2011-2012 FiVB United States volleyball player transfer list

A pretty sweet little addition. I was just added to the list of USA Indoor Players Playing FIVB 2011 – 2012 in Europe.

What is the FIVB?
“The FIVB is the governing body responsible for all forms of Volleyball on a global level. Working closely with national federations and private enterprises the FIVB aims to develop Volleyball as a major world media and entertainment sport through world-class planning and organisation of competitions, marketing and development activities. The FIVB is part of the Olympic Movement, contributing to the success of the Olympic Games.”- fvib.org

As the global guiding organisation for Volleyball, the FIVB upholds the highest standards to ensure that the legacy and excellence of the sport is experienced and enjoyed around the world.
Vision
To create the most exciting sporting spectacle of precision and performance.
Mission
To maintain the purity and excellence of Volleyball as one of the most all round athletic, entertaining and challenging team sports.

Positioning myself to play ball

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Yup that’s me, #30 hitting middle. Set from #1 In life I’m sure you have heard you cant always get what you want? If you haven’t heard this then i’d suggest that you remove the rock from over your head that you’ve been living under. Life is full of surprises  treats and treasures but sometimes we are thrown a curve ball. So for this case if you’ve been following along with my journey you know that I’ve been training to play volleyball in Europe somewhere as an opposite hitter.


I recently was picked up by a team in Germany as a dual position potential but mostly as a middle blocker/hitter. Am I complaining? No. I’m stoked! But not my first choice. I played a little in College, at California State University, Northridge. Then later in an Arizona region, but overall I prefer opposite hitter. If you are dying of thirst and some one offers you apple juice when you wanted orange juice, you’d be stupid not to take their offer when you need the hydration, the nutrients to fill your body. That is life right? Sometimes we are giving a seed, what we do with that seed depends on how much we want to grow the plant… or if you want to eat then you better learn how to grow it.

Pros and cons of my position in a nut shell.
I can play middle but my dominant position is opposite hitter. This means I’ll have to revert to the knowledge and athletic skills needed to play middle, not extremely different but still lots of work.

The pros of all this is that I made a the dream a reality and I’ve been offered a sweet deal. My conclusion, I am happy with the recent selection, driven to help this team win a few matches until they can find a new middle blocker, then I hope to make a transition to opposite on the right side. Well at least that is my idea. Believe it to Achieve it.

3-0 victory gaining experience

Coach told me to smile next time they take a photo of me for the papers. 3-0 victory.

Coach told me to smile next time they take a photo of me for the papers. 3-0 victory.

After our win on Saturday we are tied for first in our league as you can see on the left -midway down of this paper, FC Schuttorf 09. My first match I switched from Middle to Opposite Hitter. Love it. Still a long journey ahead. Representing the yellow BELIEVE wrist band. Thanks to my mentors and motivators. Live it!

 

My first regular season match vs SF Aligse

#30 Manusharow hitting a back one from #1 Elmar in the first match of the season. C Smith Photos

#30 Manusharow hitting a back one from #1 Elmar in the first match of the season. C Smith Photos

The dream is now a reality: Following last weeks preseason tournament championship we kept the fire burning for our fist regular season match up against a smaller yet faster SF Aligse. the first couple points were a blur as it was my first match of this experience. I laced up battling butterflies, lots of them. But soon realized that the moment that I had been dreaming about for so long was here. It had come. I was warm and ready the match kicked of with some back and forth points a few errors on both sides of the net, then we started to come together as a team and turned up the heat. The match was won in three sets 25:17, 25:19, and 25:16. I’ll never forget the feelings I had when I was playing in this first match. What a blessing, what a gift, what an accomplishment to just to get here. But no time to be content, I have a long season ahead.

fc09 having fun blocking

fc09 having fun blocking

Here’s a team photo from before the match with one of our sponsors: http://www.fitness-point-schuettorf.de/news.html

Fc schuettorf 09, volleyball,

Prematch photo with our warm up shirt sponsor http://www.fitness-point-schuettorf.de/news.html. Drew Manusharow #30 top right next to coach.

Believe it to Achieve it – from Arizona to Germany.