Gabby Reece
PMP Network Presents
Gabby Reece, a professional volleyball player, joins the PMP Network. She shares insights into her career, including the nuances of beach volleyball and the strategic differences between various game formats. Reece also touches on her experiences and preferences within the sport.
Gabby Reece
About Gabby Reece
Gabrielle Reece is a former professional beach volleyball player who competed on the AVP, FIVB, WPVA, and BVA circuits from 1992 to 2003. She became one of Nike's first female signature athletes and expanded her career into broadcasting as host of MTV's "The Extremists" and various other media ventures. Reece has authored books, appeared in films including "Gattaca," and built a presence in the wellness and podcasting space.
In this interview
- Discusses the strategic differences between doubles and six-person volleyball rotation systems.
- Explains that beach volleyball players compete on left or right side positions.
- Describes how one player blocks while the other stays back in doubles play.
“In doubles it's basically left side and right side and then one player will go up and block and one player will stay.”— Gabby Reece, in this interview
Since this interview
Reece appeared in the television series "Billions" in 2022 and became Vionic's first Well-Being Ambassador in 2025. In 2026, she co-founded Hamilton House and began co-hosting "The Proof of Practice Podcast."
