Volleyball (Indoor)

My Child Just got Done with the Volleyball Season….Better Start Looking for Some Camps!

11/09/2009 - 03:46

The season is over, many weekends spent in various hotels around the country for your child’s select volleyball team. Great season!

Now here are the following options you consider for your child:

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High School Football, Girls Basketball Have Most Severe Injuries: Study

Which high school sports pose the highest risk of severe injury?  Football leads the list, slightly more than wrestling and more than twice the rate in girls' basketball and girls' soccer.  The safest of the nine studied? Girls volleyball.

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2009-2010 High School Vollleyball Rule Changes: Coaches Now Allowed to Stand During Play

One of several new rules changes adopted by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Volleyball Rules Committee will permit head coaches to stand during play. The changes, which were subsequently approved by the NFHS Board of Directors, will take effect with the 2009-10 season.
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2008-2009 High School Volleyball Rule Changes Announced

Three revisions related to officials are among changes in high school volleyball rules for 2008-2008 approved by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Volleyball Rules Committee at its January 6-8, 2008 meeting in Indianapolis. The changes subsequently were approved by the NFHS Board of Directors.
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MRSA: Risk Factors For Athletes

While skin infections, including MRSA, are reported most often in sports with frequent physical contact, skin contact or activities that may lead to the spread of MRSA skin infections may take place before or after participation in a sport with little physical contact.  Therefore, anyone participating in organized or recreational sports should be aware of the signs of possible skin infections and follow prevention measures.
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...athlete with cancer...coaches don't want liability of her playing????

Submitted by lisa lewis on Fri, 11/14/2008 - 08:47.

Our daughter has gone a round with cancer in the last year--just as she entered high school volleyball...her health is good but we do travel away fairly often for scans and care which creates alot of misinformation and gossip about her status. Our daughter's coaches are under tremendous pressure to play some of the girls who have insistant parents, regardless of their child's ability. They seem to cave to this pressure and the result is that our daughter sits and her "perceived" health is used as a convenient excuse. The team is suffering by all this--not just our daughter.

Concussion Severity Determined By Number, Duration and Degree of Symptoms

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Duration, number and degree of post-concussion signs and symptoms determine concussion severity, says Dr. Robert Cantu.
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Grading Sports Concussions After Symptoms Clear Has Value

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Dr. Robert Cantu says that while there is debate about the importance of grading concussions, he sees value, especially where an athlete has suffered multiple concussions and where the grading is done after the signs and symptoms have cleared.
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Are All Concussions The Same?

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While concussions share certain characteristics, every concussion is unique to that particular individual, says Dr. Robert Cantu, and requires individualized management.
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Parents and Athletes Need To Know Concussion Signs and Symptoms, Says Dr. Robert Cantu

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Dr. Robert Cantu says it is extremely important that parents and athletes recognize the signs and symptoms of a concussion.  Not only do athletes need to self-report symptoms, says Dr. Cantu, but they should let the coaching and medical staff know if a teammate is experiencing symptoms.  It just might save his life.
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