VB Adrenaline Podcast

Day 1 from the AVCA First Serve in Milwaukee and this episode is stuffed Info on our "Kicks 4 Camps" fundraiser Our favorite Class of '28 recruiting classes What should '28, '29 and '30s watch for the first few weeks of the college season when watching volleyball to help them with their recruiting? Day 1 Preview of the AVCA Wow what matchups Mailbag Questions from our followers and more..... Support the show Connect with VB Adrenaline: Check out the websiteConnect with Darren on Instagram @vb...

IMG Volleyball Director Gilad Doron is the guest and we look at the growth of the academy after three years not only in #s, but in success on the court and with some very key athletes. Doron talks about the "prep school philosophy" and what IMG Academy offers and the strides the FL school has made since he has taken over. We also focus on their prize pubil, Olivia Henry (Penn State '27) , and the growth that I have seen in her game since attending IMG and Gilad talks of her case and how...

We dive in and cover some sensitive topics that have come up since the "initial blast" of June 15th commits. Girls are panicking as to why they aren't committed yet and feeling like failures. Stories of horrible experiences at certain college select camps lead to us talking about how you can truly see what "program culture" looks like now and the programs always show their true colors eventually. We talk about sensitive topics in the world of volleyball recruiting for athlet...

Nearly two years after we met (USA Nationals Las Vegas), great convo with Wisconsin HC Kelly Sheffield, sends me some random dm on X asking me to give him a call earlier this week, and at first it scared me a little bit, but when we finally connected, it led to a great 2+ hour conversation. This podcast is a recap of a good portion of the conversation because we just talked volleyball for 145 minutes, and for me, it was very, very cool. We agreed, disagreed, and respected each other's o...

We talk about the upcoming Nebraska vs. Texas match set for Las Vegas in August and how great it is to have college volleyball's most heated rivalry back on again. I also tell you about my personal journey trying to bring the rivalry back to reality and how months of work and hundreds of hours ended up in an L, but it was a crazy story for this cookie-dough salesman, that's for sure. Then I break down the last matchup between the two teams and why things are pretty heated between the fa...