Oregon State women’s volleyball coach Terry Liskevych runs a simple zone serving drill that applies game-like pressure and intensity to the routine of serving which can ultimately help make volleyball players better. Players start at the end line and serve one after another to a specific area of the court. The collaborative goal is to […]
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To kick off the 2015 Dig Pink® Rally and its theme, The Power of Will, we will be posting #WillToWay stories from each Side-Out staff member. If you have a #WillToWay story to share, email us at [email protected] and your story may be featured on the Side-Out blog! For as long as I can remember,
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Walk into most high school (or college) weight rooms during the just about any sport team’s training session and a plethora of sounds attacks your ears. They typically include, but are not limited to: Grunting Gasping. Loading and unloading of plates. Shouting. (usually “UP! UP! UP! at an athlete who has horrendous form and too
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Admit it or not, we talk to ourselves each and every day. Whether it’s an external declaration to no one of “Where are my keys?” or an internal voice that says “I hope the “Friends” reunion rumors are true,” there is always an inner dialogue going on. Talking to yourself, more professionally referred to as
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Playing a high level of volleyball at the end of the season has a lot to do with managing highs and lows, says Mike Talamantes, whose Asics Mavs 16s girls’ team (Kansas) won the championship at Nationals in 2013. As Talamantes explains, teams that go to Nationals are all talented, so you need to expect
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Yoga positions I’ll be the first to say that I am horrendous when it come to cross-training. It’s not that I don’t understand the importance of it; I would rather just take an extra day off from my training schedule than do another workout that I’m pretending to know how to do. I realize that
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As I was approaching senior year at Franklin & Marshall College and anticipating my last volleyball season ever, I was filled with nerves and excitement. As torturous as preseason can often be, I looked forward to being with my teammates and preparing for the season before the extra academic pressures were added to my
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Fairfax, VA (June 10, 2015) — The Side-Out Foundation has named TeamSnap, an online and mobile app that makes it easier to communicate with your team, plan its schedule and get everyone to the game easier, its official team management app. TeamSnap will also sponsor Side-Out’s 2015 Dig Pink® Rally, where middle/high school and college
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The world of sport is a constant, never-ending industry of “keeping up with the Joneses.” Every club is trying to one-up the other with bigger, faster, stronger athletes. In order to compete with one another, sport leagues have begun to recruit athletes at a younger age every year, and train them harder and harder every
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