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Hi volleyball fans and welcome back to Volley

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Talk, the podcast created for volleyball lovers

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who want to dig deep into what is going on in

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NCAA and international volleyball. I'm your host

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Sarah Pavan. I'm an Olympian, beach volleyball

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world champion, former Nebraska Cornhusker, and

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longtime pro, both indoor and on the beach. And

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I'm Adam Schultz, former indoor player, international

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volleyball coach, and the show's resident stat

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guy. Adam said that with dead eyes. He is going

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through it, everybody. I was checking to make

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sure that the volumes were correct. So there

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was a lot of volleyball this week. Man, was there

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a lot of volleyball. Holy moly. And full transparency,

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we mostly focused on international stuff. Well,

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we watched a little NCAA men's too. But mostly

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international. We did watch NCAA men's UCLA Long

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Beach State Obvi. That was the must -see match

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of the week for NCAA men. Men's Coppa Italia.

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We had Women's Champions League wrapping up their

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pool play. So playoffs are set. There was so

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much good volleyball. So much good volleyball.

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We're excited to talk a little bit about it.

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So let's get started. Alright, first things first.

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Is your volley fantasy a highlight or a happening

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this week? More happening than highlight. Really?

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Even with the new rule change? The new rule change

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would have been good, but I think I may have

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forgotten to pick bench players this week, which

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really... How do you forget that? Because it

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never affected you until now, so you were like,

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whatever. Well, exactly. And the other... Crappy

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thing about it is that I had Lydia Martin, who

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I thought was going to dominate this week. And

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she posted a donut because she didn't play. And

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then I never backup selected. So I got screwed

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royally. Was she injured? I don't think so. I

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think they just rested her. That's ridiculous.

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Because I had her on my roster, too, because

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she's been crushing it. And then they're like,

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just kidding. You know who else screwed me over?

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Charity Looper. who's been doing outstanding

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she was she was a bargain okay and then she doesn't

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even play the first match it was looking like

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i was in the basement early this week and then

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the rule change came out the thing is that happened

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and i'm still ahead of you that's how far in

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the basement i was okay so i honestly this rule

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change benefited me this week but even though

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it did benefit me i'm not sure how i feel about

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it Well, explain what the rule change was. Because

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it kind of came out of nowhere. I didn't realize

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it was happening. I opened the app and there

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it was. So basically, if your bench player, from

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what I'm understanding, if your bench player

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scores higher than one of your, like, starting

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seven, you get their score. Yeah, I'm still undetermined

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on how I feel about this. Because... I'm like,

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oh, great. It benefited me. But then part of

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me is like, well, I should have just picked that

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player to begin with then, you know? Yeah. You

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have a little safety valve here. Now, I mean,

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I get it, right? Lydia Martin, it's not her.

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They just decided not to play her. Which sucks.

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Yeah, which sucks. But you have no ability to

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understand or think that that's going to happen.

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So you still have a chance to get points. I get

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it. I just didn't know it was happening. That's

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all. Like, what was my big mistake? Not picking

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Reagan Cooper. I should have just picked her.

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I was on the fence about it. I waffled. I didn't

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do it. She outscored both of my left sides. That's

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a me mistake. Lydia Martin, however, well, I

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will say Charity Luber not playing the first

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match. Who could have predicted? I'm not scouring

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the injury reports, okay? Well, and it's different

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because in a lot of professional sports, you

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have to release the injury reports. I'm not sure

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in MLB if they have to. I'm also not sure I know

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in love they do, but I don't know if you have

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to, let's say. It makes it a little tough, and

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now you can still get some points. Well, now

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you have to be strategic with your whole roster

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selection. Top to bottom. We'll see how it goes.

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Bench players, role players, you name it. So

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anyway, that saved me a little bit. I'm still

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behind Adam. But I'm climbed up into the 60s

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now. I think I'm only two spots ahead of you,

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so we're racing now. I'll have to be smarter

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this week. I have a lot of multi -contracts going

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on. Multi -week, rather. I think I only have

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to sign two players. Yeah, I think I have four

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left to sign this week. But a lot of people were

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hurting after Charity Looper didn't play, Abercrombie

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didn't play, Martin didn't play. The message

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board people were airing their grievances and

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I was right there with them. I was clacking away

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on my phone. You were not happy. It was so mad.

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But I partially recovered. What can you do? So

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our league continues to grow. It's amazing. It's

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so much fun. We're almost at 400 teams in our

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league, everybody. So, yeah. And I saw some people,

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they joined the league. They didn't get credit

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for some points that they were supposed to. It

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was corrected right away. They are on it over

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at Volley. Okay. So join us. Okay. Join us over

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there. I can't tell you how much satisfaction

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it gives me to know that we are the top league

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for podcasts in terms of signups. Oh, it's not

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even close. I know. Makes me smile. Not even

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close. So thank you to everybody who's already

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signed up. Just solidifying our position in the

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game fantasy realm of volleyball. We're not competitive

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at all anymore. I'm retired from competitive.

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So join us, playvolley .com slash volleytalk,

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playvolley .com slash volleytalk, and you can

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get in on the action and maybe feel my pain or

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maybe be satisfied just being ahead of me like

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Adam is. On the NCAA men's front this week, Lindenwood

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had quite the week. They went into the week ranked

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number 18. They took down number 7, Loyola Chicago,

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3 -1, and number 11, Lewis, 3 straight. Lindenwood,

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do you think they'll jump to the top 10 now after

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beating those two teams? No. No. The ABCA ranking

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committee or whatever it is, they're fickle preachers.

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A team can literally go 0 -8 and they're like,

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keep them in. And then you'll have never going

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to let this go. And then you'll have a team like

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Lindenwood. I think because they're not like

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a traditional big name, I think they might climb

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like a few spots, but we're not going to see

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something insane, which sucks because like for

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all intents and purposes. They should jump to

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at least 13, I think. Okay. You just said top

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10 though. I said I was wondering, but I'm saying

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I think it's realistic for them to jump. Like

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you beat the number seven and the number 11 team,

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3 -1 -3 -0. Like we're not even talking close.

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You're at 18. I think that's fair. That's a big

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weekend. See, Adam's jumping all over the place.

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He's like top 10? No, he's like 13 for sure,

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though. I was wondering what your opinion on

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top 10 was, and I think it'll be 13. Okay, fair.

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We'll see what happens. But they had a really

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good week. UCLA played Long Beach State. UCLA

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came out on top in the Walter Pyramid in Long

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Beach. Okay, it was a pumping, bumping environment.

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The reverse sweep at that. I will say Rowan lied

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to you. What do you mean? You called out UCLA

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at your NCAA Men's Media Day. Wait, for what?

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I know I did, but what are you... For UCLA being

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notoriously slow starters. And you asked them

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if they had figured out their issue. They did.

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And they said, yes, we figured it out. We've

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got a new assistant coach who runs us around

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all the time. We are ready to go. Boy, were they

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sleepy, set one. Real sleepy. They got slapped

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in set one. It was like 25 -16 or something.

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Smacked. It was really bad. I thought, man, if

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this is where it's going, Long Beach is going

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to come in and lay the boots to them. Well, the

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other thing is I straight up asked UCLA at media

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day. I was like, is there anybody you have unfinished

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business with this season? And they straight

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up looked me in the eye and they said Long Beach

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State. And then the first set ended and I was

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like, whoa. So much for unfinished business.

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Take it back. But I will say after that set,

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the game was thoroughly entertaining. It was

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a very good game. I really enjoyed watching that.

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Man, UCLA is just, they're really good. Except

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for the first two sets. You know, okay, I know

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my idea. What position do you think they got

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better at the most? I'll say the Libero. Oh,

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thank you for saying that. Oh my gosh. They were

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terrible on the Libero last year. We had several

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conversations about, because they were running

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a two libero system. A passing libero, a defensive

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libero. Neither of them were doing their job.

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They switched roles. It was a mess. But they,

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for people who don't know, I believe they took

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the Long Beach libero from last year. I don't

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know if that one was starting, though. I think

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he was on the bench. But he played for the team.

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But he played for Long Beach State. So that was

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interesting. He made some key plays, too, I was

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going to say. But that upgrade was massive for

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UCLA. Yes, because I thought that was kind of

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their Achilles heel. They weren't digging balls.

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They couldn't pass. But now I will say, I thought

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their right side struggled. And that's going

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to be for UCLA. I'm too excited. I'm too excited.

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Finish your thought. They're so good in the middle

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with Thorne. Their outsides are very good. Rowan's

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a great setter. Now that they've got a little

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barrel, but they're young. Right side struggle.

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I think he went 0 for 5. I think it's at one

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point he was hitting negative 800 or so. I don't

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think I've ever seen that before. You did not

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mishear that. We said negative 800. Negative

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800. That is hard to do. That's hard to do. It's

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like, let me punch this ball off the ceiling

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every time I hit it just to make sure. I think

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he was 0 and 5 or 0 and 6 in the first set, which

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is a big reason that they were not very good

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in the first set. He's a junior. He played behind

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Ido David, but still. Yeah, so they're going

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to have to sort that position out, but Zach Rama.

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Oh my word. That kid can jump so high. It's like

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when he gets his feet under him and he just like

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jumps, nobody can compete. Even watching Long

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Beach, like if they were playing well, I think

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UCLA is better at every position. Except maybe

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right side. No, the Long Beach State right side

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did not do well either. I think that's where

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they could be close. But I think UCLA has a Grayson

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Bradford on the bench, the 6 '10 or 6 '11 freshman.

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I was curious as to why they didn't make a sub

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there. You go 0 -6 and set one in a 1 -2 rivalry

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match. You're playing for top seed. They're rivals

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just down the road. I mean. Kudos for the coach

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for giving him some runway, but I was a little

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shocked at that. I'm curious if they're trying

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to redshirt that kid. They shouldn't. Why? This

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is their year to win, honestly. You need to win

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this year. You need to win this year. Anyway.

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But I agree. I think UCLA is better in every

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position. Like the middles for Long Beach State,

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not it for me. And didn't run them very much.

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No. You know who did disappoint me, though? Tyler

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Varga. I hate to say that because he's a good

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Canadian boy. You need to hit the ball, dude.

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Yes. You're going up and tipping way too much.

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You're doing the little fancy set over. Like,

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hit the ball. I feel like last year they didn't

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need him to score as many points. They needed

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him to be steady. But this year they need him

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to score points. He was too safe. I feel like

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he was more aggressive last year. He looks to

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me like he doesn't want to make errors. Well,

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I agree. He's not aggressive. In situations where

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he could be aggressive, he leans too far to being

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safe. And I think if they're going to continue

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to be good teams, he's going to need to take

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some rips and he's going to need to be okay with

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making some errors. We'll see how that progression

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goes for him. 100 % agree. We did get a question

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pertaining to this game. Okay. So I don't know

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if you remember this, but while we were watching,

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the announcer said that Andrew Rowan is averaging

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over 13. Assist per set. I do remember this.

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And he was like, oh my gosh, that's pretty much

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unheard of. This person was asking, why is that

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many assist per set so crazy and so rare? They

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were like, is the team not in system that often?

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Or is the team's hitting percentage rarely as

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high as UCLA's is? Or why is that so rare? Well,

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I think on the men's side, there's a couple things.

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One is there's far more missed serves, so you

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have less opportunities to score points. So if

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your team is missing three or four serves a set,

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now you have... Wow, I think that's on the low

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end. Right, but I'm saying minimum. Now you have

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less opportunities to score points. I think that

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you have more hitting errors, guys being aggressive

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in situations where... They won't necessarily

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score, but they're going for it. So you have

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an error that doesn't count as a hit, but that's

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a point for another team. What does that have

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to do with an assist though? With more unforced

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errors, there's less opportunities to have to

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earn points to finish the set. And then if you

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look at how many blocks you get, the digs are

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a little more wild. So you have more out of system

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setting that's not necessarily coming from the

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setter. I think there's just less opportunities

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to be in system and to score points because of

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more errors. That are tallying towards the score.

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Well, I think it just speaks to how dialed in

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UCLA is in general. Totally. But I think that's

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why you see those numbers being generally lower.

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For MLV, Indy is still in the lead. But we have

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a new second place team in Omaha who has righted

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the ship. They're sitting in second now at six

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and three. They've also played more games than

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everybody else. Way more games than everybody

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else. Let's wait and see what happens with that.

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Okay. And San Diego got a much needed win over

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Columbus. So they're both sitting at two and

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six. I'm a little surprised. I thought Columbus

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was going to win that one. The early momentum

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that Columbus kind of garnered playing well against

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good teams is fizzled out. Love Salt Lake still

00:14:47.860 --> 00:14:50.440
dominating. They're seven and one. Very good.

00:14:50.799 --> 00:14:53.120
Very good team. They're fun to watch. They're

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my favorite love team to watch. I like the way

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they play. They're individual players. I like

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how they're coming together. They work hard.

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They want to win. They're a little chippy. I

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like them. I like them. We're still hoping that

00:15:06.220 --> 00:15:10.059
Cossack Paula takes Dixon's spot. I'm still a

00:15:10.059 --> 00:15:13.659
head scratcher for me. She's so good. Houston's

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risen from the ashes. They started 0 -3. They

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are now 4 -3, everybody. And guess what? They're

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in second place. Wild. Crazy. And the Love Classic

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is happening this weekend in conjunction with

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Triple Crown in Kansas City. So if you're heading

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to that tournament, check it out. What do you

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think of that weekend? I mean, overall, it's

00:15:34.210 --> 00:15:36.909
pretty pointless, but it's good exposure for

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club players to see what they can aspire to.

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Yeah. I like that they are doing it where the

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kids can watch. Like you said, I think it's cool

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for the kids to see, you know, what they could

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do. They need to find a way to make it more meaningful.

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Yeah, it's just like three games. It seems like

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they just randomly picked teams to play against

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each other in like a random head -to -head match.

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And like, that's it. And what do you get if you

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win? Like, that's the thing. That's the thing.

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Like, there's no playoffs. It's just like, boom,

00:16:03.720 --> 00:16:07.340
boom, boom. Six teams playing. Done. Yeah. Because,

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I mean, you look at, let's take the Italian League,

00:16:09.860 --> 00:16:12.379
for example. They have the Italian Cup. But the

00:16:12.379 --> 00:16:15.179
winner gets to go to Champions League. Well,

00:16:15.179 --> 00:16:17.059
you know what you could do is the winner goes

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to Club Nationals, but Love said no to Club Nationals.

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Yeah, so I think they need to find a way to make

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that meaningful. Club Nationals. What am I talking

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about? I meant Club Worlds. Yeah, I mean, I think

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everybody knew what you were talking about. And

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you just let it go. Yeah. Thank you. Wow, it

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came out of my mouth and I'm like, something

00:16:36.720 --> 00:16:40.419
sounds weird about this, but keep it up. Okay,

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so if you're in Kansas City, check it out. See.

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I'm curious what the atmosphere is going to be.

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Let us know what it's like if you're there. As

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we said at the top of the episode, Champions

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League women's pool play is over. Basically building

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on the question that we answered last week about

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Champions League. There's five pools. All of

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the pool winners automatically jump into the

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quarterfinals. If you came second in your pool

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or if you were the top third place team, which

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in this case is Olympiakos from Greece, they

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play each other to get. into the quarterfinals

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however if you are the bottom ranked first place

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teams you play each other in the quarter in the

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quarters that make sense yeah okay so basically

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oh and the remaining third place teams that don't

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get that one spot they go to chev cup which as

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we mentioned is the step down and they jump right

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into the quarterfinals for that one i know a

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lot of moving parts so Milano is playing Olympiacos,

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which, as I said, was the top third place team.

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The winner of that plays Vakavbank in the quarter.

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Schwerin from Germany plays Zeren Ankara, which

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I got an update. Apparently they paid their players.

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Well, that's positive. So there's that. We always

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love to see that. Yes, I just wanted to let everybody

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know that. And the winner of that plays Conigliano,

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which means we're looking at a potential Vakavbank

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-Conigliano semi. In the final four. That might

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be the game of the tournament. I haven't seen

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Fenerbahce. So I need to watch them. But those

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two teams are very good. I was very impressed

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with Vakafenk. We can get into that later. Novara

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is playing Scandici. Where's your money on that

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one? Scandici. And the winner plays Fenerbahce.

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And then Azazibashi plays Reshov. They're the

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two lowest ranked. First place teams. We're potentially

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looking at three Turkish teams in the final four.

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Maybe two and two if Scandici can upset Fenerbahce.

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Those are my predictions. We'll see. But yeah,

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we watched Azazibashi play Milano. And we watched

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Vakif Bank play Scandici. Both very good games.

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I think watching the games, I turned to Adam

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and I was like, I love watching games where I

00:19:07.759 --> 00:19:12.490
say, wow. Instead of what the hell is going on.

00:19:14.910 --> 00:19:18.690
That happened. Honestly, I'm not sure. Which

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game do you want to talk about first? I don't

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know why I'd wanted to tune into the Azazibashi

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match so much. I didn't love Azazibashi as a

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team last year. And let me tell you, I still

00:19:26.890 --> 00:19:29.769
don't love them. Okay, so for people who don't

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know, let's just give a quick highlight of some

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of the big name players on that team so we can

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talk about them. Big is the key word here. Watching

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Azazibashi, last episode we talked about a certain

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type of player being recruited to play for Omaha

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in MLV. The manager or the staff having a quote

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-unquote type. Well, let me tell you, at Azazibashi,

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they also have a type. And it's 6 '6". Those

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are the requirements to get into the front door.

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They have Karakurt. They have Stysiak. They have...

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They have Plummer on the bench. They have Smrek

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on the bench. They're massive. And I'm pretty

00:20:15.279 --> 00:20:18.160
sure next year, Antropova's going there to replace

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Stysiak. That's a good adjustment because let

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me tell you, when Stysiak and Karakur are in

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the back row together, it's like the Bermuda

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Triangle. Nothing that goes over there comes

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back. The ball just disappears. If there's a

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heat map for that rotation, it's like bright

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red. Order of the court. I saw the most egregious

00:20:43.130 --> 00:20:46.490
courtesy dive from Karakur in that match that

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I think I've ever seen. I think she hit the floor

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after the ball went into the stands. She had

00:20:50.529 --> 00:20:52.670
no intention of digging the ball. No, zero. I

00:20:52.670 --> 00:20:58.329
saw Eganu go up and do the most muffin tip I've

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ever seen. Literally seven meters back. Because

00:21:03.930 --> 00:21:08.369
who was back there? The ball landed. You know

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who is good at defense, though? I am impressed

00:21:10.150 --> 00:21:12.809
with her defensive ability is Dana Reckie. Yes.

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She moves well. Too bad she only plays one rotation.

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I need to give her credit for that. That being

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said, when they're firing on all cylinders, and

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if they're getting blocks, their front row is

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massive. They're fun to watch. Because it's just

00:21:30.109 --> 00:21:34.089
massive offensive firepower and nothing else

00:21:34.089 --> 00:21:38.710
is happening. But I'm not sure that this is a

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recipe for success. Like, I get it. You're big.

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You're physical. You can hit the ball. But there

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is more to the game than that. And granted, they

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won. They had no business winning, I don't think.

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Like, Milano was up, what, 6 -1 in the fifth

00:21:53.529 --> 00:21:57.880
set? Yes. And they lost. Yeah. 15 -13. I'm just

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not sure that team gets it done against other

00:22:02.480 --> 00:22:05.859
super skilled teams. I didn't like watching them.

00:22:06.019 --> 00:22:09.859
I didn't. Aside from Carriker wagging her tongue

00:22:09.859 --> 00:22:12.920
around all over the place. Like, they just seem

00:22:12.920 --> 00:22:16.240
like a bunch of individuals that are, have to

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play together. Yeah, they're not. It's not pretty

00:22:19.880 --> 00:22:21.940
volleyball to watch. No, they're not a team.

00:22:23.250 --> 00:22:26.049
Like you said, it's a bunch of individuals. They're

00:22:26.049 --> 00:22:28.690
a bunch of very skilled individuals, which helps

00:22:28.690 --> 00:22:34.410
me be like, wow. But sometimes it's not great.

00:22:34.730 --> 00:22:39.410
They're missing a couple components that can

00:22:39.410 --> 00:22:42.410
extend rallies, that can make an out -of -system

00:22:42.410 --> 00:22:46.349
set. I think that that's going to come back and

00:22:46.349 --> 00:22:50.230
hurt them. But we'll see. It was a fun match,

00:22:50.289 --> 00:22:53.359
nonetheless. Karakor started wagging her tongue

00:22:53.359 --> 00:22:56.119
around, like literally tongue out, like flapping

00:22:56.119 --> 00:22:59.680
it in the stands. And then Igonu decided that,

00:22:59.740 --> 00:23:02.940
you know what? I'm going to turn it on now. Enough's

00:23:02.940 --> 00:23:05.960
enough. She was very good. Yeah, when she decides

00:23:05.960 --> 00:23:09.019
that she wants to prove a point, she's unbelievable.

00:23:09.200 --> 00:23:11.220
And she's a ton of fun to watch. The angle she

00:23:11.220 --> 00:23:13.559
hits, the presence of mind she has to put the

00:23:13.559 --> 00:23:17.240
ball in strategic places. Fun to watch. I think

00:23:17.240 --> 00:23:21.630
a better match was Vakaf Bank Skandichi. Super

00:23:21.630 --> 00:23:24.750
entertaining. Holy moly. I mean, we are talking

00:23:24.750 --> 00:23:26.650
the best volleyball in the world. Like if you

00:23:26.650 --> 00:23:28.789
aren't able to watch or you haven't watched,

00:23:28.910 --> 00:23:33.190
go back and find it. There's just, there's nothing

00:23:33.190 --> 00:23:35.589
like it. This is the best thing going right now.

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And I will tell you the playoffs for Champions

00:23:40.470 --> 00:23:43.369
League are going to be incredible. I just have

00:23:43.369 --> 00:23:46.170
one question for Scandici. Hit me. Why are you

00:23:46.170 --> 00:23:50.720
leaving Marina Markova? 10 feet of line. Not

00:23:50.720 --> 00:23:52.640
the best. So that she can have like highlight

00:23:52.640 --> 00:23:56.380
reel swings. Many of them. You guys, I understand

00:23:56.380 --> 00:23:59.059
this girl likes to hit a sharp angle, but like

00:23:59.059 --> 00:24:01.819
you've taken it to the extreme to make sure she's

00:24:01.819 --> 00:24:03.259
not going to hit that sharp angle to the point

00:24:03.259 --> 00:24:05.880
that she just can hit it anywhere. And it's like

00:24:05.880 --> 00:24:08.859
straight down. Even if a player doesn't. Who's

00:24:08.859 --> 00:24:11.559
crazy. Yeah. Even if a player doesn't like hitting

00:24:11.559 --> 00:24:15.599
line, when you feel nothing there, you have,

00:24:15.619 --> 00:24:18.240
and you can just tip it down to the ground. She

00:24:18.240 --> 00:24:19.740
was not tipping it. She was putting holes in

00:24:19.740 --> 00:24:22.680
the floor. No, I understand that. But you can't

00:24:22.680 --> 00:24:24.539
give up that much line to a hitter like that.

00:24:24.640 --> 00:24:26.200
I was like, how is this not being corrected?

00:24:26.400 --> 00:24:29.380
But the crazy part also is they weren't even

00:24:29.380 --> 00:24:32.460
doubling up the line. No. I'm like, you're leaving

00:24:32.460 --> 00:24:35.359
her 10 feet of line and you're just leaving.

00:24:35.599 --> 00:24:38.859
Put your helmet on. Literally. I kind of feel

00:24:38.859 --> 00:24:40.539
like the coaching staff was like, if she's going

00:24:40.539 --> 00:24:42.619
to beat us down the line, we'll let her. Well,

00:24:42.660 --> 00:24:45.039
she beat you down the line. She sure did. But

00:24:45.039 --> 00:24:47.619
you have Brenda Castillo and Katerina Bosetti

00:24:47.619 --> 00:24:50.119
playing in the angle. Yeah. Is she going to score

00:24:50.119 --> 00:24:51.900
her points? Absolutely. She's going to score

00:24:51.900 --> 00:24:55.559
her points. But like, let's adjust. Yeah. I thought

00:24:55.559 --> 00:24:59.279
that was a miss. Huge miss. In terms of their

00:24:59.279 --> 00:25:01.900
defensive lineup against her. Boscovich played

00:25:01.900 --> 00:25:05.920
pretty well. And Tropovot was very good. Again,

00:25:06.099 --> 00:25:09.819
the execution, there were some incredible rallies.

00:25:10.519 --> 00:25:12.940
You can see the servers taking different things

00:25:12.940 --> 00:25:16.039
away, setters making adjustments defensively,

00:25:16.039 --> 00:25:19.539
having to take swings in uncomfortable positions

00:25:19.539 --> 00:25:23.160
to make points against massive blocks. Hammering

00:25:23.160 --> 00:25:25.900
the crap out of their serves. The volleyball

00:25:25.900 --> 00:25:29.160
was peak. I don't even know what else to say.

00:25:29.279 --> 00:25:32.559
It was just so much fun to watch. So entertaining.

00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:35.779
Tune in to the rest of these matches because

00:25:35.779 --> 00:25:38.539
this was the end of pool play. We're not even

00:25:38.539 --> 00:25:40.940
talking playoffs yet. All of these teams were

00:25:40.940 --> 00:25:43.559
going through. Positioning was on the line, but

00:25:43.559 --> 00:25:48.240
man, was it high level. And finally, we had the

00:25:48.240 --> 00:25:51.460
men's Coppa Italia in the semis. Trentino beat

00:25:51.460 --> 00:25:54.880
Piacenza in five and Verona beat Perugia three

00:25:54.880 --> 00:25:58.259
straight. That was unexpected, I think. Verona

00:25:58.259 --> 00:26:01.160
has been doing really well this season. They're

00:26:01.160 --> 00:26:03.240
like up there, but Perugia has been like holding

00:26:03.240 --> 00:26:05.700
down the top of the Italian league for a whole

00:26:05.700 --> 00:26:09.420
season. But then in the final, Verona beat Trentino

00:26:09.420 --> 00:26:11.740
three straight. So we were able to watch the

00:26:11.740 --> 00:26:14.500
final. I heard the semifinal with Trentino and

00:26:14.500 --> 00:26:16.980
Piacenza was unbelievable. I had a few people

00:26:16.980 --> 00:26:18.960
message me. I'm going to watch that this week.

00:26:19.279 --> 00:26:21.220
We just didn't have time to get it in for the

00:26:21.220 --> 00:26:27.819
podcast. But Verona, my goodness. Micah Christensen,

00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:30.859
I could watch him set. He's so good. I don't

00:26:30.859 --> 00:26:32.640
think there's another person like him. There

00:26:32.640 --> 00:26:35.579
are other very good setters. in the world and

00:26:35.579 --> 00:26:37.960
there are players who are better in the setting

00:26:37.960 --> 00:26:41.420
position than him in terms of all around effectiveness

00:26:41.420 --> 00:26:45.599
and how they play the game but as a pure setter

00:26:45.599 --> 00:26:49.779
i'm not sure there's anybody better it's it's

00:26:49.779 --> 00:26:54.160
incredible his ability to if you really watch

00:26:54.160 --> 00:26:58.740
him to connect with the ball in the same Every

00:26:58.740 --> 00:27:02.319
time he sets, but then set any hitter I'm watching

00:27:02.319 --> 00:27:04.400
and I've seen the ball leave his hands and I

00:27:04.400 --> 00:27:06.700
think it's going to the left side and the right

00:27:06.700 --> 00:27:10.119
side was set. Like it's incredible to watch.

00:27:10.319 --> 00:27:12.980
He just gets to the ball so fast. Like you see

00:27:12.980 --> 00:27:15.700
a lot of setters like time their approach to

00:27:15.700 --> 00:27:18.259
the ball so that it's like they're getting there

00:27:18.259 --> 00:27:20.900
as it's dropping into their hands. He gets there

00:27:20.900 --> 00:27:25.519
under the ball so early. And he keeps his hands

00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:29.000
so high while he's moving, which traditionally

00:27:29.000 --> 00:27:32.259
young setters are taught to run to the ball first.

00:27:32.460 --> 00:27:34.700
He actually runs with his hands up, which is

00:27:34.700 --> 00:27:37.019
not traditional, but he makes it work for him.

00:27:37.079 --> 00:27:39.720
And his hands are, he approaches the ball with

00:27:39.720 --> 00:27:42.700
his hands up. It's the same release every time.

00:27:42.900 --> 00:27:47.119
And his ability to spot a set, his location is,

00:27:47.339 --> 00:27:51.640
I mean, his hitters are in rhythm, in system,

00:27:51.740 --> 00:27:56.140
in location. All the time. You just have to watch

00:27:56.140 --> 00:27:57.880
him. The other thing I will say, we talked about

00:27:57.880 --> 00:28:02.720
some camera angles. The Italian league does volleyball

00:28:02.720 --> 00:28:05.220
on TV better than anybody else. I watched a few

00:28:05.220 --> 00:28:07.960
angles in replays. This is where I think they

00:28:07.960 --> 00:28:11.089
get it right. The replays. You watch like the

00:28:11.089 --> 00:28:13.069
ball come out of Christiansen's hand. You see

00:28:13.069 --> 00:28:14.890
it like drift over the middle. And then the left

00:28:14.890 --> 00:28:17.289
side just comes screaming in and massacre the

00:28:17.289 --> 00:28:20.250
ball. And that replay angle is so much fun to

00:28:20.250 --> 00:28:21.849
watch because you can just see the blocker's

00:28:21.849 --> 00:28:24.349
bite. You can see the trajectory. They do that

00:28:24.349 --> 00:28:27.230
so well. I love watching the Italian streams.

00:28:27.630 --> 00:28:30.390
Well, you also said that you, and I agreed with

00:28:30.390 --> 00:28:33.450
this, you got the impression that Verona was

00:28:33.450 --> 00:28:36.450
like the punk little brother. Trentino's been...

00:28:36.730 --> 00:28:39.130
good forever. You know, they expect to be there.

00:28:39.170 --> 00:28:41.529
They expect to be in these matches. I don't know

00:28:41.529 --> 00:28:43.730
the history of the Italian League particularly

00:28:43.730 --> 00:28:46.390
well, but I don't think Verona is often considered

00:28:46.390 --> 00:28:50.450
my cream of the crop when it comes to the Italian

00:28:50.450 --> 00:28:53.289
League and just the players that they have. Now,

00:28:53.349 --> 00:28:55.269
Michael Christensen is cool, calm, and collected,

00:28:55.410 --> 00:29:00.029
but Darlan, the Brazilian opposite, he's fiery.

00:29:00.190 --> 00:29:04.140
He's doing his Naruto. hand signals as he's scoring

00:29:04.140 --> 00:29:06.480
points and running and yelling around the court

00:29:06.480 --> 00:29:08.460
they're waving their hands in front of their

00:29:08.460 --> 00:29:12.440
faces like they're a little cocky you know and

00:29:12.440 --> 00:29:16.460
you need to win to make that happen but they're

00:29:16.460 --> 00:29:19.519
fun to watch there's a lot of energy on that

00:29:19.519 --> 00:29:22.240
court and they were gunning to win that but it

00:29:22.240 --> 00:29:25.519
was it was fun Trentino was down they're just

00:29:25.519 --> 00:29:29.000
so steady and consistent They keep fighting.

00:29:29.559 --> 00:29:32.240
I thought the final was great. I'm looking forward

00:29:32.240 --> 00:29:35.700
to watching the semis earlier next week. Well,

00:29:35.700 --> 00:29:38.579
if you have VBTV, check it out. Or for Champions

00:29:38.579 --> 00:29:42.619
League, go to eurovolley .com. It's like $19

00:29:42.619 --> 00:29:45.519
.99 for three months. You can like watch all

00:29:45.519 --> 00:29:47.339
of Champions League. Watch it all. Yeah. So,

00:29:47.400 --> 00:29:49.680
yeah. It's the price of a coffee these days.

00:29:50.619 --> 00:29:54.539
Actually, wow. So, yeah. Overall, outstanding

00:29:54.539 --> 00:29:58.930
week. We loved it. There was always something

00:29:58.930 --> 00:30:02.009
great to watch. We had a hard time picking, do

00:30:02.009 --> 00:30:03.130
you want to watch this or do you want to watch

00:30:03.130 --> 00:30:06.650
that? It was fantastic. All right, everybody.

00:30:06.950 --> 00:30:11.930
We have a, this person referred to it as a coaching

00:30:11.930 --> 00:30:15.269
101 segment. Okay. So we've got a lot of good

00:30:15.269 --> 00:30:20.630
feedback for our 101 segments, our 201 advanced

00:30:20.630 --> 00:30:25.440
level segments. As we were saying last week,

00:30:25.460 --> 00:30:27.740
our listeners have been sending in some very

00:30:27.740 --> 00:30:30.279
good segment ideas and we really liked this one.

00:30:30.380 --> 00:30:35.619
So the question idea was, can you talk about

00:30:35.619 --> 00:30:39.500
serving zones from beginner up to the more international

00:30:39.500 --> 00:30:44.700
styles and why you would serve each zone? I think

00:30:44.700 --> 00:30:46.299
we've gone over this, but I'm assuming everybody

00:30:46.299 --> 00:30:52.319
knows the numbered positions on the court. Yes.

00:30:52.990 --> 00:30:59.289
If not, if you are standing at the net, looking

00:30:59.289 --> 00:31:04.490
towards the baseline, position one is close to

00:31:04.490 --> 00:31:07.970
the baseline on your left. Position two is close

00:31:07.970 --> 00:31:11.930
to the net on your left. Position three, close

00:31:11.930 --> 00:31:15.289
to the net in the middle. Four, close to the

00:31:15.289 --> 00:31:19.490
net on your right. Five, towards the baseline

00:31:19.490 --> 00:31:21.950
on your right. And six, towards the baseline

00:31:21.950 --> 00:31:26.009
in the middle. So it goes counterclockwise if

00:31:26.009 --> 00:31:29.650
you're looking from net to baseline, starting

00:31:29.650 --> 00:31:35.349
in the top left corner. Okay, yes. Just in case

00:31:35.349 --> 00:31:40.490
people weren't aware. Now, before we get into

00:31:40.490 --> 00:31:44.170
why you would serve the different zones, I think

00:31:44.170 --> 00:31:48.710
one of the key things about serving is to always

00:31:48.710 --> 00:31:51.650
have a purpose. You should always have something.

00:31:52.640 --> 00:31:55.480
That you are trying to accomplish with your serve.

00:31:55.619 --> 00:31:57.519
And I think that's the most important thing.

00:31:57.599 --> 00:32:00.180
Then the second thing you want to think about.

00:32:00.440 --> 00:32:03.019
Unless you're a beginner. Yeah. Then let's work

00:32:03.019 --> 00:32:04.420
on the fundamentals. Let's just get that thing

00:32:04.420 --> 00:32:07.079
over. Right. I'm assuming we've progressed to

00:32:07.079 --> 00:32:09.019
a little bit of a higher level. Like we're competent

00:32:09.019 --> 00:32:12.359
volleyball players. But we're talking our beginner

00:32:12.359 --> 00:32:15.380
level will be what? High school? Like junior?

00:32:16.099 --> 00:32:20.339
No. brush soft team yeah you have control of

00:32:20.339 --> 00:32:23.380
your serve to serve it deep and long you can

00:32:23.380 --> 00:32:25.240
serve from anywhere along the baseline and put

00:32:25.240 --> 00:32:26.940
it in a general area i think you meant short

00:32:26.940 --> 00:32:29.859
and deep but what did i say deep and long yeah

00:32:29.859 --> 00:32:32.160
i went short and deep is what i was shooting

00:32:32.160 --> 00:32:36.859
for the next thing is you want in general to

00:32:36.859 --> 00:32:41.119
either make a passer move left or right or front

00:32:41.119 --> 00:32:44.980
to back generally both Two of those directions

00:32:44.980 --> 00:32:47.440
is always better than one, but you never want

00:32:47.440 --> 00:32:49.259
to serve at somebody's kind of midline and not

00:32:49.259 --> 00:32:52.680
make the move. So I think as a basic serving

00:32:52.680 --> 00:32:55.380
strategy, if nothing else, like those two things

00:32:55.380 --> 00:32:58.640
will get you a long way. We can go through the

00:32:58.640 --> 00:33:01.339
different zones and talk about how they would

00:33:01.339 --> 00:33:05.240
be effective. So serving to zone one is effective

00:33:05.240 --> 00:33:08.900
because the ball is coming from behind the setter.

00:33:09.369 --> 00:33:11.349
It takes their vision away. It doesn't allow

00:33:11.349 --> 00:33:13.789
them to square up as much. It makes them move

00:33:13.789 --> 00:33:18.009
to try and see their hitters. So in general,

00:33:18.029 --> 00:33:20.589
serving to position one makes it challenging

00:33:20.589 --> 00:33:23.009
for the setter to run an offense, especially

00:33:23.009 --> 00:33:27.730
if the setter is not super skilled. Which, like

00:33:27.730 --> 00:33:30.730
you just said, is more applicable in the younger

00:33:30.730 --> 00:33:35.009
ages because once you get to hopefully top college

00:33:35.009 --> 00:33:38.549
programs and international, setters can set anywhere.

00:33:39.339 --> 00:33:42.140
from wherever the ball is coming from. So that

00:33:42.140 --> 00:33:47.519
is like more effective in less experienced environments.

00:33:47.960 --> 00:33:51.740
Correct. Serving to position two can be effective

00:33:51.740 --> 00:33:56.480
because generally a middle has to pass that ball

00:33:56.480 --> 00:33:59.380
or you're taking away the approach of the right

00:33:59.380 --> 00:34:01.019
side if you're jamming them up there, depending

00:34:01.019 --> 00:34:03.079
on what the rotation is. Yeah, or if the setter

00:34:03.079 --> 00:34:05.930
is coming from position one. In rotation one,

00:34:06.069 --> 00:34:08.230
serving to zone two, she's going to run right

00:34:08.230 --> 00:34:10.829
into that ball. It's a confusion area. Yeah.

00:34:11.030 --> 00:34:14.250
So you're not generally looking for an ace, but

00:34:14.250 --> 00:34:17.909
you're looking to disrupt the flow or the approach

00:34:17.909 --> 00:34:21.210
or make somebody who doesn't generally pass take

00:34:21.210 --> 00:34:24.889
that ball. Position three, you are looking to

00:34:24.889 --> 00:34:27.610
potentially have a middle pass the ball, which

00:34:27.610 --> 00:34:32.570
will disrupt their approach, particularly if...

00:34:32.989 --> 00:34:36.730
They're running a slide, let's say, or yeah,

00:34:36.789 --> 00:34:41.869
it really jams things up for the middle. Or you're

00:34:41.869 --> 00:34:44.829
making the libero come all the way up to pass,

00:34:45.090 --> 00:34:48.070
which she might get in the way of people. So

00:34:48.070 --> 00:34:50.329
that's a good reason for that. One thing I want

00:34:50.329 --> 00:34:52.369
to add here, just as a little nugget, not necessarily

00:34:52.369 --> 00:34:55.409
about serving, but setters often have a tendency

00:34:55.409 --> 00:34:58.190
of doing one of two things if the middle passes.

00:34:58.349 --> 00:35:00.829
They will always either set the middle who passes

00:35:00.829 --> 00:35:03.719
them the ball. or never set the middle who passes

00:35:03.719 --> 00:35:06.159
in the ball. So if you know what's going to happen,

00:35:06.219 --> 00:35:09.159
you can commit in the middle or you can focus

00:35:09.159 --> 00:35:11.679
on blocking outside. It's actually uncanny how

00:35:11.679 --> 00:35:14.000
many setters have that pattern. If you've done

00:35:14.000 --> 00:35:17.360
your homework, you will know. Position four often

00:35:17.360 --> 00:35:22.019
is used to make the left side, passing left side,

00:35:22.059 --> 00:35:25.320
run up to pass and then disrupt their approach.

00:35:26.480 --> 00:35:29.920
Or it could also be really good to use in like

00:35:29.920 --> 00:35:32.260
a rotation five where the setter's in five and

00:35:32.260 --> 00:35:37.179
has to run across the court from that area because

00:35:37.179 --> 00:35:39.940
that's a confusion zone too. Serving to position

00:35:39.940 --> 00:35:45.079
five, you can try and bury the front court left

00:35:45.079 --> 00:35:47.119
side. So you're making them pass and then they

00:35:47.119 --> 00:35:49.059
have to come out and hit. You're pushing them

00:35:49.059 --> 00:35:51.820
to the sideline or bringing them into their inner

00:35:51.820 --> 00:35:53.719
seam so that they have to work to get outside.

00:35:54.429 --> 00:35:57.309
You're really picking on a player who has to

00:35:57.309 --> 00:35:59.730
pass and then hit. Maybe they have a weakness

00:35:59.730 --> 00:36:02.130
in that regard, or they don't get all the way

00:36:02.130 --> 00:36:03.989
outside, or the setter doesn't like to set them

00:36:03.989 --> 00:36:05.969
if they pass, but that's generally why you would

00:36:05.969 --> 00:36:08.869
serve to position five. For serving to position

00:36:08.869 --> 00:36:11.789
six, I wouldn't say it's generally a great strategy

00:36:11.789 --> 00:36:14.849
unless you're trying to pick on a passer. You're

00:36:14.849 --> 00:36:17.550
not really taking away any zones. You're not

00:36:17.550 --> 00:36:19.710
making it challenging. The ball's still coming

00:36:19.710 --> 00:36:23.199
from... in front of the setter so not usually

00:36:23.199 --> 00:36:26.820
your best option so i would probably stay away

00:36:26.820 --> 00:36:30.039
from that one a couple other just notes on serving

00:36:30.039 --> 00:36:31.619
i don't know if you have anything else that you

00:36:31.619 --> 00:36:34.679
wanted to add having the ball cross the zone

00:36:34.679 --> 00:36:38.280
of multiple passers is also a good strategy so

00:36:38.280 --> 00:36:42.050
for example If you want the front court left

00:36:42.050 --> 00:36:45.250
side to pass, if you serve from position five

00:36:45.250 --> 00:36:47.750
and it's traveling across the court, then that

00:36:47.750 --> 00:36:50.230
passer in six has to make a decision of, am I

00:36:50.230 --> 00:36:53.090
going to cut that ball off or is my left side

00:36:53.090 --> 00:36:54.550
going to take that? And you're kind of aiming

00:36:54.550 --> 00:36:57.070
for that seam. So anytime you can serve in between

00:36:57.070 --> 00:36:59.989
players and have the ball cross zones, you're

00:36:59.989 --> 00:37:03.010
going to create confusion and the passers will

00:37:03.010 --> 00:37:05.170
be required to communicate. So that's often an

00:37:05.170 --> 00:37:07.659
effective strategy as well. Just some things

00:37:07.659 --> 00:37:10.599
I was thinking of, like if you're at a lower

00:37:10.599 --> 00:37:14.800
level or a more novice level, aiming to have

00:37:14.800 --> 00:37:19.840
a certain player pass the ball is a good strategy.

00:37:19.940 --> 00:37:23.320
So that is like pick your zones based on the

00:37:23.320 --> 00:37:29.320
weakest passer. Or if you know that a setter

00:37:29.320 --> 00:37:31.980
really struggles with a particular like pass

00:37:31.980 --> 00:37:35.579
angle or something or has like crazy ridiculous.

00:37:36.369 --> 00:37:39.550
obvious tendencies that is a good way to pick

00:37:39.550 --> 00:37:41.969
your zones at the beginner level I would say

00:37:41.969 --> 00:37:47.369
as you get to like a really high level you want

00:37:47.369 --> 00:37:52.150
to like most people can pass or most passers

00:37:52.150 --> 00:37:54.889
can pass when the ball is like in their wheelhouse

00:37:54.889 --> 00:37:58.090
you want to like do your homework and like from

00:37:58.090 --> 00:38:01.289
a statistical standpoint exploit certain things

00:38:01.289 --> 00:38:04.230
and from a rotational standpoint which we've

00:38:04.230 --> 00:38:07.280
talked about in the past like jamming somebody

00:38:07.280 --> 00:38:11.059
up or like eliminating options by where you choose

00:38:11.059 --> 00:38:15.000
to put the ball is a good option but also like

00:38:15.000 --> 00:38:18.679
at the higher levels you want to aim like seams

00:38:18.679 --> 00:38:23.000
between players or ways to get a player to back

00:38:23.000 --> 00:38:28.059
up or come forward so back up in the sense of

00:38:28.059 --> 00:38:32.170
like like serving it at their chest or like neck

00:38:32.170 --> 00:38:34.849
height so they have to like open their hips or

00:38:34.849 --> 00:38:37.230
dropping it in so they have to go to the ground

00:38:37.230 --> 00:38:40.389
like you want to create as much difficulty for

00:38:40.389 --> 00:38:42.650
passers as possible at the higher level so while

00:38:42.650 --> 00:38:47.889
the exact zone might not be critical because

00:38:47.889 --> 00:38:50.190
the setters are generally capable of setting

00:38:50.190 --> 00:38:54.530
anywhere from anywhere you want to aim for seams

00:38:54.530 --> 00:38:58.210
and trying to take players to the ground or get

00:38:58.210 --> 00:39:01.420
them to back up One other thing for coaches who

00:39:01.420 --> 00:39:03.760
are working with younger athletes is make sure

00:39:03.760 --> 00:39:06.260
you have your athletes serve from different positions

00:39:06.260 --> 00:39:08.900
on the court. Have them serve from one, have

00:39:08.900 --> 00:39:11.000
them serve from six, have them serve from five.

00:39:11.039 --> 00:39:13.320
I know you'll hear, well, I want to get to my

00:39:13.320 --> 00:39:15.300
spot quickly or I want to be on defense. But

00:39:15.300 --> 00:39:20.159
if you can find angles or trajectories of the

00:39:20.159 --> 00:39:23.380
balls that give teams trouble. You want all of

00:39:23.380 --> 00:39:25.860
your players to be comfortable serving from anywhere

00:39:25.860 --> 00:39:28.179
along the baseline. It'll give you a huge advantage.

00:39:28.340 --> 00:39:30.119
So make sure they do that in practice so that

00:39:30.119 --> 00:39:31.599
they're comfortable in doing that in a game.

00:39:32.019 --> 00:39:34.519
I can attest to that. I wish I had been forced

00:39:34.519 --> 00:39:37.360
to serve from zone five because a lefty spin

00:39:37.360 --> 00:39:40.420
serve from zone five messes people up so bad.

00:39:40.820 --> 00:39:43.119
But for whatever reason, I was just my whole

00:39:43.119 --> 00:39:46.239
life trained to serve from zone one because I

00:39:46.239 --> 00:39:49.659
was playing right back. And I feel like I missed

00:39:49.659 --> 00:39:52.099
a huge opportunity there. I hope that answers

00:39:52.099 --> 00:39:54.579
the questions. We're happy to have any follow

00:39:54.579 --> 00:39:57.599
-up. Post them on YouTube or Instagram and we'll

00:39:57.599 --> 00:39:59.460
answer those questions. But hopefully that gives

00:39:59.460 --> 00:40:01.300
you some basics and some ideas of strategies

00:40:01.300 --> 00:40:03.440
that you can use when you're serving yourself.

00:40:03.860 --> 00:40:08.460
All right. We have our listener suggested segment.

00:40:08.900 --> 00:40:10.760
A lot of these were intended to be questions,

00:40:10.840 --> 00:40:13.960
but they're so in -depth that they're better

00:40:13.960 --> 00:40:19.059
off as a segment. This one is if the 2028 Olympics

00:40:19.059 --> 00:40:22.179
were this summer, based on everything you've

00:40:22.179 --> 00:40:24.840
seen in all the leagues and taking out players,

00:40:24.980 --> 00:40:28.239
you know, would not be available. So we're talking

00:40:28.239 --> 00:40:32.420
pregnancy, injury, whatever. Who do you think

00:40:32.420 --> 00:40:37.039
makes a three deep position USA roster? This

00:40:37.039 --> 00:40:41.059
was a tough question. I mean, for some positions,

00:40:41.079 --> 00:40:44.900
but like also to be fair, we don't like. watch

00:40:44.900 --> 00:40:48.000
every league with a microscope so i know for

00:40:48.000 --> 00:40:50.059
me my answers are probably going to be biased

00:40:50.059 --> 00:40:53.659
to the leagues that i watch or the some of the

00:40:53.659 --> 00:40:56.599
teams that i want fair well let's let's go through

00:40:56.599 --> 00:40:59.179
it position by position and see if we're close

00:40:59.179 --> 00:41:02.199
or what we think where do you want what position

00:41:02.199 --> 00:41:06.239
you want to start um let's start setter i mean

00:41:06.239 --> 00:41:09.059
jordan poulter is the okay who are your top who

00:41:09.059 --> 00:41:11.519
are your three and i will tell you who mine are

00:41:11.519 --> 00:41:16.059
i Poulter, Fairbanks, and Miner. Okay, I had

00:41:16.059 --> 00:41:21.239
Poulter, Micah Hancock, and Miner. But Micah

00:41:21.239 --> 00:41:22.920
Hancock's been struggling with a neck injury,

00:41:23.059 --> 00:41:26.099
so I won't lie to you. I actually was waffling

00:41:26.099 --> 00:41:28.659
between Fairbanks and Hancock. Yeah, fair enough.

00:41:28.820 --> 00:41:31.420
If Hancock was healthy, I think I would put her

00:41:31.420 --> 00:41:35.539
on probably instead of Fairbanks. Miner's not

00:41:35.539 --> 00:41:39.059
starting, so that's tough, but I think that...

00:41:39.690 --> 00:41:42.929
The atmosphere that she's in will give her the

00:41:42.929 --> 00:41:45.730
edge to Fairbanks. You know, if we were talking

00:41:45.730 --> 00:41:47.809
about coming this summer, that's probably where

00:41:47.809 --> 00:41:50.349
I would lean. Given the question, I didn't have

00:41:50.349 --> 00:41:56.210
Hancock on there. Okay, let's do opposite. So

00:41:56.210 --> 00:42:02.429
I had Thompson, Skinner, Babcock with an asterisk

00:42:02.429 --> 00:42:05.960
on Ruddins because I... Again, I lean favorably

00:42:05.960 --> 00:42:08.480
to athletes who are currently playing in Italy.

00:42:08.619 --> 00:42:12.380
I haven't had a chance to see her play a ton.

00:42:12.900 --> 00:42:17.679
But for me, this position is wide open to take.

00:42:17.840 --> 00:42:22.699
And so I wouldn't count her out. I have the same

00:42:22.699 --> 00:42:26.320
list as you. Okay. I know lots of people are

00:42:26.320 --> 00:42:28.480
going to talk through this. So the two or three

00:42:28.480 --> 00:42:32.880
we left off the list in led Nikki in who else?

00:42:33.320 --> 00:42:37.039
Would kind of be there. Kennedy Martin? No. She's

00:42:37.039 --> 00:42:38.239
still too young if we were going to do this.

00:42:38.260 --> 00:42:40.559
But the people could probably make an argument

00:42:40.559 --> 00:42:42.300
that Eggleston would be better off on the bright

00:42:42.300 --> 00:42:44.800
side. Yeah, maybe. But I don't think she's better

00:42:44.800 --> 00:42:46.179
than those three. People ask about Tessa Grubbs.

00:42:46.340 --> 00:42:49.079
Yeah. Like, where do you think that those players

00:42:49.079 --> 00:42:52.559
fall short? Just not terminal enough? Or just

00:42:52.559 --> 00:42:54.320
not as good as the other three? I don't think

00:42:54.320 --> 00:42:58.920
Lednicki's big enough. I don't think she has

00:42:58.920 --> 00:43:04.119
a strong defensive game. Or puts up a good enough

00:43:04.119 --> 00:43:07.320
block. Out of the three of those, who would you

00:43:07.320 --> 00:43:11.099
start? Right now, probably Thompson. Yeah. It's

00:43:11.099 --> 00:43:15.340
so hard when you don't see her against big international

00:43:15.340 --> 00:43:18.579
left sides to know where she's at. Obviously,

00:43:18.619 --> 00:43:20.639
she has a history. She has a pedigree. She's

00:43:20.639 --> 00:43:25.219
won before. I have no sense of where her game

00:43:25.219 --> 00:43:28.780
is at internationally, which I think would be

00:43:28.780 --> 00:43:31.239
interesting to see. And I'm hoping we see this

00:43:31.239 --> 00:43:34.539
summer. Yeah, I just I think the other ones are

00:43:34.539 --> 00:43:37.739
missing. And I mean, Skinner's like this kind

00:43:37.739 --> 00:43:41.239
of to like missing defense, missing like a strong

00:43:41.239 --> 00:43:44.599
serve and a blocking presence. Why? Quite frankly,

00:43:44.679 --> 00:43:47.159
I don't think Skinner has found her attacking

00:43:47.159 --> 00:43:51.760
rhythm internationally either. Like she very

00:43:51.760 --> 00:43:53.780
rarely have I watched her on the international

00:43:53.780 --> 00:43:56.860
stage. OK, there there she is. There she's in

00:43:56.860 --> 00:43:58.900
rhythm. There she's comfortable. There she's

00:43:58.900 --> 00:44:00.960
in charge of the ball. I don't think it's clicked

00:44:00.960 --> 00:44:02.900
for her yet. And I'm not sure when that's going

00:44:02.900 --> 00:44:06.719
to happen. Okay, middles? This one, I'm curious

00:44:06.719 --> 00:44:09.500
if we have the same. I went four deep. No, you

00:44:09.500 --> 00:44:13.579
have to do three. Okay, well, I have... I think

00:44:13.579 --> 00:44:16.820
Okbagu and Redkey are your one -two. I think

00:44:16.820 --> 00:44:20.340
that they're better than everybody else. And

00:44:20.340 --> 00:44:26.460
then I have IGD. But I think... I think Tia Jimerson

00:44:26.460 --> 00:44:31.679
is making... A case for herself. No. Hear me

00:44:31.679 --> 00:44:34.639
out. Not for me. Hear me out. I think they need

00:44:34.639 --> 00:44:38.420
some personality on that team. They need. You

00:44:38.420 --> 00:44:41.360
talk about players being all the same. She brings

00:44:41.360 --> 00:44:44.699
an element to the team. I think that. Not the

00:44:44.699 --> 00:44:47.300
way that I like it though. But it doesn't matter.

00:44:47.460 --> 00:44:50.139
It doesn't matter if you like it or not. I understand

00:44:50.139 --> 00:44:54.280
what you're saying. And she's one of those players

00:44:54.280 --> 00:44:56.760
that has kind of come out of nowhere. And I think

00:44:56.760 --> 00:45:01.079
her ceiling is still. Very high. I think that

00:45:01.079 --> 00:45:04.960
she's going to play a role. On that team. This

00:45:04.960 --> 00:45:07.739
year would be a little early. Like I still think

00:45:07.739 --> 00:45:10.760
she's got a lot of work to do. But I think she

00:45:10.760 --> 00:45:14.480
brings. Some intangibles. And some physicality.

00:45:14.519 --> 00:45:19.760
To the team. That they need. Just the hot take

00:45:19.760 --> 00:45:25.039
from the outside. My list was. Ogbogu. Redkey.

00:45:25.179 --> 00:45:28.429
IG'd. Yeah I think that's fair. I think that's

00:45:28.429 --> 00:45:31.610
fair, but I think it's fair to put Jimmerson

00:45:31.610 --> 00:45:37.449
close behind and see what happens. I don't agree.

00:45:37.909 --> 00:45:39.969
Who would you have if you had to pick a fourth?

00:45:41.269 --> 00:45:43.050
I'm not picking a fourth because I only thought

00:45:43.050 --> 00:45:44.590
of three because that was the rule of the game.

00:45:44.690 --> 00:45:46.949
All right. Okay, let's keep going. Oatsides?

00:45:47.170 --> 00:45:49.650
I mean, I had Skinner and Franklin. Those are

00:45:49.650 --> 00:45:52.670
my one, two. And then, honestly, it's roll a

00:45:52.670 --> 00:45:57.860
dice on a given day between. Eggleston, Franti,

00:45:58.079 --> 00:46:02.019
Lanier. I had no idea who to pick as my third

00:46:02.019 --> 00:46:06.239
one. I couldn't do it. Not with any kind of true

00:46:06.239 --> 00:46:08.980
reason or backing. Yeah, I could only come up

00:46:08.980 --> 00:46:12.280
with two, and then I'm adding one in. Yeah. So

00:46:12.280 --> 00:46:15.199
I've got Skinner, Lanier, and then I'm adding

00:46:15.199 --> 00:46:18.000
in Franklin. You have Lanier ahead of Franklin,

00:46:18.179 --> 00:46:22.760
eh? In these Ozzy Boshy match, like... They didn't

00:46:22.760 --> 00:46:24.780
really give her a chance last year with USA and

00:46:24.780 --> 00:46:28.119
she got subbed into a match where it was just

00:46:28.119 --> 00:46:30.860
a dumpster fire. Like she could not pass. It

00:46:30.860 --> 00:46:33.860
was bad. Like the sets were unhittable, but seeing

00:46:33.860 --> 00:46:36.440
her play against his Ozzy Bashi, like she's starting

00:46:36.440 --> 00:46:41.380
for Milano. Like I was like, damn. Okay. She's

00:46:41.380 --> 00:46:44.500
good. I don't disagree with you, but, but I think

00:46:44.500 --> 00:46:48.239
if they're going to be successful, they need.

00:46:48.759 --> 00:46:50.380
Someone on the left side who's going to be able

00:46:50.380 --> 00:46:53.360
to score points. Yeah, exactly. I think it's

00:46:53.360 --> 00:46:55.659
going to have to be Franklin. She was scoring

00:46:55.659 --> 00:47:00.199
points. And Avery Skinner scores points. I don't

00:47:00.199 --> 00:47:02.980
see them as true. I don't think Franklin is scoring

00:47:02.980 --> 00:47:05.019
that many more points than anybody else. I don't

00:47:05.019 --> 00:47:07.380
think she's as good as the other two. Not right

00:47:07.380 --> 00:47:09.239
now, no. I agree with you. But I think she's

00:47:09.239 --> 00:47:12.679
going to. And she's so one -dimensional. I need

00:47:12.679 --> 00:47:14.820
to see her after this season overseas, honestly.

00:47:15.239 --> 00:47:18.480
From what I've seen from her in the past. Very

00:47:18.480 --> 00:47:20.860
wonderful. If they're going to be successful,

00:47:21.099 --> 00:47:23.039
I think Franklin's going to have to be on the

00:47:23.039 --> 00:47:24.500
court, and she's going to have to be able to

00:47:24.500 --> 00:47:27.360
score. I don't think the duo of Lanier and Skinner

00:47:27.360 --> 00:47:30.380
match up to the other top teams' left sides.

00:47:30.880 --> 00:47:33.699
And I'm not saying Franklin does now, currently,

00:47:33.900 --> 00:47:36.260
but she's going to have to if they're going to

00:47:36.260 --> 00:47:39.159
have success. Wow, Adam is bold and confident

00:47:39.159 --> 00:47:41.739
today, everybody. It was a fun question. I like

00:47:41.739 --> 00:47:45.420
thinking about it. Okay, Liberos. I mean, I wrote

00:47:45.420 --> 00:47:48.710
down... Justine Wong -Aron just because... She's

00:47:48.710 --> 00:47:50.530
pregnant. She can't be on the list. I understand

00:47:50.530 --> 00:47:54.170
that. But who else? I mean, I think it's Hanson

00:47:54.170 --> 00:47:58.510
Rodriguez, but neither of those two so far have

00:47:58.510 --> 00:48:00.889
shown that they can get the job done. Yeah, I

00:48:00.889 --> 00:48:03.269
would add Elena Scott for my third. Again, I

00:48:03.269 --> 00:48:05.530
don't know. For some reason, I heard the impression

00:48:05.530 --> 00:48:07.530
that she said no to the national team last year,

00:48:07.650 --> 00:48:10.829
but now I'm hearing that she wasn't asked. I

00:48:10.829 --> 00:48:13.329
don't know. Well, part two of this question.

00:48:13.429 --> 00:48:16.309
So we have our 3D roster. What position is the

00:48:16.309 --> 00:48:18.530
strongest and which is the weakest out of the

00:48:18.530 --> 00:48:21.349
list that we put together? Okay, I'm going to

00:48:21.349 --> 00:48:27.909
say strongest is probably middle or setter. Setter,

00:48:28.070 --> 00:48:32.289
not setters. That's what I said. I left the S

00:48:32.289 --> 00:48:36.769
off the end. Singular. Okay, so if it's not a

00:48:36.769 --> 00:48:40.630
group, then fine, middle. And then weakest, honestly,

00:48:41.150 --> 00:48:45.280
libero, opposite. I think libero and opposite.

00:48:45.360 --> 00:48:48.780
It has to be. But all of that is predicated on

00:48:48.780 --> 00:48:53.019
how Jordan Thompson comes out. Okay, well, the

00:48:53.019 --> 00:48:55.280
next thing is which position has the potential

00:48:55.280 --> 00:48:59.400
to make the biggest level jump by 2028 with possible

00:48:59.400 --> 00:49:01.940
players becoming available? It's got to be the

00:49:01.940 --> 00:49:04.199
left side. Who's going to be available? Well,

00:49:04.280 --> 00:49:07.670
I'm thinking internal improvement. No, like the

00:49:07.670 --> 00:49:09.250
players that we had to leave off the list for

00:49:09.250 --> 00:49:13.190
injury or for pregnancy or whatever. Libero.

00:49:13.250 --> 00:49:16.769
If Justine Wong -Aranda is healthy, she is currently

00:49:16.769 --> 00:49:19.670
by far way better than the other options. I think

00:49:19.670 --> 00:49:21.889
Libero can probably make the biggest jump based

00:49:21.889 --> 00:49:24.309
on who's currently left off the list. Well, and

00:49:24.309 --> 00:49:26.989
not only that. Unless you want to say if you

00:49:26.989 --> 00:49:29.309
think Annie Drews is going to level up the right

00:49:29.309 --> 00:49:31.670
side that much, but we know how I feel about

00:49:31.670 --> 00:49:34.090
her. Yeah, I don't. And I think that passing

00:49:34.090 --> 00:49:37.570
is going to be... such a key for that team to

00:49:37.570 --> 00:49:42.010
be successful that the effect of Justine, you

00:49:42.010 --> 00:49:43.769
know, either being able to pass both seams or

00:49:43.769 --> 00:49:45.670
take pressure off the left sides from having

00:49:45.670 --> 00:49:49.170
to pass is going to be paramount to their success.

00:49:50.409 --> 00:49:53.429
So that's where my answer is. We're on the same

00:49:53.429 --> 00:49:56.070
page with those. We're on the same page for most.

00:49:56.389 --> 00:49:57.389
Yeah, that was a great question. There was a

00:49:57.389 --> 00:49:59.309
couple when Adam went rogue and thought that

00:49:59.309 --> 00:50:03.329
he could just change the rules. I wanted to give

00:50:03.329 --> 00:50:05.900
Tia a little shout out. A little love. Yeah,

00:50:06.179 --> 00:50:08.099
I feel like there's personality and then there's

00:50:08.099 --> 00:50:12.420
like, yeah. Okay, and I, this is a - Do you know

00:50:12.420 --> 00:50:15.219
what I'm saying? Yes, this is a personal bias

00:50:15.219 --> 00:50:19.400
for you. Why? Because Tia hasn't technically

00:50:19.400 --> 00:50:23.559
done much yet and you - You're making assumptions.

00:50:23.960 --> 00:50:29.639
I think you know me. You have a high level of

00:50:29.639 --> 00:50:32.460
respect. For the game and for players who have

00:50:32.460 --> 00:50:35.940
accomplished things in their career. And a player

00:50:35.940 --> 00:50:40.119
like Tia who comes in and has got a chip on her

00:50:40.119 --> 00:50:42.420
shoulder but hasn't won anything yet. You haven't

00:50:42.420 --> 00:50:45.900
won anything, just done anything. Don't swagger

00:50:45.900 --> 00:50:48.119
around if you haven't done anything. Like have

00:50:48.119 --> 00:50:50.599
some respect like you said. I understand what

00:50:50.599 --> 00:50:53.840
you're saying and I get it. But I actually think

00:50:53.840 --> 00:50:56.820
the U .S. needs a little unfounded. Like a stuff

00:50:56.820 --> 00:51:01.380
and stare is way different than a swaggy. whatever

00:51:01.380 --> 00:51:03.960
you know the u .s needs some unfounded confidence

00:51:03.960 --> 00:51:06.739
at this point and she brings she brings that

00:51:06.739 --> 00:51:10.500
to the floor see adam's bias because he comes

00:51:10.500 --> 00:51:14.380
from the unfounded confidence place so he has

00:51:14.380 --> 00:51:17.539
a soft spot we'll see what happens great question

00:51:17.539 --> 00:51:20.719
though great question all right it's game time

00:51:20.719 --> 00:51:24.300
here on the podcast and we are going to play

00:51:24.300 --> 00:51:28.489
one of these things just doesn't belong Was that

00:51:28.489 --> 00:51:32.150
a Muppets thing or Sesame Street? Sesame Street.

00:51:32.469 --> 00:51:38.269
So I am going to give you four players, teams,

00:51:38.550 --> 00:51:44.250
something. Okay. And you have to figure out who

00:51:44.250 --> 00:51:49.650
the odd or what the odd one out is and what the

00:51:49.650 --> 00:51:54.150
premise behind the selection was. I have no idea

00:51:54.150 --> 00:51:56.250
how hard these are going to be. I have no idea

00:51:56.250 --> 00:51:58.469
if Sarah's going to have any success. This is

00:51:58.469 --> 00:52:00.730
my interpretation. Are you going to tell everybody

00:52:00.730 --> 00:52:03.690
what your intention was after I probably get

00:52:03.690 --> 00:52:06.230
it wrong? Yeah. So I'm going to start with one

00:52:06.230 --> 00:52:09.469
that I think you'll get right away. And it's

00:52:09.469 --> 00:52:12.510
kind of funny. I think anyway. San Diego Mojo,

00:52:12.670 --> 00:52:22.389
Love Nebraska, Texas, and UCLA. Oh my gosh. San

00:52:22.389 --> 00:52:26.789
Diego, Mojo, Love, Nebraska, Texas, and UCLA.

00:52:27.230 --> 00:52:31.269
Men or women? Men. Oh, okay. Now I know for sure.

00:52:31.710 --> 00:52:35.070
UCLA men. Okay. The rest all have setter, bad

00:52:35.070 --> 00:52:37.690
setters. Yeah. The title of that one is teams

00:52:37.690 --> 00:52:43.489
whose setters are killing them. Okay. So that

00:52:43.489 --> 00:52:45.550
one, that was kind of a warmup one so that you

00:52:45.550 --> 00:52:48.969
got the gist. I thought it was UCLA women. And

00:52:48.969 --> 00:52:50.369
then you didn't know. And then I didn't know.

00:52:50.489 --> 00:52:52.260
Yeah. Okay. All right, I'm just going to say,

00:52:52.300 --> 00:52:53.820
we'll just see where this goes. Adam has got

00:52:53.820 --> 00:52:56.119
a savage bone in his body, you guys. That's true.

00:52:56.199 --> 00:52:58.639
Let's not let this slip, okay? Dallas Pulse,

00:52:58.840 --> 00:53:05.480
Love Salt Lake, Long Beach State, Scandici. Dallas

00:53:05.480 --> 00:53:12.019
Pulse, Love Salt Lake. Oh, I think I know. Okay.

00:53:12.539 --> 00:53:16.880
Long Beach State men? Yes. And Scandici? Scandici

00:53:16.880 --> 00:53:20.380
is the odd one out. It is not. Oh, all the other

00:53:20.380 --> 00:53:23.179
ones I thought had a Canadian involved, either

00:53:23.179 --> 00:53:27.159
coaching staff or on the roster. No. Shoot. This

00:53:27.159 --> 00:53:32.099
was stats based. Oh. But mine's pretty good,

00:53:32.179 --> 00:53:35.860
right? I mean, it also works. Okay. I was like,

00:53:35.940 --> 00:53:39.699
oh, Canadians for sure. We've edited out the

00:53:39.699 --> 00:53:42.800
dead time in this because it's taken a while.

00:53:43.320 --> 00:53:46.599
Scandici again. Nope. That was a really good

00:53:46.599 --> 00:53:49.949
right side. I have no idea. I came up with two

00:53:49.949 --> 00:53:51.510
pretty good ones, I thought. You did. What one

00:53:51.510 --> 00:53:54.110
did you? So this was the highest team hitting

00:53:54.110 --> 00:53:56.349
efficiency in their league. Oh my gosh, Adam,

00:53:56.469 --> 00:53:59.989
as if I, come on. Okay, why? That is so, how

00:53:59.989 --> 00:54:02.329
would I know that? I don't know. It's just, I'm

00:54:02.329 --> 00:54:05.190
pulling some different things. He's like, get

00:54:05.190 --> 00:54:08.269
your encyclopedia out, everybody. I just thought

00:54:08.269 --> 00:54:10.190
it was interesting. A lot of people, some people

00:54:10.190 --> 00:54:11.909
might not even know what an encyclopedia is.

00:54:12.070 --> 00:54:14.429
I used to have to do research for my school projects

00:54:14.429 --> 00:54:17.880
with Encyclopedia Britannica. So the answer is

00:54:17.880 --> 00:54:20.800
UCLA is ahead of Long Beach State for team hitting

00:54:20.800 --> 00:54:23.360
percentage, and those other teams are at the

00:54:23.360 --> 00:54:25.940
top of their league for team hitting percentage.

00:54:26.500 --> 00:54:31.360
The next one. Logan Eggleston, Natalie Foster,

00:54:31.719 --> 00:54:36.679
Antropova, and Melissa Vargas. Eggleston? The

00:54:36.679 --> 00:54:39.599
other ones have, like, killer serves. Okay, so

00:54:39.599 --> 00:54:42.380
you got the category right. Killer serves? Best

00:54:42.380 --> 00:54:45.179
servers. Logan Eggleston is actually leading

00:54:45.179 --> 00:54:50.880
love in total aces. Okay, then Antropova. No,

00:54:50.880 --> 00:54:53.739
Natalie Foster. No, it's Melissa Vargas. Last

00:54:53.739 --> 00:54:59.559
option. What? So Federoceva has more aces than

00:54:59.559 --> 00:55:02.300
Vargas in the Turkish league. I was thinking

00:55:02.300 --> 00:55:05.039
that Natalie Foster hasn't been playing as consistently.

00:55:05.360 --> 00:55:09.219
So maybe... Antropova has the most aces in the

00:55:09.219 --> 00:55:11.559
Italian league? I was doing aces per set, but

00:55:11.559 --> 00:55:15.920
yes. Yeah. And it's not even close. Oh, Eggleston.

00:55:15.920 --> 00:55:18.320
I thought her serve was not good. Well, it goes

00:55:18.320 --> 00:55:21.320
what I know. Yeah. The stats ones are tough,

00:55:21.400 --> 00:55:22.840
but I thought they were interesting. Yeah, what

00:55:22.840 --> 00:55:24.579
are you doing over here? Here I was thinking

00:55:24.579 --> 00:55:26.460
they'd all be like the first one. I'm like, yes,

00:55:26.539 --> 00:55:29.719
they're funny. Wow. Okay, so these last two are

00:55:29.719 --> 00:55:36.019
not stats based. China, Canada, USA, Turkey.

00:55:36.539 --> 00:55:38.860
We're talking about a volleyball context, obviously.

00:55:39.219 --> 00:55:43.360
Women's volleyball context. China. Canada, Turkey,

00:55:43.500 --> 00:55:48.679
USA. China. The only place that Giovanni Guidetti

00:55:48.679 --> 00:55:51.000
has not tried to coach. Technically correct,

00:55:51.199 --> 00:55:53.559
but not what I was shooting for. Okay, shoot.

00:55:54.500 --> 00:55:58.260
So the China, Canada, USA, Turkey is... Turkey

00:55:58.260 --> 00:56:00.099
would be the odd one out. Teams, I think, will

00:56:00.099 --> 00:56:04.760
finish fifth. Like, outside of the playoffs for

00:56:04.760 --> 00:56:06.980
VNL is what I was kind of thinking last year.

00:56:07.000 --> 00:56:08.739
I need to be a mind reader for this one, apparently.

00:56:08.760 --> 00:56:11.119
Yeah, maybe a little tricky. So, okay. I think

00:56:11.119 --> 00:56:17.380
this one is doable. Retke, Ogbagu, Aijidi, Butler.

00:56:18.139 --> 00:56:21.260
It's of a similar vein to the last one. I don't

00:56:21.260 --> 00:56:24.300
know if I'll read your mind, but I'll say Ogbagu.

00:56:25.000 --> 00:56:27.780
And what was yours? She can run a slide. Not

00:56:27.780 --> 00:56:30.840
what I was thinking. Okay. But that's a fair

00:56:30.840 --> 00:56:32.960
point. I was thinking middles who will be on

00:56:32.960 --> 00:56:35.699
the USA roster. So who would you do? Oh, man.

00:56:35.699 --> 00:56:37.880
That one was more obvious. Okay. Then I would

00:56:37.880 --> 00:56:42.260
do odd man out Butler. Yeah. Okay. That's, that's

00:56:42.260 --> 00:56:46.280
what I had to. So I actually, okay. I wish they

00:56:46.280 --> 00:56:48.539
were all like the first one. Yeah. Let's get

00:56:48.539 --> 00:56:52.280
a little funny. Okay. I actually, I like the

00:56:52.280 --> 00:56:54.800
premise of this game poorly executed on my end.

00:56:54.880 --> 00:56:57.199
A little, a little tough. So we will put some

00:56:57.199 --> 00:56:58.900
answers for all of them. No, you totally did.

00:56:59.000 --> 00:57:01.260
It was good. So I will. That's why I wanted to

00:57:01.260 --> 00:57:03.940
you to then share what your intention was. Yeah.

00:57:04.019 --> 00:57:05.199
A hundred percent. So we're going to do this

00:57:05.199 --> 00:57:07.719
again at some point for sure. And I will, I will

00:57:07.719 --> 00:57:10.849
adjust the level of difficulty. Accordingly.

00:57:10.849 --> 00:57:12.849
I like that one. Yeah, me too. All right. It

00:57:12.849 --> 00:57:17.110
is time for listener questions. Here we go. Question

00:57:17.110 --> 00:57:20.250
one. What are your thoughts on a Ghanu versus

00:57:20.250 --> 00:57:24.530
Vargas versus Hawk? I'd like your analysis of

00:57:24.530 --> 00:57:28.429
the three best opposites. So I guess to preface

00:57:28.429 --> 00:57:30.530
this question, I would say, okay, this was what

00:57:30.530 --> 00:57:32.769
the question was. Yeah, fair. To preface this

00:57:32.769 --> 00:57:34.829
question, I would say, do you think those are

00:57:34.829 --> 00:57:37.510
the top three opposites in the world? I love

00:57:37.510 --> 00:57:40.030
this question for so many reasons. Well, tell

00:57:40.030 --> 00:57:43.030
us why. It's always interesting comparing different

00:57:43.030 --> 00:57:45.650
players of the same position who play for different

00:57:45.650 --> 00:57:47.590
national teams, who have different styles, who

00:57:47.590 --> 00:57:50.389
play for different setters. And the right side

00:57:50.389 --> 00:57:53.969
position in general is interesting because you

00:57:53.969 --> 00:57:57.250
just expect them to hit, which all of those players

00:57:57.250 --> 00:58:00.449
can do. But what do you decide is the separator

00:58:00.449 --> 00:58:02.909
for how good they are? It's a great question.

00:58:03.250 --> 00:58:07.550
Oh, do I think? I think it's pretty close. Boscovich

00:58:07.550 --> 00:58:10.269
could be in there. Antropova could be in there,

00:58:10.409 --> 00:58:12.389
except she doesn't start for her national team.

00:58:12.469 --> 00:58:15.690
So that's a tough sell, but she's legit good.

00:58:15.909 --> 00:58:19.170
Yeah, I'm okay going with this question as it

00:58:19.170 --> 00:58:23.409
is. Oh, okay. What do you think? I don't know.

00:58:23.429 --> 00:58:26.190
I've been so high on Antropova lately. Like when

00:58:26.190 --> 00:58:29.329
I think of these players, I guess my first thought

00:58:29.329 --> 00:58:32.289
is like, okay, who is like consistently super

00:58:32.289 --> 00:58:36.119
high level? Yes. And when I think of opposites

00:58:36.119 --> 00:58:39.219
lately, and I've watched a lot of women's volleyball,

00:58:39.519 --> 00:58:42.679
who are consistently high level. I mean, everybody

00:58:42.679 --> 00:58:46.119
has an off game. Okay, that's fine. I would have

00:58:46.119 --> 00:58:50.840
to say Antropova and Hawk are consistently high

00:58:50.840 --> 00:58:54.000
level. But then I have to ask, okay, serving.

00:58:54.699 --> 00:58:57.980
Who is a great server? Melissa Vargas, for sure.

00:58:59.199 --> 00:59:02.829
Hawk. Probably slightly less so than Vargas because

00:59:02.829 --> 00:59:04.150
I think her serve is a little more inconsistent.

00:59:05.250 --> 00:59:08.489
Boscovich has bailed to a flow serve in trouble

00:59:08.489 --> 00:59:12.030
of a very inconsistent serve. Egonu, spin serve,

00:59:12.309 --> 00:59:15.650
but I wouldn't say it's as good as Hawk or Vargas.

00:59:16.210 --> 00:59:19.650
Okay. Then I'm like, okay, blocking. Honestly,

00:59:19.730 --> 00:59:22.550
do I really think any of them are great blockers?

00:59:23.130 --> 00:59:26.690
Not really. That's fair. And then I go to defense.

00:59:29.710 --> 00:59:31.469
The great separator when it comes to right sides.

00:59:32.010 --> 00:59:35.070
None of them are prolific defenders by any means,

00:59:35.269 --> 00:59:40.190
but I think Entropova holds her own probably

00:59:40.190 --> 00:59:43.429
more than the rest. So who are you replacing?

00:59:43.570 --> 00:59:45.929
Are you adding Entropova? No, I'm just, I'm looking

00:59:45.929 --> 00:59:49.530
at the five. The five, okay. The five. You know

00:59:49.530 --> 00:59:52.389
I like numbers and you know I like stats. And

00:59:52.389 --> 00:59:56.969
I think Iganu very rarely passes the eye test.

00:59:57.469 --> 01:00:00.750
No, she does. Here's the thing. She does. It's

01:00:00.750 --> 01:00:04.110
just you can see a visible difference from when

01:00:04.110 --> 01:00:07.389
she legit cares and wants to kill people and

01:00:07.389 --> 01:00:09.610
when she doesn't. And I just don't like that

01:00:09.610 --> 01:00:11.829
she turns it on and off because I feel like.

01:00:11.889 --> 01:00:14.170
But that's not the question. But I feel like

01:00:14.170 --> 01:00:16.590
if you're the best, like think of the best of

01:00:16.590 --> 01:00:19.250
the best. They were so tweaked that it's like

01:00:19.250 --> 01:00:22.130
you can't beat me at anything. I'm going to be

01:00:22.130 --> 01:00:26.179
the best every day. Michael Jordan. For example.

01:00:26.559 --> 01:00:29.320
Okay, but do any of these right sides fall into

01:00:29.320 --> 01:00:32.460
that category for you? I'm not disagreeing. That's

01:00:32.460 --> 01:00:34.260
why I bring up the thing of who is consistently

01:00:34.260 --> 01:00:37.019
good day after day or match after match. But

01:00:37.019 --> 01:00:40.320
Aganu ends up leading most statistical categories

01:00:40.320 --> 01:00:42.099
in most leagues and tournaments she plays. I'm

01:00:42.099 --> 01:00:43.860
not telling you that she's not the best. I'm

01:00:43.860 --> 01:00:45.699
simply giving you something to think about. Okay,

01:00:45.699 --> 01:00:48.690
that's fair. I think I still have to say... this

01:00:48.690 --> 01:00:50.730
is the way i look at this question i'm going

01:00:50.730 --> 01:00:54.190
into the final four champions league the semi

01:00:54.190 --> 01:00:58.389
-finals at the olympics the you know league championship

01:00:58.389 --> 01:01:01.909
who do i want as my right side and i think the

01:01:01.909 --> 01:01:04.670
answer is a ganu okay yeah i can get behind that

01:01:04.670 --> 01:01:08.909
i just because hawk as good as she is in club

01:01:08.909 --> 01:01:11.940
her national team Is really bad. And I saw her

01:01:11.940 --> 01:01:13.920
play with her national team at Worlds. And she

01:01:13.920 --> 01:01:16.239
was not the same player. Because she wasn't surrounded

01:01:16.239 --> 01:01:18.440
by the same level of players she is in club.

01:01:18.659 --> 01:01:20.820
I honestly don't think. I think they're so bad

01:01:20.820 --> 01:01:23.179
that it's not fair. Like the setter doesn't even

01:01:23.179 --> 01:01:25.239
set her when she should. And some of the balls

01:01:25.239 --> 01:01:27.199
are unhittable. Like I don't. I don't think you

01:01:27.199 --> 01:01:29.579
can take that away from her. And I think she

01:01:29.579 --> 01:01:32.900
hits the heaviest ball. Out of all of them. But

01:01:32.900 --> 01:01:36.420
I still think. Iganu just has angles and can

01:01:36.420 --> 01:01:38.800
move the ball around. And plays at a different

01:01:38.800 --> 01:01:41.599
level. Than the other ones when she wants to.

01:01:42.460 --> 01:01:45.880
I think it's that simple. For me anyway. This

01:01:45.880 --> 01:01:47.539
is the kind of question you can debate all day.

01:01:48.039 --> 01:01:52.840
It's perfect. I love it. I actually think this

01:01:52.840 --> 01:01:54.719
is a more interesting question. Who's your number

01:01:54.719 --> 01:01:59.639
two? Oh my gosh. You're kidding me. You don't

01:01:59.639 --> 01:02:01.340
have to give an explanation. Just put your number

01:02:01.340 --> 01:02:03.400
out there. And I think I know who I would pick.

01:02:03.760 --> 01:02:07.059
No this is too hard. Because Vargas has moments

01:02:07.059 --> 01:02:10.320
where I'm like. Holy moly. But in Tropova, I

01:02:10.320 --> 01:02:15.440
feel like. I think I would pick on Tropova. Hard.

01:02:15.980 --> 01:02:17.900
It's hard. These are hard questions. It is. It

01:02:17.900 --> 01:02:19.980
is. Anyway, I just thought that was fascinating.

01:02:20.280 --> 01:02:23.000
Great question. Question two. Do you guys think

01:02:23.000 --> 01:02:25.139
that the NCAA is an interesting option for young

01:02:25.139 --> 01:02:27.519
foreigners who don't have opportunities in their

01:02:27.519 --> 01:02:32.599
home leagues like Julia Bergman, Marek Malone,

01:02:32.820 --> 01:02:36.159
Dahlia Wilson did? Also, do you think that Virginia

01:02:36.159 --> 01:02:38.940
Adriano could be more effective? In Nebraska.

01:02:39.920 --> 01:02:41.639
Yeah, I don't think she could have been less

01:02:41.639 --> 01:02:44.500
effective than she was this year. What? She was

01:02:44.500 --> 01:02:47.079
not good. I'm pretty sure her season average,

01:02:47.340 --> 01:02:50.480
like mid -season, she was hitting 094. Like,

01:02:50.480 --> 01:02:52.380
that's hard to do. She did pick it up towards

01:02:52.380 --> 01:02:55.559
the end. Okay, that's fine. But could she be

01:02:55.559 --> 01:02:58.079
more effective? 100 % she could be more effective.

01:02:58.179 --> 01:03:01.280
Let the girl serve, first of all. She actually

01:03:01.280 --> 01:03:05.719
brings it. Set her a bit higher also. Yeah. Yes.

01:03:06.460 --> 01:03:09.400
They got to work that out. Okay, the first part

01:03:09.400 --> 01:03:11.780
of the question. I think it depends on where

01:03:11.780 --> 01:03:16.300
you're from. If you are in Brazil, Italy, Turkey.

01:03:16.699 --> 01:03:19.679
Well, Bergman's Brazilian. Yeah, so if you want

01:03:19.679 --> 01:03:22.780
to play and you want to develop, I think staying

01:03:22.780 --> 01:03:25.219
in your home leagues and playing in those leagues

01:03:25.219 --> 01:03:28.300
is better for your development. Are we basically

01:03:28.300 --> 01:03:30.380
assuming that you don't get an education anymore?

01:03:30.659 --> 01:03:34.239
Yeah. Because maybe she wanted a degree. And

01:03:34.239 --> 01:03:37.329
that's totally fair. I'm looking at this purely

01:03:37.329 --> 01:03:40.170
from a volleyball standpoint. The other piece

01:03:40.170 --> 01:03:42.010
of it, which I think is probably now more relevant

01:03:42.010 --> 01:03:44.869
than the education is, can they make more money

01:03:44.869 --> 01:03:49.849
in the US than they can training at a professional

01:03:49.849 --> 01:03:52.269
team? And I don't actually know what the rules

01:03:52.269 --> 01:03:55.989
are for foreigners making money in college. I

01:03:55.989 --> 01:03:57.730
don't know if it's any different or not. You

01:03:57.730 --> 01:04:01.360
have a student visa, so. I don't know what the

01:04:01.360 --> 01:04:04.260
NIL specifics are, but I know like as a foreigner,

01:04:04.340 --> 01:04:07.099
you have to pay tax on your scholarship. I don't

01:04:07.099 --> 01:04:09.360
know if you're limited by what income you think.

01:04:09.500 --> 01:04:11.659
Yeah, it's a great question. I'm not entirely

01:04:11.659 --> 01:04:14.719
sure. If there's no limit on income, then I think

01:04:14.719 --> 01:04:16.340
a lot of these... Somebody tell us. Yeah, somebody

01:04:16.340 --> 01:04:18.380
post that because I'm curious about that. I do

01:04:18.380 --> 01:04:21.579
think there is a limit or there's something to

01:04:21.579 --> 01:04:23.619
do with money and coming in as a foreigner because

01:04:23.619 --> 01:04:26.980
your visa is not... Or school. Yeah. I think

01:04:26.980 --> 01:04:29.820
the answer is... different depending on if you

01:04:29.820 --> 01:04:31.840
can make money or not so if you're from some

01:04:31.840 --> 01:04:36.099
of the smaller countries like serbia czech you

01:04:36.099 --> 01:04:38.860
know and you are a good volleyball player but

01:04:38.860 --> 01:04:41.159
you're not good enough to get like that third

01:04:41.159 --> 01:04:43.420
or fourth training spot in italy or turkey then

01:04:43.420 --> 01:04:46.400
coming to the us makes a ton of sense i mean

01:04:46.400 --> 01:04:48.960
both ways one you get good competition you get

01:04:48.960 --> 01:04:50.960
a free education and you could potentially make

01:04:50.960 --> 01:04:54.480
money so i think that there are really good opportunities

01:04:54.480 --> 01:04:58.500
for foreign players to come play NCAA. But I

01:04:58.500 --> 01:05:00.559
think if you're playing in the top leagues, Brazil,

01:05:00.820 --> 01:05:04.139
Italy, Turkey, for your development, Gabi played,

01:05:04.260 --> 01:05:06.699
she was 17 when she was with you in Bernardinho

01:05:06.699 --> 01:05:08.639
training in that environment. You don't get that

01:05:08.639 --> 01:05:11.980
in the NCAA. So it just depends on what your

01:05:11.980 --> 01:05:14.559
opportunities are. Somebody did say when Adriano

01:05:14.559 --> 01:05:17.659
signed that she was making a lot of money. And

01:05:17.659 --> 01:05:20.179
I'm curious. I'm really overthinking this. Yeah,

01:05:20.199 --> 01:05:24.039
somebody tell us. So that's my opinion. I mean,

01:05:24.059 --> 01:05:26.849
sometimes you're a late bloomer. Yeah. So maybe

01:05:26.849 --> 01:05:30.610
you're 17, 18, and you just aren't there yet.

01:05:31.030 --> 01:05:32.869
And I mean, if you're a good volleyball player,

01:05:32.989 --> 01:05:34.750
but you're not going to make a living doing it,

01:05:34.789 --> 01:05:36.809
then getting a free education is totally worth

01:05:36.809 --> 01:05:38.710
it. I think everybody needs an education, period.

01:05:38.889 --> 01:05:42.309
So even if you can make NIL money, go at least

01:05:42.309 --> 01:05:43.989
get a degree. You can't play volleyball forever.

01:05:44.210 --> 01:05:46.409
True. Unless you're Jordan Larson. Then you can't.

01:05:46.650 --> 01:05:49.250
Okay, regarding MLV is better this year. Last

01:05:49.250 --> 01:05:51.429
year, I thought Love was clearly on another level.

01:05:51.650 --> 01:05:53.980
Watching Love, I thought they... could play in

01:05:53.980 --> 01:05:56.320
the Italian league and not be in danger of getting

01:05:56.320 --> 01:05:59.019
relegated. This year, I don't think any team

01:05:59.019 --> 01:06:02.019
in love could be wash for green and most of the

01:06:02.019 --> 01:06:05.579
time struggle against Perugia. Am I just biased

01:06:05.579 --> 01:06:08.679
one way or the other? Also, what do you think

01:06:08.679 --> 01:06:11.300
about a US championship love champion versus

01:06:11.300 --> 01:06:14.300
MLV champion? I'd love to see that. Who should

01:06:14.300 --> 01:06:17.139
be afraid? I'm not going to lie to you. I don't

01:06:17.139 --> 01:06:19.880
watch the bottom of the Italian league. just

01:06:19.880 --> 01:06:22.519
going to be completely transparent so i'm not

01:06:22.519 --> 01:06:27.059
sure i can speak to this with a ton of like accurate

01:06:27.059 --> 01:06:29.300
information yeah but i think it's an interesting

01:06:29.300 --> 01:06:31.519
question it's a very interesting question i definitely

01:06:31.519 --> 01:06:34.360
don't think any of the love teams are in the

01:06:34.360 --> 01:06:36.139
top half of the league well we've got like a

01:06:36.139 --> 01:06:38.679
boost or cco who's like last time i checked they

01:06:38.679 --> 01:06:41.059
were sitting in six let's say loves for sure

01:06:41.059 --> 01:06:44.159
not making playoffs yeah that's for sure i would

01:06:44.159 --> 01:06:47.679
i would agree um but the top half is probably

01:06:47.679 --> 01:06:50.289
not getting relegated Okay, so who's the best

01:06:50.289 --> 01:06:53.469
in love? Salt Lake. Salt Lake. Salt Lake is a

01:06:53.469 --> 01:06:56.590
legitimate team. No, but think about it. Think

01:06:56.590 --> 01:07:00.369
about the Salt Lake roster versus an Italian.

01:07:00.730 --> 01:07:02.710
I mean, I don't know who exactly is. We're not

01:07:02.710 --> 01:07:04.130
sniffing the top half. Let's look at Madison.

01:07:04.650 --> 01:07:08.110
Madison's not winning games. No. In love. No.

01:07:08.150 --> 01:07:10.750
But I think Salt Lake could probably hold their

01:07:10.750 --> 01:07:13.369
own in the middle of the pack. You have Alexa

01:07:13.369 --> 01:07:16.320
Gray. Jordan Poulter is setting for them. If

01:07:16.320 --> 01:07:18.940
they would ever switch out Kostak Paula for Torrey

01:07:18.940 --> 01:07:20.880
Dixon, I think they're stronger in the middle.

01:07:21.460 --> 01:07:25.980
Kojima is libero. That's a legitimate roster

01:07:25.980 --> 01:07:28.880
that could compete. Again, they're not competing

01:07:28.880 --> 01:07:33.519
with Scandici or Conigliano. But in the middle

01:07:33.519 --> 01:07:36.940
of the league, without watching a ton, I think

01:07:36.940 --> 01:07:39.179
they could fit there. I think it goes downhill

01:07:39.179 --> 01:07:42.519
from there. Like Austin? They're going to have

01:07:42.519 --> 01:07:45.019
trouble passing in that league. It's going to

01:07:45.019 --> 01:07:50.639
be a lot of triple blocks. Yes. Okay, I think

01:07:50.639 --> 01:07:52.800
the Salt Lake roster we could make an argument

01:07:52.800 --> 01:07:55.280
for. Well, it's ironic that we're talking about

01:07:55.280 --> 01:07:58.000
this because the Austin roster is so many of

01:07:58.000 --> 01:08:00.480
the national teams. But you saw how they finished.

01:08:00.800 --> 01:08:03.960
Fifth? Better than we thought. Not about where

01:08:03.960 --> 01:08:06.539
we thought. Tied for fifth. They didn't play

01:08:06.539 --> 01:08:10.079
it out. I think we could make a case for Salt

01:08:10.079 --> 01:08:12.809
Lake. Yeah. But I'm not sure you're making a

01:08:12.809 --> 01:08:15.690
case for many other teams. The other thing that

01:08:15.690 --> 01:08:19.350
is different is the level of preparation and

01:08:19.350 --> 01:08:23.470
ability to execute game plans and make adjustments.

01:08:23.770 --> 01:08:27.470
Like the Italian League is so good at that. You

01:08:27.470 --> 01:08:31.010
have to, if you were to just plop the love teams

01:08:31.010 --> 01:08:33.449
in for like a home and away in the middle of

01:08:33.449 --> 01:08:35.289
the season, I don't think they would fare very

01:08:35.289 --> 01:08:38.869
well. Just because the Italian League's... Ability

01:08:38.869 --> 01:08:40.890
to make adjustments to prepare to do those things,

01:08:40.949 --> 01:08:42.970
I think, is is better than love. You see far

01:08:42.970 --> 01:08:45.369
more adjustments and things like that. I think

01:08:45.369 --> 01:08:48.689
if you let love some of the love or Salt Lake

01:08:48.689 --> 01:08:51.109
settle into the league and compete a little more,

01:08:51.289 --> 01:08:53.329
they would. That's kind of where they would end

01:08:53.329 --> 01:08:58.449
up. What about part two U .S. championship MLB

01:08:58.449 --> 01:09:01.270
champion versus love champion? There's still

01:09:01.270 --> 01:09:04.670
too much of a physicality gap in my mind. I agree.

01:09:04.729 --> 01:09:09.779
And a setting gap. Those two things make a huge

01:09:09.779 --> 01:09:11.720
difference, purely from a volleyball standpoint,

01:09:11.920 --> 01:09:14.199
not from an entertainment standpoint. They're

01:09:14.199 --> 01:09:17.039
just bigger and physical, and the setters are

01:09:17.039 --> 01:09:20.500
better across the board, I think. Yeah, I think

01:09:20.500 --> 01:09:23.319
Love would win that handily. Yeah, I think most

01:09:23.319 --> 01:09:25.479
Love teams would beat, I think Indy's at the

01:09:25.479 --> 01:09:27.600
top right now. Like, most Love teams would still

01:09:27.600 --> 01:09:30.380
beat Indy. Like, Azani Teeler, Lecter, remember,

01:09:30.420 --> 01:09:33.239
they're good volleyball players, but they're

01:09:33.239 --> 01:09:36.199
just not playing at the same level as... A lot

01:09:36.199 --> 01:09:39.159
of those other starters are. Okay, question four.

01:09:39.439 --> 01:09:42.079
Why is it so hard for announcers to learn how

01:09:42.079 --> 01:09:45.920
to properly pronounce players' names? Well, I'll

01:09:45.920 --> 01:09:48.439
take this one because I can't pronounce names

01:09:48.439 --> 01:09:51.460
to save my life. You're also not getting paid

01:09:51.460 --> 01:09:55.020
to say people's names. Okay, well, that's fair.

01:09:55.460 --> 01:09:59.279
No, we're definitely not getting paid. We can

01:09:59.279 --> 01:10:02.239
dream. I just tried to manifest that. Maybe one

01:10:02.239 --> 01:10:05.449
day. Manifestation. They're selling manifestation

01:10:05.449 --> 01:10:09.149
kits at the store down the street. It's not working.

01:10:09.409 --> 01:10:12.229
Okay, continue. I understand that there are lots

01:10:12.229 --> 01:10:14.609
of foreign names to learn, but how hard would

01:10:14.609 --> 01:10:16.750
it be to just go through a voice file of the

01:10:16.750 --> 01:10:19.090
names and get a clue? It seems a little disrespectful

01:10:19.090 --> 01:10:22.670
to not even make the effort. MLV, Love, and especially

01:10:22.670 --> 01:10:25.890
the Brits on VBTV are all guilty. Okay, here's

01:10:25.890 --> 01:10:27.710
the thing. Okay, go ahead. You actually broadcast,

01:10:27.850 --> 01:10:31.529
so I should be just sitting here. So there is

01:10:31.529 --> 01:10:33.750
a chance that I have said somebody's name wrong.

01:10:34.140 --> 01:10:36.699
While I've been broadcasting. And I apologize

01:10:36.699 --> 01:10:40.680
if I have. But here's the thing. Is like I do

01:10:40.680 --> 01:10:44.819
mostly NCAA. There are voice files. For the like

01:10:44.819 --> 01:10:47.659
difficult to pronounce names. For the majority

01:10:47.659 --> 01:10:50.159
of schools. And I've listened to every single

01:10:50.159 --> 01:10:52.460
one of them. You're right. It's not hard to do.

01:10:52.760 --> 01:10:56.600
Look it up. There are schools however. That do

01:10:56.600 --> 01:11:00.779
not have voice files. before games when I'm searching

01:11:00.779 --> 01:11:03.460
for their sports information director and they

01:11:03.460 --> 01:11:06.560
tell me, oh, we don't travel with one. And I

01:11:06.560 --> 01:11:09.239
say, can you run me through a pronunciation guide?

01:11:09.500 --> 01:11:12.100
And they say, they don't have one. Then you're

01:11:12.100 --> 01:11:14.619
stumped. And me and the play -by -play person

01:11:14.619 --> 01:11:16.579
are trying to figure out what the heck is going

01:11:16.579 --> 01:11:21.159
on. Number seven. So there are situations where

01:11:21.159 --> 01:11:25.260
you are not set up to succeed. However, at the

01:11:25.260 --> 01:11:29.409
professional level, come on. I agree. They need

01:11:29.409 --> 01:11:32.909
to say names correctly. Or just like, especially

01:11:32.909 --> 01:11:35.750
VBTV, you are literally staying in the same hotel

01:11:35.750 --> 01:11:38.109
as these athletes. You are eating in the same

01:11:38.109 --> 01:11:41.130
dining hall as them. Just walk up to the staff

01:11:41.130 --> 01:11:43.409
or to the player and say, please, how do you

01:11:43.409 --> 01:11:46.550
say your name? Simple. For you guys, this is

01:11:46.550 --> 01:11:49.409
my nightmare. I could prepare for days on end

01:11:49.409 --> 01:11:51.369
and get it wrong. Because then all of a sudden

01:11:51.369 --> 01:11:53.149
they have a serving sub that comes in that you

01:11:53.149 --> 01:11:56.630
forget. Who they are. That's why you do your

01:11:56.630 --> 01:11:59.130
preparation. Well I know. The number of times

01:11:59.130 --> 01:12:03.149
this man has said schmreck. And I have. You guys

01:12:03.149 --> 01:12:05.869
I have tried to correct him. And said it's schmreck.

01:12:06.649 --> 01:12:09.930
It does not stick. And she grew up in my hometown.

01:12:11.170 --> 01:12:15.909
Back so. I mean I just I can. I would never go

01:12:15.909 --> 01:12:18.270
into broadcasting. Because I suck at this. But

01:12:18.270 --> 01:12:21.470
I can understand how it's challenging. I agree

01:12:21.470 --> 01:12:24.000
with the question asker. If you're getting paid

01:12:24.000 --> 01:12:27.680
to do it, do it right. Question five. Can you

01:12:27.680 --> 01:12:29.500
talk about the pros and cons of playing with

01:12:29.500 --> 01:12:31.779
the national team? You mentioned people sometimes

01:12:31.779 --> 01:12:35.300
turn down the offer. Why wouldn't someone say

01:12:35.300 --> 01:12:38.199
yes? I'm assuming this person is American. Well,

01:12:38.199 --> 01:12:41.020
generally. Just in general. What are some reasons

01:12:41.020 --> 01:12:43.739
that somebody would say no to playing for their

01:12:43.739 --> 01:12:45.899
national team? Your national team sucks. That

01:12:45.899 --> 01:12:48.239
wasn't one of the things I was thinking of, but

01:12:48.239 --> 01:12:50.300
sure. No, but think about it. You go and you

01:12:50.300 --> 01:12:53.399
play. all year round in a pro league your body's

01:12:53.399 --> 01:12:56.640
beat up and then you want to go they expect you

01:12:56.640 --> 01:12:59.399
to go play a lot of the times for free i think

01:12:59.399 --> 01:13:01.220
that could be said if your team sucks or not

01:13:01.220 --> 01:13:04.039
hammered sure but i'm saying you're asking for

01:13:04.039 --> 01:13:06.460
reasons like every young player wants to play

01:13:06.460 --> 01:13:07.880
for your national team once but if you've been

01:13:07.880 --> 01:13:09.640
a pro for 10 years and you know you're going

01:13:09.640 --> 01:13:11.140
to go to a tournament and get kicked you're like

01:13:11.140 --> 01:13:13.460
no i think i'll pass on or like is this dream

01:13:13.460 --> 01:13:15.579
goal and then you actually get there and you

01:13:15.579 --> 01:13:18.119
realize it's not all it's cracked up to be and

01:13:18.119 --> 01:13:21.029
you're like wait yeah i mean You can speak to

01:13:21.029 --> 01:13:23.449
that. I'm not saying that happened to me. I'm

01:13:23.449 --> 01:13:26.130
saying potentially. No, but it was always a,

01:13:26.170 --> 01:13:28.609
I guess not a question, but you switched to beach

01:13:28.609 --> 01:13:31.170
because you weren't going to get to your goal

01:13:31.170 --> 01:13:32.489
with the indoor team. They just weren't good

01:13:32.489 --> 01:13:35.409
enough. It wasn't worth, not that it wasn't worth

01:13:35.409 --> 01:13:37.890
playing for, but it was not going to get you

01:13:37.890 --> 01:13:40.029
where you wanted to go. Okay, so there's that

01:13:40.029 --> 01:13:43.069
reason. Adam said you play pro for nine months

01:13:43.069 --> 01:13:45.770
and then national team season is right after.

01:13:45.970 --> 01:13:49.590
As you do it enough, it's like, when? am i gonna

01:13:49.590 --> 01:13:53.189
get a break yeah so there's that a lot of national

01:13:53.189 --> 01:13:56.270
teams do not pay yeah more time away from your

01:13:56.270 --> 01:13:58.149
family more time away from your family you're

01:13:58.149 --> 01:14:01.170
already playing pro and you're missing just life

01:14:01.170 --> 01:14:04.750
in general and then you just do it again maybe

01:14:04.750 --> 01:14:08.890
you don't like the coach that would be a possibility

01:14:08.890 --> 01:14:13.229
i think the big ones are probably your team's

01:14:13.229 --> 01:14:15.029
not very good so it's not worth your time like

01:14:15.029 --> 01:14:17.369
if you're a standout and for a country that doesn't

01:14:17.369 --> 01:14:19.710
have a good team and then You just need a break

01:14:19.710 --> 01:14:23.449
because it's a grind of a season. Or you know

01:14:23.449 --> 01:14:25.550
you're going to do that and you're the fourth

01:14:25.550 --> 01:14:27.409
left side and you're not going to play. Maybe

01:14:27.409 --> 01:14:30.029
that math doesn't make sense for you. You're

01:14:30.029 --> 01:14:32.250
there all season. You make a good living, but

01:14:32.250 --> 01:14:35.689
you're never going to see the floor. So maybe

01:14:35.689 --> 01:14:38.789
not worth it. There's a bunch of reasons. I said

01:14:38.789 --> 01:14:42.649
no in college too because I stayed in college

01:14:42.649 --> 01:14:47.210
conditioning and doing classes and stuff. Because

01:14:47.210 --> 01:14:48.750
winning a national championship was more important.

01:14:49.710 --> 01:14:53.850
Yeah, basically. All right, listen up. Question

01:14:53.850 --> 01:14:59.029
six. You recently spoke about players like Lexi

01:14:59.029 --> 01:15:02.350
Rodriguez and Kami Weiner choosing to play pro

01:15:02.350 --> 01:15:05.869
at very different types of programs. There's

01:15:05.869 --> 01:15:09.909
constant talk that players should potentially

01:15:09.909 --> 01:15:13.850
leave a program like a Nebraska that is just

01:15:13.850 --> 01:15:17.000
like stacked. so that they can get playing time

01:15:17.000 --> 01:15:19.939
earlier in their careers than waiting until they're

01:15:19.939 --> 01:15:22.979
like a senior. Is it not the same argument to

01:15:22.979 --> 01:15:25.979
say that a player such as Skylar Pierce, who

01:15:25.979 --> 01:15:29.420
hasn't played much, is getting exponentially

01:15:29.420 --> 01:15:32.960
better than if she left for a program where she'd

01:15:32.960 --> 01:15:35.359
play immediately because the roster isn't as

01:15:35.359 --> 01:15:38.140
deep? The original days of college were rare

01:15:38.140 --> 01:15:40.340
to see super young athletes on the floor early,

01:15:40.420 --> 01:15:42.579
and it feels like athletes leave for playing

01:15:42.579 --> 01:15:46.170
time versus development. I would argue that Skylar

01:15:46.170 --> 01:15:48.970
Pierce is going to need only a year or two of

01:15:48.970 --> 01:15:51.609
solid playing time to prove that she can hang

01:15:51.609 --> 01:15:54.329
pro and will benefit from this hard work now

01:15:54.329 --> 01:15:57.850
in a competitive gym. Did we say that? That players

01:15:57.850 --> 01:16:00.029
should leave? I completely agree with this question.

01:16:00.550 --> 01:16:03.569
No, this person wrote on Instagram and I wrote

01:16:03.569 --> 01:16:05.590
them back and I was like, I can get behind everything

01:16:05.590 --> 01:16:07.390
you're saying. Well, I believe what we said about

01:16:07.390 --> 01:16:10.869
Skylar Pierce is it's unfortunate that someone

01:16:10.869 --> 01:16:14.640
of her caliber won't get to play until she's

01:16:14.640 --> 01:16:16.600
like a senior. I don't think we said she should

01:16:16.600 --> 01:16:22.760
leave. I think I said it says a lot about her,

01:16:22.960 --> 01:16:26.420
but also how deep the Nebraska program is, that

01:16:26.420 --> 01:16:28.779
a Gatorade National Player of the Year, whatever

01:16:28.779 --> 01:16:32.180
she was, will not play until she's like a senior.

01:16:32.359 --> 01:16:35.619
So I think there's a couple factors here. One

01:16:35.619 --> 01:16:39.279
is what your long -term goals are. So that kind

01:16:39.279 --> 01:16:44.039
of affects how you make your decisions. Let's

01:16:44.039 --> 01:16:46.979
stay with the NCAA specifically. If you're in

01:16:46.979 --> 01:16:50.680
a program where you are getting equal training

01:16:50.680 --> 01:16:53.239
opportunities to develop your skills and the

01:16:53.239 --> 01:16:57.060
coaching staff is invested in helping you get

01:16:57.060 --> 01:17:00.420
to the best version of yourself, there is 100

01:17:00.420 --> 01:17:03.020
% value in staying and playing on the B side

01:17:03.020 --> 01:17:05.859
and playing against the best athletes. and understanding

01:17:05.859 --> 01:17:08.020
like ideally these programs are teaching you

01:17:08.020 --> 01:17:09.760
how to train properly they're teaching you how

01:17:09.760 --> 01:17:12.539
to win they're preparing your body for the load

01:17:12.539 --> 01:17:13.920
of all of those things that are happening like

01:17:13.920 --> 01:17:16.239
in my mind that's what a college program should

01:17:16.239 --> 01:17:18.659
be that was my college experience whenever you

01:17:18.659 --> 01:17:21.779
jump levels the fastest way to learn is to learn

01:17:21.779 --> 01:17:23.619
from somebody who's better than you and who's

01:17:23.619 --> 01:17:25.899
done it for longer than you there is immense

01:17:25.899 --> 01:17:29.159
benefit to being in that environment day to day

01:17:29.159 --> 01:17:31.510
and sitting on the bench in my opinion And that's

01:17:31.510 --> 01:17:33.350
not to say you can't earn a spot and you can't

01:17:33.350 --> 01:17:35.430
go ahead. If you keep getting recruited over

01:17:35.430 --> 01:17:37.430
or you're on the B side and no one's paying you

01:17:37.430 --> 01:17:39.409
any attention, you're not getting any video sessions,

01:17:39.729 --> 01:17:42.529
you know, you feel like. Or meaningful reps.

01:17:42.810 --> 01:17:45.750
Yeah, or meaningful reps in that regard. Or feedback.

01:17:46.069 --> 01:17:51.390
Yeah. Then it's a different story. But I wholeheartedly

01:17:51.390 --> 01:17:53.850
believe that the best way to learn is to have

01:17:53.850 --> 01:17:57.060
a senior. tongue in cheek smack you around a

01:17:57.060 --> 01:17:59.100
few times to let you know like what's up and

01:17:59.100 --> 01:18:01.420
how it actually works at the next level it's

01:18:01.420 --> 01:18:03.520
just part of learning i 100 agree with everything

01:18:03.520 --> 01:18:05.979
you're saying my only question in a situation

01:18:05.979 --> 01:18:08.739
like this though is like if you are hoping to

01:18:08.739 --> 01:18:13.119
go play pro and you have no video yes who is

01:18:13.119 --> 01:18:16.199
gonna take a flyer on you yeah nobody yeah so

01:18:16.199 --> 01:18:18.619
it's like balancing that out now if you are if

01:18:18.619 --> 01:18:21.460
she's going to get a chance to play her senior

01:18:21.460 --> 01:18:25.109
year and get stuff to actually be able to go

01:18:25.109 --> 01:18:29.130
play pro sure but simply being in that gym for

01:18:29.130 --> 01:18:31.569
four years and never sniffing the floor i'm not

01:18:31.569 --> 01:18:33.569
sure there's a lot of pro teams that'll be like

01:18:33.569 --> 01:18:38.289
yeah absolutely yeah and and normally if your

01:18:38.289 --> 01:18:41.449
recruitment cycle is working the way it should

01:18:41.449 --> 01:18:43.710
and the portal has kind of screwed this up a

01:18:43.710 --> 01:18:45.869
little bit but ideally you come in as a freshman

01:18:45.869 --> 01:18:49.090
you know this is how it used to be yeah you sit

01:18:49.090 --> 01:18:52.340
on the bench for a year Your next year, you get

01:18:52.340 --> 01:18:55.159
some playing time against trash teams, assuming

01:18:55.159 --> 01:18:58.020
you're a good program. And then you're, you know,

01:18:58.020 --> 01:18:59.939
you're replacing the senior who graduated two

01:18:59.939 --> 01:19:01.399
years later and you're starting your third and

01:19:01.399 --> 01:19:04.279
fourth year. Like that is the ideal development

01:19:04.279 --> 01:19:07.039
pipeline for young players. Which it isn't like

01:19:07.039 --> 01:19:10.439
that anymore. No, but again. But no, in theory,

01:19:10.560 --> 01:19:13.579
I agree with everything about this question.

01:19:15.260 --> 01:19:19.619
Except for. if the goal is to play pro somebody

01:19:19.619 --> 01:19:22.539
has to actually want to take you and for a pro

01:19:22.539 --> 01:19:24.859
team to want to take you they need to see that

01:19:24.859 --> 01:19:27.100
you know how to play yeah fair that you can't

01:19:27.100 --> 01:19:29.560
be like hey trust me in high school i was really

01:19:29.560 --> 01:19:33.800
good yeah okay last question what are some drills

01:19:33.800 --> 01:19:37.500
i'm of the opinion that the drill generally doesn't

01:19:37.500 --> 01:19:40.979
matter it's i mean there are definitely some

01:19:40.979 --> 01:19:45.039
bad drills but in general the benefit of the

01:19:45.039 --> 01:19:48.149
drills is the feedback you're getting and how

01:19:48.149 --> 01:19:50.649
you're doing them. It depends on what skill you're

01:19:50.649 --> 01:19:52.729
looking at, but I think that's more important

01:19:52.729 --> 01:19:55.130
than the actual drill you're doing. Wow, Adam

01:19:55.130 --> 01:19:56.930
just bailed on that question. I have a couple.

01:19:58.289 --> 01:20:01.350
A couple that came to mind immediately. I don't

01:20:01.350 --> 01:20:04.609
know what level this is in reference to, but

01:20:04.609 --> 01:20:10.750
I would say if you have skilled players or older,

01:20:10.890 --> 01:20:15.390
like older high school. A good one that I like

01:20:15.390 --> 01:20:20.050
is this blocking drill. It works on when the

01:20:20.050 --> 01:20:24.510
blockers are overloaded with hitters. And so

01:20:24.510 --> 01:20:28.949
if you have coaches that can stand on boxes and

01:20:28.949 --> 01:20:33.310
swing or you have athletes that are controlled

01:20:33.310 --> 01:20:35.590
and skilled enough to do it, basically you stand

01:20:35.590 --> 01:20:37.850
them on a chair or box. You have your setter

01:20:37.850 --> 01:20:42.449
setting and three blockers on the other side.

01:20:43.960 --> 01:20:48.279
One sequence will be the setter can set either

01:20:48.279 --> 01:20:53.720
a 31 or a gap set to the middle, an outside ball

01:20:53.720 --> 01:20:59.859
over the top, and basically the hitter, coach,

01:21:00.079 --> 01:21:02.539
or the player hits the ball out of the air while

01:21:02.539 --> 01:21:07.319
standing on the box into the blocker's hands.

01:21:07.479 --> 01:21:09.840
So it's basically working for the right side

01:21:09.840 --> 01:21:15.289
in that scenario on how to help. on the 31 and

01:21:15.289 --> 01:21:20.250
also block the outside and it's just like a live

01:21:20.250 --> 01:21:23.250
situation because it's so easy to get into the

01:21:23.250 --> 01:21:25.329
rhythm when it's a toss or it's a controlled

01:21:25.329 --> 01:21:28.369
situation this is a controlled situation but

01:21:28.369 --> 01:21:32.529
it's off a live set and a live swing so you're

01:21:32.529 --> 01:21:35.210
working on like actual eye progressions that

01:21:35.210 --> 01:21:38.029
you're doing you can also add in a pipe because

01:21:38.029 --> 01:21:40.489
ideally the right side is involved in blocking

01:21:40.489 --> 01:21:43.500
all three of those And then for the left sides,

01:21:43.699 --> 01:21:46.300
you can run it with the middle is running a quick

01:21:46.300 --> 01:21:48.239
in front of the setter and there's a right side

01:21:48.239 --> 01:21:51.800
or the middle is running a quick behind the setter

01:21:51.800 --> 01:21:55.520
and there's a right side attack. Just working

01:21:55.520 --> 01:22:01.979
on taking that responsibility in a controlled

01:22:01.979 --> 01:22:04.779
situation. I really like that one for blocking.

01:22:07.309 --> 01:22:10.970
For like team play, I really like in the error

01:22:10.970 --> 01:22:13.750
correct drill. So if you're playing like a wash

01:22:13.750 --> 01:22:16.649
drill or whatever, whenever there's an error,

01:22:16.909 --> 01:22:21.090
you repeat like it's a fast pace. So like you're

01:22:21.090 --> 01:22:24.189
continually going. But when there's an error,

01:22:24.449 --> 01:22:28.949
the ball is entered from that error. So like

01:22:28.949 --> 01:22:31.590
let's say a player goes up and hits a ball out

01:22:31.590 --> 01:22:34.390
and out of system set. The ball hits is hit out.

01:22:35.520 --> 01:22:38.340
Right away, the ball is tossed, the same player

01:22:38.340 --> 01:22:40.420
sets the out -of -system ball, and we hit it

01:22:40.420 --> 01:22:44.079
again. If the player gets blocked, you run the

01:22:44.079 --> 01:22:48.619
same scenario, set it again. If the blocker gets

01:22:48.619 --> 01:22:51.380
tooled, immediately run the exact same play,

01:22:51.500 --> 01:22:54.100
hitter makes the same swing. So it's just like

01:22:54.100 --> 01:22:57.460
very fast pace, and you're doing the same action

01:22:57.460 --> 01:23:00.140
that an error was made on right away. I like

01:23:00.140 --> 01:23:02.939
both of those drills. I think they do a good

01:23:02.939 --> 01:23:06.670
job of incorporating. Eye progressions and allowing

01:23:06.670 --> 01:23:09.310
you to work on something and being fast paced

01:23:09.310 --> 01:23:11.569
with lots of touches. Like those are all hallmarks

01:23:11.569 --> 01:23:14.250
of good drills. If we're looking for something

01:23:14.250 --> 01:23:16.710
specific, a passing drill I really like. Oh,

01:23:16.710 --> 01:23:20.289
here he comes. He's got one. He's like, it's

01:23:20.289 --> 01:23:24.529
not the drill. It's not. Again, it is. But those

01:23:24.529 --> 01:23:27.210
were both good examples. I like when you're passing

01:23:27.210 --> 01:23:29.630
different angles. So passing a ball from in front

01:23:29.630 --> 01:23:31.449
of you, passing a ball from the side of the court.

01:23:31.510 --> 01:23:33.770
So you have two coaches or players, one and one.

01:23:34.329 --> 01:23:37.569
one and five, and they both will serve at the

01:23:37.569 --> 01:23:39.750
same time to two different passers who are also

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one and five. So the first serve is a line to

01:23:41.909 --> 01:23:44.449
line serve. And then right after that, they serve

01:23:44.449 --> 01:23:46.590
a cross court serve. So you have two people passing,

01:23:46.729 --> 01:23:49.449
two people serving. There's lots of ball movement.

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It's pretty quick. Nobody's standing around.

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And then after that, you can do an actual live

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serve where both passers are working together.

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So you're getting three contacts in a short period

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of time, one from in front, one from the side.

01:24:01.470 --> 01:24:03.050
and then a live arm that you're kind of looking

01:24:03.050 --> 01:24:05.350
at and reading. So I think that's also a good

01:24:05.350 --> 01:24:08.909
one. You want the ability to make decisions along

01:24:08.909 --> 01:24:10.989
with the skill that you're working on in general.

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If you're working with little kids, the drill

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that I like is, and I'm not a proponent of getting

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your hip around the ball when you pass all the

01:24:21.609 --> 01:24:23.270
time. I don't think you need to get your hip

01:24:23.270 --> 01:24:26.890
squared behind the ball every time. But when

01:24:26.890 --> 01:24:29.350
you're a beginner and maybe moving your feet,

01:24:29.920 --> 01:24:34.800
isn't natural yet one that I love and I always

01:24:34.800 --> 01:24:37.399
do with like little kids is like throw a ball

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over the net and they have to like run to the

01:24:39.979 --> 01:24:43.100
ball and let it bounce between their legs like

01:24:43.100 --> 01:24:46.659
on the fly a lot of fun and so that like works

01:24:46.659 --> 01:24:51.720
on eye tracking you know footwork movement and

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then like once they can consistently track the

01:24:55.100 --> 01:24:57.319
ball and like get there in a stable position

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then they can start working on actually passing.

01:25:01.340 --> 01:25:04.439
Agreed. Great questions. Just a couple. Great

01:25:04.439 --> 01:25:08.199
questions today. It was hard to pick, but there

01:25:08.199 --> 01:25:11.060
are still some good ones in the bank. All right.

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Looking forward to this week. Wednesday at 9

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p .m. Eastern, we have NCAA USC versus UC Irvine.

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So top 10 matchups. Should be a good game. Thursday

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at 8 p .m. Eastern, also NCAA men's, Lewis versus

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Loyola Chicago. So that's another kind of division

01:25:30.189 --> 01:25:34.310
rivalry match. So that'll be a good one. Friday

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at 7 p .m. Eastern, we have MLV Indy versus Orlando.

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That'll be on Roku. So those are both top teams

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in that league. One versus three, yeah. Well,

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yeah, they're near the top. And then Friday at

01:25:46.880 --> 01:25:49.720
7 .30 p .m., we have Love Austin versus Salt

01:25:49.720 --> 01:25:54.140
Lake on ESPN+. It is the infamous Love Classic

01:25:54.140 --> 01:25:59.819
weekend, everybody in Kansas City. So that is

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one of the matches for the Love Classic. I wonder

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if they're going to come up with any bogus rules

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here. I guess we'll find out. I think that rule

01:26:09.699 --> 01:26:11.760
is what drove Barbellini out of the league. He's

01:26:11.760 --> 01:26:15.170
like, forget it, I'm out. That was the best initial

01:26:15.170 --> 01:26:19.810
matchup of that weekend, so check it out. That

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concludes this week's episode of Volley Talk.

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