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Post by slxpress on Mar 1, 2023 20:17:57 GMT -5
Any word on beach pairs and if their matches will be streamed? Sorry I’m advance if someone already covered this or if I should go to the beach forum You’re good. No pairings, and streaming’s are determined by venue. My best guess is that Hawaii will have some streaming available, but I would think it will be dedicated to the Hawaii teams. TCU does offer streaming for some of their events, so maybe we’ll see something there. I don’t think we’re at a point where we’re capable of supporting a beach forum thread with much robustness. Maybe after the program gets its own head coach and dedicated players. I don’t think I’m going to want to hear about every development regarding beach on this thread. Although the big ones would be good. But right now with both programs sharing players and coaches, beach is more an extension of indoor than anything else, really. This year it’s the Nebraska paradigm of sacrificing an ability to be competitive in favor of helping players work on their overall skills, and increasing the amount of instruction players can receive by active practicing with the coaches involved. So I feel like any beach questions are actually better suited for this thread. Not to mention, those thousand pages aren’t going to be achieved all by themselves.
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Post by mln59 on Mar 1, 2023 20:40:16 GMT -5
Not to mention, those thousand pages aren’t going to be achieved all by themselves. i'm ready
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Post by stevehorn on Mar 1, 2023 20:46:46 GMT -5
Any word on beach pairs and if their matches will be streamed? Sorry I’m advance if someone already covered this or if I should go to the beach forum You’re good. No pairings, and streaming’s are determined by venue. My best guess is that Hawaii will have some streaming available, but I would think it will be dedicated to the Hawaii teams. TCU does offer streaming for some of their events, so maybe we’ll see something there. I don’t think we’re at a point where we’re capable of supporting a beach forum thread with much robustness. Maybe after the program gets its own head coach and dedicated players. I don’t think I’m going to want to hear about every development regarding beach on this thread. Although the big ones would be good. But right now with both programs sharing players and coaches, beach is more an extension of indoor than anything else, really. This year it’s the Nebraska paradigm of sacrificing an ability to be competitive in favor of helping players work on their overall skills, and increasing the amount of instruction in layers can receive by active practicing with the coaches involved. So I feel like any beach questions are actually better suited for this thread. Not to mention, those thousand pages aren’t going to be achieved all by themselves. TCU is part of the Big 12 ESPN+ package, so possibility they will carry our beach match against TCU. I'm assuming it's more doubtful they will carry the indoor spring match though we are the defending national champions. That has a tendency to get games/matches on TV when they might not otherwise be shown. I wonder if a motivation of only using indoor players this year was the ability to schedule tournaments outside the 400 mile spring limit. Nice reward for the players and coaches.
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Post by texastothehouse15 on Mar 2, 2023 16:00:37 GMT -5
Did y’all see Asjia’s instagram story😳 I really think Byrd will see the court this upcoming season in some fashion.
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Post by dl3ww on Mar 2, 2023 16:28:25 GMT -5
Did y’all see Asjia’s instagram story😳 I really think Byrd will see the court this upcoming season in some fashion. What was it?
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Post by hornshouse23 on Mar 2, 2023 16:36:24 GMT -5
Did y’all see Asjia’s instagram story😳 I really think Byrd will see the court this upcoming season in some fashion. We are SO ready.
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Post by texastothehouse15 on Mar 2, 2023 17:24:49 GMT -5
Did y’all see Asjia’s instagram story😳 I really think Byrd will see the court this upcoming season in some fashion. What was it? She deleted it but it was Byrd hitting from the outside with all the wires and bodysuit they do I guess to measure mechanics. Lets just say it was a Brionne Butler type of kill but from the outside🤩 she definitely won’t be playing 6 rotations but she will definitely compete for playing time. I said it from the beginning but I believe her ceiling is the highest in this freshman class.
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Post by texashorns on Mar 2, 2023 19:12:28 GMT -5
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Post by horns1 on Mar 2, 2023 22:06:30 GMT -5
I've always thought that Jordyn Byrd was our most athletically-gifted incoming freshman. And, playing post in basketball also told me that she's probably pretty physical; no doubt Jerritt wants players at the net who bring physicality. And, I agree with those who believe she has such a high ceiling.
But, none of that means she will contribute as a true freshman based on the roster depth ahead of her. What she has going for is enrolling early for the Spring semester (and giving up her high school senior of basketball where she wouldn't have been focusing on her volleyball skills). She gets to become acclimated to college life half a year prior to August camp; she gets to practice with her future setter. She gets to participate in off-season conditioning and weight training. And, she'll get to (hopefully) play in our Spring matches in a college setting.
Unless Jordyn just performs at an elite level in practice like Chiaka Ogbogu did back in the day, it will be tough for her to beat out Skinner or Wenaas at the left pin, or Phillips on the right pin. But, I think she will be first off the bench at one of those pin positions with Kahahawai first off the bench at the other pin position. I'd like to see Devin be first backup at left side as getting her in the match if Madi or Jenna are struggling seems like a higher probability than waiting for Molly to struggle. So, perhaps Byrd focusing on playing Opposite could be where she contributes; she'll have to have good blocking skills, too, and as it's not all about attacking.
This past season, Devin was mainly a blocking sub late in the match for Saige on the right side. Will someone need to fill that role this season or does Swindle stay in her as she is taller than Saige? Height isn't everything if she doesn't have solid blocking skills.
And, all that is assuming Helmers isn't the early enrollee who makes a push for playing time her first season.
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Post by texastothehouse15 on Mar 3, 2023 13:13:34 GMT -5
I've always thought that Jordyn Byrd was our most athletically-gifted incoming freshman. And, playing post in basketball also told me that she's probably pretty physical; no doubt Jerritt wants players at the net who bring physicality. And, I agree with those who believe she has such a high ceiling. But, none of that means she will contribute as a true freshman based on the roster depth ahead of her. What she has going for is enrolling early for the Spring semester (and giving up her high school senior of basketball where she wouldn't have been focusing on her volleyball skills). She gets to become acclimated to college life half a year prior to August camp; she gets to practice with her future setter. She gets to participate in off-season conditioning and weight training. And, she'll get to (hopefully) play in our Spring matches in a college setting. Unless Jordyn just performs at an elite level in practice like Chiaka Ogbogu did back in the day, it will be tough for her to beat out Skinner or Wenaas at the left pin, or Phillips on the right pin. But, I think she will be first off the bench at one of those pin positions with Kahahawai first off the bench at the other pin position. I'd like to see Devin be first backup at left side as getting her in the match if Madi or Jenna are struggling seems like a higher probability than waiting for Molly to struggle. So, perhaps Byrd focusing on playing Opposite could be where she contributes; she'll have to have good blocking skills, too, and as it's not all about attacking. This past season, Devin was mainly a blocking sub late in the match for Saige on the right side. Will someone need to fill that role this season or does Swindle stay in her as she is taller than Saige? Height isn't everything if she doesn't have solid blocking skills. And, all that is assuming Helmers isn't the early enrollee who makes a push for playing time her first season. I really hope Jerritt doesn’t waste a year of her eligibility by being a blocking sub. Tomkinson is probably the best blocker in that class besides Bunton so I’d rather Byrd redshirt if she won’t see meaningful playing time and Tomkinson be that blocking sub.
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Post by uofaGRAD on Mar 3, 2023 13:32:12 GMT -5
I really hope Jerritt doesn’t waste a year of her eligibility by being a blocking sub. Tomkinson is probably the best blocker in that class besides Bunton so I’d rather Byrd redshirt if she won’t see meaningful playing time and Tomkinson be that blocking sub. I’m still on the “if they aren’t going to get meaningful playing time, let’s redshirt as many of them as we can” train. our 2024 class is small and most likely complete, not accounting for walk ons. don’t think we’ll be pressed for scholarships or anything like that. if one of Madi/Jenna/Molly go down, assuming that’s the starting pin trio, I’m assuming Devin is first off the bench to replace any one of them. so redshirt em all for all I care lmao. I’m especially keen on redshirting Bunton though because she’s not here yet and we have Asjia, Bella, and Mari in front of her. next priority is definitely Byrd though. the ceiling is too high to waste a year of development if she’s not going to get meaningful playing time😭
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Post by widdledumpling on Mar 3, 2023 13:47:52 GMT -5
I really hope Jerritt doesn’t waste a year of her eligibility by being a blocking sub. Tomkinson is probably the best blocker in that class besides Bunton so I’d rather Byrd redshirt if she won’t see meaningful playing time and Tomkinson be that blocking sub. I’m still on the “if they aren’t going to get meaningful playing time, let’s redshirt as many of them as we can” train. our 2024 class is small and most likely complete, not accounting for walk ons. don’t think we’ll be pressed for scholarships or anything like that. if one of Madi/Jenna/Molly go down, assuming that’s the starting pin trio, I’m assuming Devin is first off the bench to replace any one of them. so redshirt em all for all I care lmao. I’m especially keen on redshirting Bunton though because she’s not here yet and we have Asjia, Bella, and Mari in front of her. next priority is definitely Byrd though. the ceiling is too high to waste a year of development if she’s not going to get meaningful playing time😭 I’ve got similar feelings, but to play devil’s advocate, I bet Devin doesn’t see actually getting to play during our national championship winning season (and in the tourney!) as a waste of a year. Granted I expect this to be a reloading year. Kind of nice to have the pressure for a NC off for a bit.
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Post by slxpress on Mar 3, 2023 14:00:44 GMT -5
Every coach handles it differently, but many coaches have a conversation with each freshman athlete, and talk about what a redshirt year versus playing would look like, in terms of role, actual playing time, etc.. Some players just want to get out there regardless. Some players would prefer to develop more and have that 5th year at their disposal. And to be perfectly honest, some of that is manipulated by the picture the coach draws for them during the conversation.
Nonetheless, there is some importance for most players to make them feel like they're taking part in the decision, whether or not their ultimate choice was swayed by the message delivered by the coaching staff.
What I'm trying to say is that IMO, in the healthiest of programs, it's a mutual decision between the coach and the player, rather than a dictatorial one.
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Post by texastothehouse15 on Mar 3, 2023 14:21:22 GMT -5
I’m still on the “if they aren’t going to get meaningful playing time, let’s redshirt as many of them as we can” train. our 2024 class is small and most likely complete, not accounting for walk ons. don’t think we’ll be pressed for scholarships or anything like that. if one of Madi/Jenna/Molly go down, assuming that’s the starting pin trio, I’m assuming Devin is first off the bench to replace any one of them. so redshirt em all for all I care lmao. I’m especially keen on redshirting Bunton though because she’s not here yet and we have Asjia, Bella, and Mari in front of her. next priority is definitely Byrd though. the ceiling is too high to waste a year of development if she’s not going to get meaningful playing time😭 I’ve got similar feelings, but to play devil’s advocate, I bet Devin doesn’t see actually getting to play during our national championship winning season (and in the tourney!) as a waste of a year. Granted I expect this to be a reloading year. Kind of nice to have the pressure for a NC off for a bit. You think this will be a rebuilding year for Texas? I do believe Texas does not have the pressure of a national championship but this team is still very much capable of winning a championship or at least make the championship match. This for sure won’t be last years team but still very talented and capable.
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Post by widdledumpling on Mar 3, 2023 14:30:36 GMT -5
I’ve got similar feelings, but to play devil’s advocate, I bet Devin doesn’t see actually getting to play during our national championship winning season (and in the tourney!) as a waste of a year. Granted I expect this to be a reloading year. Kind of nice to have the pressure for a NC off for a bit. You think this will be a rebuilding year for Texas? I do believe Texas does not have the pressure of a national championship but this team is still very much capable of winning a championship or at least make the championship match. This for sure won’t be last years team but still very talented and capable. a reloading year rather than a rebuilding year
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