Where is professional volleyball played

They usually do very well. Sada Cruzeiro in the last 8 editions, played 5 times in the final and won 3 times, beating Russian teams every time.

In the last season, Funvic Taubate won the Super League by 1 point. Polish PlusLiga is another great league with dozens of young and talented players.

It includes 14 teams, most of them on a similar level. But very often Polish clubs take part in various championships.

PlusLiga is considered as the league of players who promote themselves and find better clubs in Europe. Turkish Efe League is another solid league, where players are getting paid really well. Volleyball fans should know Turkish teams that have played well in the last years. They have no success in the Club World Championship, but they play well in the other competitions. At least 8 out of 12 Turkish teams can compete to win the Efe League.

German Volleyball Bundesliga for years is in the top 10 best volleyball leagues in the world. Some people may accuse the Bundesliga of not having any success in the Club World Championship, but they have a few good teams that do quite well in the European Championship. When it comes to the domestic competition, the Bundesliga is clearly split into 4 or 5 teams that fight to win the title, and the rest on a worse level.

The teams that dominate this league sometimes appear well in minor international tournaments. At the same time, Prefaxis Menen was the third in the Challenge Cup. Belgium League is pretty old and it was established in Kelly Hunter. Ali Bastianelli. Taylor Sandbothe. Odina Aliyeva. Erica Handley. Erin Fairs. Briana Holman. Karsta Lowe.

Deja McClendon. Molly McCage. Symone Abbott. Nia Grant. Holly Toliver. Samantha Seliger-Swenson. Dalianliz Rosado. Taylor Bruns. Sareea Freeman. Kristy Wieser. Brie King. Aury Cruz. Lauren Gibbemeyer. Lindsay Stalzer. Taylor Morgan. Alex Holston. Katie Carter. Molly Lohman. Erica Wilson. Kylie Pickrell. Korea was unlike anything I had ever experienced at that point in my life. Asian culture is very traditional and passive, especially for women.

Being an out-spoken, assertive woman, I had some serious lessons to learn there, and actually came to understand the value of sisterhood. All of the girls on my team lived together in a dormitory-style building, with the coaching staff downstairs. It was very interesting to see how much the girls depended on each other for support, and they became family. They took care of each other. This really touched me, and it showed me how much impact small acts of kindness, or even just listening, can have on people.

My first season in Rio started one month after the Brazilian women won gold in the London Olympics. A few players on that team were on my team in Rio, and the coach was the legendary Bernardinho. There was an expectation of excellence in the gym in Rio. Some of the best players and coaches in the world were coming to work everyday, and there was always an intensity, and a deep focus to everything we were doing. I loved it. The thing that stuck with me, though, was that when practice was over, or when the game was over, everyone was able to relax and have a lot of fun.

No one took work home with them except maybe Bernardo haha. There was no obsessing or worrying or talking about volleyball when we were off the court. Work was work, and it was done at the highest level possible. When work was over, though, it was time to enjoy life, decompress, and relax. China is a very strong volleyball country, and was also my first experience with Communism. The culture and values are similar to those in Korea, but playing in China taught me the power of choice, and to never take anything for granted.