Actually, in beach volleyball the block DOES count as one of the three touches.  The same player is allowed to touch it twice in a row if the first one is a block.  You'll often see the beach players going over on the second hit because it grazed the blockers fingers.

Go down to your local beach, run wind sprints and do squat jumps in the sand for a couple hours.  When you can walk & breathe again, come back and tell us that it's nothing more than a recess activity.

Go down to your local beach, run wind sprints and do squat jumps in the sand for a couple hours.  When you can walk & breathe again, come back and tell us that it's nothing more than a recess activity.

"she's called a librero [sic - it's libero], which is basically an excuse to put short girls on the team."

"she's called a librero [sic - it's libero], which is basically an excuse to put short girls on the team."

"Aly Raisman says she was recording Maroney's vault with her IPAD."

"Aly Raisman says she was recording Maroney's vault with her IPAD."

Most of the rest of the field aren't the greatest vaulters in the world.

Most of the rest of the field aren't the greatest vaulters in the world.

The volleyball players are using kinesio tape.  It's a hippy hoodoo type of taping that hasn't been shown to have any actual results.  It's swelled in popularity in the beach volleyball world over the last decade for some reason. 

The volleyball players are using kinesio tape.  It's a hippy hoodoo type of taping that hasn't been shown to have any actual results.  It's swelled in popularity in the beach volleyball world over the last decade for some reason. 

James Randi would agree.

James Randi would agree.

You say that as if you have another side than the "look at me I'm 20ish and am snarky and go to a liberal arts college" side that EVERYONE hates.  Don't fool yourself.

You say that as if you have another side than the "look at me I'm 20ish and am snarky and go to a liberal arts college" side that EVERYONE hates.  Don't fool yourself.

That's the most backwards idiotic thing I've ever heard.  Which is why, I assume, it's most prevalent in the South.

That's the most backwards idiotic thing I've ever heard.  Which is why, I assume, it's most prevalent in the South.

Personally I prefer the analytical reviews on AVClub.  I know that some folks just come for the chance to spout their favorite lines in the comments (not to say that I don't certainly enjoy that) but I expect more from my pop culture site.  That's why I find Rabin's Simpsons Classic articles so frustrating most of the…

Personally I prefer the analytical reviews on AVClub.  I know that some folks just come for the chance to spout their favorite lines in the comments (not to say that I don't certainly enjoy that) but I expect more from my pop culture site.  That's why I find Rabin's Simpsons Classic articles so frustrating most of the…

Where is the Tron: Uprising coverage?