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Post by CityTechLegend on Mar 2, 2006 7:49:45 GMT -5
Too bad Rooneey can't get it over their block!! He has to be feasting in Korea if that is a typical block being put up. OUCH!! These guys are professionals. They know how to play the game at a different level. Timing is paramount in the international game when it comes to every thing they do, including block. Try watching a game, if you can before you comment on height, and blocking ability. You'd be surprized just how high some of these guys jump. Plus you'll definately be shocked at how tall Koreans get. Koreans are actually some of the tallest Asians you will ever meet. The average height of korean men is about 5'10" to 6'. The same as it is here in teh USA. I have played many a tournament with Korean guys taller than me, and I'm 6'2".  |
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Post by matty11 on Mar 2, 2006 9:07:34 GMT -5
Actually, the foreign players you see on the AVP are all under the "grandfather clause" which allows foreign players, who have played on the AVP before a certain year, might be like 2000 or 2001. No NEW foreign players are allowed to play on the AVP as far as i know. I think there were some Chinese teams playing last year but it was part of a deal the avp had with the Chinese govt....someone correct me if i'm wrong about that
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Post by volleydog on Mar 2, 2006 11:06:45 GMT -5
Too bad Rooney can't get it over their block!! He has to be feasting in Korea if that is a typical block being put up. OUCH!! These guys are professionals. They know how to play the game at a different level. Timing is paramount in the international game when it comes to every thing they do, including block. Try watching a game, if you can before you comment on height, and blocking ability. You'd be surprized just how high some of these guys jump. Plus you'll definately be shocked at how tall Koreans get. Koreans are actually some of the tallest Asians you will ever meet. The average height of korean men is about 5'10" to 6'. The same as it is here in teh USA. I have played many a tournament with Korean guys taller than me, and I'm 6'2". I'm sure glad we have an authority on everything volleyball in the form of NYCT coach!! I made a casual comment about a photo. From that photo Rooney is completely over a block that can't even get their elbows over the net when Rooney is in full extension over the net!! I have seen plenty of VB, and completely understand the nuances the international game. So are you saying you would rather have a player that was the same height as that block swinging for your team? Or are like me and would rather take your chances with an athlete like Rooney who is taller and obviously blessed with a much better vertical? Taller + vertical? I'll take my chances with the likes of Rooney over the defensive minded Asian players all day long! But I would like to thank you for your clarification of avg. heights around the world, while not forgetting to give us your height in order to validate your whole argument!!  |
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Post by shibbybeam on Mar 2, 2006 14:05:45 GMT -5
Actually, the foreign players you see on the AVP are all under the "grandfather clause" which allows foreign players, who have played on the AVP before a certain year, might be like 2000 or 2001. No NEW foreign players are allowed to play on the AVP as far as i know. I think there were some Chinese teams playing last year but it was part of a deal the avp had with the Chinese govt....someone correct me if i'm wrong about that I thought it was something like that. Doesn't this clause have to do with the FIVB league. |
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Post by matty11 on Mar 2, 2006 14:41:04 GMT -5
I thought it was something like that. Doesn't this clause have to do with the FIVB league. I don't believe so. The FIVB is a international federation so all foreigners are permitted to play. |
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Post by shibbybeam on Mar 2, 2006 15:38:18 GMT -5
I thought it was something like that. Doesn't this clause have to do with the FIVB league. I don't believe so. The FIVB is a international federation so all foreigners are permitted to play. I know that the FIVB is international players. I was asking if the clause for the AVP was made because the FIVB allows international players. |
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Post by pepperdoody on Mar 2, 2006 17:32:57 GMT -5
MIVA -YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME GAME FIRST !!! I hear Rooney may not go back to Korea next year . That's what my sources say . Lady killer, ha! If thats true vacation time to Korea in sight. |
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Post by mivamiva2 on Mar 2, 2006 18:27:44 GMT -5
I'm a better player than you ever were/will be...end of story
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Post by sexy on Mar 2, 2006 19:17:45 GMT -5
sean always had those sexy bedroom eyes!!
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Post by need2improve on Mar 2, 2006 23:47:01 GMT -5
btw, I'm an ethnically Korean, American and I stand over 6'3" tall. The average height of the Koreans that I saw on the train (and I rode the train in Seoul a lot) was not 5'10-6'. It was more likely to see men about the same height or shorter than my sister (who was travelling with me and stands over 5'8") than to see them much taller. [Please remember that I am just stating what I saw and observed. I am not making blanket truth statement that should go down as law.]
But the Koreans that play in the volleyball league are taller and know how to play. They'll adjust accordingly. But what I do know is that volleyball, just as in the states is a dying sport in Korea, it is not as watched and is quickly losing sponsership. There are only six men's and 5 women's team left. With the ever popular football (soccer to the Americans, like me) and baseball and the surgence of men's and women's basketball, volleyball is having a hard time.
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Post by mikesmith on Mar 3, 2006 15:08:20 GMT -5
Yes, men's volleyball is having some hardships.
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Post by deeg on Mar 3, 2006 18:15:43 GMT -5
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Post by chicken15 on Mar 10, 2006 20:15:04 GMT -5
I heard after one match that some asian chick in the stands came up to him and proposed to him.....he said no of course.
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