Winning Volleyball for Girls (Winning Sports for Girls (Paperback)) - Softcover

Crisfield, Deborah W; Monteleone, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0816077215 ISBN 13: 9780816077212

Publisher: Checkmark Books, 2009

Synopsis

Succeed on the court with this in-depth guide! More than 14 million girls and women play volleyball, making it the number one woman's participation sport in the United States. Volleyball continues to grow in popularity among female athletes, attracting more and more spectators each year. Covering the history of the game as well as exercises for training and conditioning, "Winning Volleyball for Girls, Third Edition" provides chapter-by-chapter coverage of all aspects of the game, from putting a team together and planning practices to serving, blocking, and spiking on the court. This guide now features 113 full-color photographs with real high school athletes demonstrating proper playing techniques, as well as full-color diagrams, new exercises and drills, and updates to reflect current terminology and rules. The chapters include: Training; The Serve Receive or Forearm Pass; The Set or Two-Hand Overhead Pass; The Serve; The Spike; The Block; Offense; Individual Defense; Defensive Play; and, Transition.

About this title

About the Author:

Deborah W. Crisfield is a freelance writer, editor, and sports coach for elementary, junior high, and high school teams. A former soccer player, she currently resides in Summit, New Jersey. John J. Monteleone is a writer, editor, and sports clinicaian, as well as Seton Hall University's only two-sport All-American athlete in baseball and soccer. He lives in Pennington, New Jersey. Maria Nolan is a co-coach for the varsity girls' volleyball team at immaculate Heart Academy in Washington Township, New Jersey.

From Booklist:

Gr. 5^-7. Volleyball is big these days, but this book is not for girls who want to have a friendly game on the beach. Crisfield takes her volleyball seriously, and she wants her players to take it seriously as well. Everything a prospective player wants to know is included here: rules, techniques, and strategies, with plenty of diagrams so that readers can get a visual image of what is being described. The black-and-white photos are occasionally grainy and/or dark, but in the main, they support the text. A practical addition to sports shelves. Ilene Cooper

About this edition

• Publisher: Checkmark Books
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0816077215
• ISBN 13: 9780816077212
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 189