June 4, 2008
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Orlando, Fla. (www.ucfathletics.com) - Head coach Todd Dagenais and the UCF volleyball team were selected by the Lance Armstrong Foundation and Demand Media to film a series of instructional volleyball videos that appear on the newly launched LIVESTRONG.com. Dagenais and the Knights are the only group on the site giving instruction on the game of volleyball, and fans can see the videos and a bio and head shot of Dagenais, who was picked by video producers as the site's volleyball expert. Filming for the project began in mid-April.
"It is a great honor to be asked by the Lance Armstrong Foundation to be their expert in the field of volleyball," Dagenais said. "It is exciting to be able to showcase our student-athletes on a website for a great cause, and to be able to show the world how we teach the game of volleyball here at UCF. It is something that we are really proud to be asked to do and is something that we are really enjoying doing. I was really pleased that out team came out and volunteered to do something like this for such a worth cause."
Founded by Lance Armstrong, LIVESTRONG.com features educational and instructional videos of a wide spectrum of health, exercise and nutrition information to help people around the country live better and healthier lives. The site provides between 3,000-4,000 video segments in numerous different categories.
Redshirt freshman Kristin Fisher (Clearwater, Fla.), junior Andrea Youngblood (Castle Rock, Colo.), sophomore Lauren Williams (Lake Mary, Fla.) and assistant coach Sam Shweisky are just a few of the Knights that join Dagenais in the instructional videos, performing basic to advanced level volleyball skills, ranging from underhand serving to the art of attacking the ball.
"It is an honor that they picked UCF out of everywhere in the country to do the shoot and it was a really fun and great experience," Fisher said. "I will definitely be able to look back on this years from now and be proud that I did it."
The UCF volleyball team will open its 2008 campaign at the Georgia Southern Tournament August 29-30. For the latest news and information on the Knights, tickets or apparel log on to www.ucfathletics.com - the official site for UCF varsity sports. Also check out UCFPhotos.com, the exclusive fan source for UCF action sports pics
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