I like to spend a little bit of time each week flipping around the question and answer forums on the web to see what issues are on the minds of today's volleyball players, and I found one the other day that surprised me. A young woman new to the game was asking about the best brand of volleyball to buy to guarantee the best training experience possible.
Now, I'm not saying it's not a valid question, because it is. The quality of your equipm
ent is going to affect the quality of your practice and, by default, the quality of your game, so it's an important issue to take into consideration. I was just surprised to hear a new player asking about it. Most players who are new to the game assume that one volleyball is the same as another, and that as long as they can hit it over the net and it's not falling to pieces there's nothing else they need to know.
A good volleyball has two basic characteristics:
1) It's regulation sized. Most sports shops sell regulation sized balls, and any carrier that specializes in volleyball equipment is probably only going to stock competition balls, but if you walk down to your neighborhood Wal-Mart all bets are off. The official size of a volleyball is 25.6 and 26.4 inches in circumference and weighs between 9.1 and 9.8 ounces. If your volleyball doesn't fall in this range your ball control could be seriously affected when you hit the court.
2) It's in good shape. Many people prefer to get second hand balls from friends and neighbors for practice when they're first starting out rather than spending the money to purchase a new one; however, volleyballs that are in poor shape, are not properly inflated and are not considered suitable for competition aren't going to provide a competitive practice experience. Again, your ball control is going to suffer when you get out on the court.
Mikasa and Tachikara make most of the balls used in professional games, so they make great practice balls for novice players.
Come check out our collection of regulation balls at http://www.volleyballproshop.com/.
Now, I'm not saying it's not a valid question, because it is. The quality of your equipm
ent is going to affect the quality of your practice and, by default, the quality of your game, so it's an important issue to take into consideration. I was just surprised to hear a new player asking about it. Most players who are new to the game assume that one volleyball is the same as another, and that as long as they can hit it over the net and it's not falling to pieces there's nothing else they need to know.A good volleyball has two basic characteristics:
1) It's regulation sized. Most sports shops sell regulation sized balls, and any carrier that specializes in volleyball equipment is probably only going to stock competition balls, but if you walk down to your neighborhood Wal-Mart all bets are off. The official size of a volleyball is 25.6 and 26.4 inches in circumference and weighs between 9.1 and 9.8 ounces. If your volleyball doesn't fall in this range your ball control could be seriously affected when you hit the court.
2) It's in good shape. Many people prefer to get second hand balls from friends and neighbors for practice when they're first starting out rather than spending the money to purchase a new one; however, volleyballs that are in poor shape, are not properly inflated and are not considered suitable for competition aren't going to provide a competitive practice experience. Again, your ball control is going to suffer when you get out on the court.
Mikasa and Tachikara make most of the balls used in professional games, so they make great practice balls for novice players.
Come check out our collection of regulation balls at http://www.volleyballproshop.com/.
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