In this post you find the video interview with:

Ze Roberto

BRA coach

RECORDED DURING THE 2008 WORLD GRAND PRIX FINAL ROUND

Brazil performed wonderfully one month ago and Ze Roberto was worried about the risk of a possible performance drop.

Given that Brazil is the best team in the Olympic Games so far, it will be curious listen his answers to my questions.

I asked the following questions:

1). Who is the favourite team to win in Beijing Games?
2). Brazil played wonderfully one month ago in WGP. Is it tricky?
3). How many Olympic games have you played?
4). Is the Olympic Games the most important tournament?
5). How many Olympics games have you played? and which was the best?
6)  Would you give a comment on the second libero?

To watch the video click HERE or on the picture above
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In this post you find the video interview with:


Jaqueline Carvalho
BRA spiker

(in Spanish)

I asked the following questions:

1. When and where were you born?
2. When did you start playing Volleyball?
3. Any other members of your family were sportsmen?
4. Would you describe your city?
5. Where are you living now?
6. You have played in many countries, have you any preference?
7. Have you any favourite food?
8. Do you feel under pressure being a favourite in Beijing?
9. You are engaged with a Brazilian Volleyball player. Is it difficult?
10. Is there is competition between you two?
11. What about the kids?
12. Have you any idol in Volleyball (a player that inspired you)?
13. How is Ze Roberto as a coach?
14. Which was the worst period of your career?
15. You haven’t ever played in the Olympic Games?
16. Which is the favourite team to win Beijing Games?
17. Brazilian Women team always failed to win WC and OG. Do you feel the pressure?
18. How do you spend your spare time off the Volleyball?
19. Have you any favourite writer or actor?
20. Would you try to imagine yourself in 20 years?


To watch the video click HERE or on the picture above
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In this post you find the SECOND PART of the video interview with:

Nikola Brbic
SRB setter



I asked the following questions:

Part two

The 2000 Olympic gold medal was the best victory, what about the worst defeat?
Serbians are excellent in many team sports. Why?
After the wonderful performance in the WL Finals, is Serbia favourite in Beijing Games?
Could you give a comment about the new ball?
You are married and you have a son. What about your future?
Will you leave the national team after Beijing?
Would you like to be a coach in the future?



To watch the video click HERE or on the picture above


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In this post you find the FIRST PART of video interview with:

Nikola Brbic
SRB setter



I asked the following questions:

Part one

When and where were you born?
When did you start playing Volleyball?
In your family there are many successful sportsmen.
…you are saying “US” because…
What about your mother?
Your father decided in which position you would have played. Is it right?
Have you been always so calm or has your role changed your character?
Would you describe Serbian people?
Was the Sydney Olympic gold medal the most important victory?

...continues...

To watch the video click HERE or on the picture above
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In this post you find the video interview with:


Helia Souza
Nicknamed FOFAO

BRA Setter


I asked the following questions:


1.  Would you be so kind to introduce yourself?
2.  São Paulo is a huge city, is it dangerous?
3.  When did you start playing Volleyball?
4.  You have played Basketball and Volleyball, two sports for “tall people” (she is only 173 cm tall).
5.  Did your career develop quickly?
6.  Could you describe what does playing as setter mean?
7.  You look very quite, have you always been this way?
8.  In which situations you are actually yourself?
9.  Did you ever “lost your head”?
10. You played many year abroad. Could you describe your experience?
11. Which is the most important satisfaction in Volleyball?
12. …and the most important victory?
13. …and the worst defeat?
14. What is the first thought thinking at the Olympic Games?
15. Who is the favourite team to win in Beijing Games?
16. There is competition between Men and Women Volleyball Team in Brazil?
17. How do you spend your spare time off the Volleyball?
18. For How long, would you like to continue to play Volleyball?
19. ..and what about you, your family and kids?


To watch the video clic HERE or on the picture above

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In this post you find the video interview with:

Sebastian Swiderski
POL spiker


I asked the following questions:

1. When and where were you born?
2. Would you describe your city?
3. When did you start playing Volleyball?
4. Did you practice any other sport?
5. Would you tell me something about the Polish Volleyball history?
6. Who is the most popular Volleyball player in Poland?
7. In Poland, is Volleyball actually the most popular sport?
8. Why you moved to Italy to play in the Italian League?
9. Which is the most important victory?
10. …and the worst defeat?
11. Are you married? Have you sons?
12. You own a Volley Magazine, would you tell me more?
14. What about your future?
15. Which are your expectations about the Beijing Games?
16. What is your opinion about the Beijing Games?
17. Could you give a comment about the new ball?

To watch the video click HERE or on the picture above
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In this post you find the video interview with:


Francesca Piccinini

ITA spiker

(in italian with English traslation)

I asked the following questions:


1. When and where were you born?
2. Would you describe your city?
3. When did you start playing Volleyball?
4. Did you improve fast?
5. Any other members of your family were sportsmen?
6. When did you leave your home?
7. Bergamo has become your home so far.
8. You shot a calendar and wrote a book. Would you do it again?
9. ..but you seem looking also for normality.
10. Are there two Piccinini?
11. Have you ever had to face any conflict between your public and private life?
12. That’s why your book title is “La Melagrana” (The pomegranate)
13. Have you many friends in Volleyball?
14. Which is the most important victory of your career?
15. And what about the defeats?
16. How do you react after a defeat?
17. For how long, would you like to continue to play Volleyball?
18. Is it hard to find the right person?
19. Which is your first thought about the Olympics Games?
20. Could you compare Sydney and Athens Olympic Games?
21. Who is the most important coach in your career?
22. Any pebble in your shoe you would like to get rid of?
23. Did you practice any other sport?
24. Which is the favourite team to win Beijing Games?



To watch the video clic HERE or on the picture above

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In this post you find the video interview with:

Ivan Miljkovic

SRB spiker


I asked the following questions:


1. When and where were you born?
2. Would you describe your city?
3. When did you start playing Volleyball?
4. Any other members of your family were sportsmen?
5. You left your home very young in…
6. What about your experience in Italy?
7. You have played in many countries, did it change the perspective of your country?
8. Which is the most important victory?
9. What is your opinion about the Beijing Games?
10. For how long would you like to continue to play Volleyball?
11. Would you describe the Serbians?
12. Why don’t you want to speak about USA?
13. How do you spend your spare time off the Volleyball?
14. Could you give a comment about the new ball?
15. Could you give a comment about the RPS introduced 10 years ago?
16. You don’t ever speak about your private life. Why?
17. What about your future?
18. Would you think you will be involved in Volleyball in the future?
19. Being the best off the court means…


To watch the video click HERE or on the picture above


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In this post you find the video interview with:

Paula Pequeno
BRA spiker

I asked the following questions:


1. When and where were you born?
2. Would you describe your city?
3. When did you start playing Volleyball?
4. Any other members of your family were sportsmen?
5. Did you practice any other sport?
6. Did you like?
7. After your career as a model, you moved to…
8. Are you married?
9. Is it hard to be a mother and a player?
10. Also your husband is a sportsman.
11. What about your future?
12. Which is the favourite team to win Beijing Games?
13. Which is the most important satisfaction in Volleyball?
14. Do you remember the first match you played after the childbirth?
15. Which is the worst defeat?
16. Which kind of music do you like?
17. How do you react after a defeat?
18. How would you like to score the last point?
19. ..but you prefer to..

To watch the video click HERE or on the picture above

Bye bye andrea zorzi

10th august 2008
Beijing (CHN)

For the second day in a row the Volleyball results and analysis were rightly skipped by journalists. All of them, much more than usual, were interested about everything else but the game.
Yesterday, the media were concerned about the return of Aguero at the Olympic village after her mother's death. Then, late at the night, it arrived the confirmation that the man stabbed to death at a popular Beijing tourist site the day before, was the father-in-law of Hugh McCutcheon, the head coach of US Men’s Volleyball team.

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Therefore, the today’s press conference after the match between US and Venezuela was unusually crowded of journalist from the most important North–American newspapers.

Many times I was shocked by the questions asked after a tragedy.

I sincerely think improper to ask the kin how they feel after such a big lost. But today, I personally attended a press conference where those questions were asked many times: “Could this tragedy affect the performance of your team? How do you manage to keep on focusing the game after a such tragedy? Is it really hard to play in these conditions?” and so on.

The US players and Ronald Larsen, the assistant coach appointed as interim coach in McCutcheon’s absence, answered quietly, mainly pointing out their support to Hugh.

The American captain Thomas Hoff said: “What can I do? What can I offer? The best thing we could do is to come out here and try to play volleyball.”

The former assistant coach added: “I think the best way we can honor them is to do the only thing we can do, and that is to go out and compete every day, and work hard every day, and enjoy and love the game of volleyball. It is a game, you know. And we should be enjoying it and loving it, as he did.”

But many questions remain unanswered and fits both the tragedies which hit Volleyball in the last two days.

Is it right to stop playing under some circumstances?
When does an athlete have the right or the duty to put his own feelings in the first place?
Has the show must go on under all circumstances?

Given that it’s obviously a matter of individual choice, I think that too many times we feel obliged to keep going on without any stop. Only facing extraordinary and tragic circumstances we discover that life is much more important and we cannot rely only on our jobs, even if it is a wonderful job.

I apologize if I’m writing about a subject unrelated to Volleyball, but after two days of tough emotions, when the priorities switch quickly due to unexpected sad events, also Volleyball appears different .
That’s why, now I can better appreciate the playing that yesterday I have taken for granted.

Bye bye andrea zorzi