GODS to GHOSTS Volleyball

Mike Stormin' Normand - Part 3

Mike discusses:  His coaching career, including time at Santa Monica Community College and an epic comeback against Orange Coast Community College and how instrumental al

Mike Stormin' Normand - Part 2

Stormin' Normand discusses:   The brilliance of   UCLA Coach Al Scates,   the infamous "CIRCLE DRILL",  "The Blue Curtain",    CURL OFF in UCLA weight room against T

Mike Stormin' Normand - Part 1

Stormin' Normand discusses:    His youth as a kid,  his time as a Green Beret in Vietnam,  how he became interested in the sport, and his time at UCLA in '73 an

Digger Graybill - Part 3

Digger Discusses:  -  Some additional memories from his time as a player at San Diego State, including his recollection of how talented Duncan McFarland was, not to ment

Jay Hanseth - Part 2

Jay Discusses: -  The '84 player strike at the Jose Cuervo World Championships in Redondo Beach when he and Andy Fishburn crossed the picket line to win the tournam

Digger Graybill - Part 2

Digger discusses: -  Reflections on relationships and friends from Manhattan Beach (Mike Cook, John Gonzalez, Mitch Malpee to name a few), competing indoors in the USVBA

Art Alper Interview

Art Discusses: -  Being an influence on fellow lefty Al Scates, growing up in Los Angeles and competing in basketball at Los Angeles high school, being a member of the U

Digger Graybill - Part 1

Digger discusses: - Growing up in Manhattan Beach in the 60's,  some of his fellow volleyball players he got his start with in the sport, the humbling and exhilarat

Jay Hanseth - Part 1

Jay Discusses: -  His time at Pacific Palisades High School competing in volleyball and basketball  as a Dolphin -  '68-'70, and the amazing athletes that were

Alan Segal - Part 2

Alan Discusses:  -  A  memorable story from the  '64 Laguna Beach Open where he witnessed what he considers to be one of , if not the greatest matches he's eve

Alan Segal - Part 1

Alan Discusses: - Growing up as a kid in the 50's in South Mission Beach, San Diego,  and becoming a part of the surf and volleyball culture there, including hangin

Butch May - Part 8

Butch Discusses: -  Some of the better known women's players on the beach from years passed, including Connie Keller, Jean Brunicardi, Patti Steere, Johnette Latrei

Butch May - Part 7

Butch Discusses: - Mike O'Hara and his memories of him from the Hollywood YMCA and what made him an impressive indoor player,  the time O'Hara asked Butch to p

Butch May _ Part 6

Butch Discusses: - His two men's Open Wins with Rudy Suwara, and Dane Holtzman in Santa Cruz,   and his recollection of both of them and what made them great player

Butch May - Part 5

Butch Discusses: - The Mixed game,  Eileen Clancy and seeing how talented she was as a young 10 year old  kid playing with Jack Jensen, and the fact that she could drink

Butch May - Part 4

Butch Discusses: - The 2020 Olympics, including his take on the USA women's indoor team thus far, the USA men's indoor team and where they need to improve movi

Butch May - Part 3

Butch Discusses: -  MUSCLE BEACH.   The players that played there over the years he was there, the eclectic group of people from ALL walks of life that hung out there (

Butch May - Part 2

Butch Discusses: -  More details on the '64 Olympic Team, including the FLAWED selection process, how talented Gene Selznick and Keith Erickson were, his recollecti

Butch May - Part 1

Butch Discusses: - The patriotic story of how  he got his nick name "BUTCH" while still in the womb,  his start in the sport as a high school kid  growing up in Hawaii,

Ron Von Hagen on the INFAMOUS 1968 Manhattan Beach Open

Ron Von Hagen shares his recollection of the infamous 1968 Manhattan Beach Open where he and Ron Lang  BATTLED Larry Rundle & Henry Bergmann for 7 plus hours between the