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Post by Phaedrus on Aug 14, 2007 21:11:35 GMT -5
Thanks Simon. Great to know.
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Post by Edmond on Aug 14, 2007 22:01:42 GMT -5
Japan volleyball association controls the pool assignments. Why? Because they pay the most money to FIVB.
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Post by Edmond on Aug 14, 2007 22:06:16 GMT -5
China still need Feng Kun, she is recovering from injuries right now. The head coach is pretty tough on the new setter, Wei. She was blamed for the 5 sets loss to Poland and Italy. I thought that was pretty harsh as she is only 19. Can you imagine a college freshman setter leading Team USA. OTOH, I think Yang Hao is done, she is still on the team but her terminating abilities is no longer there, she had about 8/9 attempts in the fifth set of the CHINA-ITALY match but ended with 0 kills in that set Yang's not done yet. She just had tonsillitis and undergone a minor surgery while in Hong Kong.
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Post by Edmond on Aug 14, 2007 22:15:48 GMT -5
I do not know much about Zhang Ping and Sun Yue Zhang Ping had knee surgery in Germany earlier this year. According to a recent news article, she will most likely not make it to the Beijing Olympics as she needs another year to fully cover. As for Sun, she married some guy in Hong Kong and is now a reporter.
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Post by Edmond on Aug 17, 2007 21:31:26 GMT -5
Do you know if the training is that different from Lang Ping to Chen Zhong He? Because Lang Ping is doing more teaching than training here in the USA. I know a girl who is training with the senior USA team and she said it was hard but it hasn't been brutal. I also think the gymnasiums have a lot to do with it. They train and play hard on really hard surfaces, which means that they will break down sooner. I also know a couple of Chinese men's player and they keep telling me stories that make me cringe. The Chinese players also tend to misstate their age in order to play longer in the Junior team. You think the Chinese young setter Wei is really 19? She's probably 22 or 23. Wong Yimei, Xue Ming, and Ma Yunwen were all born in 85, so they're actually 22.
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