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Gretchen Boore
Gretchen Boore

This textbook review summarizes a volleyball textbook called "Volleyball Fundamentals" written by Joel Dearing. The reviewer was first introduced to the book in 2004 as a volleyball coach and later studied it in a 2008 college course. The book is geared toward high school students but could also be understood by eighth graders. It has a table of contents and summaries at the start of sections, though no index or glossary. Diagrams and photos appear alongside explanatory text for easy reading. The book introduces volleyball concepts and terminology in a step-by-step manner. The reviewer chose to analyze this book because their unit plan asks why volleyball should be played as a team sport rather than individually, and the book illustrates team formations and

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Gretchen Boore Fall 2010 Dr. Merrill EDTE 384 Textbook Review For my textbook review, I looked at a textbook that I was introduced to as a coach in 2004 and then was re-introduced to in 2008 when I took a course on volleyball here at Sacramento State. This book is called Volleyball Fundamentals and it is written by Joel Dearing. The book was published in 2003, so in 2004 this was a new book to me. The book itself is geared more toward high school aged students, but I believe that the average 8th grade student would be able to read and follow along with the book with little problems. The book has a table of contents and at the beginning of each section is a brief summary of what is going to be discussed. The book doesnt have an index or a glossary, but personally, for this book I do not think that it is needed. The book has large letters and is an easy to read and follow since the diagrams and photos that are displayed are for the majority on the same page as the content that is being talked about. This book showcases all aspects of the game of volleyball in mostly basic English terms and when new vocabulary is introduced, the book builds on already known knowledge to help introduce the new term to the reader. I wanted to review this book because my topic for my unit plan is for volleyball and my question is Why should I play volleyball as a team sport and not as an individual sport? This book addresses that issue by showing formations for different variances of volleyball, all of which are team sport related because the court is so large that it would be nearly impossible to play by yourself and have a functional game.

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  • 1. Gretchen Boore Fall 2010 Dr. Merrill EDTE 384 Textbook Review For my textbook review, I looked at a textbook that I was introduced to as a coach in 2004 and then was re-introduced to in 2008 when I took a course on volleyball here at Sacramento State. This book is called Volleyball Fundamentals and it is written by Joel Dearing. The book was published in 2003, so in 2004 this was a new book to me. The book itself is geared more toward high school aged students, but I believe that the average 8th grade student would be able to read and follow along with the book with little problems. The book has a table of contents and at the beginning of each section is a brief summary of what is going to be discussed. The book doesnt have an index or a glossary, but personally, for this book I do not think that it is needed. The book has large letters and is an easy to read and follow since the diagrams and photos that are displayed are for the majority on the same page as the content that is being talked about. This book showcases all aspects of the game of volleyball in mostly basic English terms and when new vocabulary is introduced, the book builds on already known knowledge to help introduce the new term to the reader. I wanted to review this book because my topic for my unit plan is for volleyball and my question is Why should I play volleyball as a team sport and not as an individual sport? This book addresses that issue by showing formations for different variances of volleyball, all of which are team sport related because the court is so large that it would be nearly impossible to play by yourself and have a functional game.