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Sports
One buck buys
heck of a show
For a measly sum of just $1
you can watch the Texas A&M
Women’s Volleyball team play in
G. Rollie White Coliseum
Wednesday night against No. 8
ranked Texas.
Big deal you say? Why go
watch a bunch of women hit a
ball around in G. Rollie? Surely
there can’t be excitement in such
an event. Why those women
probably don’t even take volley
ball seriously.
Wrong.
I know. I was sent to “practice”
with the A&M team.
When I walked into into the
gym, I was a bit apprehensive. All
I could hear was the squeak of
tennis shoes dnd the thump of
volleyballs being driven into the
floor.
Spiking practice.
Squads of four or five women
took turns spiking the ball past a
“guard” held by a teammate. The
guard, a metal contraption on
top of a pole, represents the
blockers of the opposing team.
Forty kills must be hit by the
women on each squad in the drill.
“More than 100 balls are
spiked before reaching the re
quired 40 spikes,” said A&M
Head Coach Terry Condon.
After each woman spiked the
ball, Condon, seated close to the
net, coached each player as they
circled around her chair.
Since spiking isn’t my forte, I
decided tne best position for me
was ball retriever.
Yes, I chased down wayward
volleyballs. I wasn’t about to try
spiking. These women moved too
fast and spiked too hard for my
liking.
I only stayed at practice for
one hour. The Aggies practice
three hours each day. I can imag
ine how tired they must be after
practice. I was exhausted just
watching them.
Don’t use the excuse that you
don’t go to watch the Aggies play
because you don’t understand
volleyball rules. I’ve seen con-
MARCY BASILS
Sports Writer
fused people at football games
too.
If you fit the “I-don’t-know-a-
thing-about-volleyball-but-woul-
d-like-to-Iearn” group, read on.
(After this, no excuse will be
good enough.)
Men’s and women’s volleyball
are played by the same rules. The
only differences between the two
versions is the height of the net.
In a men’s gdme, the top of the
net is 7 feet 11 inches high, while
women play with a slightly lower
net, 7 feet 4 inches.
A match is the best three-out-
of-five games. A game is won
when a team scores 15 points,
with a two-point lead. Only the
serving team mav score points
Teams consist of six players on
the court, with up to six players
allowed for substitutions. At the
time the ball is served, all players
must be in specific positions. Af
ter the ball is served, players may
move anywhere on their side of
the net.
The ball may be hit a maxi
mum of three times by any one
team before it goes over the net.
No one person may hit the ball
twice in a row.
There are three basic hits in
volleyball — the set, the dig pass
and the spike.
Sets, or the strategic placement
of the ball above the spiker’s
head, enables the spiker to smash
the ball down on the other side of
the net. Sets are two-handed
passes.
The dig pass is hit below shoul
der level with one or both hands.
This type of hit usually returns a
serve, allowing the ball to be set
up for a spike.
Now that you know the basics
of volleyball, you are ready to
watch the Aggies win. While
you’re at it, take some friends
along.
Photo by BILL HUGHES
Aggies Taken By Storm
Aggie defensive tackle Rod Saddler waits patiently in the downpour in the third quarter of Saturday’s game didn’t help
rain for Texas Tech to come out of the huddle. A heavy wash away the memory of a 30-12 Aggie loss. A&M is 3-1.
Pokes must regroup before Skins test
United Press International
DALLAS — The Dallas Cowboys
have shown this year they need to
put forth A Super Bowl effort every
week to win. And since they were
overwhelmed by the St. Louis Cardi
nals last Sunday, a major motivatio
nal job is needed during the next
few days to prepare them for an im
portant test.
The Cowboys must tangle with
the Washington Redskins next Sun
day in RKF Stadium and the pros-
pects look very good-for . Washing
ton, and very bad for Dallas. '
There was a general sentiment
throughout the Dallas squad follow
ing the Cowboys’ 31-20 loss to St.
Louis that it was just one of those
games.
“It just obviously showed that you
can’t he good every week,” said cor-
nerback Everson Walls, who had
snore than his share of problems
with St. Louis receiver Roy Green.
“That’s about it. We need to he
more aggressive and tackle better.
We can’t let this loss change our
whole plan because we were the No.
1 pass defense coming into the
game.”
“I think Washington is just an
other game on our schedule,” said
defensive tackle^Randy White. “The
next game is the most important
game on our schedule. I don’t think
we have reached a point where win,
lose or draw, it will make our break
our season.”
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