Beach volleyball growing at high school level
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Mary Anselmo’s volleyball roots were established in sand.
Anselmo received her first exposure to the sport at the beach. Her father, John, played on the AVP Tour, and she spent much of her childhood hitting balls a few feet away from the ocean.
Her younger sister, Natalie, followed the family’s footsteps in the sand and began her development into an AAU national beach champion..
Schuil and Nummerdor to continue
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The Hague, Netherlands, March 28, 2013 – Dutch volleyball legends Richard Schuil (39) and Reinder Nummerdor (36) have announced that they will continue playing in 2013.
The Dutch pair have won nine FIVB events in seven years, but missed out on an Olympic medal last year in London, where they lost the bronze medal match to Latvia’s Martins Plavins/Janis Smedins.
Many thought after that Olympic disappointment, that the two former volleyball internationals...
Fuerbringer named US men's volleyball asst. coach
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Colorado, USA, April 1, 2013 – USA beach volleyball star Matt Fuerbringer has joined the US men’s volleyball team staff as an assistant coach, as announced by new coach John Speraw.
Fuerbringer, 39, has almost 10 years of experience coaching junior club volleyball and has spent the last...
Around the World of Volleyball: Breaking News, Rumors and More
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Best of the Beach VOLLEYBALL TEAM
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A new alliance will be watched closely this season in what could produce the best professional beach volleyball team in the world.
After disappointing fifth-place finishes with partner Jake Gibb in the 2008 and 2012 Olympics, Hermosa Beach resident Sean Rosenthal has joined forces with 2008 gold medalist Phil Dalhausser. Their goal is gold at 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Although Rosenthal and Gibb were the Federation Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) SWATCH World Tour champions in 2012...
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