Pass, Set, Crush: Volleyball Illustrated

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Summary: If you're at all serious about volleyball you need this book
Review: Excellent drawings, crystal clear explanations. If you want a definitive reference for a variety of offensive and defensive schemes, and drawings that break down all the basic skills in detail, this is the book to buy.

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Summary: If you're at all serious about volleyball you need this book
Review: Excellent drawings, crystal clear explanations. If you want a definitive reference for a variety of offensive and defensive schemes, and drawings that break down all the basic skills in detail, this is the book to buy.

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Summary: incredible
Review: First, a disclaimer, I'm a beginning volleyball player. This book is incredible. Covers all of the basic skills, common mistakes, and systems of play. Covers offensive and defensive play for total beginning levels (i.e. can't spike or pass too well) to advanced skills. Excellent drawings of all the basic skills. Basic skills section is 170 pages long! But great for advanced players too, since advanced offense and defense sections are 150 pages long! I was pleasantly surprised by gender neutral, yet still gramatically correct language-uses he, him, and her for singular person (correct) and doesn't fall into the trap of using "them" or "they" (incorrect). Book does not cover too much about drills or conditioning, so look elsewhere for those things. I only wish I had known about this book sooner.

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Summary: don't waste your time and money
Review: I agree with the last reviewer, this book is way out of date and not worth spending the time reading. And I didn't really like the writing style, either, it felt stilted and it was hard to read--didn't flow, if you know what I mean. If you want to really develop your skills, go for something by someone with real credentials who actually knows what they're talking about.

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Summary: The best instructional book I've seen...
Review: I was looking fo a book to give me more insight in the volleyball techniques and game. This book has given me a fresh view on the fundamentals of the game. It also covers the advanced topics of team playing. I really like it. For beginners the detailed technical instructions and pictures are very useful. Recommended!!

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Summary: Very good covering of the subject: Volleyball
Review: I was looking fo a book to give me more insight in the volleyball techniques and game. This book has given me a fresh view on the fundamentals of the game. It also covers the advanced topics of team playing. I really like it. For beginners the detailed technical instructions and pictures are very useful. Recommended!!

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Summary: The best instructional book I've seen...
Review: I've had a copy of Pass, Set, Crush! for years, and it is by far the most useful of the books in my volleyball library. Now I'm getting a copy for my niece, who's playing high school v-ball. The beauty of this book is in the fact that it is illustrated with drawings, rather than photographs. The drawings perfectly emphasize the points that they want emphasized, and don't distract you with a lot of extraneous clutter. The information is straightforward, accurate, and comprehensible. If you want the best book for teaching volleyball (or learning volleyball) you NEED this book.

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Summary: outstanding step by step instruction
Review: Illustrative action photos show you the "how to" in volleyball: blocking, spiking, serving, floor defense, setting, passing. The definitive guide for coaches to explain and break down the various skills associated with championship volleyball.

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Summary: out of date
Review: this book is mostly out of date. There are a lot of good drills, but I would not recommend this book to anyone starting out in coaching. There are a lot of better books (and web pages) out there on each aspect of the sport.

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Summary: THE book to improve your skills and knowledge
Review: This book was designed for one purpose: Making you a better volleyball player. It succeeds. Any typical player will be amazed to find how many errors he's doing (most of which were taught by his admired coach), what effect they have on the play, and how easily they can be corrected. It is very concise, and can follow the player for years to come, as a reference to check and readjust the play over time. Buy this, and you probably won't need any other volleyball book (Amazon will hate me for writing this :-) ).