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Katie Carelli

Katie Carelli

Professional volleyball player for CV JAV Olímpico; former Division 1 athlete and volleyball coach specializing in youth mentorship.

Jul 8, 2026

2:26
A- about kind of just your experience, the changes in body comp, strength, stuff like that, your play.
2:31
Yeah.
2:31
So I, uh, I started THP my junior s- junior spring of college, and I did it secretly so that I wouldn't get told to stop over-training.
2:42
Um, and [laughs] I would sneak in the gym by myself all the time.
2:46
Anyways, uh, I only did it for a spring and a summer before I went into season, and when I got back from the summer, each one of my coaches individually pulled me aside and asked me, like, "What's going on? You look entirely different," uh, physique-wise and also just how I was playing.
3:04
And then I had the best season of my career, so.

8 MINS LATER

11:26
Yeah.
11:26
Sprinting, just, like, in general.
1:22
Is it always, it always comes from the left, no matter what?
1:24
I mean, there's, like, one in 50 balls that if somebody passes bad it'll come from my right, but other than that, it's always coming from my left.
1:33
And a lot of people have different theories.
1:35
It kinda just depends on your, your own anatomy and what looks best for you.
1:40
But I do best when I am more inside the court, and, like, the further off the net the ball is, the further I go inside the court.
2:10
All right, so next question is, how were you taught to swing, and how do you think that's impacted your play?
2:19
I was taught differ- differently than I would say most athletes were taught, volleyball players.
2:24
Um, I was taught to hit on top of my head, so, like, up here, never in front of me, and I was taught to hit, like, like, in a perfect circle.

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