A Day In The Life ft. Martin Reader & Josh Binstock

I found this very interesting video on YouTube featuring the Canadian duo of Reader/Binstock as they prepared for the 2012 Olympics in London.

Just check out that training facility!

New training/conditioning page coming soon

This is something that I've been meaning to add recently but just haven't gotten around to it, but I guarantee you that it will be up by next week.  

I know that this is one of the most important components for a beach player so I'll distinguish between training and conditioning, do's and don'ts, and how to target different areas of your body and game.

In addition I'll be focusing on updating the Health page, and as always putting new playing tips up. Feel free to comment or email me with suggestions.

Since we are in the midst of the beach volleyball season I will probably go over in-season conditioning first, and then cover pre-season and off-season workouts.

Jump Training

Want a higher vertical? Of course, we all do.

After wasting my youth (my cartilage) on repetitive hours of plyometrics and heavy lifting, I've switched to doing most of my workouts using my own body weight as resistance.  The links below will give you some good ideas to help build muscle without punishing your joints.

http://volleyballmag.com/articles/42837-explosive-leg-development

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzyaOut_QxA [part 1]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SLg0HQr4FM [part 2]

Now when training for vertical it's important to do as many exercises that mimic the movements that you will be executing during a game, which is also why I've fallen out of love with squats, and grown favor toward wall touches and high skipping.  I'll give more details on my vertical regimen in a future post, but for now I think these are a good starter course.