Accustomed to hitting against two or three blockers, Sander, now hitting around only one - even if that one blocker was Alison or Gavira or Andre - sided out at one of the highest clips in the field. On the rare occasion he was served, he fended off Alison’s formidable float with ease, handled jump serves from Wanderley without much problem, and took the teeth out of two excellent jump servers in Adrian Gavira and Alejandro Huerta.
His serve is already one of the best in the United States, and the best of anyone playing international ball currently, save for perhaps Tri Bourne when he has a hot hand. They were hardly competitive in losses to Brazil’s Alison and Guto, and eventual gold medalists Andre Loyola and George Wanderley, but Sander displayed a skill set with a baseline considerably higher than any recent indoor convert. No, he and Taylor Crabb didn’t medal, or even make the quarterfinals. But in just four matches, he proved that he’s going to be very, very good, very, very fast. Long one of the top outside hitters in the world, it was a much-hyped debut, as it should have been.Īnd it was a good one. The Itapema, Brazil four-star in early November marked the close of the 2021 season, and the beginning of the beach career of Taylor Sander. Taylor Sander and Taylor Crabb celebrate a point in Itapema (Photo/FIVB) What did you think of Taylor Sander’s performance in Brazil? So, that said, onto other questions that we can answer with real information. “Once the top is figured out,” said Savvy Simo, who, like everybody else, has not committed one way or the other, “the rest will fall into place.” And on the women’s side, not a single move has been made, other than the fact that it is considerable news that Kristen Nuss and Taryn Kloth have turned down partnership offers from players, deciding to stick together. The only real “news” so to speak, is that it does seem as if Taylor Crabb is set to continue playing with Taylor Sander, though neither have made any official announcement of any sort, so even that remains penciled in. And without a clear picture at what next year will look like, there is no sense is committing to any particular individual, as points on both tours play a massive factor in that decision.
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It waits because there is no AVP schedule yet, nor is there a finished Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour schedule. The list goes on, but you get the point: The world has moved on from the Tokyo quad and onto Paris. The best partnership in Italian beach volleyball history, Daniele Lupo and Paolo Nicolai, went their separate ways and have found new teammates, Lupo with Alex Ranghieri, Nicolai with young Samele Cottafava.
Switzerland’s Adrian Heidrich scooped up Leo Diller after Mirco Gerson retired. Brazil took approximately three minutes after the Tokyo Olympics to reorganize itself - Alison with Guto, Evandro with Alvaro, Duda with Ana Patricia Silva, Rebecca Cavalcanti with Talita Antunes. The United States is one of the only countries where the partnership carousel remains in flux. All we know is that Jake Gibb retired from volleyball, Phil Dalhausser is finished with the international game, and a host of teams on the women’s side are likely splitting ways.īut nobody has made any official moves. The American beach volleyball world has remained somewhat surprisingly stagnant thus far into the off-season. It’s the first, and most-oft, asked question when we open up the mailbox to our monthly fan question episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter: What’s the latest partnership news?Īh, yes, off-season is officially upon us.Īnd the latest news? There is no news. Taylor Sander hits a jump serve in Itapema, Brazil/FIVB photo
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