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Post by chipNdink on Oct 13, 2014 18:52:15 GMT -5
And a young lady from a tier 2 volleyball school like Pepperdine can really get it done. :-) I think one of the interesting things about Hill is that for a while it seemed like she would be playing sand volleyball after college, not indoor. Makes you wonder how great an indoor team with Misty May, Kerri Walsh, and April Ross would've been.
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Post by redbeard2008 on Oct 13, 2014 18:59:48 GMT -5
Do any of these players hail from a booming metropolis? Leland, MI? Kent, WA? Dubuque, IA? Stockton, CA? Orem, UT? Hooper, NE? Bartlett, IL? Cincinnati, OH? Plantation, FL? Hopewell Township, PA? Burnsville, MN? Zanesville, OH? Wilmington, IL? Portland, OR? Dubuque is actually one of the larger cities. Or is this just a Kim Hill slam? Portland 609,000 Plantation 90,000 Burnsville 60,000 Zanesville 25,000 Hopewell Township 12,000 Wilmington 5,700 Bartlett 41,500 Stockton 300,000 Hooper 800 Orem 90,000 Dubuque 60,000 Kent 125,000 Leland 2,000 Cincinnati 300,000 I think it's cool how far-flung the homes are. Kent is a suburb of Seattle; Orem is a suburb of Salt Lake City; Hooper is a suburb of Omaha; Bartlett is a suburb of Chicago; Plantation is a suburb of Ft. Lauderdale; Hopewell Township is a suburb of Pittsburgh; Burnsville is a suburb of Bloomington; Zanesville is a suburb of Columbus; Wilmington is a suburb of Chicago. The only one that is not a metropolis or suburb of a metropolis is Leland, MI.
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Post by mplssetter on Oct 13, 2014 19:13:55 GMT -5
Burnsville, MN is not a suburb of Bloomington. Both are suburbs of Minneapolis.
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Post by coloradokidd on Oct 13, 2014 19:49:56 GMT -5
Hooper, NE is 50 miles NW of Omaha and around 66 miles due north of Lincoln.
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Post by OptimusPrime on Oct 13, 2014 19:57:51 GMT -5
3) Setting - We've had stellar setter play in spurts before, but Alisha pretty much brought it every day. I think she also was much better setting both high and fast to the pins. Alisha is a very intelligent setter. You can count on her to make the right choices and make the quick reads. Her weakness is her execution. She can go through rough patches where her timing and/or execution of the sets is a bit off. But I would rather have a smart(er) setter making the right decisions rather than a technically proficient setter that too often makes the wrong reads and choices. Right now she is the most indispensable player on the team.
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Post by milkmandan on Oct 13, 2014 20:25:51 GMT -5
Hooper is absolutely not a suburb of anything except a cornfield. It is the very definition of rural.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2014 20:30:19 GMT -5
Zanesville is not a suburb of Columbus either.
Orem is not a suburb of Salt Lake City. It's closer to Provo, but not a Provo suburb either.
Wilmington is not a suburb of Chicago.
I now have serious doubts about the research that went into redbeard's post.
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Post by sasa on Oct 13, 2014 20:41:34 GMT -5
Anyone know the difference between World Championship and World Cup? Which one's a bigger deal?
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Post by volleyguy on Oct 13, 2014 20:47:06 GMT -5
Anyone know the difference between World Championship and World Cup? Which one's a bigger deal? World Cup is an Olympic qualifier. Top 3 teams qualify (it also adds points to world rankings).. It also has implications for continental championships. For example, if USA places in the top three at World Cup and also wins the NORCECA continental championship, then the 2nd place NORCECA team qualifies for the Olympics (likely to be Dominican Republic). That scenario can exist for any continental championship, and it's pretty significant for Europe where there is a concentration of good teams competing for limited spots. Brazil, as Olympic host, is automatically qualified, so if it places in the top three, then the #4 team will qualify.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2014 20:54:24 GMT -5
It's also held the year before the Olympics. Championship is 2 years before.
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Post by sasa on Oct 13, 2014 20:56:30 GMT -5
Thanks VG and Susu.
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Post by leftcoaster71 on Oct 13, 2014 21:39:20 GMT -5
Anyone know the difference between World Championship and World Cup? Which one's a bigger deal? World Cup is an Olympic qualifier. Top 3 teams qualify (it also adds points to world rankings).. It also has implications for continental championships. For example, if USA places in the top three at World Cup and also wins the NORCECA continental championship, then the 2nd place NORCECA team qualifies for the Olympics (likely to be Dominican Republic). That scenario can exist for any continental championship, and it's pretty significant for Europe where there is a concentration of good teams competing for limited spots. Brazil, as Olympic host, is automatically qualified, so if it places in the top three, then the #4 team will qualify. Since Brazil has already qualified, they will not be participating in the World Cup. It was talked about in one of the broadcasts this weekend.
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Post by volleyguy on Oct 13, 2014 21:56:45 GMT -5
World Cup is an Olympic qualifier. Top 3 teams qualify (it also adds points to world rankings).. It also has implications for continental championships. For example, if USA places in the top three at World Cup and also wins the NORCECA continental championship, then the 2nd place NORCECA team qualifies for the Olympics (likely to be Dominican Republic). That scenario can exist for any continental championship, and it's pretty significant for Europe where there is a concentration of good teams competing for limited spots. Brazil, as Olympic host, is automatically qualified, so if it places in the top three, then the #4 team will qualify. Since Brazil has already qualified, they will not be participating in the World Cup. It was talked about in one of the broadcasts this weekend. Yes, it looks like the same thing happened with China in 2007, so it's probably not a choice by the team to not participate. Thanks for pointing that out.
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Post by Jack on Oct 13, 2014 22:23:34 GMT -5
Why does Japan get to host the World Cup every single time? Talk about an in built advantage every four years.
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Post by mikegarrison on Oct 13, 2014 22:24:24 GMT -5
Do any of these players hail from a booming metropolis? Leland, MI? Kent, WA? Dubuque, IA? Stockton, CA? Orem, UT? Hooper, NE? Bartlett, IL? Cincinnati, OH? Plantation, FL? Hopewell Township, PA? Burnsville, MN? Zanesville, OH? Wilmington, IL? Portland, OR? Dubuque is actually one of the larger cities. Or is this just a Kim Hill slam? ;) Portland 609,000 Plantation 90,000 Burnsville 60,000 Zanesville 25,000 Hopewell Township 12,000 Wilmington 5,700 Bartlett 41,500 Stockton 300,000 Hooper 800 Orem 90,000 Dubuque 60,000 Kent 125,000 Leland 2,000 Cincinnati 300,000 I think it's cool how far-flung the homes are. Don't be dissing Portlandia, sir! (Leave that pleasure to those of us from Seattle! Kind of like how only the big brother gets to pick on the little brother....) I live very near where Courtney Thompson played high school. It is definitely suburban but on the rural boundary, and yet it's also well within the Seattle metro sphere of influence. Most people here would not say they come from a small town, they would say they come from "Seattle".)
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