Brazilian beach players Silva and Franca with China's Zhang and Yue

A group shot of Brazilian and Chinese rivals on the court, friends off the sand, Wenwen Zhang (left), Larissa Franca (second from left), Juliana Felisberta Silva (second from right) and Yuan Yue To see more FIVB volleyball pictures go to FIVB.com.

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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

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