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Thiago Mendes

Coached volleyball for 41 years in São Paulo

🇧🇷 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Since 1985
English, Portuguese

For 41 years I've run the volleyball program at São Paulo Swimming Club in São Paulo. We trained 2 evenings a week, whatever the weather. Practice always ended with the same rule: nobody walks home alone. I'm always reading two books at once. If you remember me, I'd love to hear from you.

Sports or skills coached

Volleyball Cross country

What gifts mean to Thiago: A gift would go toward kit and bus fares for kids who can't afford them.

Messages of thanks

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Antonio J. DomínguezTeammatePhoto verified🇺🇸 3h ago
I coach my own kids' team now and I use your drills Greetings from Lansing.
Eun-woo Dong-hyun MinParent🇰🇷 3h ago
You coached me in 2013. I still hear your voice on the sideline. Greetings from Seoul.
Corazon F. GonzalesTeammate🇵🇭 3h ago
I still think about the morning the power went out and we had class in the yard. Best summer of my life! Thank you again.
Binod AcharyaParent🇳🇵 3h ago
You taught us how to lose properly. Worth more than any trophy. Greetings from Lalitpur.
Yaw Raymond LarbiTeammate🇬🇭 3h ago
You taught us how to lose properly. Worth more than any trophy Greetings from Kumasi.
Sosuke Kenta IshidaParent🇯🇵 3h ago
Thanks for picking me when I was the slowest kid on the team Greetings from Fukuoka.
Kendall D. LynchParent🇺🇸 3h ago
You coached me in 1993. I still hear your voice on the sideline!
Yang GaoFormer student🇺🇸 3h ago
You coached me in 2015. I still hear your voice on the sideline. Greetings from Bakersfield.
Raymond R. MackFormer student🇺🇸 3h ago
You taught us how to lose properly. Worth more than any trophy Greetings from Seattle.
Orhan Okan KılıçParent🇹🇷 3h ago
You taught us how to lose properly. Worth more than any trophy. Greetings from Gaziantep.