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Post by beachgrad on Jul 15, 2019 20:00:11 GMT -5
I have been watching a little of the U20 Junior National Team play in Mexico the last several days. LBSU’s 2020 setter Mia Tuaniga has been been the starting setter for the entire tournament. She is playing in front of the starting University of Washington setter that was all pac-12 freshman and a top 25 prep volleyball recruit coming out of high school. Pretty impressive for a young lady that just completed her junior year in high school.
She has played pretty good considering the limited practice time and not so good passing. She seems very poised, gets to a lot of ball that are not passed very well, good block for her size, and runs a pretty diverse and balanced offense. Very excited to see her in the lineup in 2020. Should be the start of something big.
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Post by Wolfgang on Jul 15, 2019 20:27:23 GMT -5
What is Brian G doing these days when he's not doing color commentary on vb telecasts? Is he surfing or playing beach vb or watching soaps?
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Post by beachgrad on Jul 15, 2019 21:36:39 GMT -5
Brian wanted to establish a new volleyball education company, primarily videos, but that also provided individual and group training world wide. He actually hired a film crew to document his training methods at his last camp subsequent to his retirement announcement. However, I hear he has been enjoying his time off so maybe the urgency to start a new company has faded.
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Post by thebeach1 on Jul 15, 2019 23:05:12 GMT -5
I have been watching a little of the U20 Junior National Team play in Mexico the last several days. LBSU’s 2020 setter Mia Tuaniga has been been the starting setter for the entire tournament. She is playing in front of the starting University of Washington setter that was all pac-12 freshman and a top 25 prep volleyball recruit coming out of high school. Pretty impressive for a young lady that just completed her junior year in high school. She has played pretty good considering the limited practice time and not so good passing. She seems very poised, gets to a lot of ball that are not passed very well, good block for her size, and runs a pretty diverse and balanced offense. Very excited to see her in the lineup in 2020. Should be the start of something big. Things are turning around for the Beach. If Kash Williams can continue to develop, and if Joy can add another terminator by 2020, Tuaniga could usher in the return of the Beach to the postseason. The future appears to be bright for LB women’s volleyball.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2019 11:17:01 GMT -5
I have been watching a little of the U20 Junior National Team play in Mexico the last several days. LBSU’s 2020 setter Mia Tuaniga has been been the starting setter for the entire tournament. She is playing in front of the starting University of Washington setter that was all pac-12 freshman and a top 25 prep volleyball recruit coming out of high school. Pretty impressive for a young lady that just completed her junior year in high school. She has played pretty good considering the limited practice time and not so good passing. She seems very poised, gets to a lot of ball that are not passed very well, good block for her size, and runs a pretty diverse and balanced offense. Very excited to see her in the lineup in 2020. Should be the start of something big. Been watching the U20 as well. She is a very good hs player but time will tell. Beach is probably a really good place for her to be. I would question her ability to set at Stanford, Nebraska, or a Texas and be successful. I am gonna guess she has limited potential, and don't think she is quite the player her brother is. I have seen many young setters recently that I think are gonna be big time contributors in D1 in a couple years, but I don't think Tuaniga is going to get LB back to any championships.
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Post by Word on Jul 16, 2019 11:44:41 GMT -5
I have been watching a little of the U20 Junior National Team play in Mexico the last several days. LBSU’s 2020 setter Mia Tuaniga has been been the starting setter for the entire tournament. She is playing in front of the starting University of Washington setter that was all pac-12 freshman and a top 25 prep volleyball recruit coming out of high school. Pretty impressive for a young lady that just completed her junior year in high school. She has played pretty good considering the limited practice time and not so good passing. She seems very poised, gets to a lot of ball that are not passed very well, good block for her size, and runs a pretty diverse and balanced offense. Very excited to see her in the lineup in 2020. Should be the start of something big. Been watching the U20 as well. She is a very good hs player but time will tell. Beach is probably a really good place for her to be. I would question her ability to set at Stanford, Nebraska, or a Texas and be successful. I am gonna guess she has limited potential, and don't think she is quite the player her brother is. I have seen many young setters recently that I think are gonna be big time contributors in D1 in a couple years, but I don't think Tuaniga is going to get LB back to any championships. People said the same thing about Mia when she entered high school. She seemed physically more mature at the time and everyone questioned her upside. 3 years later though she is still getting better and better and now starting on a team where she is far and away the youngest kid (she missed the age cut off for the Youth team by a couple weeks). If LB doesn’t get back to their championship days it will be due to a lack of firepower. Give me Mia’s hands and ability to run an offense any day of the week over the bigger setters.
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Post by beachgrad on Jul 16, 2019 18:21:26 GMT -5
I have been watching a little of the U20 Junior National Team play in Mexico the last several days. LBSU’s 2020 setter Mia Tuaniga has been been the starting setter for the entire tournament. She is playing in front of the starting University of Washington setter that was all pac-12 freshman and a top 25 prep volleyball recruit coming out of high school. Pretty impressive for a young lady that just completed her junior year in high school. She has played pretty good considering the limited practice time and not so good passing. She seems very poised, gets to a lot of ball that are not passed very well, good block for her size, and runs a pretty diverse and balanced offense. Very excited to see her in the lineup in 2020. Should be the start of something big. Been watching the U20 as well. She is a very good hs player but time will tell. Beach is probably a really good place for her to be. I would question her ability to set at Stanford, Nebraska, or a Texas and be successful. I am gonna guess she has limited potential, and don't think she is quite the player her brother is. I have seen many young setters recently that I think are gonna be big time contributors in D1 in a couple years, but I don't think Tuaniga is going to get LB back to any championships. Most people I talk to say Mia is a better athlete than her brother and she has the potential to be better. That is saying a lot since her brother is a very accomplished setter. Josh does not have the wow factor in his athletic ability or body movements but everything else makes him an elite setter. I expect her to be one of the top three setters in 2020 per prepvolleyball. Her hands and instincts are top notch and combined that with her physical ability she is an elite setter recruit.
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Post by bigfan on Jul 16, 2019 18:36:23 GMT -5
LBSU is 2019 Big west dark horse
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Post by kaipono on Jul 16, 2019 18:46:27 GMT -5
LBSU is 2019 Big west dark horse When Mia comes in 2020, I think LBSU will be a frontrunner for the Big West Title
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Post by bigfan on Jul 17, 2019 12:05:51 GMT -5
LBSU is 2019 Big west dark horse When Mia comes in 2020, I think LBSU will be a frontrunner for the Big West Title LBSU has very good coach's who knew they have a big rebuild. Slowly but surely they are improving. USC and UCLA are going down and LBSU next season will become the regional power.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2019 15:21:03 GMT -5
Been watching the U20 as well. She is a very good hs player but time will tell. Beach is probably a really good place for her to be. I would question her ability to set at Stanford, Nebraska, or a Texas and be successful. I am gonna guess she has limited potential, and don't think she is quite the player her brother is. I have seen many young setters recently that I think are gonna be big time contributors in D1 in a couple years, but I don't think Tuaniga is going to get LB back to any championships. Most people I talk to say Mia is a better athlete than her brother and she has the potential to be better. That is saying a lot since her brother is a very accomplished setter. Josh does not have the wow factor in his athletic ability or body movements but everything else makes him an elite setter. I expect her to be one of the top three setters in 2020 per prepvolleyball. Her hands and instincts are top notch and combined that with her physical ability she is an elite setter recruit. MMM...thats saying alot considering big brother has back to back D1 titles under his belt. And, considering the last few dismal seasons under the current coaching staff it sounds like a lot of wishful thinking. Nonetheless, would love to see some "knock-down drag-out" battles with Hawaii and Cal Poly at the Pyramid again. Been a long time, love that arena!
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Post by volleyguy on Jul 17, 2019 15:29:13 GMT -5
When Mia comes in 2020, I think LBSU will be a frontrunner for the Big West Title LBSU has very good coach's who knew they have a big rebuild. Slowly but surely they are improving. USC and UCLA are going down and LBSU next season will become the regional power. With the exception of Mia, Long Beach just doesn't compare yet with either of those schools talent-wise. If they can continue their past success, the University of San Diego is the obvious heir to the regional throne.
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Post by BLASÉ on Jul 17, 2019 15:41:03 GMT -5
Cal Poly is going back to mediocrity. its LBSU, Hawaii and everyone else as it should be.
Now for those who have followed Joy's coaching career, is it too early to determine if shes even a good coach? Wouldn't a good coach turn mediocre players into bigwest championship level teams? I know its a little early but just want to know your opinions.
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Post by WahineFan44 on Jul 17, 2019 15:48:49 GMT -5
Cal Poly is going back to mediocrity. its LBSU, Hawaii and everyone else as it should be. Now for those who have followed Joy's coaching career, is it too early to determine if shes even a good coach? Wouldn't a good coach turn mediocre players into bigwest championship level teams? I know its a little early but just want to know your opinions. What? Big west Championship level? No Joy IMO has some to work on, but her recruiting has been solid, and should help them tremendously. Starr williams and Mia t should bring this team very competitve
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Post by bigfan on Jul 17, 2019 17:13:49 GMT -5
LBSU has very good coach's who knew they have a big rebuild. Slowly but surely they are improving. USC and UCLA are going down and LBSU next season will become the regional power. With the exception of Mia, Long Beach just doesn't compare yet with either of those schools talent-wise. If they can continue their past success, the University of San Diego is the obvious heir to the regional throne. UCLA needs to improve or their coach is toast USC has some great players...........Lanier, Gross, Baptista but all are gone after 2019. Both teams will flounder in 2020, LBSU is on its way up.
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