Podcast 8 – Talking Volleyball History with Sue Gozansky and Mark Lebedew

Understanding how we got where we are today – both in terms of our sport and how we coach it – provides broad value. Sadly, there tends to be a lack of this knowledge in volleyball. This means we don’t have the strength of culture seen in other sports. This is particularly true in the US.

In this episode, the first of two, Sue Gozansky and Mark Lebedew join me to talk about our history. Mark and Sue did an episode of the original Conversations series talking on the subject of creativity in coaching. Mark, of course, was also with me for Episode 1 of the podcast where we talked about learning through watching matches. Sue, who is a Volleyball Coaching Wizards interviewee, has a storied coaching career with 3 collegiate national championships. She’s also an AVCA Hall of Famer, and USA Volleyball and FIVB instructor, and book author.

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You can find a complete list of the initial series of Coaching Conversations here.

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John Forman

John is a volleyball performance director and coach educator with 20+ years of experience across the NCAA (all three divisions plus junior college), university and club volleyball in the UK, professional coaching in Sweden, and juniors clubs. He has also served as a visiting coach with national team, professional club, and juniors programs in multiple countries.

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