Mais um episódio com uma convidada internacional! Desde o outro lado do Atlântico, temos hoje connosco a central brasileira Adriani Vilvert. A Adri foi minha colega de equipa este ano na Hungria, e no ano anterior foi campeã em Espanha, e há 2 anos atrás representou a AJM/FCP onde também conquistou o título de campeã nacional em Portugal. Falámos sobre o porquê de sair de um campeonato tão competitivo como a Superliga Brasileira, e as diferenças entre as estruturas dos clubes no Brasil vs....

Depois de duas convidadas, voltamos a mais um episódio a solo. E sim, vamos falar de um tema que infelizmente continua a ser taboo hoje em dia: a menstruação! Como sempre, vou falar deste tópico do meu ponto de vista, das minhas experiências e vivências. Espero que depois de ouvirem este episódio fiquem com mais à vontade de falar sobre o ciclo menstrual, sejam mulheres ou homens. No final do episódio partilhei convosco algumas ideias/planos/sonhos do futuro, por isso ouçam até ao...

Mais uma grande convidada neste vosso “2Point Difference”: hoje temos connosco a central do Leixões S.C., Carina Moura. A Carina tem um início de carreira que hoje em dia poderá não ser tão comum: esteve 12 épocas no mesmo clube, o Atlético Volei Clube, de Vila Nova de Famalicão. Vamos poder ouvir como foi para a Carina crescer num só clube, a ligação que criou não só com a modalidade como também com o clube, e as aprendizagens com as interações entre escalões. É sem dúvida um episódio...

A nossa primeira convidada ‘pós-pausa’ é a distribuidora nacional Ana Couto. Este ano representou o ‘Porto Vólei Colégio Efanor’ e conseguiu alcançar a final do Campeonato Nacional de Elite, a sua final número 22 (contando participações no Campeonato Nacional e Taça de Portugal!). Falámos sobre a evolução da carreira da Ana, e como foi passar por clubes onde era banco, clubes onde tinha a responsabilidade de ter mais tempo de jogo, e até mesmo clubes a lutar por títulos ou clubes que...

Cá estamos nós de volta! Após uma pausa de alguns meses, o vosso podcast voleibolístico preferido voltou às vossas plataformas. Como já repararam, decidi alterar o título do episódio e a partir de agora os episódios em português vão ter títulos em português, e os episódios em inglês vão ter também os títulos em inglês. Acho que assim será menos confuso para todos! Espero que seja uma boa decisão da minha parte (mas que não deixem de ouvir todos os episódios na mesma!). Espero que tenham...

And we are back to our Portuguese speaking episodes! I'm heading into the playoffs and it's gonna be a very tight schedule, with games every Thursday and every Sunday. So today's episode is short and simple: we are taking a small break! This podcast process has been an amazing ride, and I'll for sure keep working on getting more episodes recorded for you, but I need to save up my energy to try and get a couple of medals (at least!) here in Hungary. I'll see you all soon!

And here it is guys! We have reached our 20th (!!!) episode, and what better way to celebrate another milestone than with an international guest? And yes, this episode will be 100% in English, but you already know that since the last 2 episodes right? Our first international guest is... The head coach of the Swiss National Women's team and also head coach of Swiss team NUC: Lauren Bertolacci! Today you'll hear all about Lauren's career started as a coach, how she sees volleyball...

Hey everyone! I know you are used to reading this summary in English... And maybe you got slightly confused when you started listening and the episodes were in Portuguese... Sorry about that! To make it up to you, today we have our very first 100% English episode! On today's episode you will listen to me talk about the general situation that is happening (and hopefully improving!) with female head coaches and female athletes, not only in volleybal but also other sports. Hope you enjoy my...

This week on your favourite volleyball podcast I share with you my own experiences during my early years in sports as a child/teen. I talk about how growing up doing a lot of different activities affected my developtment and also you'll also hear some science data from some studies on early specialization. It's a great episode that I hope you guys enjoy, and let me know in the comments how was your childhood within the sports world! Don’t be shy and share your thoughts on the comment...

Another Wednesday and another solo episode here at "2Point Difference". Get ready to travel around Europe with me today! On this week's episode I share with you my many experiences travelling with the Portuguese National Team. I was a part of the team from 2008 until 2022, so there's a lot to talk about, you won't want to miss this one. As always, don’t be shy and share your thoughts on the comment section! I would really appreciate to have your opinion on the voting section too (5 stars if...

It's getting hard to find common schedules with other athletes, so you'll have to hear me talk solo one more week! Hope you enjoy my experience with recovery strategies, it's a very personal episode because I honestly just share with you guys my sensations and feelings with a bunch of stuff related to food, sleep and workouts! As always, don’t be shy and share your thoughts on the comment section! I would really appreciate to have your opinion on the voting section too (5 stars if it’s not...

Another week and another solo episode for you guys! Since I'm playing a Cup game this weekend here in Hungary, I figured maybe you would like to know how different countries organize their volleyball leagues. Get ready for some inside scoop on how Spain, Germany, Italy and Hungary operate! You'll hear all about my own experiences playing in these countries, and how different competitions such as the National Cups can motivate players. Don’t be shy and share your thoughts on the comment...

Welcome to 2024 everyone! We are starting this year with an episode that you guys showed a lot of interest in: my coaching career. Today I talk about how I had to juggle my role as a semi-professional player plus working as a coach in Portugal, and also some of my coaching experiences abroad. You'll also be surprised to hear that I coached a men's team for a while, but I won't say much more about it, you'll have to give this episode a listen! As always, thank you so much for all your...

Welcome to our first ever Christmas Special! This was a very fun episode for me to record, so I'm not gonna give you too many spoilers about it, you'll just have to listen to it from start to finish ahahah! Usually I prepare a script for my episodes so I have some sort of guidelines and there's a 'path' for the conversation to follow, but for this episode I wanted you guys to experience a more random flow of things. I hope you enjoy this style of episode, and let me know if you would like...

Get ready for your last guest episode before Christmas! Today you’ll be able to hear about Maria’s growth as a player throughout her career, and how she was (and still is!) able to juggle her student life with her professional athlete life. We also talked about how Maria handles her responsabilities in different team environments and how her mind has to shift when she plays opposite or outside hitter. It was great to have such an open conversation about the joys and struggles of the growth...

Lots of volleyball players imagine what it would be like to play in a different position on the court. Setters always want to be spikers, spikers want to be liberos, middles want to be outsides… Well on today’s episode you can actually hear about my own experience about playing a new and different volleyball role! This episode is full of learning experiences not only about technical volleyball things, but also a lot about how I mentally struggled and evolved on my first season in the German...

Get ready for some ‘double trouble’! I am so happy to bring to you the first professional Portuguese female beach volleyball team: Beatriz Pinheiro and Inês de Castro! Beach volleyball is such a different world (maybe even a different sport right?) from indoor volleyball, so talking to these young players that chose to follow the professional path so early gave me great insights on many many things. We talked about the main differences between beach and indoor volleyball, how to cope with...

This week I have a little twist for you guys! I usually bring volleyball players here so you can learn with their experiences as athletes (it seems very obvious, I know!). But today… Today me and Daniela talked a lot about her coaching career. Daniela is a huge reference in Portugal. She’s been part of the National Team as a libero for several years, and has always been known to play with lots of energy, passion and grit, making her a great example for so many players. So maybe you already...

Brace yourselves for a very nerdy episode today! Today you'll hear about my own experience with volleyball analytics and how the study of the game evolved. I’m a huge fan of game plans, of learning all of the stats, and just geeking out on volleyball numbers. If you want to check out coach César’s work on these things, his instagram is @cesarernandez. I promise you won’t regret checking out his work! I also talked about why it’s important for players to watch not only their opponents, but...

Another great guest here at ‘2PointDifference’: Maria is an athlete that has been playing volleyball for over 30 years so there is a lot to learn here! We talked about her own experience as a player throughout the years, but also her coaching experience and her other career as a teacher. I enjoyed talking about the differences between generations, what is important to teach to younger athletes, and so many other things! Hope you learn as much as I did with this episode! If you want to follow...

Aren’t you curious to know how the brain of a setter works during a volleyball game? Well if you listen to this episode, you can learn a thing or two! Lila Durão is still a young player, but she already has a ton of experience. Today we will let you get inside her brain, but don’t worry, we didn’t talk only about how a setter thinks! We also talked about how growing as an athlete with different players from different generations can be such a great environment. Regarding growth we also...

And this week we are back with another quick solo episode for you guys! You’ll get to know how my career started in Portugal, why and how did I choose to start playing abroad and my advice on how to get outside of Portugal if you want to discover and explore new volleyball adventures. Don’t be shy and share your thoughts on the comment section! I would really appreciate to have your opinion on the voting section too (5 stars if it’s not too much to ask eheh!). If you’d like a bonus...

Another great guest here at ‘2 PointDifference’, since Aline Timm is one of the most experienced Portuguese players around so get ready to learn a lot! On this episode we talked about the differences between Brazil and Portugal regarding the support both countries give to volleyball. Aline also shared some of her experiences with discrimination and how she manages to share not only her life with her partner (spoiler alert: they are also teammates!). Hope you enjoyed getting to know a bit...

On this third episode we continue our conversation, so if you want to go back and listen to episode 2 with Joana Resende, be my guest! For those who already enjoyed the first part, now you can listen to us talk a bit more on specific volleyball things. We shared our opinion on what a top libero should focus on, how to always contribute something to your team, and we continued to discuss the high level type of mindset. To wrap up the episode, I asked Joana about her volleyball idols and who...

Starting off our “guest mode” with a top level player. Joana Resende is not only the current Portuguese National champion, but also the starting libero for the Portuguese National Team for over a decade! On this 1st part we talk about how volleyball entered Joana’s life, how she handled playing for such a big club (Futebol Clube do Porto), and also the development of her professional mindset. All of this while also studying to become a nutritionist! Hope you enjoy this episode, and don't...