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Post by VolleyballMag on Jun 14, 2017 12:08:31 GMT -5
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Post by JB Southpaw on Jun 15, 2017 7:43:54 GMT -5
Well written, formed the stories nicely.
However, for me I new all those stories.
Since you are writing for the VBall community and mostly the beach community, I'd like to get something out of articles I can't find reading results.
Phil/Nick lost and WD
BRA/CAN made semis
Ed/Zaun made a run
etc. I knew all this.
I did like the comparison of the 3 stops, and being candid about HB. And also hitting on the live broadcast. (thought Tri did great by himself & the guests were excellent)
When Mark Burik did his reports last year, he offered a ton of insider info.
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Post by JB Southpaw on Jun 15, 2017 8:39:32 GMT -5
Here are Billy Allen's thoughts on NYC: billyketchallen.com/2017/06/14/nyc-avp-experiments-in-time-travel/"The New York City Open was the first tournament in the new AVP Gold Series and had one of the deepest fields. The 35th seed in the qualifier was a team of two Olympians, Canadian Chaim Schalk and Brazilian legend Ricardo Santos. They would go on to qualify and upset the number 1 seeded team of Dalhausser/Lucena. Over on our end, Stafford and I lost our first match of the tournament to Ratledge/Zaun, 22-20, 18-21, 15-12. I didn’t play well, struggling to side-out from the windy side. I felt uncomfortable and wasn’t able to put much heat into my attacks. We were just coming off some solid play the week before in Moscow where we battled through multiple must-win games. New York felt like it was going to be a letdown tournament. This could be my worst finish in a couple years; the previous year I didn’t finish below 5th place in an AVP. From the way I felt after the match, it looked like that streak was over. Sitting in our player box, defeated, my mind ran through a possible future…" |
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Post by guest2 on Jun 15, 2017 8:55:44 GMT -5
Here are Billy Allen's thoughts on NYC: billyketchallen.com/2017/06/14/nyc-avp-experiments-in-time-travel/"The New York City Open was the first tournament in the new AVP Gold Series and had one of the deepest fields. The 35th seed in the qualifier was a team of two Olympians, Canadian Chaim Schalk and Brazilian legend Ricardo Santos. They would go on to qualify and upset the number 1 seeded team of Dalhausser/Lucena. Over on our end, Stafford and I lost our first match of the tournament to Ratledge/Zaun, 22-20, 18-21, 15-12. I didn’t play well, struggling to side-out from the windy side. I felt uncomfortable and wasn’t able to put much heat into my attacks. We were just coming off some solid play the week before in Moscow where we battled through multiple must-win games. New York felt like it was going to be a letdown tournament. This could be my worst finish in a couple years; the previous year I didn’t finish below 5th place in an AVP. From the way I felt after the match, it looked like that streak was over. Sitting in our player box, defeated, my mind ran through a possible future…" Thats a nice find. Enjoyed reading what Billy had to say. I understand why he has a different viewpoint than the Karch/Kerri, only one team wins mindset, but the degree to which he kind of accepts that letdown tournaments are inevitable makes me wonder if a more one track approach may help him. On the other hand given that unlike Karch/Kerri, Billy doesn't really have the potential to win every event this may be better for him |
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Post by JB Southpaw on Jun 15, 2017 10:42:01 GMT -5
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