The Plight of the UK Volleyball Playoffs

Courtesy of Jon McGugan

The final weekend of the playoffs will take place at the National Volleyball Centre tomorrow. Earlier this week I was Twittering with the ever talented Peter Bakare when he cracked me up with this question about the playoffs: 'Good crowds going to watch?'

He genuinely couldn’t understand what had me so tickled, which is fair enough considering the fact that he plays volleyball in a country where the playoffs attract hundreds of spectators.

Despite the establishment of a National Volleyball Centre in England, a revamp of the brand and PR activity - trying to convince Britain that there are sports outside of the trinity (football, cricket, rugby) has been an uphill battle for volleyball patrons.

Spectators are an obvious indication of a sports popularity, and the um, healthy attendance at this season’s playoffs show that we have a lot more work to do.

Just out of curiosity, how many of you have pre-registered for Olympic volleyball tickets?