Talents: Fernando Kreling

Talents: Fernando Kreling

One of the youngest setters in the Brazilian Superliga, Fernando Kreling is a member of the senior national team’s wide roster and has a long list of achievements for someone his age. Fernando, nicknamed Cachopa, is a product of one of the most prominent...
Beach news: Curtain comes down for Emanuel

Beach news: Curtain comes down for Emanuel

22 years, 3 Olympic medals, 3 World Championship titles, and 10 World Tour trophies since he made his debut on the international beach volleyball stage, Emanuel Rego, perhaps the game’s greatest, has announced that he will retire after this week’s Rio de...
Defending the Line Shot

Defending the Line Shot

As I have watched beach volleyball evolve over the years, I have noticed that there are some fundamental skills that have become lost with the modern game. One of these lost skills is the footwork required to defend the line. There are two changes in the game that I...
Americans steal the Brazilian party in Maceio

Americans steal the Brazilian party in Maceio

The Maceio Open, the second stop in 2016 and the first of three consecutive World Tour events in Brazil, had been slowly turning into a Brazilian beach volleyball feast when a US duo crashed the party. Lucena-Dalhausser, the only non-Brazilian team in the semifinals,...
Talents: Gรถkhan Gรถgkรถz

Talents: Gรถkhan Gรถgkรถz

Gรถkhan Gรถgkรถz is a little older than the youngsters we usually present in this series, but it is mostly our fault that we did not create an article about him earlier. Regular first-choice player for one of Turkey’s top teams, the outside attacker deserves his...