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
Tag: Volleyball History
1982 World Championships
I recently posted some video of the 1982 World Championships Final between the Soviet Union and Brazil. For the most
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.
Savin to Zaitsev
The most famous combination in men’s volleyball in the late 1970’s to mid 1980’s was Vyacheslav Zaitsev and Aleksander Savin.
Lloy Ball
There is no question that Lloy Ball is one of the greatest volleyball players ever, and specifically one of the
‘…But Truth Is Dearer’
The following article originally appeared in an old Soviet era sports magazine (I think ‘Olympic Panorama’) sometime around late 1983,
Brazil Looks Into The Future – Olympics 1992
For some reason last season, I started playing old volleyball videos before our scouting meetings as the players were coming
