About this episode
Joel Sanchez discusses his journey as a volleyball coach and the impact of his work on various programs.
Joel Sanchez is an American Volleyball coach. A New York product, he played competitively for club Mocha and was a standout at Lehman College. Once he entered coaching, he hit the ground running, with a "Midas touch" on every single program in which he was involved. From club to college to adult pros, wherever there is success, there he is, with a list entirely too long for the description. To date, he is the program director of Legacy Volleyball Club, where his work won him national director of the year in 2022. 04:19 - Legacy volleyball: the idea, the pioneering, the ascension, providing a place of safeness and escapism. 18:22 - NYC being the pandemic ground zero and how the club survived, catching up on 25 years of playing and coaching (for our "people"), being raised in a culture where taking care is first contact is never an issue. 28:28 - Remembering Guillermo Ramos, the hardest hitter we have ever seen, the invincibility of Bameso in 2004-2005, the "beauty" of Desmond "Shadow" Hamilton 38:31 - Why Omar Vargas was the most important coach in NYC from 1994-2004, the majority or NYC coaches in the 2000's were active players with little guidance trying to figure it out - and…
People in this episode
Host: Jason Dibelius
Guest: Joel Sanchez
Topics covered
- volleyball coaching
- Legacy Volleyball Club
- New York sports culture
- coaching challenges
- personalized coaching
- NYC volleyball history
Keywords
- volleyball
- coaching
- Legacy Volleyball Club
- New York
- sports
- pandemic
- youth sports
- coaching philosophy
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Legacy Volleyball Club
Books & works: Episode 281
Places: New York
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