Happy 4th from Volleyballmag.com! - Articles

Since Ed Chan and I took over Volleyball magazine a few months ago, our respective lives have been a whirlwind. A fun whirlwind, but busy nonetheless as we made the transition not only to being co-publishers, but taking the print magazine to an all-digital format. Later this month, we will unveil our new website and the volleyball world is going to love the new VolleyballMag.com. If you’ve been visiting DestinationVolleyball.com you would have noticed less content. While we’ve been double-posting some things, including this column, we’ve been doing most of our posting on VolleyballMag.com, which will eventually become our main site. Like I said, you’re gonna love the new website. In the meantime … — High fives to USA Volleyball, who made a smart move scheduling three FIVB World League matches in Dallas to coincide with the boys junior nationals. Not only did the U.S. go 3-0 by beating Bulgaria, Australia and Russia, the men played in front of so many future stars and boys who need to see the game at the highest level. There’s no telling how many kids were influenced by a match that saw the U.S. win the first set 35-33 and then close it out 25-17, 25-21. This team is super fun to watch and it’s still hard to imagine that the guy who touches the ball the most, setter Micah Christenson, is just 23. As an aside, he’s right-handed but hit a second ball Saturday against the Australians with his left hand that was a vicious swing. And Taylor Sander,...

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