Hey everyone! I know you are used to reading this summary in English... And maybe you got slightly confused when you started listening and the episodes were in Portuguese... Sorry about that! To make it up to you, today we have our very first 100% English episode! On today's episode you will listen to me talk about the general situation that is happening (and hopefully improving!) with female head coaches and female athletes, not only in volleybal but also other sports. Hope you enjoy my views on the subject, this is for sure something I am really passionate about, and also one of the reasons ..read more

This week on your favourite volleyball podcast I share with you my own experiences during my early years in sports as a child/teen. I talk about how growing up doing a lot of different activities affected my developtment and also you'll also hear some science data from some studies on early specialization. It's a great episode that I hope you guys enjoy, and let me know in the comments how was your childhood within the sports world! Don’t be shy and share your thoughts on the comment section! I would really appreciate to have your opinion on the voting section too (5 stars if it’s not too much ..read more

Another Wednesday and another solo episode here at "2Point Difference". Get ready to travel around Europe with me today! On this week's episode I share with you my many experiences travelling with the Portuguese National Team. I was a part of the team from 2008 until 2022, so there's a lot to talk about, you won't want to miss this one. As always, don’t be shy and share your thoughts on the comment section! I would really appreciate to have your opinion on the voting section too (5 stars if it’s not too much to ask eheh!). If you’d like a bonus communication platform, I’m on Instagram @martahu ..read more

It's getting hard to find common schedules with other athletes, so you'll have to hear me talk solo one more week! Hope you enjoy my experience with recovery strategies, it's a very personal episode because I honestly just share with you guys my sensations and feelings with a bunch of stuff related to food, sleep and workouts! As always, don’t be shy and share your thoughts on the comment section! I would really appreciate to have your opinion on the voting section too (5 stars if it’s not too much to ask eheh!). If you’d like a bonus communication platform, I’m on Instagram @martahurst and I ..read more

Another week and another solo episode for you guys! Since I'm playing a Cup game this weekend here in Hungary, I figured maybe you would like to know how different countries organize their volleyball leagues. Get ready for some inside scoop on how Spain, Germany, Italy and Hungary operate! You'll hear all about my own experiences playing in these countries, and how different competitions such as the National Cups can motivate players. Don’t be shy and share your thoughts on the comment section! I would really appreciate to have your opinion on the voting section too (5 stars if it’s not too m ..read more

Welcome to 2024 everyone! We are starting this year with an episode that you guys showed a lot of interest in: my coaching career. Today I talk about how I had to juggle my role as a semi-professional player plus working as a coach in Portugal, and also some of my coaching experiences abroad. You'll also be surprised to hear that I coached a men's team for a while, but I won't say much more about it, you'll have to give this episode a listen! As always, thank you so much for all your support and feedbacks, it's been great to have you reach out to me. I truly appreciate it! Don’t be shy and sha ..read more

Welcome to our first ever Christmas Special! This was a very fun episode for me to record, so I'm not gonna give you too many spoilers about it, you'll just have to listen to it from start to finish ahahah! Usually I prepare a script for my episodes so I have some sort of guidelines and there's a 'path' for the conversation to follow, but for this episode I wanted you guys to experience a more random flow of things. I hope you enjoy this style of episode, and let me know if you would like me to develop some of the themes of today's episode. Don’t be shy and share your thoughts on the comment s ..read more

Get ready for your last guest episode before Christmas! Today you’ll be able to hear about Maria’s growth as a player throughout her career, and how she was (and still is!) able to juggle her student life with her professional athlete life. We also talked about how Maria handles her responsabilities in different team environments and how her mind has to shift when she plays opposite or outside hitter. It was great to have such an open conversation about the joys and struggles of the growth of a young volleyball player, not only inside the clubs she represented, but also at a National Team leve ..read more

Lots of volleyball players imagine what it would be like to play in a different position on the court. Setters always want to be spikers, spikers want to be liberos, middles want to be outsides… Well on today’s episode you can actually hear about my own experience about playing a new and different volleyball role! This episode is full of learning experiences not only about technical volleyball things, but also a lot about how I mentally struggled and evolved on my first season in the German Bundesliga. Don’t be shy and share your thoughts on the comment section! I would really appreciate to ha ..read more

Get ready for some ‘double trouble’! I am so happy to bring to you the first professional Portuguese female beach volleyball team: Beatriz Pinheiro and Inês de Castro! Beach volleyball is such a different world (maybe even a different sport right?) from indoor volleyball, so talking to these young players that chose to follow the professional path so early gave me great insights on many many things. We talked about the main differences between beach and indoor volleyball, how to cope with being a professional athlete and a student at the same time, and Beatriz and Inês also shared a lot about ..read more