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Post by OverAndUnder on Oct 25, 2006 17:29:36 GMT -5
Wait, I'm confused. I thought this thread was going to be about the Big West Conference.
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Post by chancelucky on Oct 25, 2006 19:56:58 GMT -5
We've had two daughters play high school volleyball. They've both gotten to play a lot and the teams have at least been pretty good. Because of club, we've gotten to know families on the other teams as well. For us, obviously it's fun to watch your own kids and much of the joy of watching high school matches is seeing kids grow as players and individuals.
I don't necessarily watch to see anyone hit like Angie Pressey or even Kristin Kathan who plays back row only at Cal now. Low level D1 has better hitters than even the best high school matches in our area, though some of the high school hitters here do become D! players. (there is a huge difference between most when in high school and after 2 years of college play though)
The real thrill of high school is seeing teams learning to compete under pressure. Part of the fun is seeing a kid who's not terribly athletic get pulled off the bench in an emergency and get a serve in or swing a couple times and not hit the ball in the net. Obviously, it helps if you know the story, but the high school version has its own pleasures.
I would say that when the older one graduated and the younger one wasn't old enough for high school, I went to maybe 1 high school match a year though. I'm not sure what we'll do or want to do when the younger one greaduates. If we're lucky and if things work out, I guess we'll get to watch her college matches, but we'll likely still watch maybe a match or two a year.
One issue though with high school volleyball is that when it's a mismatch.....it's pretty extreme. It means there's not much to see for a good half the year because no one's getting to play in a situation where the outcome is in doubt at all. (at least in any serious doubt)
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2006 10:22:17 GMT -5
I personally enjoy -- as the husband of a high school VB coach -- sitting in the stands and listening to the parents rip my wife for all slights under the sun. That's always fun.
Or the letter where a mother said her daughter had stopped praying because of her lack of playing time. Or the email which hoped our daughters would never have to play for someone as sadistic as their mother.
On the other hand, there's something special about watching kids mature from 9th graders with nary a clue to 12th graders with a clue or two. And I know the wife has loved them all, even the ones she was out to ruin.
Me? You couldn't pay me enough money to take that job.
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Post by Wolfgang on Oct 26, 2006 10:48:17 GMT -5
... Or the letter where a mother said her daughter had stopped praying because of her lack of playing time. ... That was me. I had to mask my identity (so I made myself a mother). Oh, and that's not really my daughter. Thank you.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2006 11:13:50 GMT -5
That's weird. I often find myself calling you a "Mother". Coincidence?
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Post by The Bofa on the Sofa on Oct 26, 2006 13:15:14 GMT -5
My daughter plays HS volleyball, so I attend every one of her games. We also host two tournaments and attend a large tournament, so I see a lot of HS volleyball each Fall. There are some really good games (like last night) and some downright ugly ones. . Not specific to high school, BTW. I have always wanted at one time to check out a match played by some of the worst teams in DII and DIII. Teams like St Pauls. Check out the box scores of these teams, if you can find them. These are teams whose opponents _average_ 30 aces a match against them. Their leading hitters for a match will have 4 kills. For the match. Amazingly, they still manage to get 2 or 3 blocks a match, somehow. Sadly, it's not like they are playing top competition, either. St Pauls can play the #250 team in DII (out of 270) and still get aced 20 times in the match, never breaking 20 points.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2006 13:26:51 GMT -5
Hitters who believe they can hit the ball straight down are more likely to be blocked. Sometimes by accident.
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Post by Wolfgang on Oct 26, 2006 13:49:35 GMT -5
I still think Ruffda's "Quote Within a Quote" thread is the best from this past week. It's essential reading for those interested in a master class on how to start a compelling thread.
Okay. Maybe not.
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Post by The Bofa on the Sofa on Oct 26, 2006 13:55:45 GMT -5
Hitters who believe they can hit the ball straight down are more likely to be blocked. Sometimes by accident. If the ball bounces off the defenders head and flies into the back corner on your side of the court, would it still be a block? I wouldn't be surprised if 3/4 of the blocks are by accident.
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Post by BearClause on Oct 26, 2006 14:37:50 GMT -5
OK - I'm circling that St Mary's College HS (Berkeley, CA) at Bishop O'Dowd HS (Oakland, CA) match on my schedule. Only problems are that the varsity contest is scheduled for 5 PM, and it's a bit aways and near East Oakland.
Supposedly the star hitters are (Miami-bound) senior Ariell Cooke for O'Dowd and junior Tarah Murrey for St Mary's. Apparenly Murrey has been out for a while resting an injury. These teams had somewhat more offensive firepower last season - O'Dowd had setter Joanna Evans and St Mary's had middle Natalie Bogan.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2006 15:07:08 GMT -5
Hitters who believe they can hit the ball straight down are more likely to be blocked. Sometimes by accident. If the ball bounces off the defenders head and flies into the back corner on your side of the court, would it still be a block? I wouldn't be surprised if 3/4 of the blocks are by accident. Yes. That's a block.
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Post by GatorVball on Nov 2, 2006 15:27:07 GMT -5
Class 6A, Region 1 finals tonight, Buchholz hosting Winter Park. It's a shame the 2 best teams in the state are meeting in a region final instead of the state finals. Winner goes to the final 4. I hope it's a great match, I'll be attending. No doubt this is the hot ticket in the area for tonight.
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Post by Thrill of the 'ville on Nov 2, 2006 22:19:16 GMT -5
Class 6A, Region 1 finals tonight, Buchholz hosting Winter Park. It's a shame the 2 best teams in the state are meeting in a region final instead of the state finals. Winner goes to the final 4. I hope it's a great match, I'll be attending. No doubt this is the hot ticket in the area for tonight. Hot ticket in the area? UF basketball played their first game of the season tonight...that was the hot ticket.
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Post by GatorVball on Nov 2, 2006 22:22:58 GMT -5
Tickets for the exhibition game were easy to come by. Tickets for this vball match, not so much. I couldn't get in. Winter Park won, but I don't know any of the particulars.
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Post by Thrill of the 'ville on Nov 2, 2006 22:47:47 GMT -5
Tickets for the exhibition game were easy to come by. Tickets for this vball match, not so much. I couldn't get in. Winter Park won, but I don't know any of the particulars. If I would've known that you needed a ticket to the volleyball match I could have gotten you one, oh well, too late now.
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