FiveOne Volleyball

Nations league has finally started! In this episode, I review an exciting first weekend of action that answered several of our questions and predictions. Leal playing his first games with Brazil, the USA bringing out multiple college players, and Ser...

In this episode, we preview the second half of the teams participating in this year's Nations League, this time with special guest and fellow volleyball expert Ogi! We go over the biggest questions for each of the 8 teams remaining, as well as discus...

Finally international volleyball is upon us! The second edition of the volleyball nations league has just started, with the men's tournament beginning on Friday. In this podcast, I do the first half of my power rankings with the bottom 8 teams. I go ...

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 tha...

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 plac...

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 4...

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 Kemerov...

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 leag...

In this episode, I discuss the shocking losses of Zenit Kazan in the Russian League Finals to the young and ferocious Kubzass Kemerovo. That isn't the only surprising result from this week's volleyball, with Perugia and Zaksa with absolutely dominati...

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 It...