Volleyball History 1988 Olympic Gold Medal Mens Finals Karch Kiraly & Steve Timmons

[@kilise8849]

Karch Kiraly.. I dare say he was by far the best volleyball player I've ever seen. He was also very talented, but I think he was a good example for all volleyball players with his fighting spirit in every game and a great personality that thoroughly puts the whole team first. Your dazzling performance at the Seoul Olympics will feel as vivid as if it were just yesterday.

[@ezrhino100]

Maybe the greatest all around player including beach ball.

[@danilotavares6105]

My country Brazil has won 26 Medals Women and Men volleybaal and Beach Volleybaal together since Los Angeles 84 until Paris 2024, 9 🥇 Gold, 11 Silver 🥈 and 6 Bronze 🥉❤

[@351974gordon24]

Karch Kiraly and Steve Timmons: Legends in volleyball.

[@danilotavares6105]

My country Brazil has won 26 Medals Women and Men volleybaal and Beach Volleybaal together since Los Angeles 84 until Paris 2024, 9 🥇 Gold, 11 Silver and 6 🥉 Bronze

[@methuselah444]

I love how the coach makes an adjustment at 1:58 and then next play its goes exactly with what he changed, left front digging not get the tips(makes a perfect dig off the soviet hit) and then that he likes that back right combo (kill off that great dig)

[@Sagemeister007]

Karch Kiraly, the greatest volleyball player!

[@juliozapata1134]

Karch Kiraly The Legend, best player of all times

[@jagr15037]

He can add gold medal winning coach to his legacy

[@waldirmeiguins2166]

CERTA VEZ ELE DISSE! " NÃO EXISTE BOLA QUE NÃO POSSA SER DEFENDIDA!"🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇

[@N1120A]

​@waldirmeiguins2166 and that was true for Karch. His digs were legendary.

[@kenneth1win]

The serve at the end was amazing

[@VinceRegan]

in 1987, this USA Volleyball team toured the country for international friendlies, so my friends and I saw USA vs Netherlands in a freaking Dr. Phillips HS gym in Orlando! Only in that close up environment can one possible appreciate the power and the jumping ability.

[@umertheclumsytube193]

How much athleticism and raw power did these players have compared to players these days

[@N1120A]

​@@umertheclumsytube193Karch Kiraly is 6'2" and played like a 6'6" player.

[@jamielancaster01]

The game has changed so much since then. Almost all serves now are extremely fast jump serves, the players are way taller, back court & pipe attacks are like 30% of the game, and the ball movement is much faster.

[@jimboslice6367]

It’s not that different. Set - spike - set - spike - set spike. Same as it is today. The only difference is the serve

[@hmrhuang]

@@jimboslice6367 No, the game today is TOTALLY different like Jamie said!

[@jimboslice6367]

@@hmrhuang I’ve been watching all the volleyball Olympics. Pretty similar to this clip

[@hmrhuang]

@@jimboslice6367 I disagree!

[@bkind5766]

Of course the level improves with time, but you have to remember any touch of the net on the serve is a side out. That’s why they do not jump serve!

[@hmrhuang]

Wow, to think this was just a few decades ago -- the game has changed so much!

[@RomanPer]

Oh, the times. I was growing up in Ukraine in the 80s and played Junior level volleyball. Sorokalet, who was born in Ukraine but played in Moscow, came to my town as a guest coach a few times (he was friends with my Junior coach). Great memories.

[@wolight]

The sports announcers on NBC literally just told me to get out my cellphone and watch this on youtube. They were right to do this :D

[@PochoNieves]

The REAL VOLLEYBALL where you only score when you served. Eric Sato came in to do one thing and he did it lol!

[@ChironAce]

Eric Sato was the game point specialst

[@hmrhuang]

A less exciting version of it....

[@makelovenotwar9941]

Glad they switched to the rally point system where every point counts.

[@kei2298]

Oh that's the reason... I wonder why they played multiple match points when they were up like 7 points. Interesting because badminton used to be like that too and also changed into counting every rally as point.

[@wilfredomartinez1944]

Possibly the best all around USA men's volleyball team ever!

[@brandongreen4880]

Saw this same (mostly) Soviet team in 87 in LA at the Old Laker forum. What great athletes- Walked on their hands and did flips in the warm up. This tells you how great we (US) were to defeat these people.

[@sergiocolas4421]

The Best Team EVER

[@jareddorn]

Notice there’s not a group hug after every point. Couple of low fives and right back to it.

[@MarcosSoni]

Karch Kiraly and this squad. Legends.

[@spasiba12345]

The man waving the flags is Karch Kiraly's father.

[@TheChameleonCarroll]

MJ of Volleyball Karch is.

[@waynee5603]

With your opinion, agree I do.

[@SolomonLi]

Or…MJ, the Karch Kiraly of basketball… I’m pretty sure Karch is older after all. Only player to win gold medals in the same sport on two different surfaces…and as a coach. 148 beach victories in between and 3 NCAA championships. Their competitive edge is defined cut from the same cloth.

[@willsayo8776]

Karch is King Badass!!! Go Bruins!!! Go USA!!!

[@ครูไก่โต้งฉัตรชัยดอนโคตรจั-ฟ6ช]

Excellent...🥰🥰🥰

[@jean-francoisvaillant5716]

L’évolution du jeux est incroyable en 37 ans !

[@charlielorenzo3644]

Coach Kiraly is the main gun of the US team, not so tall but very explosive.

[@iceman9610]

Best ever and such a leader. Agree with all.

[@woodyharrelson2624]

They hit with more force. The sets were super high and these guys wound up trying to hit home runs every time. Now sets are more speedy but they dont swing with 100% power, they get snappy and dont hit against blocks like these games.

[@805edog]

Sato cold as fuck on the bench comes in serves an ace…epic

[@jamesosullivan532]

Anyone else here cuz the Olympic announcer said to google this? Lol

[@gissneric]

Damn, sets were only up to 15 back then and liberos were not even introduced yet. So much has changed.

[@N1120A]

Sets to 15, but side out rule.

[@mmarx370]

이때 은경이란 친구랑 같이 갔었는데, 그때 킬라리랑 찍은 사진도 있고 엄청 친절하셨던 기억이 나요. 추억속의 은경인 어떻게 변했을지 궁금하구나.

[@johnta17]

Michael Jordan is the Karch Kiraly of Basketball. GOAT.

[@micheleteso9499]

Sokolev what a player

[@zendo6851]

Great!

[@craigodem3815]

Bring back the days when Americans loved their country!!!!!!!

[@manyodude]

Back then was harder to play…ball can’t touch net on a serve…you can’t set on a spike or serves and everything was side out so you had to earn your points

[@lowchristopher5226]

Steve timmons is the real Guile!

[@allthework9812]

They out here serving free balls

[@gabrielalves303]

The scoring in this game seems odd... Have the rules changed since then?

[@rAvensBBr]

Up until 1996, you can only score when you were serving, you couldn't kick the ball, you couldn't receive serve overhand, and there was no libero. Otherwise known as the good old days. :)

[@ChironAce]

You have rally scoring now; every kill and side out is a point.

[@kevincarpenter561]

@@rAvensBBr Pretty sure you could serve receive with your hands but it was risky, you could get called for a double or a lift, they no longer call doubles on overhand serve receive so you do see it now. I miss some of the old days when people knew what a side out was and everyone had to pass unless they were subbed out of the back row. The worst way for a match to end is with a service error, I liked when the winning team had to actually play and earn the last point. ;)

[@hpfmee4976]

Small white towels hanging out at the back of their shorts as you see back then players themselves would wipe the floor as they needed to.

[@lenaLopez456]

Quem inventou o Saque Viajem foi o brasileiro Renan Dall Zotto.

[@MrNiutoua]

🖒🖒🖒🖒🖒❤❤❤❤❤

[@paolobaldo6913]

How they score ??

[@CWhernidsy]

These were the old “sideout scoring” rules where only the serving side could score the point.

[@shargor]

Nobody served into the net back then.

[@N1120A]

Cause it was a side out

[@すね毛ブラシ-k2u]

last Mr.sato

[@cnn787-i9e]

The difference in serves back then and now is light years ahead.

[@renatoneves5568]

1984-1988 the best team together with Soviet Union Steve Timmons was monster, plays middle blocker in 1984 and oppositte 1988 becuse Pat Powers didn 't play in Seoul Alexander Savin the best middle blocker ever ,not played in 1988 by URSS

[@michaelbodine6142]

Oops sorry Kiraly Myst rem..Sato who replaced Dusty Dvorak after 1984 Olypics... ◇___Bodine..__◇

[@dabneyoffermein595]

who was Timmons dating at this time? Looked like a girlfriend or something up in the crowd. a blonde-ish red head? or something?

[@N1120A]

He was married to Jeanie Buss for 3 years. Might have been dating her then

[@MrMatheussm01]

Socialismo x capitalismo

[@ultronwarlock1915]

Mimimi

[@rAvensBBr]

Capitalism wins. Just like real life.