Karch Kiraly
Karch Kiraly
Charles Frederick "Karch" Kiralyis an American volleyball player, coach and broadcast announcer. He is the only playerwho have won Olympic gold medals in both volleyball categories: beach and indoor. The Fédération Internationale de Volleyball,, volleyball's highest governing body, honored Kiraly as the greatest volleyball player of the 20th Century. He played college volleyball for the UCLA Bruins and won three national championships under head coach Al Scates...
volleyball games accomplishment
I still get excited just attending a final four, because the process is so long, so arduous, so challenging, that when it finally arrives, the adrenaline can't help but take over. I love the sense of accomplishment and camaraderie that the indoor game can engender.
sports volleyball beach
I was fortunate to start the sport at a young age. I was 6 years old when my dad started teaching me. We started playing tournaments together when I was 11, in the lower ranking of beach volleyball in California. We weren't playing against kids; we played against grown men, so immediately, I had to raise my game to compete.
beautiful volleyball beach
We play at the world's most beautiful beaches but in the world's most challenging conditions. It is not like you play one match and you go back to air conditioning. We do it all day long.
volleyball jobs site
It's the best. And the job site isn't too bad, either.
volleyball glasses people
Most people put a hat and glasses on to go incognito. I take them off.
volleyball strong guy
Physically I'm not as strong as I was, but I try to make up for it mentally. It's a big challenge, and I relish it, competing with guys half my age.
sports volleyball beach
The indoor game is much more of a team game, having to work effectively with a group of 15 to 20 people, striving to improve every day, every drill, even every contact. The beach game is much more of an individual game within a team sport, much less about organized practices with coaches and much more about just playing the game.
volleyball games
It's a serve and pass game.
volleyball player giving
Volleyball is not like a formula so we must give players some freedom.
volleyball athlete play
There's nothing worse than the feeling of wishing you had another chance at a play because you weren't ready. Every athlete has those feelings to mull over, and over and over ... Don't even expose yourself to the possibility to being caught off-guard. —
volleyball beach team
The beach game taught me great lessons about how to elevate the play of my teammate, or teammates, and how to anticipate and expect the ball so much more than the indoor game ever could. It taught me - even forced me - to be a much better all-around player. That allowed me to help our USA Olympic Team in many more ways than I ever could have otherwise.
volleyball winning next-day
I never did. I only prepared to win the next day.
volleyball beach careers
It's hard to give a career like this up, when I tell my wife I'm going to the office, and it's the beach.
running volleyball player
Not everything you're going to do in volleyball - or in life, for that matter - is exciting or fully functional, but if you have the willpower to make each minute count, you'll benefit in some way. And it will make you a better player and a better person in the long run.