December 29 Welcome to The Void Good afternoon, beach volleyball fans, I delayed this newsletter just to get a good kick out of saying "good afternoon" after watching Spirited for the first time this Christmas season. Those who know know. Those who don't, I highly recommend the movie. It's a tremendous watch. In all merry seriousness, I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas, and I hope everyone is enjoying Void Week, this strange stretch between Christmas and New Year where nobody is really...

December 22 Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Good afternoon, beach volleyball fans, To be fully honest, I wasn't sure whether I was going to send a newsletter this week or just, ya know, let it be the holidays, since there is zero beach volleyball news. But what the heck. I just wanted to write in, tell everyone to have the merriest of Christmases, and spread some holiday cheer. And give you the gift of recommending Lee Feinswog's volleyball newsletter, 900 Square Feet, which covers...

December 15 Into The Off Season We Go Good morning, beach volleyball fans, When I was playing beach volleyball, I used to consider off-season a myth, a joke of a thing that people loved to talk about but nobody ever actually took serious. Now that I am no longer playing -- and no, my brief interlude back onto the court at Pompano Beach is not me coming out of retirement -- and am a coach, media person, and fan, well, we are into off-season mode. Christmas fireplaces dominate YouTube....