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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2023 11:07:12 GMT -5
Tosia Serafinowska looking LEGIT this season ( check out that serve). Wears uni #19 In the white jerseys. She first goes back to serve at 22:57. Yes, thanks for posting the additional details. I should have done so.
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Post by buckypete on Dec 24, 2023 11:16:52 GMT -5
I'm mildly surprised that both Robinson and Crawford have announced their intentions to return. 👀 (There's my contribution to the pre-Christmas blather.) I’m thrilled. Absolutely over the moon. Me too. I can always understand the excitement of potential getting a new great player, but if push came to shove I'll always be happy riding or dying with the players I've grown to love.
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Post by rainbowbadger on Dec 24, 2023 11:18:21 GMT -5
the good news is, we shouldn’t need TosÃa to immediately step into a starting role this fall. She will be able to take her time to adjust. Also, the last Polish player we had come in has done pretty well. She sure did. And she did pretty well right from the beginning. I think Smrek and Orzol were in the gym for the spring of 21 covid season because they came to campus early. So although they couldn’t play they probably picked up some very valuable experience in the practices. OrzoÅ‚ did not come in the spring. She spent the summer playing with the Polish junior national team and arrived on the second or third day of pre-season.
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Post by savannahbadger on Dec 24, 2023 11:23:50 GMT -5
I think Smrek and Orzol were in the gym for the spring of 21 covid season because they came to campus early. Smrek enrolled early, and was here during the spring 2021 season. Orzoł arrived August of 2021, just before the season started. I remember the video of the whole team going to meet her at the airport.
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Post by talkbdgrvb65 on Dec 24, 2023 11:27:31 GMT -5
That's a ridiculous number of posts worrying about something of so little importance as who will be captains and taking charge of huddles next year. I know that Hollywood likes to make it seem like every team needs someone taking charge and proclaiming "let's win this for Rudy!!!", but that's far from a requirement. Teams work out their own identity, and not having a single LEADER OF ALL HUDDLES is just fine 99% of the time. Maybe we can have 50 posts debating whether next year's shoes should have red shoelaces, or white shoelaces. :-) Everything has to be of a critical nature to be posted? You have the right to just scroll on by. I'm not interested in the topic so I do just that.
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Post by ndodge on Dec 24, 2023 11:29:51 GMT -5
I forgot about her reaction to the dungeon. I do remember the 'Europeans talking about European things' line
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Post by talkbdgrvb65 on Dec 24, 2023 11:31:41 GMT -5
Tosia Serafinowska looking LEGIT this season ( check out that serve). Wears uni #19 playing for GKS Wieżyca 2011 PG Stężyca I remember all the hype over GG😳 How's Julia done?
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Post by talkbdgrvb65 on Dec 24, 2023 11:35:04 GMT -5
I think Smrek and Orzol were in the gym for the spring of 21 covid season because they came to campus early. Smrek enrolled early, and was here during the spring 2021 season. OrzoÅ‚ arrived August of 2021, just before the season started. I remember the video of the whole team going to meet her at the airport. ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜
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Post by wcdiggs on Dec 24, 2023 11:42:17 GMT -5
Julia obviously has been very good for us but it is funny to remember the talk about her before she got here, IIRC a lot of people thought she would be the big terminator on the right and probably wouldn’t pass at all and now she’s our libero🤣 so the hype was definitely there beforehand but she’s been successful in a very different way than most thought
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Post by honeybadger88 on Dec 24, 2023 11:52:23 GMT -5
That's a ridiculous number of posts worrying about something of so little importance as who will be captains and taking charge of huddles next year. I know that Hollywood likes to make it seem like every team needs someone taking charge and proclaiming "let's win this for Rudy!!!", but that's far from a requirement. Teams work out their own identity, and not having a single LEADER OF ALL HUDDLES is just fine 99% of the time. Maybe we can have 50 posts debating whether next year's shoes should have red shoelaces, or white shoelaces. :-) Captaincy is a lot more important then you think hence why there's a lot of posts about it here and from me recently. North American sports including Volleyball (except Ice Hockey) doesn't seem to have a proper formal captain hence why you don't think it's important. In other sports such as Cricket (second biggest sport on Earth behind soccer), Australian rules football, Soccer and Rugby League/Union the captain is a very important player and yes it also is very important in Volleyball too. Having a captain who can inspire, show authority and be proactive is very important in volleyball since players will look up to them and want to perform at their best for them. As I already said on my previous posts, a captain with those traits would've helped against Texas and made it closer than it actually was. Another thing about captaincy that's also very important that I forgot to mention is player management. You have different players in a team who have different personalities, they have to know everyone's personality and which method is best to motivate them or get them back to their best. Some players prefer a tough smack in the back (probably Devyn, Carter and Julia) to get them going and some prefer a nice soft pep talk (probably Frank, GG and Damrow). Getting it wrong can be detrimental to the player of the team and will cause a falling out among the team's players (I've seen it happen). When I say show authority in my previous posts, I mean show that you command the team and the team respects the captain with her leadership since the teams knows that they are serious and understand that the team needs to win matches. However they must NOT be a controlling tyrant otherwise it will cause a team wide falling out with team members wanting that player stand down and not be motivated playing with that particular player. I'm sure they were captains on other teams who were great motivators but had poor player management skills. Another thing I forgot to mention is game IQ. A great captain with great game IQ would be able to tell their teammates that that particular shot isn't working and to switch it up (whether the hitter has the talent and skill to go for that particular swing is another matter) although that should be on the coach to do tell that player if a swing is not working though since they're watching the game. Also ideally play 6ro as well. It's why Sheff prefers setters to be captains. The captain/s imo whoever we select should also be able to do all post match media conferences along with the coach of course and a great captain would defend an underperforming player if they're asked about it from the media. It's also part of player management as well.
Totally irrelevant and off topic but International Cricket captains probably has the largest responsibilities in sports imo especially that they represent a nation. The Captain has to choose to bat or bowl first after winning the coin toss depending on the pitch and weather conditions (get the decision wrong and the opposition team scores 2/364 by sending them in to bat first on Day 1 or your team gets bowled out for 150 batting first), they also have to set field placements, choose who bowls, how many overs that bowler bowls before needing to come off, team tactics on field, choose when to use the Decision Review System for LBW or caught behinds, motivate the team, when to declare an innings while batting, changing the batting lineup if needed and even potentially sledging the opposition. That's just the on field stuff since the coach doesn't have much input whenever the team is fielding, they also have to front the media, manage players in training and other stuff. Good news is Volleyball captains don't have to do that much asides from motivating and being proactive. They don't have to worry about rotations and who comes in as DS or who serves or who play 6 rotations or which front row player comes in, that's on the coach since they can see the game and not have to worry about playing. It be great that whoever our new captain/s are learns what international cricket captains have to do so they can gain confidence in leading the team. So basically in short, the next captain/s should be. - A great communicator overall and motivating the team when the chips are down.
- Show authority without being a tyrant.
- Demonstrate great player management skills with different personalities.
- Lead by example by being consistent as a player.
- Have great Volleyball IQ.
- Play 6 rotations (optional).
Sydney Hilley was the last team captain to fulfil all of those traits. Not sure if any of the Senior crop have those traits. Charlie maybe despite being a freshman?
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Post by badgersinsix on Dec 24, 2023 11:53:21 GMT -5
That's a ridiculous number of posts worrying about something of so little importance as who will be captains and taking charge of huddles next year. I know that Hollywood likes to make it seem like every team needs someone taking charge and proclaiming "let's win this for Rudy!!!", but that's far from a requirement. Teams work out their own identity, and not having a single LEADER OF ALL HUDDLES is just fine 99% of the time. Maybe we can have 50 posts debating whether next year's shoes should have red shoelaces, or white shoelaces. :-) I think this is a great topic. A million times better than tickets. I wish there was a sub thread feature for that topic in particular.
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Post by maigrey on Dec 24, 2023 12:10:38 GMT -5
It be cool if she gets it but I think it's unlikely Charlie will be captain for next year although it could happen, maybe as a Sophomore though. I think it will be Smrek and Robinson. Orzol would need to either stay at libero or be the OH2, captains need to be on the floor since only captains can communicate with the R1 during the game. My money is on Franklin. team captains are not the same as floor captains. If your team captain isn't in the rotation, there's another floor captain designated.
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Post by rainbowbadger on Dec 24, 2023 12:21:02 GMT -5
Julia obviously has been very good for us but it is funny to remember the talk about her before she got here, IIRC a lot of people thought she would be the big terminator on the right and probably wouldn’t pass at all and now she’s our libero🤣 so the hype was definitely there beforehand but she’s been successful in a very different way than most thought She’s done so well. I’m so proud of her.
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Post by wcdiggs on Dec 24, 2023 12:23:34 GMT -5
Julia obviously has been very good for us but it is funny to remember the talk about her before she got here, IIRC a lot of people thought she would be the big terminator on the right and probably wouldn’t pass at all and now she’s our libero🤣 so the hype was definitely there beforehand but she’s been successful in a very different way than most thought She’s done so well. I’m so proud of her. me too!! I’d love to see her have a 2017 Kelli Bates senior year
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Post by Wiswell on Dec 24, 2023 12:33:58 GMT -5
Am I the only one not interested in Landfair?
Also we can be assured the players are reading VT since they affirm their return on IG. But some of you, I swear, are hoping some will leave, in favor of some new juicy transfer. Stop it.
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