Artamonova to return to National Team of Russia

[Murina]

adrimich said:

Predicting the outcome of the olympics is nearly impossible, anything could happen, why can't we just wait and see what happens. By the way, someone mentioned the potential of Cuba lies in the hands of Rosir Calderon, and NancY Carillo, just to name a few, I believe that they are still in the picture, nobody has the medaling experience of Cuba, they are always in it. As far as Artamanova is concerned, I couldn't see her adding anything to the Russian team, shes old news i don't care how good she was in the past, it reminds me of Tara Cross-Battle on the 2004 team, pretty much there for moral support and some defenisive relief. Its going to be an exciting summer!!!

Oh come on! If we don't start predicting out comes at some point, we won't be able to say "I told you so in..." when we're right! ;D

Artamanova is only about 32-33 years old which is still well within the range of effective play - especially if she is libero. And there is a big difference between Artamanova and TCB. Artamanova can lose 2 steps and still be better than TCB ever was!

[USAFAN]

murina said:

baywatcher said:

How does anybody keep up with the talent level on international teams? Travel to tournaments in Japan and Puerto Rico? Watch on jerky videos that don't show much via perspective anyway? Have a cable connection called Seria A Today? Amazed that anyone can have a good opinion on aging superstars that play thousands of miles away. Did go to Montrueux a few years ago,; amazing experience, although I guess the top teams don't always bring their top players.

Lots of people commenting on these threads live outside the USA. YouTube is another way. Even in the USA, if you want to pay attention you can.

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I am currently living in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil which is hosting the Pan Am Games this summer. I will get the opportunity to see the USA, Cuba, and Brazil (the principal contenders from the region) and I will attempt to give an exstensive evaluation of the current talent levels.

[Phaedrus]

So I checked the Bamboo's web site of the V-League in Japan. Artamonova is now Estes. Then I read on Volleypics that Artamonova had married Jeri Estes. So when did this all happen?

I knew Jeri's marriage to karpol was getting knocked about a bit but this was kind of a huge change. As the Volleyball World Turns........

[brybry2]

phaedrus said:

So I checked the Bamboo's web site of the V-League in Japan. Artamonova is now Estes. Then I read on Volleypics that Artamonova had married Jeri Estes. So when did this all happen?

I knew Jeri's marriage to karpol was getting knocked about a bit but this was kind of a huge change. As the Volleyball World Turns........

Is Jeri Estes American? It'd be nice if we could get the progeny of Artamanova. Maybe then we could win an Olympic medal.

[Phaedrus]

Jeri is from Hawaii, was assistant at Long Beach and was the head coach for the St. Louis franchise of the USPV.

He is the Asian looking fellow taking stats on the bench behind Karpol during the Olympics.

[pumpkin]

anyone know how tall JERI is

[itarusvolei]

Sorry to dissapoint fans of USA but Evgenia gave birth to a baby boy, he was born in Zurigo.

[foreignball]

itarusvolei said:

Sorry to dissapoint fans of USA but Evgenia gave birth to a baby boy, he was born in Zurigo.

If it comes down to citizenship:
It is a mere formality to obtain US passport as long as one of the parents is a US citizen (I assume the father is)

[OverAndUnder]

But if we want him to be a good player for our National Team, don't we want to keep him away from USA training systems until he is about 22, since we know the international clubs are much better at developing talent than american clubs+NCAA?

[brybry2]

overandunder said:

But if we want him to be a good player for our National Team, don't we want to keep him away from USA training systems until he is about 22, since we know the international clubs are much better at developing talent than american clubs+NCAA?

I'm not as familiar w/ the development of boys in the US or men's collegiate ball. I'm assuming they don't have 50 million substitutions (like our girls/women) and just have rules similar to the international game. Is that correct? I would make this guess because men's vball isn't as popular as women's, therefore colleges/clubs can't cram in every last guy into a team and just start cashing in the checks.
Not saying this makes the US a good place to develop male players, but just thinking they at least have one less handicap in terms of improving players w/in this system.