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by Karch Kiraly (Author) "I'd like to get started by talking about my background as a volleyball player and how I was able to build a foundation of skills..." (more)
Key Phrases: opposing blockers, end blockers, middle blocker, Steve Timmons, Pat Powers, Doug Beal (more...)
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From School Library Journal
YA-- Sound, easily understood advice from an Olympic gold medalist. The textual descriptions of blocking, setting, spiking, and service, as well as techniques for both team play and beach volleyball, are expanded on by a multitude of diagrams and photos.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Description
Play Your Best, On and Off the Beach.

In the volleyball world, the name Karch Kiraly is synonymous with excellence, whether it be in the U.S.A. or abroad, in the gym or on the beach. This revised edition of Karch Kiraly's Championship Volleyball provides a complete course in volleyball skills, including:

  • Serving

  • Bumping

  • Setting

  • Hitting

  • Blocking

  • Basic and Advanced Team Defense and Offense Strategies

Combine all of this with the expanded chapter on the beach game, and you have the most complete volleyball instructional available.

So, whether you're a beginner just learning the basics or an advanced player looking for the strategy that will blow your opponents off the court, Karch Kiraly's Championship Volleyball will give you the skills to do it.

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Product Details

  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Fireside; Rev Sub edition (June 13, 1996)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0684814668
  • ISBN-13: 978-0684814667
  • Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.5 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 14.7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #654,420 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Nice. Not very thorough. Offers interesting concepts., May 26, 1999
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The book covers the basic techniques and tactics. It is mostly a description of the author's view of how to play, and less a complete description of the possibilities, implications, pros and cons of the various options.

If you want to know how Karch plays - there's some very interesting "inside information". This does not necessarily mean it suits your needs and abilities.

If you value your health, and want to make real progress, skip the chapter about conditioning and strength training - very unprofessional: For example, his gym leg training is knee extensions, rather than leg press / squats, and his view of rest is 24 hours off the gym (in his level he should retire for ~96 hours).

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!, February 12, 2003
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I've been coaching volleyball for 7 years now. This is the best book I've found on skills and strategies. It helped me go from the basics, which is all the farther high school volleyball got when I played, to the advanced game it is today. Easy to read and understand, also.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Karch is King!, April 5, 1999
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Volleyball's most decorated player in history [winner of 3 gold medals in the Olympics (2 indoor and 1 outdoor), over 130 career wins on the A.V.P. Tour, the #1 leader in career prize money,etc.], Karch Kiraly has yet another career ahead of him in writing. Karch teaches you to become a better volleyball player and the techiniques he uses to be 'numero uno.' I think it's well written and he's added more about the beach game. Everything that Karch does is 'golden!'

The best thing about my copy of Karch's book is I had him sign it for me! So, go out to the next A.V.P. event or if you see him practicing, and ask him to do the same. I can't wait to read some of his other books in the near future!

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4.0 out of 5 stars A worthy companion to Kiraly's BEACH VOLLEYBALL
Like Joe Eszterhas, the author of SHOWGIRLS and FLASHDANCE, the parents of Karsh Kiraly emigrated to the US from Hungary, where a repressive regime had limited their rights to... Read more
Published on July 19, 2004 by Kevin Killian

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