North American Volleyball Highlights - Sept 2024

Explore the latest volleyball news in North America from USA Volleyball & Canada Volleyball! We also have an awesome middle blocker drill for you as well that you can incorporate into your warmup.

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Javelin Sports
September 19, 2024

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Volleyball in North America

USA Volleyball Highlights

Beach Update: Zilch, Gentry win 2024 Beach Collegiate Challenge - USA Volleyball

This week’s beach update recaps the results from the Beach Collegiate Challenge at Stevenson University and two Beach Pro Tour Futures events that resulted in a silver medal heading back to the U.S. This week, we take a look at two more futures events on the calendar.

usavolleyball.org/story/beach-update-zilch-gentry-win-2024-beach-collegiate-challenge

Matthew Gentry and Quin Zilch won the 2024 Men’s Beach Collegiate Challenge, defeating 2023 champions Ayden Keeter and Carson Barnes 2-1 in the final. The event, held at Stevenson University, featured 32 top U.S. collegiate beach volleyball pairs. William Kuhns and Ryan Merk claimed the bronze. Additionally, U.S. athletes performed well in Beach Pro Tour Futures events, with Tiffany Svennsohn and Kelly Kool securing silver in Burundi, and other U.S. teams competing internationally.

Canada Volleyball Highlights

Canada wins bronze at Paralympics

September 7, 2024: The Canadian women’s sitting volleyball team won the bronze medal at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, defeating Brazil 3-0 (25-15, 25-18, 25-18) to wrap up its tournament in

volleyball.ca/en/news/canada-wins-bronze-at-paralympics

Canada’s women’s sitting volleyball team won the bronze medal at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris, defeating Brazil 3-0. This marks Canada's first-ever Paralympic podium finish in the sport, following improvements from their 2016 and 2020 appearances. Led by Heidi Peters with 18 points, the team showed resilience, avenging a previous loss to Brazil in the preliminary round. Head coach Nicole Ban expressed pride in the team's growth and their role in promoting disability awareness.

Volleyball Tip of the Week

Skill Drills

In this video, coach Mikhail Karpol shows his volleyball training for middle blockers. This simple drill focuses on a quick series of spikes and blocks in different areas near the net. We think that this drill is great for a pre-game warmup and can help you get into the groove of things!

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