Book Description
To many players and fans, Karch Kiraly is beach volleyball. Now you can learn the game from the best there ever was with Beach Volleyball, the only book devoted exclusively to the sport.

Beach Volleyball will help you master the skills of the game. Kiraly explains and demonstrates every technique—serving, passing, setting, spiking, blocking, and digging. He also presents the 23 best practice drills to improve each of these important skills. You will learn Karch's special beach volleyball conditioning program for high-level fitness and performance, a regimen that has kept him at the top of the game for over two decades. More than 40 training exercises and drills will boost your flexibility, strength, speed, agility, and endurance.

The techniques, tactics, and training tips contained in Beach Volleyball, along with Karch's special insights and stories, will prepare you for even the toughest opponents. And you too might become the best on the beach. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (7)

Lastima de fotografias.
Si eres un principiante del voly de playa, o aún si eres un experto, este libro debería estar en tu colección. Está "salpicado" con interesantes anécdotas de la historia de este deporte y con descripciónes de las caracteristicas de algunos famosos jugadores del pasado reciente (mediados-finales de los 90's).
Si acaso quieres seguir los consejos técnicos ofrecidos es probable que las fotografias que los acompañan te defrauden. Son en blanco y negro y no de muy buena calidad.
Por si no estás familiarizado con los términos de la jerga del voly de playa, el libro ofrece las descripciones de los mismos junto al lugar en donde aparecen.
No hay mucha bibliografía que trate este deporte, esto hace que el libro sea "escencial".

Geared for the masses...
Good book, but its only purpose is to appeal to "the masses." Most volleyball books are designed to help everyone; whether you're a beginner, intermediate, or advanced player. Let's face it, if you're trying to make a lot of money off a book...that's the best way to go. However, if you're already a good player, you're not going to benefit much from this book. You're much better off buying Mark Tanner's Smarter Volleyball. It actually talks about the "mental game," rather than the traditional pass, set, hit scenario that you see in most of these books. I've been Karch's biggest fan for most of my life, but to be honest...this book is a waste of time if you're actually wanting to get to a higher level of play. If you're just starting out, buy the book...but if you're looking for more indepth strategies, go with Mark Tanner's book or one of the "lesser known" authors...they're probably not in it for the "big" money.

Every volleyball player should buy this book!
This book has great photos and a balanced overall approach to beach volleyball. It's got all the basics covered and the stories that are peppered throughout the book make for interesting reading. I would probably have liked to hear more about the players and matches of the past, but I think Karch wanted this to be an instructional book rather than one for entertainment. Still I would have preferred more opinions and insights into the players and strategies. I hope that Karch does a second edition with the new AVP and it's rules.

Great for Beginners
This book is great for the beginner.It does not go in depth into strategy, reading hitters, positioning, etc...It does give GREAT tips on imporving your overall game, endurance, shot placement, et al.There is a bit of humor mixed into the fray, which adds the human touch.

When I bought this book i was a beginner.My serves were poor, sets average, kills average,blocks average, and passes were mediocre.After just a few weeks i had a great jump serve, monster kills, and incredible blocks.I love it.

If you are a beginner and want to improve quickly - this is for you.If you have been around a bit - you might find something useful in here but you probably already know this stuff.In depth strategy is lacking.

For Fundamentals Only
If you are looking for a book that teaches solid fundamentals and a goodworkout regimen, this is fine.However, if you already have someexperience as a player and are looking for advanced tips and strategies,such as how to read blocks, using the wind on the serve, reading hitters,defensive positioning/strategies, advanced hand placement techniques, youwill not find them here.Hopefully Karch will write another book goinginto these details. ... Read more

Book Description
Volume #3 of the three book series of "Sands of Time" The History of Beach Volleyball covers the years 1990-2004. The book has 480 pages with 1000 photos. Volume#3includes a summary of Men and Women's beach volleyball. Beach volleyball events, information, anecdotes and tournament results are recorded along with a pictorial history that integrates with the events of beach volleyball in the 90's as well as the 21st century.This book includes information and results for Domestic as well as International events. ... Read more

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Unrivaled Photos
In terms of one-of-a-kind photos, this book has it all.I still can't figure out how this guy got his hands on some of these pictures, but I'm glad he did.The only thing that I thought was lacking was any sort of imaginative text, but I guess the series is intended to be more of a beach volleyball "almanac" than the latest John Irving masterpiece.

I grew up playing beach volleyball in the 70's, 80's and 90's in Santa Monica and had the pleasure of being annihilated by some of the main characters (Stoklos, Menges, Lee, Gage, etc.).As a player or even just an afficionado, "The History of Beach Volleyball" (any volume) is a must! ... Read more

Book Description
The purpose of this book is to help the experienced player take his/her game to the next level.Most people who play doubles are unaware of the higher principles of the game.This lack of understanding is largely due to the fact that those principles have never been established in writing for people to study, discuss, debate and apply.Once you learn and begin to apply the higher principles to your game, you will improve and find yourself beating teams that were accustomed to beating you.

And won't that be fun! ... Read more

Customer Reviews (7)

Bién organizado.
Este libro es para quienes ya tienen algún tiempo jugando. En el libro, se hacen referencias directas (sin más explicación) a ciertas posiciones en la cancha que solo quienes tienen experiencia podrán comprender, de lo contrario, tendrás que usar tu imaginación para descifrar lo que se quiere decir.
El libro está bién organizado en secciones claras y bién descritas.
Las pocas fotografías (3) son pésimas y las ilustraciónes --a base de caricaturas-- muy malas.
Sin embargo, es el único libro (que yo sepa) que trata de manera técnica la forma adecuada de ganar más partidos, trata pués, del juego en si.

It doesn't get better than this...
If you're already a good player this book will take you to the next level.If you've got mediocre skills it's not going to do much for you because you haven't "arrived" at a mental/experience level good enough to take advantage of it.I loved the book and would recommend it to any one who wants to get better.Sure, you can go buy a book from Karch Kiraly but all it's going to do is tell you how to pass, set, and hit.His books, along with other "super stars"are geared for everyone, experienced or not.Like the book description says...it's for serious players wanting to improve their game.Don't buy the book expecting it to be a picture library...buy it because you're serious about volleyball and want a mental edge on your opponents.

Volleyball Unbalanced
Introduction: The following article is about a high school physical education project that has impacted the Federation International de Volleyball to change its rule of play for volleyball. Before the invention of Rocball, a game developed by high school students in Saipan, volleyball had no significant rule changes from 1895 to almost 1995. The developement of Rocball in 1980, its 18 years as an organized sporting activity and its subsequent media coverages, is the game that has changed the way this kind of team net sport will forever be played.NEWS RELEASE: 6/16/01

ASPORT'SCORPSE

AFFLICTION: (1:5)When the Federation International de Volleyball (FIVB) disemboweled volleyball of its side out scoring system, they eviscerated volleyball of some of its most prolific and unique competitive features. Now, what FIVB is presently promoting as volleyball, under the malefic influence of rally point scoring, is nothing more than the reanimated corpse of what W.G. Morgan created as a team net sport back in 1895.

SYMPTOM: (2:5)The fact is, if the FIVB had any sense of balance, insight, intuitive perceptions, or integral rational when they attempted to remold volleyball's scoring system, they would have benefited far better, if they would have taken advantage of what potential volleyball had to offer, and should have put more mental effort into working with the intrinsic values of volleyball's side out scoring system's competitive nature. But, they didn't and in their attempt to develope an equitable offensive and defensive scoring system, they failed miserably. The FIVB, either by ignorance, by fault of thought, or suffering from acute vacuity, neglected to recognize the importance of the serve and the significance of the service team's position in this kind of team net sport, as the game's catylists.

DIAGNOSIS: (3:5)Under the rally point scoring system, the team in service is handicapped with the serve, and the receiving team is in the dilemna of having the scoring advantage for the disadvantage of the serve. The team in service has one hit to send a ball over the net on the serve to score points. The receiving team has the advantage of three hits to set up a counterattack and numerous different types of opportunities to score points off the serve. So, under the rally point scoring system, it would seem that the serve has become more of a sacrfice than a challenge.

What is the source of origin for rally point scoring? The following is a description of the rules of play for ping pong with inserts in parenthesis to highlight its rally point connection: "hitting the ball back and forth over the net until one player (team player) missess the ball, or hits it onto the net or off the table (court); in each of these cases, the opponent scores a point. When a serve touches the net (hits the net and slides down on the opponent's court) but otherwise a good serve, it is called a "let". Ping pong is a game where each player has a paddle and one hit to bounce the ball off the table, on serve or in play, to send it over the net in an attempt to score.

Under the influence of ping pong via the rally point scoring system, in a scenario where team "A" and "B" start a game with team "A" in service: If team "A" makes a bad serve like a line fault, team "B" will earn a point. Then team "B" earns the right to be disadvantaged with the serve: If team "B" serves the ball into the net for a bad serve, team "A" will earn a point and then they will be burden with the serve again. When team "A" makes their second serve, if they hit the ball over the net and scuccessfully score a point against team "B", team "A" will have to make a third serve. If team "A" then hits the ball over the net and out of bounds, team "B" will earn another point.

In the four serves just described, the ball was only served over the net once. Team "A" served the ball three times and was the only team that hit or served the ball over the net. Team "B" served the ball once and they never hit the ball over the net. Four points were scored and as incredible as it is, truth being stranger than fiction, team "A" and team "B" are tied at two points each. If that isn't an inflated and gross misrepresentation of the net value of competitive action in an offensive and defensive scoring system for a team net sport, it will have to do unless something worse comes along, if that's possible.

And if all of that isn't bad enough, if team "A" and team "B" have scored a game to set point 23 to 24, and team "A" is at service with 23 points and makes a bad serve, team "B" wins the set. The ball doesn't have to be served over the net and a team doesn't have to be challenged to hit the ball off the serve to win a set.

The rally point scoring system's anemic, self inflicting, unearned error point's system and its anticlimatic methods of winning a game, are not examples of how anomalies may be created when working to develope an equitable offensive and defensive scoring system for a team net sport. These are two different stages of how and when rigormortis sets into a team net sport that has been unbalanced, become redundantly repetitive, is suffering from stress, competitive convulsion, and shock. And, they are the direct results of the Fallacious Indolent Vertiginous Blounderers (FIVB) efforts to make a team sport out of ping pong and displace it onto a volleyball court.

THERAPY: (4:5)Under the side out scoring system, a served ball is a challenge and a threat because it can't be penalized error points to the advantage of the service team's opponent. However, It is also the responsibility of the team in service to provoke a competitive situation of cause and effect. When a team in service fails to fullfill the character of its role, a penalty situation would be defined and enforced. And, a service penalty where a point would be lost instead of awarded to a team by error would be more the proper judgement of an offensive and defensive scoring system's competitive nature for a team net sport.

In a game like volleyball, the service team's exclusive advantage to maintain earned points off the serve should remain inviolate. If the service team fails in its responsibility to successfully challenge its opponents off the serve, it should be penalized a point. The service team would lose one point off its score. From this method, a service team's opponents would benefit by either increasing its lead, reducing the service teams lead, or gaining the lead if both teams are tied. But, most important of all, there would be no unearned points awarded, non competitive action would be devalued, and each team would have to gain set/game point off the net value of its own competitive scoring strategies and skills.

However, in order for the serve to be valuable enough to compete for in a offensive and defensive side out scoring system, the receiving team would be limited with two hits off any serve. When the receiving team is then able to successfully hit and send the ball back over the net in two hits, the service team would be the first team to have the three hit advantage of setting up an attack to score. The receiving team could earn the service off their two hit defense of the serve, but they would not be allowed to score unless they successfully defended against the service team's three hit attack. The third time the ball is hit over the net, is after the service team has had first opportunity to set up an attack off three hits. The third time the ball crosses over the net, is also when the receiving team would have its three hits to set up a counter attack and score points. Then both teams would be under equitable competive circumstances and whichever team scored first, would win the advantages of the serve.

And, only the first serve of the person occuppying or rotating into the service position would be subject to penalty. Otherwise, all that would have been created, would be an inversion of what has degenerated the game of volleyball under the rally point scoring system; where every non-competitive action off any serve, is an unearned error point for the service team's opponent. It is enough that a team loses a point and the scoring advantages of the serve, off the first serve. Making a bad serve on any subsequent serves, would cost the service team its scoring advantage, but any further non-competitive serve would remain neutral.

The serve, in a team net sport, should create an atmosphere of anxiety not conditions of anticipation for the service team's opponents. The competitive environment in a situation where there is offensive and defensive scoring system, requires adjustments in order for the service team to maintain its scoring advantage. The service team would have the advantage of two point aces and an optional scoring technique to offset its own penalty in service. The two point ace occurs when, off the serve, a receiving team player hits a serve

Big Let Down......Wish I hadn't bought it.
This book is a huge let down to the people it claims will benifit the most.I am currently an A ranked player on the beach and have played on all surfaces.My biggest concern was to improve the skills that I have. This book claims that it assumes the reader already knows how to pass, set,and hit.What it should say is that it assumes that you JUST learned howto pass, set, and hit.The problem is that anyone who has played beachvolleyball knows the general ideas of beach play.In this book all hetalks about is the general aspects of the game.For example, I wanted toimprove my ability to read a hitter.The book simply states that in orderto improve your reading ability you must practice reading players.Well,this is not any new ground breaking news to anyone who knows what"reading" a hitter is.Every statement he makes in this book isa "no-brainer."All volleyball players know these statements hemakes.This book could be wrote just likethis:

Hitting--------Practice

Setting--------Practice

Digging--------Practice

(nothingnew here........very disappointing book)If you look to improve your gamecheck out: "Beach Volleyball" By Karch Kiraly is a much betterbook that can help you move to a new level.It has many drills and canhelp you find your mistake areas.......unlike this book.

A MUST HAVE FOR TWO ON TWO VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS!!!
This is a bare-bones simplified bible for the two on two player. No excessive text, just the straight up on advanced fundamentals, techniques and strategy, along with summarized key phrases covering each element ofthe game at the end of each chapter for easy memorization. I keep mine inmy backpack daily (along with my ball), to reread whenever I get thechance! ... Read more

Customer Reviews (2)

Would rather read a volleyball magazine
This book was not bad.But it was not great either.Don't expect to really get much out of it.Just enjoy the reads and pictures.

Comprehensive Manual
Awesome! It practically covers everything to know about beach volleyball. It is of great value to anyone interested in the sport.It gives a good account of how the sport developed in Europe and USA. A good structural analysis of the game covers a chapter. It is a treasury of techniques, tactics and forms of training. All aspects of training like strategy,skills,speed,strength and conditioning are covered. It is well written and well supplemented with illustrations and color photos. This book is most probably the ultimate Coaches,athlete's and enthusiast's manual. The quality of the book material and the photos are an added bonus.I highly recommend it. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Los Angeles Business Journal, published by Thomson Gale on August 20, 2007. The length of the article is 438 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

Citation Details
Title: Beach volleyball tour ready to conquer colder climes.(Up Front)(AVP Inc.)(Anschutz Entertainment Group)(indoor tour planning)
Author: David Nusbaum
Publication: Los Angeles Business Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: August 20, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 29Issue: 34Page: 3(1)

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Required reading for those with an historical bent
Sinjin Smith seems to have a tendency to polarize volleyball people.They either love him or hate him, for the most part.No true volleyball lover, however, can deny his impact and influence on the beach game.

Kings of the Beach, though, is less about Sinjin than it is about the history and development of the beach game, with the occassional aside about the indoor version as well.If you are at all interested in the history of beach volleyball, you definitely want to read this book, and will almost certainly enjoy doing so.

Sinjin Smith, One of the "Original Kings of the Beach"
Sinjin Smith, one of the most famous volleyball players, has written a fine masterpiece with his book entitled, "Kings of the Beach." Sinjin gives you an insight into the game with its history, how he gotinvolved in the sport and how he became a fixture in the sport for so manyyears with former partner, Randy Stoklos. I found this book to be a greatread and I couldn't put it down. There a lot of great photos as well.Overall, I'd recommend this book to any volleyball fan. I hope that Sinjinwill edit it and produce a new edition someday and I hope this review helpsa fan out in the process too. ... Read more

Book Description
15 months worth of your favorite DOA hotties in their sexiest swim wear.

....'nuff said. ... Read more

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WONDERFUL
I loved this calendar and all of the games of this serie.It shows all the girls of the DEAD OR ALIVE extreme beach volleyball(2)game. It is beautiful, big and came with a large poster of TINA. Isn't great?

Dead or Alive Beach Volleyball Calender
This calender was a gift for Christmas. I was very happy to recieve it because I own all the Dead or Alive games.

Beautiful girls!
I saw this callender on a forum for Dead or Alive, I knew I had to have it. It is so difficult to find posters of the girls, I've never been able. When I recived this callender it's a little smaller than regular calenders, but the photo's are amazing! They are so crisp and clear. Every girl has at least a month, some have two. I wish they did a group shot with all the girls on one month, but they did not. Another issue is that the pictures are bigger than one page, so the photos are just not only on the top page, they also go on to the bottom page with the calender. This isn't a big deal for using it as calender, but if you wanted to take it apart and use the pictures, some of the lower parts would be lost. It also comes with a bonus poster of Tina, not my favorite girl, but she is pretty. It's a huge poster, but the pic they chose of Tina, her pose dosen't fill out the entire page. So there's a lot of free area around her. I guess I wouldn't complain if the poster was Kasumi! Another fun feature is that the girls bithday's are listed in the calender. ... Read more

Book Description
Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball is expected to be the sexiest game title of the year, and what better way to ring in the new year than with the Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball 2003 Calendar? This calendar is packed with high-resolution graphics of the buxom DOA babes suited up for every month. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (9)

sexy - ilove this sexy calander
this calander features the hot chicks of the awesome xbox volleyball game dead or alive xtreme beach volleyball. its very, very sexy. it has hot babes in bikinies on the beach. what more can you want?

Not Just for guys
This calendar is not just for men it's for anybody if you love the DOA series then this calendar is for you the pictures are cute and not to wild. I have the calendar at home and I'm a 12 year old girl who loves DOA and thought that the calendar was a must have for any fan so if you love DOA than this calendar is for you

In my opinion
Those of you who are about to read this, don't get me wrong.I loved the game and that's the reason I am giving the calender 3 stars.The game gets 5 in my book.Let's think about this first.

Reasons not to buy:Most of us never even look at a calender anymore.If you are buying this, that means you probly own the game.All the pictures in this calender can be recreated by outfitting your girls in the actual game and snaping a camera.

Reasons to buy:If you are an extreme fan of the game or series, if you have an odd fetish with animated women.If you are a gaming nerd (nothing negative in that seeing as how I am) and love everything to do with games.

Buy the game instead I'd say.Personaly I would rather look at this all year as opposed to Brittany Spears, but if you are looking for a good calender to provoke you then drive down to your local Hooters.Overall I'd say this is not a very wise investment, but each to his own.(If you really have money to burn, Buy Knights of the Old Republic, Ninja Gaiden, or Halo 2 when it is released).

I Know I'm About To Commit Gaming Suicide, But...
Who wants a calendar of animated girls on their wall all year long? I can't imagine anyone over the age of 13 wanting this. Sorry folks, but if you're that freaked out by real women, buy a calendar with kittens on it or something.

If you're into computer-generated women then this is for you
Personally, I like REAL women not this stuff. Get a Britney Spears calendar instead or Carmen Elektra or Pamela Anderson or Angelina Jolie if there is one. Any calendar but this one. ... Read more

Product Description
Two-sided paperback book of official FIVB Volleyball and Beach Volleyball rules. ... Read more

Product Description
This book gives an account of all the 2004 men and women's AVP and FIVB tournaments, along with a list of the top five finishers of each event. An added feature of this book is the listing of the winner's and runner-up's of the "Inaugural" event of each tournament. Another added feature is a very interesting section that highlights the history and results of several "Novelty" beach volleyball tournaments. The book includes over 235 cfolor photos, of the events and players, in this extremely informative beach volleyball book. ... Read more