Angela Rock's Advanced Beach Volleyball Tactics - Softcover

Rock, Angela

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0997950307 ISBN 13: 9780997950304

Publisher: Mericle Publishing, 2017

Synopsis

Angela Rock gets to the heart of advanced beach volleyball tactics. Because she was an Olympic indoor player first, she understands how to transition from indoor to beach. She explains how the games are different strategically and which highly honed indoor tactics served her well on the beach—and which did not. As both an amateur and professional player with decades of experience, Rock distills her hard-won knowledge of the game. She shares her “secrets” and those of other champion players, revealing information only the best would know. Although this is a book for anyone who wants to play beach volleyball, it is a goldmine for aspiring elite players. Her tactics are clearly explained and illustrated with real examples, including warming up outside the courts, serving to score, setting skills and responsibilities, offensive tactics, effective blocking, defensive variations, and strategic options. Beach volleyball has come a long way in the last 25 years, and Angela Rock offers an insider’s view into the sport unlike any we’ve seen before. Praise “Angela discusses different philosophies, approaches, and parts of the game that only someone with her playing and coaching experience can do. Very few people worldwide have the credibility and experience to coach/play at the highest level like Angela does. Beach volleyball takes years to understand, but with this book, you get a crash course in everything, and the learning curve is accelerated!” —Holly McPeak, three-time Olympian beach volleyball player

About this title

About the Author

Angela Rock is one of volleyball s most decorated players and coaches, both indoor and on the beach. After a Hall of Fame career, where she led San Diego State University to two NCAA Final Fours, the First Team All-American joined the US National Team. During her five years with the team, she competed in the Goodwill Games, the World Championships, the Pan Am Games and, most notably, the Olympics in Seoul Korea in 1988. She earned the team s Most Valuable Player award in 1985.

Following a stellar indoor career, Rock transitioned to the beach game where she was dominant on both the Women s Professional Volleyball Association and the Federation Internationale de Volleyball tours. She won 27 events during her 13-years on the beach, including 12 titles in 1991 when she was voted the WPVA tour s Best Hitter. In 1992 Rock competed in Almeria, Spain and won the Silver medal in the exhibition of Olympic beach volleyball. Not surprisingly, she has been inducted into the Beach Volleyball Hall of Fame.

Rock retired from play in 2000 and launched a coaching career that also ran the gamut between indoor and beach. Indoor, she has coached at the developmental level working with club juniors, served as Assistant Coach at University of California, Santa Barbara and as Head Coach at the University of Alaska Fairbanks where she set a record for Pacific West Conference victories. Most recently she was the Head Coach for Southwestern College near her hometown of San Diego.

On the beach, Angela coached the US doubles volleyball team at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, the inaugural year of the Olympic sport. Since then, she has coached numerous collegiate, Olympic and professional beach volleyball players.

Rock is currently a Professor of Health and Exercise Science at Southwestern Community College near San Diego. She holds Masters Degrees in both Physical Education and Education.

Edition details

• Publisher: Mericle Publishing
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0997950307
• ISBN 13: 9780997950304
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 134