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Post by blackmambabeto on Oct 18, 2023 21:29:50 GMT -5
Abby’s Goa FIVB Challenger qualifier match about to start (on YouTube & VBTV)
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Post by vbfan999 on Oct 19, 2023 21:07:05 GMT -5
Pairings for this weekend: 1. Denaburg/Brennan (Gold) 2. Newberry/Whitmarsh (Gold) 3. Moore/Van Winkle (Gold) 4. Boyd/Brower (Silver) 5. Myszkowski/Smith (Silver) 6. Hope/Powers (Silver) 7. Alden/Cooper (Bronze) 8. Ford/Mathews (Bronze) UCLA already has two automatic bids into the AVCA Pairs Championshipj Boyd at the fours?
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Post by blackmambabeto on Oct 19, 2023 21:56:43 GMT -5
Pairings for this weekend: 1. Denaburg/Brennan (Gold) 2. Newberry/Whitmarsh (Gold) 3. Moore/Van Winkle (Gold) 4. Boyd/Brower (Silver) 5. Myszkowski/Smith (Silver) 6. Hope/Powers (Silver) 7. Alden/Cooper (Bronze) 8. Ford/Mathews (Bronze) UCLA already has two automatic bids into the AVCA Pairs Championshipj Boyd at the fours? 4's up!!!!
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Post by hbmb10k on Nov 2, 2023 23:12:38 GMT -5
Seems odd to me that Maggie Boyd is being assigned 2nd division in these tournaments. Has she not progressed? Not getting along with coach? Possibly transfering to Texas? Hurt? She only lost 6 games last year at the 1's. She's at the fours again in Santa Monica this weekend.
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Post by beachcomber on Nov 3, 2023 8:38:06 GMT -5
Boyd is paired right now with a freshman, which I assume is why they are "ranked" lower than the other pairs - all of which feature two veterans. That's the big difference with the college game - it's a team sport, and sometimes somebody has to take one for the team. Sometimes a veteran has to get paired with a rookie, and the coach has to decide which veteran is best suited to that. So it's not always a negative thing like not getting along with the coach. In fact, it could be the opposite - maybe the coach trusts her and knows she can handle the assignment. I don't know anything about what is happening in this case, but I wouldn't read too much into it at this point.
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Post by bobinmd on Nov 3, 2023 9:00:14 GMT -5
Boyd is paired right now with a freshman, which I assume is why they are "ranked" lower than the other pairs - all of which feature two veterans. That's the big difference with the college game - it's a team sport, and sometimes somebody has to take one for the team. Sometimes a veteran has to get paired with a rookie, and the coach has to decide which veteran is best suited to that. So it's not always a negative thing like not getting along with the coach. In fact, it could be the opposite - maybe the coach trusts her and knows she can handle the assignment. I don't know anything about what is happening in this case, but I wouldn't read too much into it at this point. Go Bruins.
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Post by hbmb10k on Nov 3, 2023 13:13:11 GMT -5
NCAA college beach has definitely had a great impact on the pro tour, but its strange to see so little height here. Seems pretty similar at other top programs. Since a school like UCLA, along with USC, basically has its pick of players, it seems odd that neither team has a player over 6'2 (which is smallish for an elite international blockers). Are there just not taller players interested in beach, because it seems like every indoor team has a few players 6'3 or taller. Or maybe USC and UCLA just don't see the point in developing bigger, more initially awkward athletes over time when they can grab ready to contribute players who may have less long term potential (thinking Nourses here) The old way of the tallest indoor players considering beach after their college careers is almost non-existent. They don't have any success in these beach tournaments anymore. Before college ball came around they would enter these tournaments and play other players new to the sport. They'd win. Now they play high school pairs that beat the socks off and they don't stick with it. I've watched two games with starting middles for Florida and Texas just got beat by 2nd tier junior players. Thing is, there are coaches out (not most) there that can't adjust to the fact either. Always reaching for tall and squandering their shorter players talents trying to fit them in to this AVP defender/blocker model that's been around for forty years.
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Post by burbank55 on Nov 3, 2023 13:45:10 GMT -5
NCAA college beach has definitely had a great impact on the pro tour, but its strange to see so little height here. Seems pretty similar at other top programs. Since a school like UCLA, along with USC, basically has its pick of players, it seems odd that neither team has a player over 6'2 (which is smallish for an elite international blockers). Are there just not taller players interested in beach, because it seems like every indoor team has a few players 6'3 or taller. Or maybe USC and UCLA just don't see the point in developing bigger, more initially awkward athletes over time when they can grab ready to contribute players who may have less long term potential (thinking Nourses here) Someone said Molly Phillips (6’5” unofficial transfer from Texas) has trained for the past two summers with Holly McPeak and the USC beach players. Hopefully we’ll see this spring how viable she’ll be. If she can’t crack USC’s top 5 pairs this year then the question will be whether she’ll continue to invest time in beach versus a career in indoor. And since this is a UCLA thread, I’ll mention again Sally Perez (incoming in a year) is 6’3” and very highly regarded.
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Post by bobinmd on Nov 3, 2023 13:58:14 GMT -5
NCAA college beach has definitely had a great impact on the pro tour, but its strange to see so little height here. Seems pretty similar at other top programs. Since a school like UCLA, along with USC, basically has its pick of players, it seems odd that neither team has a player over 6'2 (which is smallish for an elite international blockers). Are there just not taller players interested in beach, because it seems like every indoor team has a few players 6'3 or taller. Or maybe USC and UCLA just don't see the point in developing bigger, more initially awkward athletes over time when they can grab ready to contribute players who may have less long term potential (thinking Nourses here) Someone said Molly Phillips (6’5” unofficial transfer from Texas) has trained for the past two summers with Holly McPeak and the USC beach players. Hopefully we’ll see this spring how viable she’ll be. If she can’t crack USC’s top 5 pairs this year then the question will be whether she’ll continue to invest time in beach versus a career in indoor. And since this is a UCLA thread, I’ll mention again Sally Perez (incoming in a year) is 6’3” and very highly regarded. I met Ms Perez’s parents, nice people.
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Post by dunninla3 on Nov 3, 2023 14:27:30 GMT -5
NCAA college beach has definitely had a great impact on the pro tour, but its strange to see so little height here. Seems pretty similar at other top programs. Since a school like UCLA, along with USC, basically has its pick of players, it seems odd that neither team has a player over 6'2 (which is smallish for an elite international blockers). Are there just not taller players interested in beach, because it seems like every indoor team has a few players 6'3 or taller. Or maybe USC and UCLA just don't see the point in developing bigger, more initially awkward athletes over time when they can grab ready to contribute players who may have less long term potential (thinking Nourses here) . I've watched two games with starting middles just got beat by 2nd tier junior players. Height is not the issue. Middle is. Ask yourself, why are they Middle and not OH? It's the very unusual Middle who can pass a serve, and if you can't do that, well ..... Just a thought, but the extreme specialization of Indoor means you have players who cannot execute well in at least three of the five fundamental volleyball skills.
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Post by guest2 on Nov 3, 2023 20:23:26 GMT -5
. I've watched two games with starting middles just got beat by 2nd tier junior players. Height is not the issue. Middle is. Ask yourself, why are they Middle and not OH? It's the very unusual Middle who can pass a serve, and if you can't do that, well ..... Just a thought, but the extreme specialization of Indoor means you have players who cannot execute well in at least three of the five fundamental volleyball skills. True to an extent but its a whole lot easier to learn to pass at a competent enough level to play beach than it is to learn to grow 4 inches. And there are some pretty poor passers doing just fine on the world tour (AP comes to mind, Kerri could be a pretty dodgy passer too).
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Post by blackmambabeto on Nov 4, 2023 14:52:51 GMT -5
Air Jaden bout to play soon
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Post by burbank55 on Nov 6, 2023 17:16:46 GMT -5
Boyd is paired right now with a freshman, which I assume is why they are "ranked" lower than the other pairs - all of which feature two veterans. That's the big difference with the college game - it's a team sport, and sometimes somebody has to take one for the team. Sometimes a veteran has to get paired with a rookie, and the coach has to decide which veteran is best suited to that. So it's not always a negative thing like not getting along with the coach. In fact, it could be the opposite - maybe the coach trusts her and knows she can handle the assignment. I don't know anything about what is happening in this case, but I wouldn't read too much into it at this point. This past weekend, Maggie Boyd played with freshman Harper Cooper at what is essentially 7th Bruin pair in the AA bracket. This pattern of playing down doesn’t make sense to me. Unless the Bruins are planning to sandbag Boyd at 5s this year like they did with Newberry/Whitmarsh last year… 😄
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Post by blackmambabeto on Nov 18, 2023 19:52:36 GMT -5
Crazy times when our beach vball loses to $c but beats them in football
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Post by blackmambabeto on Nov 19, 2023 10:35:32 GMT -5
Can’t wait to have the victory bell back in Mapes Beach/Westwood back in blue this spring
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