Serve hard, play hard: Aaron Russell

Serve hard, play hard: Aaron Russell

US Sport is famous with basketball, ice hockey, baseball, American football. The business overseas invest unimaginable amount of money in these sports where the professional leagues gather the best players from the whole world. In comparison volleyball isnโ€™t one of...
Volleyball Explained: What happens in Rotation 4?

Volleyball Explained: What happens in Rotation 4?

The next rotation in our โ€œneeds to be examinedโ€ list is Rotation 4. What do we have to take into account when the setter is in position 4 on a volleyball court? This is probably the most difficult volleyball rotation in terms of understanding, especially for beginners...
The Quiet Leader: Lukas Kampa

The Quiet Leader: Lukas Kampa

The main setter of the German national team Lukas Kampa is surely not one of the biggest stars on the volleyball court, although he has been pronounced โ€œBest setterโ€ during the World Championship 2014 in Poland where Germany won the bronze medal after a great run and...
Volleyball Explained: What happens in Rotation 3?

Volleyball Explained: What happens in Rotation 3?

After the details of rotations 1 and 2 have been analyzed in previous two articles, it is time to make the same exercise also with rotation 3 which has its substantial specifics too. From the perspective of the receiving team the setter has the usual options on...
Expect the unexpected: Mateusz Bienek

Expect the unexpected: Mateusz Bienek

Mateusz Bienek is one of the younger volleyball Polish talents who appeared on the world stage in the last years. Bienek played his first match for the menโ€™s national team in 2015 during the preliminary phase of the World League against Russia. It seems that this was...