That Roundnet Podcast

In this episode the guys discuss the nominees for the following awards - Team of the year, performance of the year, breakout team of the year, player of the year, performance of the year, breakout player of the year + community awards This week we will be polling the winners of these awards and announcing them next week on episode 31!

In this episode Scott, Mike, and Thomas discuss the new worlds format for 2024 alongside the current situation of sponsorships and manufacturers in 2024, as well assessing the overall growth of roundnet in 2023.

In episode 28 the boys discuss the STS Championship! A championship full of storylines, surprises and entertainment! Scott, Mike, and Thomas start by discussing Fridays mixed division before going into the details of Kingdom Come's stunning journey to take home the trophy along with the incredibly impressive performance of Twinz to complete their three-peat!

IT'S THAT TIME OF THE YEAR - The STS Championship is back and better than ever. In this episode Scott, Mike, & Tops discuss all the storylines going into this weekends event starting with the open Pro division. Are Rogue the favourites going into the event? How will the Europeans fair against the North American competition? Who do the guys think will make up the podium? Then onto the women...

Before preparing for the Spikeball Championship, Scott, Mike, and Tops are incredibly excited to bring on the inventor of the sport - Jeff Knurek! In this episode the boys discuss Jeff's story behind how he invented Spikeball, his relationship with Spikeball Inc, as well as his plans to release a new roundnet set and other roundnet equipment in the next 12 months!

The boys are all together to discuss a huge weekend for European Roundnet! They start by discussing Saturdays ETS Championship where we saw Tiramisu take gold in the Womens pro division as well the dominating German duo take gold in Open Pro. The guys then move onto discussing the first ever European squad championship where we saw 15 countries compete at the 'mini worlds' event on Sunday!

All eyes are on Europe this weekend! The European Roundnet Association (EURA) alongside Padova Roundnet host one of the biggest events of the year in the ETS Championships! On Saturday we will see over 130 teams in action, including the closed divisions of open pro and the womens pro division! Sunday will host 'mini Worlds' where 15 nations will go head to head in a squad competition for t...

In this episode Scott & Tops conclude the 'regular' seasons and set the scene for the upcoming championships that are taking place both in Europe and in the U.S. In this episode Scott and Tops also discuss the release of Scott's new coaching channel while reminiscing over the golden days of How To Roundnet The boys then conclude by talking about the Spikeball Tour Series and its ro...

The people behind one of roundnets biggest stories of 2023 join Scott and Mike on episode 22 of That Roundnet Podcast! After covering and documenting a huge portion of the 2023 season it is now time our time to learn the story of The Roundnetwork and get to know more about Albert and Ben - the talented duo behind this incredible project. Among many other topics, Scott and Mike learn about how the...

Rogue are finally beat, the Canadians take the last major of the year, Twinz back on top - Tops and Scott discuss the Columbus Major alongside the ongoing struggle of the ratio between men and women in the sport, as well as the potential supplier problem the sport could face in 2024...

On episode 20 Scott, Tops, and Mike bring on the duo currently dominating the 2023 roundnet season to discuss their journey to the top

On Episode 19, an episode many people have been waiting for -Scott and Tops were joined by the very talented duo of Philip and Marcel, who current board members of Roundnet Germany to learn more about the evolution of Roundnet Germany. Roudnet Germany currently have their own league system (Bundesliga) as well as over 50 clubs spread across the country with now thousands of people playing the spor...

Scott, Mike, and Tops discuss the talking points from the Philadelphia Major, including discussing the new mammoth set in action, Rogue continuing their run, as well as the womens advanced division!

Spikeball Inc release a new roundnet set! In this Episode Scott, Mike & Tops break down the changes it has to the current Spikeball Pro net, Spikeball's purpose with the set, and if it is worth the price point of $300 USD

In this episode Scott and Thomas review this weeks tournament in Toulouse, France where the 3rd Major of the year took place! They start by discussing the Premier Division where it was once again Canada vs USA in the final - much like at the first world championship almost one year ago, but there were plenty of upsets and incredible moments throughout the day... Onto the womens division where a ma...

The first ever European STS Major is taking place in Toulouse, France this Saturday! Saturdays tournament consists of a Premier division of 20+ teams, including individuals from all around the world, as well as another 30 teams making up a HUGE womens advanced division! This event is without doubt going to be one of most entertaining events of the year so far with so many story lines and the first...

The boys return, with a slightly different lineup to usual...Scott and Mike begin the podcast by openly discussing the podcast struggles over the past couple of weeks and announcing the short term departure of Gavin Broekema. The guys are joined this episode by European expert and previous guest on the podcast Thomas Pschaid also known as Tops! The boys start the episode with discussing Eisentrage...

On this episode Thomas Pshaid (@tops_roundnet) and Gavin cover the topic of streaming in roundnet. With STS Challengers no longer being streamed by Spikeball, we discuss how anyone can set up a basic stream so that people at home can track these events. We then move into mid-level streams which might might use a computer rather than a phone and even how you can set up a scoreboard for your viewers...

The boys are back On this episode Scott discusses his recent adventures across Europe, while also discussing what goes into preparing a roundnet clinic, how he creates roundnet drills, and the general lack of coaching in roundnet since HTR slowed down.

In this episode — while Scott was away hosting clinics in London — Mike and Gavin joined to discuss community. Here we label the two ways we believe people experience roundnet community, as upstream and as downstream. The upstream player is working their way to the top and sees community as an opportunity for them to play and enjoy more roundnet. On the other hand the downstream roundnet community...

Season 2 episode 10

This week the boys build on a fan favourite episode from season 1 discussing your role and relationship with roundnet. The guys start the episode by openly discussing Mike & Gavin's previous and present relationship with roundnet before discuss new exciting projects and initiatives within roundnet such as The Roundnetwork, Roundnet AI, as well as other projects started in 2023. It's th...

The boys discuss the results the mens, womens, and coed divisions at both STS Richmond (major) and ETS Paris. The U.S had their first major of the year with Rouge Roundnet (Thomas Hamilton & Ryan Marino) winning the final in two against TRP Spotless (Ryan Gross & Joe Bondi), while Twinz win again in two! Alongside discussing the event, the guys discuss the progression of top level roundnet...

On episode 7 of the podcast, Mike, Scott, and Gavin take a step back to really look at the progression that roundnet has made over the last couple of years and assess in which direction it is heading, We often hear whispers around the net that the sport is 'broken', but what does that really mean and is the sport really broken at all? To discuss this topic, the guys are joined by top pro p...

The seasons first event is in the books! We had plenty of topics to discuss from the first Spikeball Tour Series event of the year in Jacksonville, Florida before moving onto Mike's Break and ending the show with taking a step back a looking at the bigger picture of exclusiveness/inclusiveness within our growing sport