On this week’s episode, I recap the surprisingly lopsided Champions League SUPER finals between Cucine Lube Civitanova and Zenit Kazan, and a less lopsided but equally as surprising Novara vs Conegliano. Also, I catch up on over a dozen transfers that took place over the last week and preview the summer volleyball schedule. The FiveOne Volleyball podcast is the best […]
On Saturday, May 18th, the biggest professional volleyball event of the year will be taking place in the legendary Max-Schmeling-Halle in Berlin. This event is the Champions League SUPER FINALS (emphasis mine). The “volleyball party of the year” is the first time that the men’s and women’s finals will be played in the same place on the same day, in […]
On this episode, I talk about the incredible game 5 of the Italian finals between Lube and Perugia, and finally catch up on some of the transfers that have been taking place in the Italian, Polish, and German leagues. Lube finally breaks the 2nd place curse! The FiveOne Volleyball podcast is the best place on the internet to keep up to […]
Three leagues wrapped up their seasons this weekend and crowned their champions. In Brazil, Taubate ended Sada Cruzeiro’s dominance and won their first-ever title. In Germany, Berlin won by the narrowest of margins against Friedrichshafen for their 4th title in 4 years. And in France, Tours win against Chaumont in Hubert Henno’s last game of his career. All this, plus […]
In the sixth mailbag podcast, I answer questions from listeners on a wide variety of topics including the best servers in volleyball, Klemen Cebulj’s role in Trentino, and the secrecy of pro volleyball contracts. I also break down how Kuzbass Kemerovo managed to dethrone the Russian league titans Zenit Kazan. The FiveOne Volleyball podcast is the best place on the internet […]
One of the big 4 leagues is finally over! Zaksa Kedzierzyn-Kozle defeats Onico Warszawa 3-0 to claim the Plusliga 2019-2019 title, although they had many fortuitous breaks along the way. I also discuss the big playoff matches in other volleyball leagues around the world (including the NCAA), as well as a couple of transfers that took place over the weekend. The […]
In this episode, I discuss the shocking losses of Zenit Kazan in the Russian League Finals to the young and ferocious Kuzbass Kemerovo. That isn’t the only surprising result from this week’s volleyball, with Perugia and Zaksa with absolutely dominating victories in the Italian and Polish league finals. I also make a team of the most underrated players in volleyball, […]
This episode breaks down one of the most controversial moments of this year in volleyball, when Warsaw was robbed of their finals playoff win by an incorrect double-touch call on serve reception. I also discuss Perugia’s win against Modena in the Italian League semi-finals courtesy of a clutch Nick Hoag serving run and recap some of the other playoff action […]
A great set of questions today in this mailbag. Part of this was recorded with the pro recap but I decided that it deserved its own episode. Topics covered include the volleyball teams with the best chemistry, NCAA finals predictions, and how much middle blockers deserve to get paid. This format of this episode is a mailbag, where I ask questions […]
The Plusliga semifinals did not disappoint, with Warsaw and Zaksa advancing in epic fashion. Piotr Lukasik and Sam Deroo proved that you can be a primary option on the left side. On this podcast, I discuss these results as well as Modena’s upset win over Perugia and transfers that took place this week. The FiveOne Volleyball podcast is the best place […]
