Praise For Tetyukhin
On the 24th March episode of the volleyball podcast The Net Live sometime host Reid Priddy contributed a review of
Category: Russian Volleyball
Equation With Six Knowns
The following article originally appeared in “Sport in the USSR” in 1984. In it, Vyacheslav Platonov tells the story behind
My Profession : The Game
Vyacheslav Platonov is by any measure one the greatest coaches of all time. In addition to his achievements on the
The Evolution Of Offence In Men’s Volleyball
The following article was written by then USA Men’s assistant coach, Rod Wilde, and appeared in the August 1999 edition
The Team That History Forgot
Volleyball is pretty bad at history. For whatever reason, volleyball hasn’t inspired people to write 700 page books about it.
The Legendary Aleksander Savin
Tagged Aleksander Savin, Vyacheslav Platonov, USSR Volleyball I recently heard an interview with famous American sports commentator Bob Costas
‘…But Truth Is Dearer’
The following article originally appeared in an old Soviet era sports magazine (I think ‘Olympic Panorama’) sometime around late 1983,
Men’s Olympic Volleyball Final – Running Diary
Having ‘borrowed’ a few other literary devices from Bill Simmons, I figured that I might have a go at the
Karpol – Lunatics And Talent Development
Reading this interview with famous Russian women’s coach (and dual Olympic gold medallist) Nikolai Karpol inspired me to head for
A Real Coaching Genius?
As part of an ongoing if irregular series of me spending my volleyball free time by watching old volleyball matches,
At Home On The Court 