Leading leagues in Europe are stepping in the decisive phase. Russian teams are still struggling for possibly most comfortable seeding before play-off round while elite of Turkey just have finished quarterfinals. The most advanced competition takes place in Italy and Poland. In these two countries, only four teams remain on the battlefield and have already got first encounters over. How did the struggle...
by Andor Gyulai, Founder and Owner of Volleyball 1 on 1 This week, Andor Gyulai, Owner of Volleyball1on1.com, shares some new ideas building on Karch Kiraly , Hugh McCutcheon, and Tom Black ideas as it relates to reading the game in volleyball. The video includes advice Andor researched with Dr. Bill Harrison as it relates to vision that will help your players get in the zone faster as well as slow...
At the beginning of the season Calzedonia Verona made a few surprises. About this, new goals and about the games against Lube told Andrea Giani. Read More... ...
Emotions associated with the Champions League Final Four has already fallen so it is the best moment for a summary. The Cup of Europe flew away to Belgorod with players of Belogirie, who proved a peremptory supremacy on the Continent. Halkbank’s players, tournament hosts, did not come up to expectations set up in front of them before finals and this team probably will not be so strong in the nearest...
Admittedly, Cortes’s conquest is a cringeworthy moment in human history. It does however, illustrate how having “no way out” can motivate people to be truly committed. Late last year at the Australian Junior Women Development Camp, we were fortunate to be visited by Australian beach Volleyball team coach Mick Nelson and player Louise Bawden, […] ...
Want to know all about volleyball? Check out this awesome video. You will learn all about volleyball and maybe even more :-) Read More... ...
The regular season in the German Bundesliga is now over and it was a battle till the very last round between the two main title contenders to top the standings. Berlin Recycling Volleys , the back-to-back champions, made it off with the top position only due to a victory more than VfB Friedrichshafen despite both teams gathering the same amount of points. The first real dramatic action of many more...
by Andor Gyulai, Founder and Owner of Volleyball 1 on 1 This week we want to share a new drill from our AVCA Video Tip of the Week called Tough Swings Drill. Wes Schneider uses this drill to get his team ready for tough matches where his competitors have big blockers. The drill forces the players to be smart and not just go up and blindly hit. But rather make shots, tool the block and make higher percentage...
The opposite of Zenit (Kazan) Maxim Mikhaylov believes that his team could repeat the success of the girls of Kazan. “Our game vs. Guberniya and the final in the Women’s Champions League were at the same time. Dinamo (Kazan) took the win. Read More... ...
Russian Volleyball League is perceived as a financial tycoon and clubs, playing there, are not on the par with competitors on the transfer market for the rest of the world. However, all that glitters is not gold because Ural Ufa goes through very serious troubles. A deep budgetary hole caused that players want to fly away from Siberia. Read More... ...
On Saturday and Sunday best European female's teams played in Baku in Final Four of Women's Champions League. Champion became Dinamo Kazan, smashing defending champion, VakifBank Istanbul in three sets. Read More... ...
by Andor Gyulai, Founder and Owner of Volleyball 1 on 1 Shawn Patchell (USA Men’s Pan Am Coach 2013, USA U21 Coach and USA Boys Coach) shares his 5 In, 5 Out of System Volleyball drill that works on defense namely reading the game and on the offense, calibrating the attack. This drill can be run with just 1 coach yet allow the coach to offer a lot of feedback for player improvement. This is just 1...
We have a nice team which certainly will show your brave character - said the president of AZS Politechnika Warszawska, Jolanta Dolecka. Read More... ...
Not only we want to win the Italian championship, but I can promise that we will give everything to achieve this goal - said Alexandre Ferreira. Read More... ...
It's really a fantastic feeling - said Alessandro Fei after victory in Italian Cup. - It's not the end, we want to win someting more - he added. Read More... ...
A good one for the volleyball parent community these days. A 26-step program for good parents gone bad....
I should play better, be the leader of the team, and I wasn't - critically, after losing the final against Copra, said Aleksandar Atanasijević. The opposite of Sir Safety Perugia also spoke about the club's chances in the playoffs and how he feels in Italy. Read More... ...
Copra Piacenza, beating Diatec Trentino, for the first time since 2006 played in the final of the Coppa Italia. - We knew it wasn't the end, that in the finale we can go one step further and reach the historical, huge success - said Hristo Zlatanov. Read More... ...
by Laura Benzing, Assistant Women’s Volleyball Coach – The Ohio State University We all exhaust our resources to find players who fit our program, make us better and lead to the almighty W. We look at high schoolers, middle schoolers? and hope an All-American is suddenly going to transfer to our school. Outside of the hopy-wishy mode, there is one type of transfer athlete that is permissible...
Yesterday in Parma took place drawing of lots for Women's World Championships. Most mysteries are revealed, we don't know only 6 participants from NORCECA zone. Read More... ...