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Post by joetrinsey on Dec 20, 2022 20:14:02 GMT -5
Doesn’t it make sense that you see more men at the upper tier of coaches in the women’s game because women’s playing careers on average, last longer than men involved with the sport? Mainly because of amount of options out of high school. You see more men because salaries are better on the women’s side. And coaching involves a work/life balance that causes many women to drop out of pushing for the elite jobs. |
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Post by babybacksets on Dec 20, 2022 20:31:23 GMT -5
Doesn’t it make sense that you see more men at the upper tier of coaches in the women’s game because women’s playing careers on average, last longer than men involved with the sport? Mainly because of amount of options out of high school. You see more men because salaries are better on the women’s side. And coaching involves a work/life balance that causes many women to drop out of pushing for the elite jobs. So you don’t think men on average get involved with coaching sooner than women? Especially as college student assistants. |
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Post by joetrinsey on Dec 20, 2022 21:08:35 GMT -5
You see more men because salaries are better on the women’s side. And coaching involves a work/life balance that causes many women to drop out of pushing for the elite jobs. So you don’t think men on average get involved with coaching sooner than women? Especially as college student assistants. I don’t think it’s the main factor. There are plenty of women who coach while in college. |
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Post by staticb on Dec 20, 2022 21:40:20 GMT -5
Do any coaches/players/team’s practice not just tooling the block off hands and arms, but “tooling” or hitting into the space between the blockers and the net? The ball being only 8” across, do blockers train to close that distance or is that such a narrow window of opportunity with risking touching the net the trade off isn’t considered. I guess I’m wondering what is the ideal measure from the net to set up the elite block - without buying a book to actually learn about it. 😝 Most hitters work on their hitting ranges at some point, but this is such a specific shot that unless there was a reason for the hitter to add it to their arsenal, they probably wouldn't practice it a lot. At intermediate (and even higher levels), hitters have a hard enough time just hitting line shots. I could see a player like Dani Drews working on it, being a left handed outside, it's a better angle for her and it works well with her shot where she tools the block and then out on the left side. (Then she can switch to this shot when the blockers give up more line) At the higher levels when you're dealing with elite blockers, the ideal measure to set up a block would vary depending on your opponent's hitting range and their shot selection. It's part of the opponent scouting strategy and who you're blocking against. |
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Post by christina on Dec 20, 2022 22:43:24 GMT -5
I have a dumb question. What exactly is a walk-on? Are they recruited? Is there like an actual tryout for students enrolled at that school?
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Post by Not Me on Dec 20, 2022 22:49:44 GMT -5
I have a dumb question. What exactly is a walk-on? Are they recruited? Is there like an actual tryout for students enrolled at that school? A walk on is any player on the team who is not on scholarship. They are typically recruited and have contact with the coaching staff prior to showing up on campus. Not anyone can just walk on and be part of the team. At lower levels of college volleyball, schools do have open try outs. But that isn’t very common. Very few D1 schools ever have tryouts. |
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Post by jayj79 on Dec 21, 2022 0:09:50 GMT -5
I have a dumb question. What exactly is a walk-on? Are they recruited? Is there like an actual tryout for students enrolled at that school? A walk on is any player on the team who is not on scholarship. They are typically recruited and have contact with the coaching staff prior to showing up on campus. Not anyone can just walk on and be part of the team. At lower levels of college volleyball, schools do have open try outs. But that isn’t very common. Very few D1 schools ever have tryouts. I bet if a student at a school had sufficient talent and didn't require a scholarship, a coach would possibly give them the opportunity to try out. But I don't know if there are many students that have D-I level talent (and the desire to commit the amount of time and effort needed for D-I volleyball) just hanging out in the general student body. |
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Post by CompSci87 on Dec 21, 2022 15:53:18 GMT -5
A walk on is any player on the team who is not on scholarship. They are typically recruited and have contact with the coaching staff prior to showing up on campus. Not anyone can just walk on and be part of the team. At lower levels of college volleyball, schools do have open try outs. But that isn’t very common. Very few D1 schools ever have tryouts. I bet if a student at a school had sufficient talent and didn't require a scholarship, a coach would possibly give them the opportunity to try out. But I don't know if there are many students that have D-I level talent (and the desire to commit the amount of time and effort needed for D-I volleyball) just hanging out in the general student body. Unrecruited walk-ons do happen sometimes. Courtney Bowen wasn't planning to play in college and got into Stanford as a regular student. A coach who had seen her play in club VB told John Dunning about her, and Dunning called her and offered her a chance to walk on. She ended up as a backup middle who got a fair amount of playing time and was very good. Postgame interview: Her story: |
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Post by Brutus Buckeye on Dec 25, 2022 22:51:32 GMT -5
If a ball hits a ponytail, it doesn't count as a touch. Obviously the scrunchie would be the line of demarcation there between the hair that qualifies as air, and the hair that qualifies as part of the scalp.
I) So do pigtails count as two "ponytails"?
II) If so, then what's the rule with braids?
I'd assume that one braid down the back would be treated like a ponytail, and the line of demarcation would be where the french braid ends and the regular braid begins. Then I'd assume that if there was instead one braid on each side, they'd be treated as pigtails, and each one would qualify as it's own "ponytail."
But then at the other extreme, it could be done up into hundreds of tiny braids, and they would just be called like regular hair, unless they were all pulled back into a ponytail of their own.
So what's the limit on the number of braids that a gal can have before they stop calling them as though they each qualify as individual ponytails, and instead they are just treated like regular hair? Does that number change if instead they are loose, unbraided ponytails?
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Post by dodger on Dec 25, 2022 23:13:09 GMT -5
If a ball hits a ponytail, it doesn't count as a touch. Obviously the scrunchie would be the line of demarcation there between the hair that qualifies as air, and the hair that qualifies as part of the scalp. I) So do pigtails count as two "ponytails"? II) If so, then what's the rule with braids? I'd assume that one braid down the back would be treated like a ponytail, and the line of demarcation would be where the french braid ends and the regular braid begins. Then I'd assume that if there was instead one braid on each side, they'd be treated as pigtails, and each one would qualify as it's own "ponytail." But then at the other extreme, it could be done up into hundreds of tiny braids, and they would just be called like regular hair, unless they were all pulled back into a ponytail of their own. So what's the limit on the number of braids that a gal can have before they stop calling them as though they each qualify as individual ponytails, and instead they are just treated like regular hair? Does that number change if instead they are loose, unbraided ponytails? The rule is NOT if the ball hits a ponytail the rule is that hair does not count as a contact therefore, it does not count as a touch the rule says hair, not ponytail |
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Post by Brutus Buckeye on Dec 25, 2022 23:28:35 GMT -5
If a ball hits a ponytail, it doesn't count as a touch. Obviously the scrunchie would be the line of demarcation there between the hair that qualifies as air, and the hair that qualifies as part of the scalp. I) So do pigtails count as two "ponytails"? II) If so, then what's the rule with braids? I'd assume that one braid down the back would be treated like a ponytail, and the line of demarcation would be where the french braid ends and the regular braid begins. Then I'd assume that if there was instead one braid on each side, they'd be treated as pigtails, and each one would qualify as it's own "ponytail." But then at the other extreme, it could be done up into hundreds of tiny braids, and they would just be called like regular hair, unless they were all pulled back into a ponytail of their own. So what's the limit on the number of braids that a gal can have before they stop calling them as though they each qualify as individual ponytails, and instead they are just treated like regular hair? Does that number change if instead they are loose, unbraided ponytails? The rule is NOT if the ball hits a ponytail the rule is that hair does not count as a contact therefore, it does not count as a touch the rule says hair, not ponytail I see. So then wouldn't it be advantageous to have a giant, stiff braided bun sticking out of each side of your head, with which you could deflect the ball out of bounds without it counting as a touch? |
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Post by dodger on Dec 25, 2022 23:30:31 GMT -5
The rule is NOT if the ball hits a ponytail the rule is that hair does not count as a contact therefore, it does not count as a touch the rule says hair, not ponytail So then would it be advantageous to have a giant, stiff braided bun sticking out of each side of your head, with which you could deflect the ball out of bounds without it counting as a touch? LOLOL: this would be good why: a ball hit at your head is probably going out: so why would “deflecting” with a huge hair bun be an advantage for anything! |
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Post by Brutus Buckeye on Dec 26, 2022 0:27:38 GMT -5
So then would it be advantageous to have a giant, stiff braided bun sticking out of each side of your head, with which you could deflect the ball out of bounds without it counting as a touch? LOLOL: this would be good why: a ball hit at your head is probably going out: so why would “deflecting” with a huge hair bun be an advantage for anything! Perhaps not in that particular scenario, but one hit softly down the line could perhaps be deflected away from the corner with said huge hair buns.  |
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Post by mikegarrison on Dec 26, 2022 0:44:14 GMT -5
I bet if a student at a school had sufficient talent and didn't require a scholarship, a coach would possibly give them the opportunity to try out. There are a few players I know of who had academic scholarships and so didn't need athletic scholarships. |
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Post by vbislyfe on Dec 26, 2022 2:08:38 GMT -5
What is a throw in volleyball?
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