the FIVB cited the success "short" volleyball has had in Brazil. It's been around for about five years, played in two states among about 20 teams, whose players are all under 6 feet 1 inch tall.

Five-foot-3 senior Kera Pappas is an anomaly, an exception to the volleyball rule. “Everywhere I go,” she said, “I’m usually the shortest person on the team.” Canyon High girls ...

Taryn Kloth and Kristen Nuss are going to their first Olympics as the first U.S. beach volleyball team to qualify for the Paris Games, a team like no other in Olympic history. Kloth and Nuss ...

Do you have to be tall to play volleyball? No. You need tall players on the front line, but you also need back-row players. Shorter players are usually better in the back row. What makes volleybal ...

Taryn Kloth and Kristen Nuss are going to their first Olympics as the first U.S. beach volleyball team to clinch a spot in the Paris Games, a team like no other in Olympic history. Kloth and Nuss, ...