Life’s a Beach
Everybody loves the feel of the sand between their toes when playing beach volleyball and the joy of diving without worrying about floor burns. Volleybal1on1 has the largest online library of instructional videos to have you smiling as you dominate the court.
You’ll improve your game with beach specialists that show you how to move around better in the sand, read your opponent and communicate better. These instructional videos include technical insights for blocking to having a fun using a towel to hide where the ball is coming from.
These beach specialists will have you even more excited to be at the beach!
Male Volleyball Player / Coach – Eric Fonoimoana
Eric is the 2000 Olympic gold medalist in Sydney, Australia, AVP MVP, AVP King of the Beach, while being a 2 time Manhattan Beach Open Champion. Eric has been a professional volleyball player for the past 18 years and a winner in the AVP tour 18 times. He was also the MVP at UC Santa Barbara, and over 18 year career he has reached the sports highest awards available.
Male Beach Volleyball Coach – Steve Anderson
Steve is the Olympic gold and bronze medalist coach in 2000 and 1996 with the Australian women’s beach team. Coach of the FIVB co-team of the decade 1990-2000. In addition to playing in the AVP tour himself he has coached both indoor and outdoor volleyball for the past 20 years.
Male Volleyball Player / Coach – Stein Metzger
Stein Metzger was a 2004 Olympian, an 18 time AVP champion, FIVB winner, along with being a 2 time Manhattan Beach Open Champion. He is also best known for leading UCLA to 4 consecutive NCAA finals as a starting setting of which they won 3 championships and and was named the MVP his senior year.
Male Volleyball Player – Matt Fuerbringer
Matt is a six time AVP champion and NCAA Champion at Stanford. He is also a four time All-American and top five in blocks and kills on the AVP, he is also the 2003 AVP Rookie of the Year. Matt also brings 20 years of coaching experience and is the joint owner and director of THE MAC athletic club.
Male Volleyball Player – Ed Ratledge
Ed is a NCAA champion at UCLA. He is the current UCLA single game kills record holder. In addition he is a ten year AVP veteran, which includes ranking in the top ten for blocks and kills on the AVP 2004-10. He is also representing the US for beach volleyball.
Most Explosive Male Volleyball Player – Anthony Medel
Anthony is a ten year AVP veteran and the most dynamic defender and jump server on the AVP tour for the last five years. He is also a ten year coach and reached his first AVP final by defeating Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser.
Male Volleyball Player / Coach – Seth Burnham
Seth is a 2 Time NCAA Champion at UCLA, Professional Indoor Europe player, Representative for USA volleyball for both beach and Indoor and on the AVP Tour. Anthony also has 10 + years experience in coaching.
 
Male Beach Coach – Adriano Ticao
Brazilian certified beach coach now working with top AVP and FIVB players Nicole Branagh, Tati Minello, Priscilla Lima and Pedro Solberg. Coaches high school and club teams.
Female Volleyball Players / Instructors
Female Volleyball Player – Priscilla Lima
Priscilla started playing volleyball at the age of 15. Upon graduation she ranked fourth in career digs, fifth in kills and twice named all-conference with first-team honors her senior season. In 2004 she did not qualify for her first AVP tournament. Since she has qualified for every tournament and finished 2009 with the AVP Most Improved Player award and third in the season standings for the year. Lima’s rise has included finishes of ninth in 2005, fifth in 2007 and her first finals match in 2009 at Muskegon.
Female Volleyball Player – Lauren Fendrick
Lauren is a six year AVP and FIVB pro with two FIVB satellite event wins. Her beach career started in 2003 after being a four year starting outside hitter at UCLA. She earned Pac-10 All-Freshman team honors, three Academic All-American honors and honorable mention All-Pac-10. After college Lauren played pro indoors in Turkey and Puerto Rico. In 2006 she finished eighth in kills, 2007 tenth in blocks and 2009 knocked off the top seed at the Brooklyn Open. On the FIVB Lauren finished fourth in Phuket, Thailand and ninth in Klagenfurt after advancing from the qualifier for her highest Grand Slam finish.
Female Volleyball Player – Alicia Zamparelli
Alicia Zamparelli is an eight plus year AVP pro and ten plus year volleyball coach. She first started as a basketball player that picked up volleyball and fell in love with it. Since then Alicia has represented the United States in FIVB tournaments and hosted camps at AVP events.
