Lindsey Berg’s Volleyball Keys to More Accurate Setting Using the “W”
Club SportsLEVELUP INSIDERSVOLLEYBALL — Served by NCVA July 30, 2020 0
Hi there, Lindsey Berg again imparting strategy from my “Short Setters Handbook”! In my last volleyball tips for setters blog post we discussed setting “touch”. Your ability to have a good feel for the ball. It’s a very important part of delivering what your hitters need. A good feel helps... Read more
Mental training for elite athletes means you must do a post season performance evaluation. Post season evaluations are a necessity for peak performance. During a sports season and even now during this pandemic, there are inevitable ups and downs. Every player can think back to great moments on the... Read more
Clutch Par Bags Golf Championship for CSU Fullerton’s Sara Camarena
High School Golf July 27, 2020 0
Mexico City native Sara Camarena made a splash in her Golden State debut. A clutch par at the 18th bagged the CSU Fullerton Jr. the win in the 54th California Women’s Amateur Golf Championship. Camarena (feature photo), a 20-year-old junior at Cal State University-Fullerton, made a clutch par on... Read more
Virtual Recruiting 101 | NCVA Helps Host Volleyball Recruiting Webinars
VOLLEYBALL — Served by NCVA July 22, 2020 0
Recruiting 101: Advice for all athletes / sports. With Coronavirus Still Impeding The Return Of Competitive Play, NCVA Is Using Webinars To Help Athletes Answer Volleyball Recruiting Questions • Even during normal times, navigating through the volleyball recruiting process is hard enough. So what happens when you add a... Read more
Deep Punt | CIF Sports Sidelined Until Mid-December
Central Coast SectionHigh School FootballHigh School Sports FeaturesNorth Coast SectionNorthern SectionOakland SectionSac-Joaquin SectionSan Francisco Section July 21, 2020 0
In Light Of State’s Recent COVID Resurgence, CIF And Majority Of Its 10 Sections Shift To Two-Season Format Running From Mid-December To Late June • In the end, it’s a road map. A set goal. Really, that’s the best way to view Monday’s news that CIF sports will be... Read more
Summer conditioning for local athletes came to an early halt Wednesday as superintendents for school districts throughout Santa Cruz County ordered an end to the socially distanced workouts during the coronavirus pandemic. Their decision came 10 days after conditioning officially began and five days ahead of an expected announcement... Read more
Conditioning workouts canceled after East Bay athletes test positive for COVID-19
Blog July 17, 2020
Liberty Union High School District has canceled all conditioning activities after two students participating in campus workouts tested positive for COVID-19. Another has also shown symptoms and is believed to have contracted the virus, according to administrators. Superintendent Eric Volta made the announcement through a letter posted on the... Read more
CIF-SS commissioner Rob Wigod hints that the 2020-21 sports season will not start on time
Blog July 16, 2020
CIF Southern Section commissioner Rob Wigod was on AM-570 with Fred Roggin and Rodney Peete during their lunchtime radio show on Tuesday and gave the biggest indication yet that the 2020-21 high school sports season that is scheduled to start with fall sports in late August, including football, will... Read more
40 Greatest Baseball Teams (1-10)
Blog July 16, 2020
This is the third time we’ve done these all-time rankings. The last posting was in 2015. Fresno 1958 and Chatsworth 2004 remain in the top two positions and have to be among the two greatest ever in U.S. history. The big change for the top 10 is the insertion... Read more
Most Moore League football teams off field until CIF’s decision regarding fall sports
Blog July 15, 2020
Moore League football teams operating within the Long Beach Unified School District on July 6 began summer football conditioning workouts, but they were closed down after two days by the district in conjunction with the Long Beach Health Department because of the spike in coronavirus cases in Southern California.... Read more
Tracking the fall sports plans for Orange County school districts and private schools
Blog July 15, 2020
A look at what the Orange County school districts and private schools have announced about their plans for the start of the 2020-21 school year. School campuses were shut down and all sports activities were stopped in mid-March during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Schools are currently working... Read more
Watsonville’s Max Mendoza, an incoming junior at Soquel High, didn’t need too much time to chew it over: Sacramento State’s baseball coaches wanted him and he wanted to be a Hornet. Mendoza, a three-sport athlete for the Knights as a freshman, committed over the weekend to play baseball at... Read more