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24. Marcello Abbondanza:"Even after being successful, what we do will change. And it will change again."

24. Marcello Abbondanza:"Even after being successful, what we do will change. And it will change again."

Marcello Abbondanza is an Italian coach with a boatload of experience coaching high level club teams in Italy, Azerbaijan, Poland, Turkey, both the Canadian and the Bulgarian national teams. Being known as one of the most successful coaches in female volleyball of the last decade.

23. Tama Miyashiro:"You always have to be looking for ways to be a better teacher."

23. Tama Miyashiro:"You always have to be looking for ways to be a better teacher."

Tama is an assistant coach for the USA Women's National Team. Specializing in serve receive and defense. Even though Tama is one of the youngest coaches that we've featured on volleybrains she possesses an interesting mix of pro player experience, coaching 'overseas'...

22. Craig Skinner:"If you stop learning, then you're doing yourself and your team a disservice."

22. Craig Skinner:"If you stop learning, then you're doing yourself and your team a disservice."

Craig Skinner is the head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats. The 2020 NCAA National Champions. Since arriving at Kentucky, Craig has rejuvenated the Kentucky volleyball program into national prominence and has directed the Wildcats to 16 consecutive NCAA Tournaments.

21. Andrea Gardini:'For every player you'll need a different key, your job is to find that key.'

21. Andrea Gardini:'For every player you'll need a different key, your job is to find that key.'

If you are a fan of the small gold medal emoji's 🥇, you should go and take a look at Andrea Gardini's wikipedia page. There are too many World Championship, Olympic, World League and other titles to even start to count. Today we talk to the former athlete who became a successful coach.

20. Joop Alberda:'Success is all about communication and trust, not having success...also.'

20. Joop Alberda:'Success is all about communication and trust, not having success...also.'

A game that many coaches mention as their favorite one and also my personal favorite is the Olympic final at Atlanta in 1996, The Netherlands winning a 5 set match against Italy. Today we share the story of Joop Alberda, iconic coach of that Dutch team.

19. Russ Rose:'You can't get too high when it's good and you can't get too low when it's not good.'

19. Russ Rose:'You can't get too high when it's good and you can't get too low when it's not good.'

Normally our intro's are the highlights from a coaches' wikipedia page. But what do you pick with a Russ Rose interview: coached 44 All Americans, 40+ years of head coaching, won 7 national championships? We had the pleasure to have a long call with coach Rose. Hope you will enjoy the interview.

18. Daniele Santarelli:'If I knew what volleyball would look like 10 years from now, I would start to adapt already'

18. Daniele Santarelli:'If I knew what volleyball would look like 10 years from now, I would start to adapt already'

Since the 2017-2018 season Daniele Santarelli is the head coach of Italian powerhouse Imoco Conegliano. In this masterclass we talk about his journey and growth as a coach, what makes a great player, the evolution of our game and so much more.