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Trading a Dream Job for a Dream
“I have left my dream job to be a part of this sitting volleyball team,” Charles Swearingen said. “There is good passion there, a passion that we athletes have burning inside of us. It’s a commitment and a sacrifice.” Read More
Liberos Named USAV Sitting Athletes of the Year
Liberos Kari Miller and Ed O’Neil have been named the USA Volleyball Sitting Volleyball Athletes of the Year for 2010. Read More
University of Central Oklahoma Announced as Olympic and Paralympic Training Site
The USOC announced the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond, Okla., as an official U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training site for volleyball, archery and Paralympic sports. Read More
NBC, Universal to Present Paralympic Coverage
NBC and Universal Sports will present the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games presented by GE to television beginning this Sunday, Nov. 9 at 2:30 p.m. ET on NBC Sports with a 90-minute documentary narrated by NBC Sports' Bob Costas. Read More
USA Volleyball Experiences Unprecedented Summer Success
USA Volleyball experienced a summer of unparalleled success in 2008 with six gold medals, three silvers and a bronze in major international competitions involving the Summer Olympic Games, Summer Paralympic Games, NORCECA and FIVB Championships. Read More
U.S. Sitting Women to Play for Paralympic Gold
The U.S. Sitting Women’s Volleyball Team advanced to Sunday’s Paralympic gold medal match after defeating Netherlands, 3-2 (19-25, 25-23, 28-26, 25-27, 15-10), on Friday. Read More
China Hands U.S. Sitting Women First Paralympic Loss
The U.S. Sitting Women’s Volleyball Team suffered its first setback of the 2008 Paralympic Games on Tuesday, falling to top-ranked China, 25-14, 25-21, 25-19 in Beijing. Read More
U.S. Sitting Women's Volleyball Team Opens Paralympics with Victory
The U.S. Sitting Women’s Volleyball Team opened the 2008 Paralympic Games by sweeping Lithuania, 25-15, 25-18, 25-9, on Sunday at the China Agricultural University Gymnasium in Beijing. Read More
U.S. Sitting Women's Team Prepared for Paralympics
The U.S. Women’s Sitting Volleyball Team will be looking to improve on its 2004 bronze medal finish when it begins play at the 2008 Paralympic Games, starting Saturday, Sept. 6 in Beijing. Read More
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Brenda Maymon's Paralympic Report - Sept. 7, 2008
Since the last time I wrote, we have had a pretty exciting last couple days. It started with our last practice before the start of the real games. It was at our competition venue and we pretty much worked on the basics to get use to our environment.
The following day was Opening… Read More
Brenda Maymon's Paralympic Report fo …
Our team is in unchartered water after our win against the Netherlands 2 days ago. It was the first time Team USA has won against them in official competition. It felt great – I’m sure it felt very similar to winning a gold medal. We worked hard for that win and we deserved it. We… Read More
Paralympic Sports Clubs & Military Sports Programs
I traveled some this summer doing mostly weekend clinics around the USA primarily for coaches and PE teachers at the youth level. I journeyed from Lander, Wyoming, to Long Island, New York, and places like Phoenix for the newly relocated Volleyball Festival, and Atlanta for the Boy’s Jr.… Read More
100 Years of Volleyball Research Secret
This week finds me in Edmond, Oklahoma, somewhere on Tornado Alley (noted in part by the bright green “Severe Weather Shelter” signs in the gyms we are working, for the 2010 World Sitting Volleyball Championships. We have made it through days of set up, and an inspiring opening… Read More
Fact vs. Fiction
At the 2010 Sitting World Championships, doing all sorts of things, from court set up to photography. Starting today, I move to the role of coaching the coaches again – in this case in the Wounded Warrior project we will be “training the trainers.” Ten military leaders… Read More
Growing Through Our 3rd Season of Webinars
You know, USA Volleyball (USAV) has maintained a web presence since the mid-90's, starting with the help of Tom Jack at www.volleyball.org and progressing through our current partnership with Read More
Coaches Came Out of the Woodwork.....
Coaches came out of the woodwork.....appeared in droves (herds?!) ...filled the classrooms and gyms with capacity crowds at last weekend's four, yes FOUR, Coaching Accreditation Program courses around the country.
CAP Level I coaches enjoyed sessions presented by CAP Cadre members Cecile… Read More
Warrior Transition Unit Europe - Vet …
This seems fitting to post on Veterans Day....I’ve been on the second largest US Army base in the world this week, somewhere in Germany about 120km from Frankfurt, in between Mac’s regionals (they advanced, now 26-0…) and the State Championships in Denver. The… Read More
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