Volleyball and Basketball – Agility, Quickness, and Vertical Jump

Posted by admin on January 29th, 2011


Volleyball and Basketball, two sports so different, and yet so much alike. Both need to focus on a balanced training program, that targets specific groups of muscles. The training needs to ensure that your agility, quickness, and vertical jumping ability are brought to your maximum. You need to begin with your attitude and mental strength towards your regular workouts.

Your attitude and your mental strength will be tested. If being on the top level of competing is where you want to be, then you have to work for it. If your attitude and your mental strength are not focused, you’ll never become all you can be. Your attitude helps you to focus, and your mental strength makes you focus. Only when both are in place, will you excel to your full potential.

Maybe the most important part of any training program is nutrition. What lots of athletes don’t realize is that training isn’t what builds your muscles, the correct nutritional program does. When your nutrition is properly regulated, every part of the body is tuned and injuries are kept down. Short cuts cannot be taken when it comes to nutrition.

A personal trainer that knows what works and what doesn’t is a plus. But not everyone agrees, thinking that doing a few exercises 4 or 5 times a week is all that’s needed. The unfortunate thing is that you can workout on your own and really feel the burn, but you may not be training the proper muscle and fiber groups for your particular needs.

Many promising athletes simply give up pursuing their dreams because of little or no improvement. What many times is the case is that they haven’t been training properly, and its got nothing to do with their ability. There’s more to training than just training, you have to know how to train correctly. And its your responsibility to understand how to train right, and if the program your following is the right one. If it feels wrong, then its wrong!

By: Donald Paquin

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A Short History of Volleyball

Posted by admin on January 29th, 2011


Volleyball is a famous ball game sport played on a court with a center net between two teams each consisting six players. A ball is punched across the net and the objective is to score points against the opposing team by grounding the ball. Each team is only allowed three contacts with the ball before it is hit to the opposite side. The net has a height of 6 foot 6 inches. However it can be lowered in case the game is played by children.

A physical instructor William Morgan of YMCA created a game called Mintonette in 1895. It was for older members of YMCA who needed a game of skill rather than strength. His friend James Naismith who featured outstandingly in the history of basketball came up with an idea of having a net slightly above their heads without requiring much jumping.

The original name given to the game was Mintonette, it was given by Morgan and was chosen as a jiggle to Badminton and this game was influential in setting rules for Volleyball. However the name was not very catchy. A spectator at that time Alfred Halstead had observed that there was a lot of volleying going on in the court and the name Volley Ball was chosen shortly. Later the name was contracted to Volleyball.

The Athletic League of the YMCA of North America published the first official rules for Volleyball in 1897. It got successful quickly after the rules were published. In the same year, Spalding made a ball having a rubber inside a basketball, it was redesigned later so that its weight was adjusted 8 and 10 ounces and the circumference was the size of 26 inches. The game quickly spread across USA and it was played in Cuba by 1905, by Japan in 1908 and by Philippines in 1910.

The rules of the game were adjusted in 1900 for removing the innings defined by Morgan. The rules of the game were once again changed in 1912 to face the realities of the game as the players were getting younger and energetic. The court size was increased and the numbers of players were set at only 6 per team.

The National Collegiate Athletic Association joined with YMCA in 1916 and in 1920, volleyball was established as a college game but not professional. When the United States Volleyball Association (USVBA) was formed, it was accepted by the YMCA and NCAA as their new umbrella organization.

While Volleyball was a popular game, it struggled to develop a league of teams. In 1930, the first beach game being played and in 1934 referees were recognized who would judge championship and inter college games. The USVBA was finally recognized by all Volleyball associations as having jurisdiction over the rules of the game. The end of World War II resulted in Volleyball receiving recognition as a global sport. Volleyball was played at international level in America for the first time in 1955 and at the Pan American Games and Olympics in 1964.

A new version of volleyball was recognized known as Beach Volleyball in the 1960s. It was similar to the regular sport although each team had two players.

By: Tauqeer Ul Hassan

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Sports & Women – The Peruvian Volleyball Team!

Posted by admin on January 29th, 2011


Road to London 2012!

1986 Goodwill Games

Did you know- At the 1986 Goodwill Games in Moscow, USSR (now Russia), the women’s volleyball squad, led by its world-class player Cecilia Tait Villacorta, came close to winning the gold medal. In the final, Peru (South American champion) lost 3-0 to the Soviet Union (Olympic gold medal in 1980). The USSR and Peru were followed by America (bronze medal), Japan, North Korea, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, West Germany, in that order. The Peruvian volleyball team included 14 athletes: Cecilia Tait (1.82m), Rosa García (1.74m), Denisse Fajardo (1.71m), Gina Torrealba (1.74m), Natalia Malaga (1.71m), Sonia Heredia (1.74m), Luisa Cervera (1.74m), Gabriela Pérez del Solar (1.94m), Miriam Gallardo (1.80m), Cecilia Arostegui (1.76m), Sonia Ayaucam (1.75m), Miriam Lazo (1.71m), Margarita Delgado (1.76m), and Katherine Horny (1.84m). Toward the end of 1986, surprisingly, the Peruvian team finished third — ahead of East Germany, USSR, and Brazil– in the Women’s Volleyball World Cup in Prague, Czechoslovakia. On the other hand, Peru’s athlete Denisse Fajardo, who played in Europe, was named one of the most outstanding players.

Pan American Games

Did you know- The women’s volleyball team of Peru picked up a silver medal in the 7th Pan American Games, which were held in Mexico City in October 1975. That year they also won the South American Championship in Asunción (Paraguay). In the final match, Peru beat Brazil. The Peruvian players were Mercedes Gónzales, Gaby Cardenas, Teresa Nuñez, Irma Cordero, Ana Cecilia Carrillo, Esperanza Hogan, Delia Córdero, Juana Flores, Luisa Fuentes, Ana Maria Ramirez, Maria Cervera, and Maruja Ostolaza.

Peru Vs Puerto Rico

Did you know- In October 1975, Peru routed Puerto Rico 3-0 (15-0, 15-8, 15-1). At that time, the women’s volleyball squad of Puerto Rico was one of the 10 best teams in the Americas. Thirty-four years later, Puerto Rico beat Peru 3-0 (25-17, 15-19, 25-23).In that year, by 2009, Peru was one of the seven best teams in the continent of the Americas. In 2002, the Puerto Rican team came in 12th place in the global event, among 24 teams; meanwhile the Peruvian women’s team did not qualified for the 2002 World Championships.

Gabriela Pérez del Solar Cuculiza

Did you know- By 1993, the women’s volleyball team of Peru, led by Gabriela Pérez del Solar Cuculiza, defeated Brazil (4th place in the Olympic Games in 1992) 3-1 and won the South American Tournament. Meanwhile, Pérez del Solar was named the tournament’s most valuable player. Under coach Man Bok Park’s rigorous training, she became one of the world’s best volleyball players between 1985 and 1993.

By: Alejandro Guevara Onofre

About the Author:
Alejandro Guevara Onofre: Freelance writer. Alejandro is author of a host of articles/essays about over 220 countries and dependencies (and American States as well), from ecology, history, tourism and national heroes to Olympic sports, foreign relations, and wildlife. In addition, he has published some books on women’s rights, among them “History of the Women in America” and “Famous Americans”



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