World League Finals
The most important (and richest) friendly tournament began it’s final round today in Argentina, with matches between Italy-Russia and Brazil-Argentina.
Category: Volleyball
The Malthouse Coaching Code of Ethics
I’ve never liked Mick Malthouse. There is just something about him, a certain smugness perhaps, that meant I never warmed
World League – Week 4.5
I haven’t actually seen much of the last week or so of World League but there are a couple of
World League – Week 3
People who think that Italy is the mecca of volleyball are wrong. Just wrong. The best place on the volleyball
Statistics
Over the years I’ve seen hundreds of different statistics, most of them interesting, some of them useful. The one statistic
World League Preview…kind of
By …kind of, I don’t mean it is kind of about World League, but rather that is a kind of
Deserving To Win
I don’t know if it is widely known, but Brazilian volleyball coach Bernard Rezende (better known as Bernardinho) wrote a
Setters and Spikers
As I’ve written before I eagerly listen The Net Live every week because despite US-centrism there are often valuable little
There’s Money In Volleyball
It has been reported in a couple of places (here and here for example), that the world’s best opposite, Ivan
Book Review: Volleyball, Freakonomics and Gladwell
When I was a young coach, I thought of volleyball solely as techniques and tactics, essentially a problem solving exercise.
At Home On The Court 