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From: vnesiah@aludra.usc.edu (Deep Third Man)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: Re: England Tourists to India, Sri Lanka and Australia.
Date: 8 Sep 1992 14:53:59 -0700
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: aludra.usc.edu

In article <1992Sep8.173703.1843@ecrc.de> sanjiva@ecrc.de (Sanjiva Prasad) writes:
>In article <1992Sep7.111649.8421@lut.ac.uk> K.K.W.Ho<Kelvin Ho>@lut.ac.uk writes:
>>     The England squad to tour India and Sri Lanka is :-
...deleted..,


Whatever happened to Mark Ramprakash? He was offered a contract by England.
Did he sign? If so, why is he not touring? Is Hick going over just for
the one-day games?

BTW, Safraz Nawaz has served his old team mate and alleged confidante (reason 
for writ) Alan Lamb with a writ for libel. Lamb claimed that Safraz told him
that he cheats by ploughing the seam with his fingernail. Safraz and Lamb
played for Northamptonshire and Safraz was one the previous two Norths
teams to win the championship. Lamb was served the writ just before he went
in to bat in the final which Norths won. Lamb scored 24. Lamb was captain
of the county but he was dropped from the Eng side and would probably not
be asked back next season by Northamptonshire.

Related news, some aerospace research university in the UK has been asked
to study (using wind tunnels and so on) the cricket ball and come up
with an explanation for the Pakistani thrashing of England. Researchers
will apparently study the effects of Younisizing of the seam.

I hope they ask Malcom or Small or Pringle to grow their finger nails
and give it a go. Hmmm! I wonder if they will be able to get the same results?
Hats off to Geoff Boycott, who said that Waqar and Akram could have bowled
England out with an orange. He claimed that all this complaining was an excuse
to avoid the facts: England played badly.


- Vasee

Newsgroups: rec.sport.volleyball
From: chin@controls.com (Kirk Chin)
Subject: Strength Shoe
Organization: Harris Controls
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 22:17:56 GMT

Keywords:

I seen in volleyball magazines an advertisement for a strength
shoe. Each shoe appears to have a block about 2-3" glued under the toe 
area. The ad claims 5-9" of increased vertical. Has anyone tried it or heard
about someone using it and what kind of results were actually achieved ?

Kirk
 

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From: vkv1@cec2.wustl.edu (Van K. Vo)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.volleyball
Subject: Re: AVP Volleyball
Date: 15 Sep 92 00:10:05 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Washington University, St. Louis MO

In article <1992Sep14.154837.12651@col.hp.com> rstern@col.hp.com (Richard Stern) writes:
>
>> Note:  the Mikasa Pro Beach is the ball of the Four Man/Woman Pro Beach Tour.
>> Don't be fooled by the AVP designation.  They pay the AVP a TON of money
>> to put the letters on the ball, not necessarily because the AVP prefers
>> them.
>
>And you don't think Mikasa pays TONS of money for their ball to be used
>in the Four Man/Woman Beach Tour??  :-)
>
>Richard Stern
>rstern@col.hp.com

No...;-)

Van
From: biske@cs.uiuc.edu (Todd Biske)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.volleyball
Subject: Women's rankings
Date: 8 Sep 92 19:09:34 GMT
Organization: Delta Group

Could someone post the Top 25 rankings for women's volleyball when they come out
every week?  Gotta make sure I keep up with the Illini's ride up the rankings (at
least they should go up after an impressive showing in Hawaii!)   

-tb

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From: dan@quebec (Dan Hanan x6326)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.volleyball
Subject: Re: World League Anybody?
Date: 13 Sep 92 23:49:44 GMT
Organization: SAIC
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4

wung@puttgen.ee.gatech.edu (Peter Wung) writes:
: Dan,
: thanks for keeping us up on the team.  What happened to Jeff Stork?  What are the plans for the next year in terms of tours etc.?  There was talk of starting a pro league here in the US during the Olympics, is that still being explored?
: 
: 
Don't know what you mean by 'what happened' to him.  Fred wanted to give 
Greenbaum the start I think because Jeff missed practice the entire week 
preceeding the tourney, to pack his things/family for the move to Italy for
the next 7 months.  He came into the match vs. ITA in game 3 but frankly    
did not perform too well.  

Jeff stayed over in Italy to play for the Italian team he's played for in the
last couple of years.  His wife and two children are over there with him.

Don't know what next year's tour schedules look like.  We've got world league
again in the summer, and the USVBA claims that some home matches may take
place around the country (instead of San Diego and LA as in the past).  

There has always been talk of starting a pro league in the US, and their t
getting closer to making it happen, but I wouldn't hold my breath.  We've got
to work out something with vball/scoring to make it better suited for TV.
You might see something like the Team Cup that they have every Fall expanding
to more matches, venues etc.

-Dan
From: tps@chem.ucsd.edu (Tom Stockfisch)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.volleyball
Subject: Re: Crutches--yes or no?
Date: 16 Sep 1992 01:46:48 GMT
Organization: University of California San Diego, Chemistry
NNTP-Posting-Host: chedccf0.ucsd.edu
Keywords: injury treatment

In article <1992Sep8.210429.18749@b11.b11.ingr.com> paul@the144.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Paul Hebert) writes:
>
>QUESTION 1:  After a sprained ankle, should I proceed without
>crutches (limping in discomfort but not pain), or should I borrow
>my friend's crutches for a few days.  I have heard conflicting
>recommendations.  

According to the physical therapist I had after knee reconstruction, you
should never, ever walk with a limp, as you can mess up your gait and it
could take years for you to get in the habit of walking correctly again.
If you can't walk without a limp, you must use crutches.
In the later stages of using crutches, you can do partial weight bearing on the bad ankle, but
take care not to limp.

>QUESTION 2:  Each day so far I have soaked my ankle in cold water.  For
>what period of days should I continue this?  Until the swelling is gone?
> Only the first couple of days?

I think the philosophy on this is changing.  Inflammation is always
aggravated by heat and reduced by ice.  I used ice for two years after
my surgery (until I had them remove the screw).

I have never hurt my ankle, so maybe I have no idea what I am talking about.
-- 

|| tom stockfisch, biosym technologies    tps@chem.ucsd.edu
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From: vkv1@cec1.wustl.edu (Van K. Vo)
Subject: Re: AVP Volleyball
Organization: Washington University, St. Louis MO
Distribution: usa
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 22:32:24 GMT

If your Spalding starts egging, the best thing to solve that is to return
it immediately.  The ball does NOT egg because people play with it too
flat.  People pump it up to hard to minimize the egging effect.  I would
return it to them with a nasty little letter about still shipping egg
shaped balls and get them to send you another, improved one.  They'll do
it for you.  A friend of mine sent his back and got it replaced.

I still wonder why people insist on playing with eggy Spaldings when there
are other balls out there that are constructed better.  In fact, why is it
that only Spalding Top-Flites (not even Spalding Sunnys) egg?  I have never
seen any other ball egg shaped.  The Tachikara Beach Head and Mikasa Pro
Beach are very round.  Why can't Spalding give us a good ball?  What a rip
off.

Note:  the Mikasa Pro Beach is the ball of the Four Man/Woman Pro Beach Tour.
Don't be fooled by the AVP designation.  They pay the AVP a TON of money
to put the letters on the ball, not necessarily because the AVP prefers
them.

Be an informed consumer,
Van Vo

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From: g-martin1@uiuc.edu (Gregory A. Martin)
Subject: Re: To Dan Hanan: jumping abilities
Originator: gamg6900@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
Reply-To: g-martin1@uiuc.edu (Gregory A. Martin)
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 23:42:55 GMT

geddis@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Don Geddis) writes:

>g-martin1@uiuc.edu (Gregory A. Martin) writes:
>>	I also happen to know the numbers for Karch Kiraly: height: 6'2or3",
>>weight: 195, standing reach: 8'1", highest touch: 11'6", summary: best
>>volleyball player in the world (semi-retired).

>Uhh, I don't think "semi-retired" even remotely applies to Karch.  True,
>he didn't play in the Olympics, but he spends the winters making a million
>dollars in Italy (indoors, 6-person), and the summers cleaning up on the
>Pro Beach tour.  (Karch and Kent Steffes broke a number of AVP records this
>summer.)

No, you're wrong. Karch has declared that he is retired from competitive
indoor volleyball, except for Team Cup. This is from Volleyball magazine
and Volleyball Monthly. Maybe he'll change his mind, but he won't be
going back to Italy this year. Pro-beach is why he's only "semi"-retired.

					Greg Martin
					g-martin1@uiuc.edu
From: serge@ll.mit.edu (Sergio Cafarelli)
Subject: Re: Footwork for your approach...
Organization: MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 18:46:26 GMT

In article <1992Sep8.163833.13723@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu> umlehner@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu (Mike Lehnertz) writes:
>   This "how many steps" and "what foot do I start with" thing is kinda
>dumb. Someone pointed this out to me once. Suppose you are doing a two
>man receive. You are front row player and you are passing about 20' from
>the net. You get the set. How in the world are you going to make a three
>or four step approach from that spot? The same goes for people that are
>making a swing hit or an X or something like that.
>
>
>
>                                         - Drummer -
>

The truth is, it doesn't matter how you get there as long as your last two steps
are right/left (for right handed people) or left/right (for leftys). If you
want to dance a waltz on your way to hit....go ahead...just plant correctly :)

Yet another friendly suggestion

Serge
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From: umlehner@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu (Mike Lehnertz)
Subject: Re: 17 point cap?
Organization: Educational Computing Network
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 19:01:44 GMT

   Yep... I just took my NAGWS exam (Women's NCAA officials) and there
is not a cap on any of the games. There are some other new rules that
have to do with advertising. Anazing... 


                                           - Drummer -
From: tuc@calico.cs.wisc.edu (Brian A. Cole)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.volleyball
Subject: 17 point cap?  (& scores from the Isthmus Badger Classic)
Summary: why 18-16?, Pacific defeats Bowling Green, Kentucky defeats Wisconsin
Date: 12 Sep 92 05:29:57 GMT
Organization: U of Wisconsin Madison - Computer Sciences

Here are scores from the first day (11 Sept) of the Isthmus Badger Classic
(Women's NCAA), Madison Wisconsin.

        Pacific:  15    15    15    (I may be off a bit on games 1 and 2.)
  Bowling Green: ( 4)  ( 2)   13    (I did not see this game.)

   Kentucky:  18     8    15    15    (three very tense games)
  Wisconsin:  16    15    13    12    (Kentucky mades lots of service errors)

scoring question:  Why wasn't Kentucky awarded the game when it lead 17-16?
Have the rules been changed again?

tommorow's games:
  10:00am  Pacific vs. Kentucky
  12:00pm  Wisconsin vs. Bowling Green
   5:30pm  Kentucky vs. Bowling Green
   7:30pm  Wisconsin vs. Pacific


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  tuc@cs.wisc.edu               | | | |__| |___       to play the truth of what
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                                                      difficult is because I'm
                                                      changing all the time.
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From: meadows@asdsun.larc.nasa.gov (Byron Meadows)
Subject: Where to play? 
Organization: NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA  USA
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 20:13:27 GMT

I normally play BB indoor Vball in a league in Hampton but I'll be out at
Ames Research Center in Mountain View, CA for about a week or so.  I've
played in the sand courts across from cafeteria at Ames but work prefer to
play indoors with above average level players.  Can anyone recommend any
gyms or rec centers in the area?  I'll be arriving around 9/14.  Replies 
can be posted here or sent to me via e-mail
         meadows@asdsun.larc.nasa.gov
Thanks in advance for your help.


Remember: Volleyball *is* hand to hand combat!!!
Byron
From: rw42@triton.unm.edu (Randy Wallace)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.volleyball
Subject: Volleyball Monthly Tournament at Albuquerque
Date: 14 Sep 92 02:43:56 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

In the final match of the Volleyball Monthly Tournament, LSU defeated UNM
in three (15-6, 15-10, and 15-13).

Long Beach St. won the tournament with a 2-0 record.  USC was the runner-
up at 1-1.  UNM and LSU were both 1-2.  Long Beach St. and USC did not
face each other so the numbers don't add up right.    

Randy
*Knowledge is death.  Come to UNM and live forever.*
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From: paul@the144.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Paul Hebert)
Subject: Crutches--yes or no?
Keywords: injury treatment
Organization: Intergraph Corp. Huntsville, AL
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 21:04:29 GMT


QUESTION 1:  After a sprained ankle, should I proceed without
crutches (limping in discomfort but not pain), or should I borrow
my friend's crutches for a few days.  I have heard conflicting
recommendations.  Some say to stay off it; others say that after a day
or two I should use the ankle (standing, walking, .... not playing,
obviously).

QUESTION 2:  Each day so far I have soaked my ankle in cold water.  For
what period of days should I continue this?  Until the swelling is gone?
 Only the first couple of days?



HISTORY:  A few days ago I sprained my ankle when I landed on someone's
foot after I tried to block.  The injury is not a horror story (mild
swelling and bruising) but the ankle is very tender.  I will definitely
not play for a few weeks (2, 3, 4?)

I have soaked in ice water, I have compressed, I have kept my foot
elevated, and I have kept my weight off the leg as much as possible.


Thanks in advance for your comments.

Paul
Newsgroups: rec.sport.volleyball
From: rwolken@dcc036.enet.dec.com ()
Subject: World League Anybody?
	
Reply-To: rwolken@dcc036.enet.dec.com ()
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 08:57:44 GMT



Anybody else seen, or interested in the World League Final 
from yesterday? 
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From: strick@nabilla.ee.mu.oz.au (Larry Strickland)
Subject: Volleyball in Ottawa
Organization: Electrical and Electronic - University of Melbourne 
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 02:15:10 GMT

Hi,

I'm a keen volleyball player who is just about to leave his home country
for a job in Ottawa Canada.  Does anybody know of volleyball clubs that
I may be able to join in the Neapean(sp?) area?

Cheers Larry.

ps Sorry for the world distribution but it is the only area that
includes Ottawa from this news site in Australia.  
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From: lam@popeye.comm.mot.com (Dan Lam)
Subject:  How do most women get into VB? 
Organization: Land Mobile Products Sector, Motorola INC.
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 19:23:42 GMT

My niece has expressed an interest in VB and asked me to get her into
the sport (as an after school activity).  The problem is she is only 11
and most j. highs do not have VB programs.  So here are some questions I
'd like to post:

1.  What is a good age for girls to get into VB?
2.  Should they reach certain height/weight before they start?
	(She is 5'2", weight = ?? but is skinny and growing)
3.  Are there VB instruction/classes designed specifically for teens?
	(I think its important for her to get exposed to *PROPER* vb
	environment so she wont pick up any bad habits, forms, etc)

Please post any comments or email me at danl@comm.mot.com

Thanks a bunch

-dan
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From: baron@doc.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Baron K. Fujimoto)
Subject: Re: UCLA 3 Illinois 0
Organization: University of Hawaii
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 02:24:15 GMT

In article <Bu76tn.FrC@news.cso.uiuc.edu> d-lewart@uiuc.edu (Daniel S. Lewart) writes:
)MULLEN@scorpion.ag.uiuc.edu (Evil Twin) writes:
)
)) In <Bu214L.A3q@news.cso.uiuc.edu) d-lewart@uiuc.edu writes:
)
)) ) In NCAA Women's Volleyball, UCLA beat Illinois 15-8, 15-11, 15-8.
)
)) And do you feel bitter about this, Dan?  Tell us how you really feel.  I mean,
)) don't bottle up those emotions, let if flow.  I can tell by your abrupt prose
)) that there's more that you *want* to tell us.
)
)No, Evil Twin, I don't.  Actually I feel optimistic.  I didn't want to
)say this at first but I will.  I think the Illini are clearly a Final Four
)team and they should crush Hawaii 3-0.
)
)Ah!  That felt good to get off my chest.  Thank you, Evil Twin!
)
)Daniel Lewart
)d-lewart@uiuc.edu

While Illinois certainly deserved their victory over Hawaii at the
invitational, I gotta say that Hawaii played pretty badly that match.  
I think a lot of teams would have crushed Hawaii 3-0 the way they played
that night.  They played much better the next night against UCLA (but 
got crushed 3-0 again, but at least they made a more respectable
showing).  UCLA, on the other hand was quite formidable, and deep.

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From: paul@hal.COM (Paul Sander)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.volleyball
Subject: Re: Shoulder Injury Doctors don't have a clue about
Date: 10 Sep 1992 18:07:11 -0700
Organization: HaL Computer Systems, Inc.
NNTP-Posting-Host: parlo.hal.com

In article <494@highett.mel.dbce.csiro.au> inpd@mel.dbce.csiro.au (Ian
Davidson) writes:
[Complains about shoulder injury suffered while spiking.  Doctors
 think it's strained rotator cuffs but X-rays and other exams show
 nothing wrong]
>
>The symptoms are:
>
>some discomfort and pain when the arm is lifted past the vertical.
>
>Occassionaly sharp pains down from the shoulder to the elbow
>
>The arm can move freely in all directions but it really hurts when I move it in
>a fast spiking motion (I can hear a snapping, popping sound).
>
>
>The Doctors do not know what is wrong but they know this Physio that will
>charge me $100 an hour to fix this problem they do not know about.  :-)
>
>So my questions are:
>
>Has anybody out there had a similar injury.  If so how did you overcome it, 
>how long did it take, and what warm up exercises do you do to prevent it from
>happening again.

I'm not a doctor, nor do I play one on T.V.  But I have suffered injuries
that sound a lot like yours.  The most recent one was about four weeks ago,
and I'm still recovering.

The recommended medicine for my shoulder injuries (as given by medical
professionals) were:
- Stay off of it.
- Alternate heat and cold in the injured area.
- Massage the injured area.
- Range of motion exercises after a couple of weeks.
- Anti-inflamatory drugs

A couple of years ago I injured a shoulder while spiking (in my case, it
was using too much power), and then injured the other one using my backup
serving technique (again using too much power).

At that time, I "stayed off" of it by serving underhand and setting a 5-1.
I started strengthening the shoulder after about three weeks by tossing a
ball against a wall (softly) for a few minutes, and tossing it a little
harder each day for another three weeks.  After that, I was able to resume
my normal and hitting and serving, but with reduced power for another couple
of weeks.

The nature of my present injury seems to be a bit different from the last
(awkward reach rather than overpowering a hit), and it's taking much longer
to heal.  They're giving me ultrasound treatments and put me on non-steroidal
anti-inflamatory drugs for a week.  I'm also forced to really "stay off" of
it; I play only two games a week (setting only), and toss and serve with one
hand taking care not to injure the other side.

In the way of prevention, I find that tossing the ball against a wall, then
hitting it against a wall, go a long way.  Taking a couple of aspirins before
starting also helps, but for me this also keeps swelling down in an old elbow
(hyperextension due to bumping) injury.
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From: rw42@triton.unm.edu (Randy Wallace)
Subject: Volleyball Monthly Tournament at Albuquerque
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 92 17:09:17 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Summary: Day One Scores
Distribution: na

One of the toughest tournaments in the country is happening in Albuquerque
right now and I thought I'd bring everybody up to date.

In match #1 on Friday (September 11), Long Beach St. (#2 or #3 depending on
which poll you read) defeated Louisana State University in four games.  I 
missed game one (LBSt won 15-10), but in the later games, Long Beach St. was
pretty dominant.  LSU looked flat, though they put together a pretty good
second game to win 15-6.  In games three and four, Long Beach came out and
dominated the net.  A big, consistent block had LSU scrambling throughout.
Games three and four went 15-4 and 15-7.

In match #2, the University of New Mexico (#9 in all three polls) defeated
the University of Southern California (this was an upset according to one
poll where USC was ranked high, #5 I think, but I don't remember excatly).
UNM came out strong behind the setting/hitting of Senior Sharon Browning.
USC seemed to be taken out of their offense early by the rowdy home crowd.
The score in game one was 15-7 UNM.  USC was able to quiet the crowd with
a 15-8 win in game two.  The Trojans went consistently to an effective middle
attack and UNM could not serve a ball onto the court.  I counted about 12
service errors by UNM.  Game three was by far the best of the match.  UNM's
serving improved and both teams were digging out of their minds.  There were
some great rallys and it looked like it could go either way.  The game ended
15-13 UNM on a ball-handling call by the ref.  Game four was another close
affair, but UNM had the crowd behind it at that point and pulled out the
victory with a score of 15-12.

Round two is later today with LSU meeting USC at 5pm, followed by UNM vs.
Long Beach St. at 7pm.  I'll let everyone out there in netland know the scores
later tonight or tomorrow morning.  Maybe this time I'll be able to find a
program and give a little better accounting of who did what and what actually
happened.

Randy
*Knowledge is death.  Come to UNM and live forever.*

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