Annually, September 21st is International Day of Peace. As an athlete, it’s hard to have peace of mind at a tournament or match with all the whistles, screams, and rush of everything happening around you. Stress from life can build up and cause you to have a bad game. Meditate: to focus one’s thoughts on: […]
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Fundraising doesn’t have to be hard or stressful. Gift basket raffles, selling baked goodies, t-shirt sales, and having serving competitions are all great ways to create a fun and warm environment for the event, but they take lots of effort and time and sometimes they create stress for the coaches and the organizers. We encourage
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Side-Out welcomes Eleanor Kent, our new assistant team support rep!! Read all about Eleanor and her strong connections with both volleyball and breast cancer below. Where are you from? I lived in Round Hill, VA near Purcellville until I was 7, but I spent most of my life living in Winchester, VA just an hour
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Dogs have always held a special place in my heart and in my home. When I left to attend college, I felt incomplete without the company of my two dogs, Sherlock and Agatha. I volunteered at the local animal shelter and on a farm that had multiple horses, twelve dogs, several cats, a goat and
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Olympic volleyball is over… The excitement is over almost as soon as it began! The 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro have officially come to an end. We had a blast bringing you all the details and highlights on our new digpinkandblue.org website, and we loved that watching volleyball became a part of our
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Thorough communication is absolutely vital to hosting a successful event. In this day and age, there are many different pathways to spread the word. Below are some helpful hints on how to market your Dig Pink® campaign. Start Your Campaign Kick-start your online fundraising by starting your campaign. When you start your campaign a fundraising
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Practice time should focus on skills and teamwork. Therefore, improve other parts of your game should be worked on outside of practice. For this reason, we have come up with exercises to improve your hitters’ strength, quickness, and explosiveness. 1. Deadlift What To begin here is one of the best total body exercises for strength.
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It’s that time of year again… time to start planning for your Dig Pink®! If you’ve done this before, you know what a breeze it is to plan and execute your rally match. If you haven’t done a Dig Pink® match with us before, worry not! Here’s the basic steps to start planning your event
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June 7, 2016 — Results of a subanalysis of the Side-Out Protocol (Side-Out II) were presented this week at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, an annual meeting attracting oncology professionals from all over the world. This year’s theme was Collective Wisdom: The Future of Patient-Centered Care and Research. Nicholas Robert, M.D.
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