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Volleyball Team Building Ideas – The Volleyball Life Podcast It’s Chris McGown with The Volleyball Life podcast from Gold Medal Squared and its been a little while. We’re getting back into the swing of things with the podcast. Today we’re talking about a variety of volleyball team building ideas with James Felton. 

This week on the volleyball life podcast we are chatting about volleyball practice planning, what it takes to become great at this skill, and why it’s so important. Our guest is NVVA Club Director, and longtime GMS friend Rodrigo Gomes. Rodrigo is from Brazil, played at Brigham Young University and has been affiliated with GMS for many years.   

Welcome to The Volleyball Life Podcast with Illinois Women's Volleyball Head Coach Chris Tamas.Chris McGown: Welcome to the Volleyball Life Podcast from Gold Medal Squared. I’m Chris McGown. Yes, my voice is extra deep this week. I spent a couple of ten-hour gym days back-to-back in Northern Virginia with NVVA and Rodrigo Gomez.  We are stoked to be chatting with Chris Tamas on the show today!

Blocked vs Random Practice with USA Men’s Volleyball Assistant Coach Mike Wall All right, welcome back to the Volleyball Life podcast. I’m Chris McGown. Today we’re doing something a little bit different. We typically just talk with coaches about different ideas that they have, or different subjects that they might have experienced. Today we’re actually...

You’re listening to the Volleyball Life Podcast from Gold Medal Squared. I’m Chris McGown. Joining us today is Kevin Hambly from Stanford University. He just taken the head-coaching job there after Coach Dunning retired.  We are talking to Kevin about his path through coaching and then what it’s like being at Stanford.  It's a great show, tune in!

Thanks for joining us on the Volleyball Life podcast today. We’re talking with Tom Black and Tom has most recently moved into the head coaching spot at the University of Georgia. He came from LMU down in Southern California where he put together a number of great seasons.  Tom was also an assistant coach for our USA Women's Team during the Rio Olympic Games in 2016.  

Running a Great Volleyball Club - Tips from Dean BarbozaToday on the volleyball life podcast we get some great suggestions on running a volleyball club with Tribe Volleyball Club Director Dean Barboza. Welcome to the Volleyball Life Podcast, I’m Chris McGown of Gold Medal Squared and we’re talking today with Dean Barboza. Dean is the director of Tribe Volleyball. They’re a volleyball club out of South Florida who we've had the pleasure of working with for many years.

Climbing the Coaching Ladder with Joe TrinseyToday on the show we are talking with GMS in-house statistics wizard, camp coach, and clinician Joe Trinsey.  Joe has a great story about how he got in to the world of volleyball.  Joe started in a small town on the East Coast and eventually ended up coaching at the Olympic Games in Rio.  We hope you enjoy the show! 

The Volleyball Life with AVCA President Kathy DeboerThis week on The Volleyball Life Podcast we are joined by AVCA Executive Director Kathy DeBoer.  Kathy discusses the mission of the AVCA and relationship they have with the NCAA.  Kathy has a wealth of experience within our sport.  We are grateful to learn from her experiences today on the show!

Today on the Volleyball Life Podcast we are talking with long-time friend Jason Watson.  After playing at BYU under then head coach Carl McGown, Jason went on to have a wonderful coaching career.  Jason has been the head coach of some great programs, helping the BYU Women's program to one of their best seasons ever.  From BYU, Watson accepted the head coaching position at Arizona State University, helping guide that program to a top 5 ranking nationally.  Currently, Watson is the head coach at the University of Arkansas.