USA Volleyball News and Notes
USA Volleyball - London 2012 Olympics
USA Volleyball is headed to London. Check out all the articles from the lead up to London about the indoor and beach women and men as well as schedules and results from the London Olympic Games.
You think the college kids coming out into the American job market right now have it tough. Think about the women's volleyball players coming out of college and trying to find a spot on the ultra-talented women's team roster.
Volleyball Q & As
Over the years, I had a chance to chat with some of volleyball's greats. Here is a collection of Q & As with players, coaches, owners and leaders of the sport. More to come.
Top Volleyball Players - Women
Player profiles for some of the top female athletes in the sport of volleyball
Lloy Ball Unplugged
Lloy Ball is one of America's greatest setters of all time. He retired in 2012 after 16 years of Olympic and professional volleyball. He won a gold medal and 15 European Championships along the way. In this Q & A, Lloy talks candidly about his career on the USA Team, about what playing overseas was like, about life after sports and the future of...
Volleyball Controversies and Crimes
Volleyball is often a sport beloved by those who play, coach and watch it. But every once in a while, the story is off of the court. Here are some of the news stories around the web of volleyball people behaving badly or causing a controversy worth discussing.
We passed a major milestone with 500 days until the start of the London Olympics. The qualification process begins in earnest this year and things are getting much more serious for the Olympic Hopefuls. Here is a look at where the USA teams stand right now.
Let's take a look back at 2010 and discuss the top five moments of the year in volleyball
London 2012 Olympic Women's Beach Volleyball Schedule
The beach volleyball competition will take place at Horse Guards Parade in London. Check out the schedule, standings and results of the competition here along with the U.S. times the games will be played.
The USA men finished first in their pool to make the cut for the World League Final in Sofia, Bulgaria July 4-8. This is the last major competition before the Olympic Games in London.
The World Cup is the first opportunity for volleyball teams to qualify for the London Olympics. The top three finishers will earn a berth for 2012. Here is the schedule and results for this year's competition.
Information on 2012 Olympian Outside Hitter Matt Anderson
Destinee Hooker Player Profile
Information about USA Volleyball player and London Olympian Destinee Hooker.
Preliminary Roster For 2013 World League Released
The USA men's volleyball team is getting some new blood for the 2016 campaign and World League 2013 will be our first glimpse of the new guys. Check out who new head coach John Speraw picked for the preliminary roster and the dates of the U.S. events.
The vote for FIVB President was not as "democratic" or "transparent" as originally advertised.
The London Olympics was a mixed bag for USA Volleyball. There was glory and there was heartbreak, but U.S. teams did everything they could to be successful when it counted.
The schedule of matches and game results from World League Competition June 12-July 26
USA Volleyball's Performance in London - Men
The London Olympics was a mixed bag for USA Volleyball. There was glory and there was heartbreak, but U.S. teams did everything they could to be successful when it counted.
The 2008 Olympics was a banner year for USA Volleyball. In the most successful performance yet, the USA left Beijing with three golds and a silver. The gold medals went to men's indoor volleyball, men's beach volleyball (Todd Rogers/Phil Dalhausser), and women's beach volleyball (Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh.) The silver medal went to the...
The schedule and results for the World Championship in Japan in October/November 2010
Very sad news came from the Russian Federation last week. Sergey Ovchinnikov, the Russian women's Olympic team coach, was found hanged last week in his Croatian hotel room. The reason he took his own life could have been related to the Russian team's tough loss in the quarterfinal against eventual champion, Brazil.
Clay Stanley - Player Profile
Information about Clay Stanley, three-time Olympian and Beijing gold medalist in indoor volleyball.
Watch Stacy Sykora as she strives to regain her complete field of vision after suffering a brain injury in a bus accident last April. Stacy is back training with the national team and doing her best to recover in time to make the 2012 Olympic team. In this video, we also see a few clips of Stacy's first scrimmage back with the team and her...
The 2008 Olympics was a banner year for USA Volleyball. In the most successful performance yet, the USA left Beijing with three golds and a silver. The gold medals went to men's indoor volleyball, men's beach volleyball (Todd Rogers/Phil Dalhausser), and women's beach volleyball (Misty May and Kerri Walsh.) The silver medal went to the women's...
Lloy Ball Unplugged
Lloy Ball is one of the best setters in the history of USA Volleyball. With a lengthy domestic and international career in which he won a gold medal in Beijing in 2008 and 15 European championships, Lloy established himself as one of the best ever. He retired in 2012 and here he talks about his career, his time with the national team, his life...
Lloy Ball Unplugged
Lloy Ball is one of the best setters in the history of USA Volleyball. With a lengthy domestic and international career in which he won a gold medal in Beijing in 2008 and 15 European championships, Lloy established himself as one of the best ever. He retired in 2012 and here he talks about his career, his time with the national team, his life...
Lloy Ball Unplugged
Lloy Ball is one of the best setters in the history of USA Volleyball. With a lengthy domestic and international career in which he won a gold medal in Beijing in 2008 and 15 European championships, Lloy established himself as one of the best ever. He retired in 2012 and here he talks about his career, his time with the national team, his life...
Lloy Ball Unplugged
Lloy Ball is one of the best setters in the history of USA Volleyball. With a lengthy domestic and international career in which he won a gold medal in Beijing in 2008 and 15 European championships, Lloy established himself as one of the best ever. He retired in 2012 and here he talks about his career, his time with the national team, his life...
Volleyball Goes Hollywood
Volleyball mostly goes without mention for anything but the Olympics. But this week turned out to be a huge Hollywood week for the sport. From Destinee's name to Kerri's pregnancy to cameos on television, we were all over the place!
Changing of the Guard
After every Olympic Games there is a turnover led by retiring athletes and aspiring future Olympians. 2016 will bring a very significant changing of the guard for USA Volleyball. Let's take a look at which players may stick around for another quad and some of the new faces we may see coming up.
It was almost a foregone conclusion that the No. 1 Americans would win the...
It was almost a foregone conclusion that the No. 1 Americans would win the squad's first ever gold medal in London this summer. No. 2 Brazil had other plans. How did they do it?
London 2012 Olympic Men's Beach Volleyball Schedule
The men's beach volleyball competition will take place at Horse Guards Parade in London. Check out the schedule, standings and results of the competition here along with the U.S. times the games will be played.
Men Beat Italy in Second Match Up
Women Qualify For World Championships
U.S. Men Come Back with World League Win
The men's team came back strong with a win in their second match against the Netherlands.
Netherlands Overpowers U.S. Men in World League
The Netherlands hands USA its first loss in the opening match of World League.
U.S. Men's Team Debuts New Look for World League
The men's team begins competing this week to defend their 2008 World League title with a new line up.
World League Roster Announced
USA Volleyball announced the 19 men that will make up 2009's World League Roster.
Alan Knipe Named Men's Head Coach
USAV announced its choice for the men's Olympic Head Coach position, hiring Alan Knipe of Long Beach State.
USAV Announces Preliminary World League Roster
USAV has named 22 players to the preliminary roster for the 2009 World League tournament. The roster will be cut to 19 by the end of April and 12 players will be chosen from that group to play each weekend.
Women Likely to Begin Training in Anaheim, CA
The USA women's national team is likely to move from Colorado Springs to Anaheim to train for the 2012 Olympics. The men's team made the move in 2006.
World League 2009 Information
Information about the 2009 Men's World League Tournament June 12 - July 26.
Federation Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB)
The official website for international indoor and beach volleyball.
Karch Kiraly Hired as Women's Team Assistant Coach
USAV announced that Karch Kiraly will work under Hugh McCutcheon as one of the women's team's assistant coaches.
Could World League Be More Like World Cup?
Soccer is all the rage all of a sudden with the start of the World Cup while volleyball's World League continues in relative obscurity. These two sports have many similarities. Could volleyball turn things around like soccer has?
FIVB World League 2012
World League will take place in two separate time frames this year to make time for the remaining unqualified teams to compete in a last tournament to earn a spot in London.
2012 FIVB World Grand Prix
Schedule and Results for the 2012 FIVB World Grand Prix
2012 Olympic Indoor Volleyball Schedule
Check out the match ups, schedule and results for indoor volleyball at the 2012 London Olympic Games.
2012 Olympic Indoor Volleyball Schedule
Check out the match ups, schedule and results for men's indoor volleyball at the 2012 London Olympic Games.