Episodes
Ned Bacheson, Founder of Pittsburgh Grass Volleyball (Pittsburgh, PA) and the host of The Grass Volleyball Podcast catches up grass volleyball players Bobby Weber and Matt Kuney to talk all things grass volleyball, including some key questions: 1) How do we improve the game of old school grass volleyball? 2) Side out vs rally? 3) What makes a good grass volleyball tournament? 4) What makes a good tournament exciting to watch? When the best team wins or when there's more upsets?
Published 03/23/21
Published 03/23/21
Ned Bacheson, Founder of Pittsburgh Grass Volleyball (Pittsburgh, PA) and the host of The Grass Volleyball Podcast catches up with Bill Bonney, photographer, marketer, and grass volleyball player. You probably know Bill from the photography he shoots at the Pottstown Rumble, where he’s taken thousands of photographs over the last 10 years. Bill is also an accomplished grass volleyball player. He's been playing volleyball for 25+ years and is a Pottstown Men's Open Quarterfinalist. Bill...
Published 02/02/21
Ned Bacheson, Founder of Pittsburgh Grass Volleyball (Pittsburgh, PA) and the host of The Grass Volleyball Podcast catches up with Brad Glouner, Founder/Tournament Director of the Susquehanna Smash, one of the largest grass doubles tournaments in the nation. Brad talks about how he got into volleyball originally, his HS/College VB playing career at Hempfield/St Francis (PA), why he started the Susquehanna Smash, why he thinks the Smash got as big as it did and what inspires him to keep it...
Published 11/29/20
Ned Bacheson, Founder of Pittsburgh Grass Volleyball (Pittsburgh, PA) and the host of The Grass Volleyball Podcast sits down with President (Andrew Twigg) and Vice President (Matthew Kramar) of Steel City Volleyball League here in Pittsburgh PA. Steel City Volleyball League is one of Pittsburgh's longest running adult volleyball leagues and is also an LGBTQIA+ nonprofit social organization that has had a deep impact on both the LGBTQIA+ community as well as the volleyball community in...
Published 10/26/20
Ned Bacheson, Founder of Pittsburgh Grass Volleyball (Pittsburgh, PA) and the host of The Grass Volleyball Podcast talks with TJ Pauletich, one of the earliest adopters of grass doubles in Pittsburgh. TJ's impact on grass volleyball in Pittsburgh can't be understated and can be credited as one of the first people to help popularize grass doubles in the area. TJ has played in something like 150 grass tournaments over his 14 year grass career (300 if you count a 2-day tournament as 2 separate...
Published 06/20/20
Ned Bacheson, Founder of Pittsburgh Grass Volleyball (Pittsburgh, PA) and the host of The Grass Volleyball Podcast talks with Ken Kaas, Founder and Tournament Director of the largest grass doubles tournament in the nation, the Pottstown Rumble, located in Pottstown, PA. Ken talks COVID-19 and the decision made by the Pottstown Rumble to not host the event in 2020, what it was like meeting Donald Sun (the President of the AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour), the year Phil Dalhausser attended the...
Published 06/02/20