Post by redincolorado on Jan 29, 2014 16:18:44 GMT -5
John Cook expects to see an improved team in the second season that Nebraska fields a sand volleyball team.
The Nebraska coach doesn’t know if the Huskers will have a top-tier No. 1 pair like they did last season with experienced sand players Kelsey Robinson and Alexa Strange, but expects the Huskers to be a stronger team from top to bottom.
“(German freshman middle blocker Melanie Keil) has played some sand, and she’s been a big surprise. Kira Larson hadn’t played any sand, but she’s such a good athlete. She’s going to be like Hayley Thramer was last year. Hayley never (had) played, and then was on our No. 2 team at the end.”
For now, there is the AVCA Collegiate Sand Volleyball National Championships. Nebraska was not able to send players last season because of a conflict with finals, and Cook says that will be the case again this year.
* Sophomore middle blocker Meghan Haggerty will probably not play matches with the sand team this spring. She’s opted to focus on taking her physical training for indoor volleyball to another level. She’s been doing some sand training, while also mixing in cross-training workouts such as kick boxing and swimming.
Read more @:
journalstar.com/sports/huskers/volleyball/huskers-training-for-second-sand-volleyball-season/article_9e5c0491-9c39-5370-92c5-8fffc039fc45.html
The Nebraska coach doesn’t know if the Huskers will have a top-tier No. 1 pair like they did last season with experienced sand players Kelsey Robinson and Alexa Strange, but expects the Huskers to be a stronger team from top to bottom.
“(German freshman middle blocker Melanie Keil) has played some sand, and she’s been a big surprise. Kira Larson hadn’t played any sand, but she’s such a good athlete. She’s going to be like Hayley Thramer was last year. Hayley never (had) played, and then was on our No. 2 team at the end.”
For now, there is the AVCA Collegiate Sand Volleyball National Championships. Nebraska was not able to send players last season because of a conflict with finals, and Cook says that will be the case again this year.
* Sophomore middle blocker Meghan Haggerty will probably not play matches with the sand team this spring. She’s opted to focus on taking her physical training for indoor volleyball to another level. She’s been doing some sand training, while also mixing in cross-training workouts such as kick boxing and swimming.
Read more @:
journalstar.com/sports/huskers/volleyball/huskers-training-for-second-sand-volleyball-season/article_9e5c0491-9c39-5370-92c5-8fffc039fc45.html
