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...
Andy Benesh, Miles Partain regain formidable form with Ostrava bronze
Miles Partain, left, and Andy Benesh strike a familiar pose/Volleyball World photo On April 26, Andy Benesh and Miles Partain hosted Italians Sam Cottafava and Paolo Nicolai for an exhibition match at Wave Beach, the San Diego-based facility that serves as their training center. For the...
USA men beat Serbia, finish Volleyball Nations League 2nd round vs. Canada
Serbia’s Marko Ivovic hits against the USA triple block of, from left, TJ DeFalco, Garrett Muagututia and Thomas Jaeschke/Volleyball World photo Thomas Jaeschke had 17 kills and an ace and the USA men bounced back with a 23-25, 25-15, 25-23, 25-14 victory ove Serbia Friday at...
Zoe Verge-Depre, Esmee Bobner clinch final women’s Olympics beach volleyball berth
Joana Mader, left, and Anouk Verge-Depre were left scrambling against the Canadians and out of Olympics contention/Volleyball World photo It’s over. At long last, after 17 months and nearly two dozen tournaments, the first and major leg of the Paris Olympic race is over, the last bid...
USA men swept by Italy in Volleyball Nations League, face Serbia Friday
Erik Shoji, left, and Garrett Muagututia watch Thomas Jaeschke pass against Italy/Volleyball World photo The USA men got swept by Italy on Thursday in Ottawa, Canada, in Volleyball Nations League. It dropped the team to 2-4 with a match against Serbia (2-3) on Friday at 8 p.m....
USA Volleyball names 12-player Paris Olympics roster but not lone alternate
USA Volleyball and coach Karch Kiraly announced the 2024 women’s Olympic team roster Wednesday and it includes some of the mainstays from the team that won gold in Tokyo in 2021. It also has new Olympic faces. While some of the slots on the 12-player, one-official alternate...
QUALIFIED! Chase Budinger, Miles Evans punch ticket to Paris Olympic Games
Miles Evans goes all out against France/Volleyball World photo After 17 months and 24 tournaments and God knows how many miles flown, Chase Budinger and Miles Evans’ Olympic race came down to three men crowding around a table over an iPhone in the Czech Republic. Only Evans...
Volley: « Je me suis senti de plus en plus Russe », le libéro des Bleus, Jenia Grebennikov, raconte son aventure en Russie
Le libéro des Bleus a passé trois ans au Zénith Saint-Pétersbourg, dans le pays de ses origines. Arrivé sur place quelques mois seulement avant l'invasion de l'Ukraine, le libéro a honoré son contrat jusqu'au bout. Read More Home Volleyball - actualités ...
The indomitable will of Kelsey Robinson Cook, USA Volleyball’s “fireball”
Kelsey Cook hits against Italy in 2022/Volleyball World photo HERMOSA BEACH, California — It sounds awful, to tell you the truth. Eight hours a day in a gym in Beijing, China. A country you’ve never been to, on a contract you signed because it was the lone...
With Olympic roster intact, USA sweeps Argentina in Volleyball Nations League
Coach John Speraw looks on as Micah Christenson, left, and Max Holt block Argentina’s Luciano Palonsky/Volleyball World photo The USA, with its Paris Olympics roster intact for the first time, swept Argentina on Tuesday to open the second round of the men’s Volleyball Nations League. The 25-23,...
USA men’s Olympic roster set for second round of Volleyball Nations League
USA teammates: Matt Anderson hits against David Smith, left, during action last December/CEV photo As the USA women head back to Anaheim to regroup before revealing its Olympic roster this week and then resuming Volleyball Nations League on June 11, the second round of the men’s...