Talent and ability remain the key elements for volleyball players who want to find success at any competitive level. However, talented high school players need more than just natural ability to succeed at the college level. They need to show scouts a great all-around game and not just one area of specialization. They need to show a willingness to develop their game.
College volleyball is a team sport governed by various organizations and conferences such as the National Collegiate Athletic Association, National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics or the National Junior College Athleti...
Although men and women play volleyball, it is perhaps best known as a fiercely competitive girls' sport. The National Collegiate Athletic Association allows each Division I school to award 12 volleyball scholarships to women an...
Volleyball is now one of the big five international sports, and the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball, or FIVB, with its 220 affiliated national federations, is the largest international sporting federation ...
Prospective college athletes in women's volleyball have the opportunity to earn scholarships via three different college governing bodies. National Collegiate Athletic Association schools are allowed to award 12 scholarships pe...
That's a given. But if you want to play certain positions at certain schools, just being tall might not be enough. You need to meet certain height and sometimes jumping requirements. These requirements vary per governing board ...
Morgan of the YMCA needed an alternative game to basketball that was too quick a game for middle-aged men to play. The game Morgan created, called mintonette, was first played on July 7, 1896. Later, Alfred Halstead re-named th...
College volleyball teams need to be prepared for many different situations that can occur on the court. Drills give college coaches the chance to put their team in many game-like situations and the ability to specify what skill...