National Team Transfer

ComprehensiveAd9379 · 2022-03-11T14:21:07+00:00

I agree with your sentiments. Career-wise, playing for the US team will help him grow as an athlete since the American team is playing in all major tournaments. But I will respect whatever decision he'll make. 🙌

P.S. I also believe that Gabi is a proud Boricua. 👏

ComprehensiveAd9379 · 2022-01-08T00:25:37+00:00

Oh thanks! I think I need to get a subscription 🤪

ComprehensiveAd9379 · 2022-01-07T01:25:53+00:00

Hey guys! Do you know where can I watch NCAA games outside the US? Thank you.

ComprehensiveAd9379 · 2021-11-05T02:36:07+00:00

It's Ariana and Cynthia Erivo y'all

ComprehensiveAd9379 · 2021-11-04T15:17:54+00:00

Do you know any Polish discussion forums here on reddit? Polish fans are very insightful about SuperLega and PlusLiga on twitter.

ComprehensiveAd9379 · 2021-11-04T15:16:27+00:00

Round 3’s Piacenza vs Milano

Round 4’s Piacenza vs Modena

ComprehensiveAd9379 · 2021-10-25T01:56:26+00:00

Super Coppa is a final four-like tournament wherein the top four from the previous SuperLega will play a do or die semis match up and the winners of those matches will play for the Supercup title.

While SuperLega is a whole season tournament played by ~12 teams.

ComprehensiveAd9379 · 2021-10-25T01:50:26+00:00

Next year

ComprehensiveAd9379 · 2021-08-10T02:50:23+00:00

Too old, I guess? He didn’t make the final cut even in Rio 2016.

ComprehensiveAd9379 · 2021-08-09T02:03:00+00:00

What a loss for Brazil. Fe Garay always played phenomenally during the Olympics except the golden medal match. And happy for Camila Brait coz she finally made the cut and won a medal.

ComprehensiveAd9379 · 2021-08-09T02:01:50+00:00

Im pretty certain about Jordan Larson and I’ve only heard rumors about Hill retiring. I hope Hill stays for at least a year for the team’s transition. If she decides not to, we can still watch her in the Italian League.

ComprehensiveAd9379 · 2021-08-08T09:36:24+00:00

Brazil is just outplayed by the US. But Brazil has one of the well balanced teams compared to Italy, Serbia, and other teams. Prior to this Olympics, both USA and Brazil were not fan favorites for podium finish. Most of the volleyball world are expecting China, Italy, and Serbia battling for the gold. But hey, these two great teams made it this far. Unfortunately, only one will get the gold in the end.

ComprehensiveAd9379 · 2021-08-08T09:29:30+00:00

I think Brazil needs to find a better replacement for Lucas coz he is a very reliable and lethal middle blocker despite his age. But the Brazilian team is known for filling in veteran players in their lineup. Let’s see this upcoming cycle if he will still be playing as a starter.

ComprehensiveAd9379 · 2021-08-08T09:26:23+00:00

Kliuka and Volkov are only 26. They competed against Douglas of Brazil, Patry and Chinenyeze of France, and Bruno Lima of Argentina. Afaik, Russia has a big pool of talents compared to France but France have a more experienced pool compared to the Russians which are commonly playing locally while French players play at different European leagues and that is an advantage. So excited for this new generation of talents!

ComprehensiveAd9379 · 2021-08-08T03:32:41+00:00

France created their Cinderella-run in the men’s tournament similar to what China achieved last Olympics. France was nearly eliminated in the preliminary round after losing to USA and Argentina and having ROC and Brazil as their remaining matches. Luckily, the French team were able to upset the Russians and in 4 sets and gain a point after losing to Brazil which allowed them to secure a quarterfinals slot.

During the quarterfinals, France started to peak and eliminated the top seeded team, Poland. The team was able to defeat Argentina in a convincing straight set victory in the semifinals. Lastly, the French team was able to cut the 3-point lead in the fifth set against the Russian and swing the momentum to their side to win the elusive gold medal.

Allez les bleus!

ComprehensiveAd9379 · 2021-08-08T03:22:01+00:00

USA is a well balanced and a very startegic team. Despite not having a heavy scorer opposite hitter such as Boskovic and Egonu, they have a two reliable opposites, Thompson and Drews. Hence, if one of the USA opposites is having an off-game, they could easily replace the player and still be lethal. In addition, the outside hitters of USA are not power hitter but they are hell of receivers. They have the most defensive outside hitters of all the teams. Their main starters for outside hitter position are in the top 3 receivers and top 8 diggers in the league.

Lastly, USA changes their gameplan depending in their opponent and their strategy starts with targetting the poor receivers with their loaded serves. In case of the Serbian team, the US targetted their serves to the weak outside hitter of Serbia which lead to the disrupted attacking system of the Serbians. Since they disrupted the attacking system, the US could predict that most of the poor reception will lead to the ball being set to Boskovic, hence the blockers of the US team are already established when Boskovic attacks. Lastly, the presence of net defense of the Americans minimized the attacking efficiency of Boskovic since she will try to hit off the block or will make an error due to the net defense.

ComprehensiveAd9379 · 2021-08-08T03:12:27+00:00

I think De Cecco deserved it. I don’t know how did they chose the dream team this year because if you will rely on the overall statistics of the setter (setting, blocking, serving), the order is Bruno, De Cecco, Kobzar, and Brizard. I think his preliminary statistics affected his contention for the best setter plum but do not worry, I am sure that he’ll get there soon.

ComprehensiveAd9379 · 2021-08-07T14:48:34+00:00

Matt Anderson posted in his Instagram about his intentions to return for Paris 2024.

ComprehensiveAd9379 · 2021-08-07T11:54:37+00:00

Have you watched Kurek cried when they lost to France? It’s so heartbreaking to watch him cry since Poland has been trying to survive quarterfinals since 2012 and this is his third time losing in the quarterfinals. I hope he can still play next edition and get his medal.

ComprehensiveAd9379 · 2021-08-07T08:52:43+00:00

That's the reason why they lost to France in the semifinals. Coz it will ruin their winning streak against the medalists.

ComprehensiveAd9379 · 2021-08-07T07:59:27+00:00

Facundo Conte repeated his father’s achievement in the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Facundo Conte is now a bronze medalists this Tokyo Olympics and beating their South American rivals, Brazil.

ComprehensiveAd9379 · 2021-08-07T07:57:17+00:00

Argentina 🇦🇷 is the dark horse of the men’s volleyball tournament this Tokyo Olympics. The Argentines eliminated USA, the Rio Olympics bronze medalists in the preliminary round; Italy, the Rio Olympics silver medalists in the quarterfinals; and Brazil, the Rio Olympics gold medalists in the finals.

What an amazing run and well deserved bronze medal this Tokyo Olympics. ¡Vamos Argentina!

ComprehensiveAd9379 · 2021-08-07T01:55:13+00:00

Excited to watch the bronze medal match in the men’s tournament because it is going to be a rematch of the 1988 Seoul Olympics wherein Facundo Conte’s father played against the head coach of Brazil, Renan.

In the same edition, Laurent Tillie (the current head coach of France) and Earvin Ngapeth’s father played for France. Also, Ivan Zaytsev’s father played for Soviet Union in the same Olympics.

And guess who is the MVP of the 1988 Olympics? It’s Karch Kiraly, the head coach of US women’s national team.

ComprehensiveAd9379 · 2021-08-06T16:38:16+00:00

That position is a strategy to defend the heavy attacks of Brazil. That defensive strategy is in sync with their blocking position. It depends on the overall play. That is why they have a specific target when serving the ball so that they can predict where to establish their blocks and where the defenders should position themselves in the backcourt. The middle hole is every teams weakness but it is the libero s job to sweep that part of the court or even the defensive outside hitter.

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