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Post by haze on Jun 3, 2017 9:18:18 GMT -5
Looks like according to that site they are just doing men's first semifinal but both women's. Hope they do the other men's too.
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Post by iowasurfer on Jun 3, 2017 9:24:21 GMT -5
Looks like according to that site they are just doing men's first semifinal but both women's. Hope they do the other men's too. Good position for Phil and Nick.
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Post by guest2 on Jun 3, 2017 11:24:12 GMT -5
Northern Europe doing very well this event. I wonder if thats due to the cold? Maybe the lack of travel
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Post by guest2 on Jun 3, 2017 12:16:26 GMT -5
Summer/Brooke playing right now, just won the first despite playing a little sloppy. Thanks to that German team I no longer need to wonder what it would look like if Jen Fopma were cloned and played with herself. Brooke just bumping the ball over whenever she feels like it and they aren't picking it up at all.
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Post by wang pu on Jun 3, 2017 12:50:34 GMT -5
Summer/Brooke playing right now, just won the first despite playing a little sloppy. Thanks to that German team I no longer need to wonder what it would look like if Jen Fopma were cloned and played with herself. Brooke just bumping the ball over whenever she feels like it and they aren't picking it up at all. Summer/Sweat on to the championship!
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Post by geddyleeridesagain on Jun 3, 2017 13:30:23 GMT -5
Looks pretty cold there for beach VB. They had to delay matches yesterday to get snow off the courts.
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Post by guest2 on Jun 3, 2017 14:11:08 GMT -5
The giant Russian's hands look awful. Some definite home cooking going on there with the ref swallowing his whistle repeatedly.
Having the women wear the bra top over their tights looks preposterous. Either have them wear the bottoms too, which looks much better but still not great, or let them wear sweats and a shirt or whatever they want when its freezing. Beach volleyball uniforms are, have always been, and will always be dumb
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Post by guest2 on Jun 3, 2017 14:28:14 GMT -5
I dont understand what purpose coaches serve for some of these teams. Russia scored well against Nick in game 1, largely because Nick had problems with the huge blocker. They get down in Set 2 and need to come back.
Their next 5 serves Out Phil Nick - Got a point Phil Out
And one of those out serves looked to be headed for Phil. Russia was never going to win, Nick is dialed in on D, but why play super dumb if you are paying someone to do your thinking for you?
They finally go to Nick, then cut the lead from 5 to 2, the next three serves:
Phil In the net Phil
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Post by haze on Jun 3, 2017 14:36:35 GMT -5
Were they trying to serve extremely tough? Not that it matters so much, players that level should still be able to serve super aggressive and hit a specific side of the court.
Looks f'n miserable there. Why would they schedule a tournament there at this time of year, or is it unseasonably cold there?
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Post by guest2 on Jun 3, 2017 14:39:33 GMT -5
Were they trying to serve extremely tough? Not that it matters so much, players that level should still be able to serve super aggressive and hit a specific side of the court. Looks f'n miserable there. Why would they schedule a tournament there at this time of year, or is it unseasonably cold there? This is abnormal weather for this time of year, should be around 70-80 The serve that gave the US match point was in the net to Phil's side. Definitely trying to serve tough but thats what made it even dumber. Nick wasn't struggling on bad passes, he was getting perfect sets and giving up points. Its not like every team on tour doesn't know that Nick struggles with big blockers. Also that Russian is listed as 6'9 but looked much taller than Phil. Great to have two US teams back in the finals. Hopefully it stays cold for the women's final and warms up for the men
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Post by gk on Jun 4, 2017 12:59:38 GMT -5
Phil/Nick win set 1 21-17 then drop set 2 24-22 after having the lead most of the time.
Streaming live right now on fivb YouTube channel
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Post by guest2 on Jun 4, 2017 13:12:43 GMT -5
Phil and Nick really having to work to avoid winning this. Great match!
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Post by wlwii on Jun 4, 2017 13:16:51 GMT -5
Epic final!!!
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Post by JB Southpaw on Jun 4, 2017 13:17:16 GMT -5
some great rallies, the defender for RUS was fun to watch. Phil and Nick looked gassed in the 2nd set when they took their timeout.
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Post by donnyb on Jun 4, 2017 13:19:37 GMT -5
Wow what a finals. Very good match. Russia lost it by serving out to many times and not serving nick every ball. Nice to see USA with a first and second place πΊπΈ πΊπΈ πͺ
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