The Legendary Aleksander Savin
Tagged Aleksander Savin, Vyacheslav Platonov, USSR Volleyball I recently heard an interview with famous American sports commentator Bob Costas
Category: Volleyball World Championships
Savin to Zaitsev
Tagged Aleksander Savin, Vyacheslav Zaitsev, Vyacheslav Platonov, USSR Volleyball The most famous combination in men’s volleyball in the late 1970’s
A Real Coaching Genius?
As part of an ongoing if irregular series of me spending my volleyball free time by watching old volleyball matches,
I Campioni Siamo Noi
In 1990, a significant event occurred in world volleyball. The Italian men’s team became world champions for the first time.
‘To Win You Need To Put In Your Soul’
I’ve recently seen some quotes attributed to Russian coaching great, Vyacheslav Platonov. There’s something here for everyone. ‘Working in the
Generation of Workers
Italy is a proud volleyball nation. And Italians love both nicknames and hyperbole. For example, Lorenzo Bernardi is universally known
World Championships – Some More Thoughts
A friend of mine wrote on his facebook page on Sunday night “Brazil celebrates and so ends a really poor
World Championships Final – Told You So
Over the course of the last few weeks I’ve made many predictions about various aspects of the World Championships. Without
World Championships – … and the final is…
Cuba – Brazil After two weeks, 70 odd games, a few scandals and the whole gamut of emotions, there are
World Championships – The Dust Settles
And then there were four. On Saturday it will be Cuba – Serbia and Italy – Brazil in the semi
At Home On The Court 