volleyballvoices
Hi, my name is April.
I live in Nevada.
Before I was an author, volleyball journalist and volleyball consultant I was a USA National Volleyball team member, professional international indoor and beach volleyball player, copywriter/proofreader for a major advertising agency and a professional photographer in Italy. (I also worked on the show "ER" playing a trauma nurse for seven years.)
One of the first things I noticed was that very few, if any, female pro volleyball athletes have written coaching or volleyball tips books that speak directly to the young student athlete. With over 3 million female high school volleyball participants in the US alone I decided to change that.
My second downloadable e-booklet written specifically for high school and college volleyball players is 86 Girls Indoor Volleyball Tips: How to Gain Confidence On the Volleyball Court and is available for only $7.49 at www.volleyballvoices.com.
The second thing I noticed, because after playing, living and working in Italy for 13 years I experienced it firsthand... was how much female volleyball players (high school, college and pro) love
a) flip flops. Since they spend so much time practicing in tennis shoes, volleyball players can't wait to let their feet breathe, so flip flops are a girl's best friend off the court.
b) Fashion, particularly designer fashion trends and accessories.
I decided to bridge the gap between fashion and volleyball by creating 10 shopping web sites each one dedicated to featuring designer fashion, trends and accessories in ONE color and targeted ONLY to the club, college and professional female volleyball player and coach.
Ten colors in all, links to each web site can be found on the Volleyball Gifts and Shopping Ideas page and/or in the left hand sidebar of the VolleyballVoices.com home page.
Now that I've written my second book and created these sites I'm excited to see how these tools will help empower young players and I'm looking forward to creating and developing more.
More About Me...
In 1999 I started an editorial project called Volleyball Voices.
Volleyball Voices are very personal firsthand accounts of the obstacles America's elite athletes and Champion female volleyball players overcame in order to reach the pinnacle of their sport.
Olympians, Hall of Famers, Players of the Decade and multi All Americans talk candidly about body image, eating disorders, race, economic, social, sexual and familial issues that challenged them as teens and young adults and how overcoming these challenges contributed to them becoming a Champion on the court and off.
I've developed Volleyball Voices into a volleyball news hub with a gift and shopping directory where girls high school, club, college volleyball players, parents and fans learn about the indoor and sand volleyball game and its female heroes, with breaking news stories of college and women's pro volleyball players, self-coaching information, beach volleyball pictures and indoor volleyball videos.
My vision for Volleyball Voices is for this site to become the first virtual volleyball mentoring community in which female players and student athletes can come and share their experiences, so that those girls who are "wondering" what its like to play volleyball--at any level ...or wonder what benefits they can have..or girls in other parts of the world and in other parts of social or economic strata will be encouraged to participate and start playing.
Thanks for stopping by and remember the ball is in Your court!
April
