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Volume
11, Season 2002/2003 Page #2 |
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New
AWA
Corporate Sponsors.
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 We
are so proud to once again have back our
inaugural sponsor I DIG Sports. After a
few years of separation the American
Wallyball Association is proud to
welcome back I DIG into our family.
I DIG will be a major player in helping
all of us reach our potential.
Please be on the lookout for all
of the new serious, but fun I DIG
WALLYBALL products. The more opportunity
we get to introduce WALLYBALL to the
world, the greater successes we can all
enjoy.
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Detachment
13,
Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington (AWA
Members SSgt Mark A. Bauman and
TSgt Daniel A. Ristau) Mark A.
Bauman, Daniel Ristau,Brenden Kelley, and
Rodney Wood, challenged the local news
station sports director Mark Holyoak and
crew, KLAX-2 TV, to a wallyball game.
We played 3 games against the news crew,
which resulted in the Detachment winning
15-3, 15-5, and 15-4. We also
participated in a local wallyball
tournament here at Fairchild AFB.
It was a best 2 out of 3 tournament.
We submitted two teams for this
tournament. In the first round both
of our teams received byes. In the
second round a team consisting of myself,
Dan Ristau, Brenden Kelley, and Terrance
Wren proceeded to obliterate the
opposition by scores of 15-0 and
15-1. In the finals we met our other
team. We once again proceeded to
prove our dominance over the local teams
as we beat our team 2 by scores of 15-4
and 15-6.
SSgt
Mark A. Bauman
US Air Force
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The
net I purchased from you along with the
balls I received from the AWA were used
during our games on February 10th.
I can assure you that this equipment
will see more use in the months to come.
I would like to also mention that many
people at the racquet club
made many compliments about our
equipment. One person actually
said we looked like a professional
operation with the AWA official balls
and net.
Warren Racquet Club in Warren, New
Jersey
Contact person: John Tullo
E-mail: vball_captain@hotmail.com
Contributed
By:
John Tullo
Member #AWA1001323
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Wallyball
Attract young Volleyball player:
a
volleyball camp for a week. So one day
at the camp we did drills in racquetball
courts. We also played wallyball (but
without a net). So that's when i first
heard about the sport. Since we were all
beginners, we had a lot of fun using the
walls (because most of us had bad aim)
and I really enjoyed it.
Later on I wanted to see if there were
any wallyball websites, so I went to
www.wallyball.com. I was surprised that
this was actually a real sport and many
people around the world play it. I
sometimes joked around with my
volleyball team that I played
professional wallyball and I knew the
rules. But after looking at the AWA
website I got more interested in
wallyball and wanted to buy a wallyball
and the rulebook. And even if I don't
play wallyball often, I can still play
volleyball with the wallyball I bought.
I was almost going to buy a less
expensive wallyball from a different
company, but I thought that the AWA had
better wallyballs.
Contributed
By:
Nadia
New York City
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Once again our membership has DOUBLED!! Thanks to
all of your commitments to the sport of WALLYBALL. We
continue to gain momentum and due to the loyalty of you
the members and players, we are becoming recognized
worldwide. You can all be proud to be a part of one of
the fastest growing indoor sports in the world. Hey!
Maybe the time is not too far away when WALLYBALL will
become a new sport in the OLYMPIC GAMES. Why not? We
have made a commitment to continue the growth of the
sport and as you the members and players stay loyal and
spread the word, maybe the OLYMPIC DREAM, is not just a
fantasy.
We are so proud to
once again have back our inaugural sponsor I DIG Sports.
After a few years of separation the American Wallyball
Association is proud to welcome back I DIG into our
family.
I DIG will be a major player in helping all of us reach
our potential. Please
be on the lookout for all of the new serious, but fun I
DIG WALLYBALL products. The more opportunity we get to
introduce WALLYBALL to the world, the greater successes
we can all enjoy.
The AWA is also introducing a complete line of clothing
for you the players. I DIG WALLYBALL apparel along with
the introduction of our own new AWA “EUROBALL”
WALLYBALL. But not to be left behind, together our own
AWA technical product engineers have worked together
with the product developers at
I
DIG Sports to design and introduce the new I DIG “RICOCHET”
WALLYBALL. So
now you have choices when it comes to officially
endorsed AWA products.
We also need your help. Please send in your
complete tournament schedules with locations in order
that they can become a part of the WALLYBALL tradition.
We will continue to post all of the information that is
sent in and keep you the members and players informed.
GET READY, IT IS GOING
TO BE A GREAT YEAR.
Rudy V. Morel
Founder and President
American
Wallyball Association
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Jim
Coleman |
The
American Wallyball Association was deeply saddened to
learn of the death of Jim Coleman. Dr. James Eugene
Coleman (69) of San Diego, California a great wallyball
player passed away last August at St. Mary’s Hospital
in Duluth, Minnesota. He was admitted to the hospital in
Duluth for over two weeks from his summer cabin in Ely,
Minnesota and was diagnosed with acute pancreatitis
(inflammation of the pancreas). Coleman, who has worked
with USA Volleyball and their National Teams for over 40
years, was most recently serving as the Team Leader for
the USA Men’s National Volleyball Team, having
accompanied them during their World League events in May
and June.
“Not only The American Wallyball Association, but the
entire sports of Wallyball and volleyball has lost an
absolutely irreplaceable human being and resource,”
said Doug Beal, USA Men’s National Team Head Coach.
“Jim Coleman meant more to me personally than anyone I
have ever encountered in sport. He represented
everything positive; and motivated and guided so many
people and so much that was good and joyous in our
world. His dedication, his commitment, his willingness
to work, his ability to span almost every facet of our
game was unparalleled. I can’t think of any coach that
hasn’t been touched by Jim Coleman. I seriously doubt
that we will ever see anyone again who will combine
Jim’s technical knowledge, his inquisitiveness, his
personality and enthusiastic energy. His contributions
are timeless and that is probably the most redeeming
emotion that I can feel at this moment; and the
privilege it was to know and work with this dear
friend.”
Michael Valadez
The American Wallyball
Association
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Cobra
Shot!
Q).
What
is a cobra shot and what is a dink. I am
6’0” tall and often am set the ball at the
net and slap it down on the other side. If the
hand is cupped (cobra shot?) is it legal? I am
not tall enough to fist it down. The hardcore
players at our gym give me hell because of this
shot and say that only a closed handspike is
allowed.
Contributed by:
David Lydiard
A).
A
Dink- Usually
a one hand
hit in which the tips of the fingers are
used to hit the ball to an area of the
opponent’s court.
Cobra Shot- One hand hit in which the close tips
of the fingers are used to hit the ball.
Both
shots
are legal.
Open
Hand Serves:
Q).
There
are 6 of us that get together every Wednesday
night at the local YMCA and play wallyball. We
currently have 2 guys who both hit with an open
hand on the serve. One gets a little to moderate
spin on the ball and the other does not get any.
We have considered the one who spins the ball as
illegal, but he feels that since both players
hit open handed, they are the same shot. Which
shots are illegal? Is any type of an open hand
shot allowed on a serve? How much spin is
allowed on a serve?
A.)
The
player in the back position of the court shall
put the ball in play by hitting it with one hand
only or any part of the player’s arm in an
attempt to send the
ball over the net and into
and
into the
opponent’s court.
The serve is good if the ball passes over
the net without touching a member of the serving
team or the net.
A served ball that hits a wall on either
the serving team’s side or the receiving side
is good provided the ball contacted does not
contact two or more consecutive walls before
being played or landing on the floor.
This
Shot is Illegal...
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