USA Volleyball Blogs

White Lies

Sat Sep 10 18:55:00 -0400 2011

After our match against Great Britain, we took a photo with them. As all of us were cheesing away, one of the Brits said, "you're looking at the gold and silver teams for London!" We all got a good laugh about that.  Katie did an interview after the match. One of the first questions they asked… Read More

First Game Day

Thu Sep 08 18:14:00 -0400 2011

Opening Ceremonies was the best - short and sweet! We received this huge piece of bread that was about the size of a backpack that had salt in the middle of it. Photo: USAV The team was presented with a loaf of bread at the opening ceremonies.  The food here is definitely taking time to get… Read More

Ukraine - Land of Snails

Tue Sep 06 10:59:00 -0400 2011

After nearly 30 hours of travel, we finally arrived in the Ukraine – only to find out our bags didn’t. Apparently, our bags got stuck in Istanbul, Turkey due to our small layover there. After we dealt with baggage claim, there were about five us girls that needed to use the restroom and… Read More

Brenda Maymon's Paralympic Report fo …

Sun Sep 14 09:33:34 -0400 2008

Our team is in unchartered water after our win against the Netherlands 2 days ago. It was the first time Team USA has won against them in official competition. It felt great – I’m sure it felt very similar to winning a gold medal. We worked hard for that win and we deserved it. We… Read More

Brenda Maymon's Paralympic Report - Sept. 7, 2008

Mon Sep 08 15:52:26 -0400 2008

Since the last time I wrote, we have had a pretty exciting last couple days. It started with our last practice before the start of the real games. It was at our competition venue and we pretty much worked on the basics to get use to our environment. The following day was Opening Ceremonies. WOW!… Read More