Mewhirter breaks it down as Olympic beach volleyball pools announced
Taryn Kloth and Kristen Nuss are in Mewhirter’s “Pool of Death”/Volleyball World photo The beach volleyball Olympic field is set. All of it. The 17 spots have been punched via Olympic rankings. The French wild cards have been doled out — to Remi Bassereau and Julien Lyneel, and...
USA Volleyball CEO Jamie Davis considered for same role with USA Water Polo
Jamie Davis with Hugh McCutcheon at Volleyball Nations League earlier this month in Arlington, Texas. McCutcheon is one of the candidates to replace Davis as CEO at USA Volleyball. USA Volleyball CEO Jamie Davis, who announced that he will leave that post after the Paris Olympics,...
Volley: Ngapeth, star des Bleus, « encourage les votes contre le RN »
Si de nombreux acteurs du sport ont appelé les Français à aller voter afin de faire barrage contre les extrêmes pour les élections législatives anticipées, Earvin Ngapeth, star de l'équipe de France de volley, va plus loin en appelant les électeurs à voter contre le...
USA men face Japan, Argentina, Germany in Olympics volleyball pool play; women’s schedule set
The men’s pools were announced Wednesday for the Paris Olympics and now we know who the USA men will play: Japan, Argentina and Germany. The women’s pools were announced last week when we learned the USA plays France, China and Serbia. The women’s Olympic schedule was announced...
Exciting times for LOVB as it approaches inaugural 2025 pro volleyball season
Three future LOVB players, from left, Lauren Carlini, Chiaka Ogbogu, Jordan Thompson, playing in Volleyball Nations League/Volleyball World photo LOVB got SPANX. More on that later, but it’s a really big deal for the fledgling pro volleyball league that begins play in January. League One Volleyball has franchises,...
Mark Paaluhui and the revival of the 2024 Hermosa Beach Open
The 2024 Hermosa Beach Open is September 4-7 in Hermosa Beach, California. The qualifier is September 4, followed by the main draw.Volleyball TV will stream the event. For more information and how to support, go to https://hermosa-open.com/ *** HERMOSA BEACH, California — The return of professional beach...
Howard University mixes volleyball, clinics, safaris on Botswana trip of a lifetime
Dami Awojobi Oluwadamilola Awojobi — Dami for short — is a rising senior at Howard University in Washington, D.C We asked Howard coach Shaun Kupferburg if one of his players would chronicle their team’s trip May 16-27 to Botswana and Zimbabwe. Luckily for us, Dami, a...
New territory: Breaking down 2024 18-team Big Ten volleyball schedule
Two of the new members of the Big Ten conference go from the frying pan into the fire for their first Big Ten volleyball road trips. USC and UCLA will play their respective first league road matches at Nebraska during the last week of September to...
USA men stay in Volleyball Nations League contention; women ousted
Germany’s Moritz Reichert hits against Micha Christenson, left, and Jeff Jendryk/Volleyball World photo The USA men beat Germany on Friday to stay in contention for the eighth and last spot in the Volleyball Nations League finals, but the USA women were bounced from their side of...
Women’s Olympic volleyball pools set; USA men beat Brazil in five
The The USA women are in a four-team pool with host France, China and Serbia at next month’s Paris Olympics. According to Volleyball World, which announced the three pools on Thursday, “The Olympic volleyball tournaments at Paris 2024 will be conducted under a new format, starting...
USA men rally but fall to Iran in five in Volleyball Nations League
TJ DeFalco tries to hit off the block against Iran/Volleyball World photo TJ DeFalco went off, but the USA men, playing in their first match of the third round of Volleyball Nations League, lost in five sets to previously winless Iran on Wednesday in Manilla, Philippines. DeFalco...
New Zealand beach volleyball “on precipice” of breakthrough win at Continental Cup
HERMOSA BEACH, California — For five minutes or so, Ben O’Dea and Brad Fuller spoke on the slow, agonizing rise of Patrikas Stankevicius and Audrius Knasas. Lithuania’s top beach volleyball team was clearly talented, having won Futures events in Slovenia, Poland and Hungary. They’d qualified for...
USA Volleyball update: Women claim VNL finals spot; men begin third round
Happy Americans after beating Japan/Volleyball World photo We have a lot to catch up on with our USA women’s and men’s Olympic teams after a few-days hiatus to move the VolleyballMag editorial offices from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to Swampscott, Massachusetts. So … greetings from New England, where...
USA women sweep Netherlands, face Italy in Volleyball Nations League
Kelsey Cook hits past the Netherlands’ triple block/Volleyball World photo The USA women, 2-0 in the third round of Volleyball Nations League, have Friday off before facing Italy on Saturday. The Americans, an OIympic bid long in hand, got a huge performance from Jordan Thompson and a...
The Last Dance of April Ross and Alix Klineman
HERMOSA BEACH, California — There have been a number of moments that suggested to April Ross and Alix Klineman that this season would be unlike any other in their professional volleyball careers, namely the babies they’ve given birth to and fed and raised these past...
Discover VolleyballXL: Inspiration for your volleyball training
Are you a volleyball coach in need of inspiration for your training sessions? Are you looking for fun drills to do or want to create a dynamic training for your team? VolleyballXL can help. With over 600 volleyball drills available on video, you will always...
USA women get VNL sweep of France, play Netherlands on Wednesday
Lauren Carlini goes over on two against France/Volleyball World photo The USA women opened the third round of Volleyball Nations League with a 25-15, 26-24, 25-20 victory over France. It left them 5-4 with Tuesday off before playing the Netherlands, also 5-4, on Wednesday night in Fukuoka,...
Volley: un salarié d’un club de Toulouse arrêté pour avoir filmé un adolescent dans les vestiaires
Selon La Dépêche du Midi, un homme de 42 ans, membre d’un club de volley de Toulouse, a été arrêté la semaine dernière pour avoir filmé un adolescent dans les vestiaires. Read More Home Volleyball - actualités ...
USA men fall to Canada; women begin third round of Volleyball Nations League
Kyle Ensing hits past the Canada block/Volleyball World photo The USA men have, obviously, a lot to figure out after losing to Canada in four sets on Saturday to finish the first two rounds of Volleyball Nations League 3-5, including 2-2 in their four matches in...
With Ostrava gold, Kelly Cheng-Sara Hughes become the World’s Most Interesting Team
The USA contingent on the Ostrava podium/Volleyball World photo There was a word that once could have described Kelly Cheng and Sara Hughes: boring. They were fun to watch, of course, with their tempo sets and options and creativity. But so good were they throughout the 2023...