Freeball: The Volleyball Podcast

Our final official Hamburg preview show is a belter and our guest is one of the most knowledgable people in the game. Tim Simmons has been involved in Beach Volleyball since 1990 and has been working on the FIVB World Tour since 1999 as a Beach Volleyball Media Delegate, he also helps in the production of the famous http://www.bvbinfo.com which is database of everything you need to know about the sport and the characters that take central stage. In a fascinating preview of this years World Championships we get very nostalgic looking back at some of the great tournaments, teams, players and matches that Tim has witnessed within the sport. Tim is charming, charismatic and an absolute blast to chat too. It is a fitting final episode that will bring a smile to your face, oh ....and its a long one!

NEW Episode!! All eyes on Hamburg!!!

This week we catch up with Aussie ripper Damien Schumann, We talk all things Hamburg which starts next week, we discuss his pool that includes Evandro and Bruno, Herrera Gavira and we also chat about his 9th last time out in Vienna. We discuss the ups and down of being a professional player playing on the world tour, his unbelievable performances to win a Gold Medal in the Commonwealth Games last year and we get to hear his American accent. Damo is a massive character and an awesome guest!! Enjoy!!

This week we interview the impressive Francisco Marco. Francisco is the head coach of Pablo Herrera and Adrian Gavira, one of the most successful teams on the world tour. We talk about the challenges of him being one of the youngest coaches with one of the most experienced teams, his journey from playing too coaching and his views on the FIVB World Championships in Hamburg, who he thinks will be successful and how he thinks his team will perform in the most competitive and open World Championships we have ever seen.

ALL EYES ON HAMBURG!! New Episode!!

After a couple of quiet weeks, we are back with a BANG!

WELCOME to Canadian World Tour Stud, Sam Pedlow!! We are delighted to welcome one of the most humble men on tour to our podcast as we start to look at The FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships in Hamburg this month.

In this enlightening episode Sam tells us about his story, his Commonwealth Games silver medal, his ambition to go to the Olympic Games and his ambition to connect to fans and grow the game as much as possible. Sam also tells us about his teams aims for the World Championships and the teams to look out for. Sam is a great ambassador for our sport and this is a fantastic exclusive interview from the Freeball team.

We also look at the Mens draw for the World Championships with our guest host @bouncebeach, the internet beach volleyball highlight sensation, who is working hard to upload the all the biggest plays within the game.

Enjoy!!!

Lets make this quick - We have had a long day! Hamburg is epic and so is our opener with Everett Delorme from Volleyball Source, Canada main source of all things Volleyball. We chat the open two day, our adventures, the pools and the things that we have seen! Loads of Volley Chat and great for the purist!

Enjoy!