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Post by socal3 on May 8, 2018 15:18:34 GMT -5
My educated guess is YES along with James Hartley, Joe Karlous, Akhil Tangutur, Adam Chang...Ethan Hill just committed to UCLA.
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Post by Volleyfan024 on May 8, 2018 15:40:51 GMT -5
Is Lamp waiting on Stanford admissions? A lot of academic guys in this class. Stanford, Princeton, Harvard All will get their guys.
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Post by CoastalVB on May 8, 2018 16:55:54 GMT -5
My educated guess is YES along with James Hartley, Joe Karlous, Akhil Tangutur, Adam Chang...Ethan Hill just committed to UCLA. I would add Nathaniel Gates to this list as well.
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Post by bouncethat on May 8, 2018 20:04:15 GMT -5
Is Lamp waiting on Stanford admissions? Yes.
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Post by Disc808 on May 9, 2018 0:52:05 GMT -5
Ahh the allure of a Stanford degree
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Post by newtothis55 on May 16, 2018 15:19:41 GMT -5
any idea when they will officially announce this team?
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Post by spikeya on May 23, 2018 18:28:08 GMT -5
So if I’m reading this right... There’s a kid with decent chance of being on the USA Junior National Team and he’s not even a starter for his club team? God damn Balboa Bay is way too good of a club. Chandler went to Balboa for the training knowing that Sheward was goong to set that yeam regardless. I believe his grandfather was a co-Founder of the club with Charlie. BONES was done and he needed a good club.
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Post by spikeya on May 23, 2018 18:34:02 GMT -5
Or is USA volleyball not selecting top of the class candidates? Last year the best setters in the youth age group were the smaller setters ... Garrett Zoig, Blake Crisp, Chris Hall... yet USA also feels compelled to include “less accomplished” setters Chris David, Chandler... who are part of the 6’5 club. Not only are these taller setters not as good from a technique, delivery tempo, location, foot speed, agility, athleticism, creativity, leadership, read, defensive perspective, I would argue they aren’t necessarily as good at blocking either! USA, like father Speraw, loves height despite deficiencies that may exist. USA is USA. Height above all else. So you take a variety of setters. I see nothing wrong with USA taking chances on height, which apparently that can’t be taught. But with top level and coaching and strength program everything else you listed can be improved upon. That being said, I don’t know if Chandler is the guy to do that with. PS: “father Speraw” played small ball for half of the season this year before moving Hatch to libero. With the Hatch/Missry/Hess pin combo, that had to be about as small as it got in the MPSF or Big West. Know he sat for a variety of reasons, but Arnitz was able to be fresh for the end of the season. I’m assuming you and/or your kids might be considered undersized volleyball players? How is Chandler Less accomplished than them? Hall I inderstand as he has been on the Youth Team. But with Crisp, Chandler is as accomplished or more. Better blocker and defender for sure and the ceiling for him is far higher than both Hall and Crisp. Chandler runs a pretty good offense and makes really good setting decisions. I believe Brendins accomplishments actually may be higher then both of these two other than Hall being the Youh team setter which would trump Chandler but Crisp certainly isn’t more accomplished. Atvyhe end of the day all three of these setters are fantastic and should be given credit because they each have some very valuable traits to there games and hopefully will push each other to grow and be better in the short time they get to train against and with each other. Congrats to all three!
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Post by spikeya on May 23, 2018 18:38:04 GMT -5
Or is USA volleyball not selecting top of the class candidates? Last year the best setters in the youth age group were the smaller setters ... Garrett Zoig, Blake Crisp, Chris Hall... yet USA also feels compelled to include “less accomplished” setters Chris David, Chandler... who are part of the 6’5 club. Not only are these taller setters not as good from a technique, delivery tempo, location, foot speed, agility, athleticism, creativity, leadership, read, defensive perspective, I would argue they aren’t necessarily as good at blocking either! USA, like father Speraw, loves height despite deficiencies that may exist. USA is USA. Height above all else. I know he was just an example but Garrett Zolg is too old for the junior team despite being in the freshman class. He definitely would’ve made it if he could’ve. Can’t really be sure any of these three are “the guy”. Despite what you may feel. Height DOES matter at the higher levels. This is fact not fiction. That is not to say that undersized players cant excell because there are many examples with both genders that do. But if you can find the height,heart and ability they will have the upper hand. Remember “you cant coach height”!
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Post by scvasupremacist on May 23, 2018 18:41:42 GMT -5
This is probably just a bias dads view on the roster this year, but I feel like there are better kids to add over Chandler and Steele.
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Post by socal3 on May 23, 2018 19:25:28 GMT -5
Sheward is setting over Chandler because he’s a better setter, not taller but better. It has nothing to do with his grandfather either. He connects with his hitters better, his game tempo is better, his out of system is better, he’s got a better all around game. Does that mean USA would select Sheward over Chandler? Absolutely not.
I agree that height is a preferred physical attribute in this sport, but there’s a trade off. 6’6, slow, unatletic, limited agility isn’t as compelling as quick, athletic, 6’1 with hops. I am not necessarily describing Chandler here, but trying to make a point about evaluating the whole player. USA (and most fans and coaches) typically overweight height relative to these other characteristics and USA has an arrogance with respect to their ability to “train” these other components. They may have the ability to do so to a degree, but training speed and athleticism has limitations as well. USA will always invest more effort into training height. I get it.
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Post by spikeya on May 24, 2018 0:53:18 GMT -5
Agree to disagree. Balboa is known for loyalty since the beginning of the club existence and they would never step on the toes of the grandfather. This is fact not fiction. Sheward is a good setter for sure no doubt and from what I have heard an amazing young man. When it comes to setting he does not run a better offense in terms of being dynamic. Very predictable actually. 100% does not block better. Does play better defense. Serving is ehhhh either way you are comparing a jump serve and a float serve that are both decent but will need to pick it up at college. Again Sheward is great and is perfect for Balboa but we can agree to disagree regarding the better setter.
And Yes when there is a pipeline the taller players are going to get the first looks so a guy like Steele (someone mentioned him) who has major upside and potential should get a shot just as Chandler and perhaps Buddy Scott as well. Heck McKibbin brings more to the table in terms of energy and feistiness and has quite a bloodline.
The boys who made the roster are there for a reason and credit should be given. They are all great players and have earned there opportunities.
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Post by spikeya on May 24, 2018 1:06:59 GMT -5
This is probably just a bias dads view on the roster this year, but I feel like there are better kids to add over Chandler and Steele. That’s a statement with no validity. Name the guys and the reasons why? Perhaps you are the bias dad? Were you at the tryouts? Why do you feel this? Guess when the next four years are all said and done then and only then will we really know. All these boys have so much room for growth and maturity. I feel that each kid in the roster should be applauded because it was probably a goal of there’s and for someone to diminish that is wrong. Coaches have egos and for that I try to trust that the coaches chose the guys that they felt were the best for the team. Sure some don’t work out in and it could be one of the other kids. Geez Riley Salmon played JC ball and wasn’t even on a radar and now is an Olympic gold medalist starter! Everything pans out in the end and all these boys are ultra talented and bring something to the table. Men’s colleges have 4.5 scholarships per team and don’t waste money on guys they don’t think will help them. I am not sure who or how much money these guys got in terms of that but I would imagine some. So the people that really matter in terms of Volleyball see something special in each kid and I got news for you none of us on a message board matter. Credit to all the boys and the coaches. USA
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Post by Dimatteo69 on May 24, 2018 14:40:49 GMT -5
Isn’t Chandler a 6’6” 118 lb setter? There must be some politics in the pipeline...
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Post by spikeya on May 24, 2018 22:13:45 GMT -5
Isn’t Chandler a 6’6” 118 lb setter? There must be some politics in the pipeline... Way to attack a kid! You should be proud of yourself behind the keyboard! There are many skinny players who are good. He just happens to be one of them. I have coached against all these kids and have seen them. You shouldn’t hate on a kid because you couldn’t live up to any of there talents. And yes smart guy there is politics in everything...everything!!!
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