the inside track on how to stay off the bench and gain more playing time by improving all your volleyball skills, fast! Just fill out that box in the upper right hand corner to receive today's volleyball news you can use.

Jenny Kropp, AVP pro beach player on playing with a veteran

"I really like it," said Kropp, a standout blocker at 6-foot-2. "Nancy is one of the best players on the tour. She is a veteran who knows a lot. I get to learn from her. I just hope she is patient because I have a lot to learn. But I think our potential is unlimited." (AVP.com)

Jenny Kropp on the relationship with her new partner veteran AVP pro Nancy Mason. Click on AVP.com to read the entire article.

To read more click AVP.com

What's so special about the CROCS beach shoe that the players wear?

Remember the Wilson Official AVP Game Ballis in your court.

April Chapple is a freelance copywriter for volleyball products and promotions, columnist for USA Volleyball and the American Volleyball Coaches Association Coaching Volleyballmagazine and author of numerous online articles on playing and coaching volleyball. Author of the upcoming ebook "How to Stop Serving Like a Wimp" April's volleyball sites are volleyballvoices.com, volleyballvoyeur.com, beijingolympicvolleyball.com, and aprilsbeachvolleyballog.com. She can be reached at april@volleyballvoices.com

I know you want to learn the secrets of how the pros play like they do. The fastest way for you to do that is to sign up for the FREE Volleyball Voices Newsletter so you can be the first person on your team to get the inside track on how to stay off the bench and gain more playing time by improving all your volleyball skills, fast! Just fill out that box in the upper right hand corner to receive today's volleyball news you can use.

Kerri Walsh on improving her game by playing tough competition

“We have five of the top teams in the world (on the AVP). Nobody likes playing Americans, and we are fortunate - and it’s kind of a mixed blessing - because we get to play these teams so often. We get to know each other inside and out, which is good and bad.
But ultimately, it’s making us better for the gold in Beijing. That’s what we want so bad, and playing these girls every single weekend is going to make us so much better.”

(Sportsfeatures.com)

Kerri Walsh, on Sportsfeatures.com about the level of competition among the American teams and how it affects their Olympic preparations. To read more go to Sportsfeatures.com

Remember the ball is in your court. Are you ">too small to play volleyball?

April Chapple is a freelance copywriter for volleyball products and promotions, columnist for USA Volleyball and the American Volleyball Coaches Association Coaching Volleyballmagazine and author of numerous online articles on playing and coaching volleyball. Author of the upcoming ebook "How to Stop Serving Like a Wimp" April's volleyball sites are volleyballvoices.com, volleyballvoyeur.com, beijingolympicvolleyball.com, and aprilsbeachvolleyballog.com. She can be reached at april@volleyballvoices.com

I know you want to learn the secrets of how the pros play like they do. The fastest way for you to do that is to sign up for the FREE Volleyball Voices Newsletter so you can be the first person on your team to get the inside track on how to stay off the bench and gain more playing time by improving all your volleyball skills, fast! Just fill out that box in the upper right hand corner to receive today's volleyball news you can use.

AVP pro Jen Boss on popular beach volleyball is in the Olympics

"Everybody is really into the Olympics and the fact that beach volleyball is one of the most popular sports at the Olympics makes everyone a little bit more interested in the sport this year," Boss said. (Sun-Sentinel.com)

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Jennifer Boss, half of Olympic hopefuls "Boss and Ross" to Sun-Sentinel’s Sharon Robb about the impact of beach volleyball in the Olympics. check out the rest at Sun-Sentinel.com.

Remember the ball is in your court. Are you ">too small to play volleyball?

April Chapple is a freelance copywriter for volleyball products and promotions, columnist for USA Volleyball and the American Volleyball Coaches Association Coaching Volleyballmagazine and author of numerous online articles on playing and coaching volleyball. Author of the upcoming ebook "How to Stop Serving Like a Wimp" April's volleyball sites are volleyballvoices.com, volleyballvoyeur.com, beijingolympicvolleyball.com, and aprilsbeachvolleyballog.com. She can be reached at april@volleyballvoices.com

I know you want to learn the secrets of how the pros play like they do. The fastest way for you to do that is to sign up for the FREE Volleyball Voices Newsletter so you can be the first person on your team to get the inside track on how to stay off the bench and gain more playing time by improving all your volleyball skills, fast! Just fill out that box in the upper right hand corner to receive today's volleyball news you can use.

Misty Misty May Treanor on what it takes to make a come back

From Sportsfeatures.com

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“We got back into a good sideout rhythm and had very good serves. I thought in Game 2 and the first couple points of Game 3, our passing wasn’t as good. We just got back into a nice sideout rhythm.”

(On the final point) “When Kerri does her job at the net, my job is to get everything behind her. She was able to channel the ball to me, and I was able to control it. You don’t want to keep going back and forth with a team like that.”

Click Sportsfeatures.com to read the rest of the article.

Remember the ball is in your court. Are you ">too small to play volleyball?

April Chapple is a freelance copywriter for volleyball products and promotions, columnist for USA Volleyball and the American Volleyball Coaches Association Coaching Volleyballmagazine and author of numerous online articles on playing and coaching volleyball. Author of the upcoming ebook "How to Stop Serving Like a Wimp" April's volleyball sites are volleyballvoices.com, volleyballvoyeur.com, beijingolympicvolleyball.com, and aprilsbeachvolleyballog.com. She can be reached at april@volleyballvoices.com

I know you want to learn the secrets of how the pros play like they do. The fastest way for you to do that is to sign up for the FREE Volleyball Voices Newsletter so you can be the first person on your team to get the inside track on how to stay off the bench and gain more playing time by improving all your volleyball skills, fast! Just fill out that box in the upper right hand corner to receive today's volleyball news you can use.

Ashley Ivy, on finally going home again

"I actually slept in the same bed that I slept in when I was in high school," said Ivy, a 1999 graduate of Lamar High School in Arlington. "It feels so nice to be home because other than Thanksgiving and Christmas I don't make it back too often."

Ashley Ivy, women'€™s AVP pro beach volleyball player, on playing in front of the home crowd. Go to AVP.com to read more of the story.

Remember the ball is in your court. Are you ">too small to play volleyball?

April Chapple is a freelance copywriter for volleyball products and promotions, columnist for USA Volleyball and the American Volleyball Coaches Association Coaching Volleyballmagazine and author of numerous online articles on playing and coaching volleyball. Author of the upcoming ebook "How to Stop Serving Like a Wimp" April's volleyball sites are volleyballvoices.com, volleyballvoyeur.com, beijingolympicvolleyball.com, and aprilsbeachvolleyballog.com. She can be reached at april@volleyballvoices.com

I know you want to learn the secrets of how the pros play like they do. The fastest way for you to do that is to sign up for the FREE Volleyball Voices Newsletter so you can be the first person on your team to get the inside track on how to stay off the bench and gain more playing time by improving all your volleyball skills, fast! Just fill out that box in the upper right hand corner to receive today's volleyball news you can use.