April's Beach Volleyball Log

Olympian Brazilian Beach Volleyball Women aiming for USA volleyball players

From the Guardian

Beach Volleyball-Brazilians out to topple Americans

"We need a world convention to figure out how to beat them," said Australian Tamsin Barnett, who is playing with 2000 gold medallist Natalie Cook.

May-Treanor brushed off the pressure.

"We've had a target on our back for a long time," she said. "We've been around a while so we have experience of this kind of pressure, this kind of major event, which is good."

Click World’s Best Women’s Beach Volleyball players trying to figure out how to beat Misty May Treanor and Kerri Walsh to read the rest

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April Chapple is a columnist for USA Volleyball, the American Volleyball Coaches Association Coaching Volleyball magazine, a contributor to Active,.com/volleyball, and has authored numerous playing and coaching volleyball articles. Look for her upcoming ebook "How to Stop Serving Like a Wimp". She can be reached at april@volleyballvoices.com.

Brazilian Olympic Beach Volleyball Women: Athletes Who Adapt

From Reuters.com

Brazil Women’s beach Volleyball Olympian Larissa to play with old foe

"I've played against Ana Paula for many, many years but never with her. But I know her game well and she knows mine so we'll be OK," Larissa told reporters on Thursday.

"I couldn't bear to see everybody biting their nails and praying to God that nothing would happen to me,"

Juliana said, her voice shaking, as her partner of four years stood by.

"In our sport, you learn to adapt fast so I'm sure she'll get over the heat, humidity and jetlag fast,"

Larissa said.

"Your volleyball season is about to start and I know you want to learn the secrets of how the pros play like they do.

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Learn early, what indoor and beach volleyball Olympians and professionals know about:

1. The importance of gaining muscle strength for injury prevention, gaining speed and increasing your vertical jump while training for volleyball,

2. Volleyball nutrition and

3. Mental conditioning and gaining confidence in yourself and your game, on and off the court."

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April Chapple is a columnist for USA Volleyball, the American Volleyball Coaches Association Coaching Volleyball magazine, a contributor to Active,.com/volleyball, and has authored numerous playing and coaching volleyball articles. Look for her upcoming ebook "How to Stop Serving Like a Wimp". She can be reached at april@volleyballvoices.com.

Beach Volleyball Day 5 Preview: Top seeded teams face unbeaten opponents

In the Women's competition, the top seeds Tian Jia and Wang Jie of China will take on Norwegian pair Kathrine Maaseide and Susanne Glesnes, who have not been defeated in the last two matches. The focus is on which team will continue the winning streak.

Ana Paula Conelly and Larissa Franca of Brazil will take on Tamsin Barnett and Natalie Cook of Australia. The hastily arranged Brazilian team performed impressively in the last two matches, but it is doubtful whether they can win a match with opponents like Cook, bronze medallist at the Atlanta 1996 and gold medallist at the Sydney 2000, and Barnett, the 2007 FIVB Most Improved Player.

Interestingly, Men's top seeds Ricardo Santos and Emanuel Rego of Brazil face a situation similar to their women counterparts, where their opponents, , also remain unbeaten in the last two matches. The encounter between two in-form teams is worth expecting.

Also in Men's competition, the No.2 seeds Philip Dalhausser and Todd Rogers of the United States will take on Mariano Joaquin Baracetti and Martin Alejo Conde of Argentina. As all four teams in the pool have the same competition record, it will be a win-or-die match that decides which team goes to the knockout stage.

"Your volleyball season is about to start and I know you want to learn the secrets of how the pros play like they do.

Strengthen and improve your volleyball skills while playing for your high school and club team, now!

Learn early, what indoor and beach volleyball Olympians and professionals know about:

1. The importance of gaining muscle strength for injury prevention, gaining speed and increasing your vertical jump while training for volleyball,

2. Volleyball nutrition and

3. Mental conditioning and gaining confidence in yourself and your game, on and off the court."

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April Chapple is a columnist for USA Volleyball, the American Volleyball Coaches Association Coaching Volleyball magazine, a contributor to Active,.com/volleyball, and has authored numerous playing and coaching volleyball articles. Look for her upcoming ebook "How to Stop Serving Like a Wimp". She can be reached at april@volleyballvoices.com.

Women and Men's Day Three Results at the Beijing Olympic Beach Volleyball tournament

From China’s Beijing 2008.cn

After Day 3 at the Chaoyang Park Beach Volleyball Ground in Beijing, here are the results:

USA Volleyball's Todd Rogers and Philip Dalhausser won 21-15, 21-10 against the Swiss team of Sascha Heyer and Patrick Heuscher.

Brazilians Ricardo Santos and Emanuel Rego beat Georgians Renato Gomes and Jorge Terceiro 2-0 with a score of 21-19 and 21-17.

In the Women's competition, the chinese and top seeds Tian Jia and Wang Jie overpowered Liesbeth Mouha and Liesbet van Breedam of Belgium in a match that went 2-1.

Down one set, brazilians Larissa Franca and Ana Paula Conelly beat Alexandra Shiryaeva and Natalia Uryadova of Russia 2-1 with scores of 19-21, 21-12, 15-13.

Click Beijing Olympic Beach Volleyball tournament for more previews and stories

"Your volleyball season is about to start and I know you want to learn the secrets of how the pros play like they do.

Strengthen and improve your volleyball skills while playing for your high school and club team, now!

Learn early, what indoor and beach volleyball Olympians and professionals know about:

1. The importance of gaining muscle strength for injury prevention, gaining speed and increasing your vertical jump while training for volleyball,

2. Volleyball nutrition and

3. Mental conditioning and gaining confidence in yourself and your game, on and off the court."

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April Chapple is a columnist for USA Volleyball, the American Volleyball Coaches Association Coaching Volleyball magazine, a contributor to Active,.com/volleyball, and has authored numerous playing and coaching volleyball articles. Look for her upcoming ebook "How to Stop Serving Like a Wimp". She can be reached at april@volleyballvoices.com.

Women's Beach Volleyball Photo of President Bush playing it safe with Misty May

I believe this is what they mean by "diplomatic relations".

Check out this women's beach volleyball picture of President George Bush and Misty May Treanor when he visited the courts to encourage the American players before the start of the Beijing Olympic Beach Volleyball tournament.

"Your volleyball season is about to start and I know you want to learn the secrets of how the pros play like they do.

Strengthen and improve your volleyball skills while playing for your high school and club team, now!

Learn early, what indoor and beach volleyball Olympians and professionals know about:

1. The importance of gaining muscle strength for injury prevention, gaining speed and increasing your vertical jump while training for volleyball,

2. Volleyball nutrition and

3. Mental conditioning and gaining confidence in yourself and your game, on and off the court."

Sign up for the FREE Volleyball Voices Newsletter 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 your volleyball skills, fast! Just fill out that box in the upper right hand corner to receive today's volleyball news you can use.

April Chapple is a columnist for USA Volleyball, the American Volleyball Coaches Association Coaching Volleyball magazine, a contributor to Active,.com/volleyball, and has authored numerous playing and coaching volleyball articles. Look for her upcoming ebook "How to Stop Serving Like a Wimp". She can be reached at april@volleyballvoices.com.

Olympic Beach Volleyball Results on Day Four

Beach Volleyball Day 4 Review: Austrian duo upset Brazilian seeds

The Men's competition was highlighted by an upset, where Austrian pair Clemens Doppler and Peter Gartmayer beat Brazilian pair Fabio Magalhaes and Marcio Araujo, 2-1 (20-22, 21-19, 15-11) .

Chinese men's beach volleyball team Wu Penggen and Xu Linyin won the match against Kristjan Kais and Rivo Vesik of Estonia. The match ended 2-1 (15-21,21-11, 15-13).

In the Women's competition, defending champions USA volleyball's Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh extended their unbeaten Olympic defeated Cuban duo Dalixia Fernandez and Tamara Larrea 2-0 (21-15, 21-16).

Austrian sisters Stefanie and Doris Schwaiger lost in two sets to Brazilian duo Renata Ribeiro and Talita Rocha, 18-21 and 19-21.

"Your volleyball season is about to start and I know you want to learn the secrets of how the pros play like they do.

Strengthen and improve your volleyball skills while playing for your high school and club team, now!

Learn early, what indoor and beach volleyball Olympians and professionals know about:

1. The importance of gaining muscle strength for injury prevention, gaining speed and increasing your vertical jump while training for volleyball,

2. Volleyball nutrition and

3. Mental conditioning and gaining confidence in yourself and your game, on and off the court."

Sign up for the FREE Volleyball Voices Newsletter 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 your volleyball skills, fast! Just fill out that box in the upper right hand corner to receive today's volleyball news you can use.

April Chapple is a columnist for USA Volleyball, the American Volleyball Coaches Association Coaching Volleyball magazine, a contributor to Active,.com/volleyball, and has authored numerous playing and coaching volleyball articles. Look for her upcoming ebook "How to Stop Serving Like a Wimp". She can be reached at april@volleyballvoices.com.