The Complete Handbook of Volleyball Nets
Essential guidance for facilities managers, coaches, resellers, and serious players who need to understand, select, install, and maintain volleyball nets
by Alumigogo Books
non-fiction
The practical handbook for anyone who owns, manages, or sells volleyball nets. Covers selection, installation, maintenance, and business operations—grounded in real-world use, not marketing.
About this book
Whether you're outfitting a school gymnasium, running a beach volleyball rental business, coaching a competitive team, or reselling equipment, you need to understand volleyball nets as functional equipment with measurable specifications and concrete failure modes.
This handbook cuts through marketing language and incomplete online advice to provide the knowledge you actually need: how nets are engineered and why that matters, how to evaluate different types and grades, how to match nets to your specific situation (indoor competitive, casual outdoor, rental fleet), how to install and maintain them correctly, and how to diagnose and fix common problems before they sideline your court.
Drawn from facility management practice, competition standards, and equipment manufacturer documentation, this is the reference guide for professionals, serious hobbyists, and business operators who want reliable, actionable knowledge rather than marketing or guesswork.
Reader Reviews
Carol King
★★★★★As a facilities manager who's purchased nets three times and gotten burned by specifications I didn't understand, I found this incredibly useful. Chapter 1 alone clarified why our outdoor net kept losing tension and why tournament-grade nets cost three times what we paid for our first one. The installation section was detailed enough to actually use—not like those vague YouTube videos. My only minor complaint is I wish there were more photographs, especially of hardware details, but the writing is clear enough you can follow along.
Kathleen Rivera
★★★★★This is helpful if you're managing a facility or reselling nets, but it won't tell you much if you just need to buy a single net for your backyard or a casual group. The book assumes some baseline familiarity with volleyball equipment and doesn't explain things like what a tape line is or how net depth relates to actual play. I got value out of it—the maintenance section especially—but I expected more entry-level content given the title says 'complete handbook.' Still solid reference material for the target audience though.