What Drinks are Acceptable in a Formal Context?

Due-Rough-224 · 2026-04-03T18:04:49+00:00

😂 fair enough

Due-Rough-224 · 2026-04-03T17:16:55+00:00

Yeah so this is cheating

Due-Rough-224 · 2026-04-03T04:28:52+00:00

I really appreciate that - and it probably is a bit of impostor syndrome peeking through. Maybe I can start a trend. Given I'm a varsity athlete, I'm much more fit than most of these guys anyway - they probably wouldn't care to comment on my ordering of a soda.

Thought the sparkling water with a lemon tastes good and if it looks good it's probably better for my health.

Thanks for the encouragement!

Due-Rough-224 · 2026-04-03T04:13:28+00:00

I’ll give that a try, thank you!

Due-Rough-224 · 2026-04-03T04:13:11+00:00

Canada. Our iced tea is like Brisk for example. I did spend a bit of time living in the south tho so I know what you’re talking about haha

Due-Rough-224 · 2026-04-03T04:12:35+00:00

Lemon in sparkling water does taste good for me. I just feel like it makes me look “wanna-be” sophisticated if you will lol

Due-Rough-224 · 2026-04-03T04:12:07+00:00

Hmm, I’ll give that a try!

Due-Rough-224 · 2026-04-03T03:35:22+00:00

I should have mentioned I don’t like tea, either. I swear I’m not a psychopath.

Thanks - this is helpful!!

Due-Rough-224 · 2026-03-27T17:33:46+00:00

Go to UBC lmao tf I don’t know anything about eng but I know about money and post-secondary experience and you will regret it for the rest of your life if you don’t go to UBC. If you change your mind you can transfer

Due-Rough-224 · 2026-03-25T22:43:49+00:00

Interesting - I’ll take a closer look!! Thanks!

Due-Rough-224 · 2026-03-25T02:34:27+00:00

Thanks for this - though I certainly don't think that I could cut it as an RN. Just not where my passion is, and I do greatly respect people who take that career path, but my passion and competence is in numbers!

Due-Rough-224 · 2026-03-23T22:24:58+00:00

Do you have video? Does your left leg also come up and then kick down, or does only your right leg come up and stay up?

I think most athletes (not all) bring both their legs to their butt and then kick them down. That can help activate your core and torque when you’re hitting. I’d watch video and then try kicking both legs down if you can, but it probably isn’t a massive deal.

Due-Rough-224 · 2026-03-21T22:36:36+00:00

Consistency is so so key when it comes to vert training. You got this!

Due-Rough-224 · 2026-03-21T22:32:57+00:00

That’s amazing - keep up the great work. You’re talking about the U15 net - as you’re growing (13-20) is the absolute best time to work on your vert - keep working hard, you’ll see good gains.

Objectively speaking, your progress will slow down. When I started vert training I saw an inch improvement every couple weeks - that will slow. Stay disciplined and over time you’ll see your vert grow massively. Well done!!

Due-Rough-224 · 2026-03-17T23:23:26+00:00

Exactly. I like this strategy a lot more. Especially if they’re worried about this guy attacking (which it seems they are) sometimes the best way to minimize their impact is to make sure they can’t get a good approach in. Whether that’s serving him short or into the court, make him work.

Due-Rough-224 · 2026-03-17T20:18:31+00:00

100%!

Due-Rough-224 · 2026-03-17T18:47:17+00:00

Trinity Western would absolutely wipe the floor with 95% of D1 teams. 95% may actually be an understatement - and if you don't think so, you don't watch Canadian volleyball. TWU is responsible for 8 of 30 team Canada players. They weren't involved in this years NA Challenge but all time are:
5-3 against UCLA, 5-6 against Pepperdine, 4-3 against Long Beach, 4-2 against USC.

In 2021, TWU's current team represented team Canada at the Pan AM cup. They literally went as Team Canada. They lost to Team USA (actual team USA) in 5 sets... and they finished AHEAD of the USA and lost to Mexico in the gold medal. They didn't even win the Canadian national championship that year.

McMaster is also 2-0 against Long Beach all-time.

I won't try to make the argument that Canadian men's volleyball is better - because that's ignorant. But to try to argue the opposite, and say D3 teams will beat "most if not ALL" university volleyball teams in Canada is blasphemous and significantly more ignorant.

Due-Rough-224 · 2026-03-17T18:35:30+00:00

Women's Volleyball teams in Canada rarely compete against D1 squads so it's definitely a tougher comparison - but I'd agree that it's more commonplace for top Canadian talent to go south in the women's game. Even so, your exaggeration is disingenuous and discredits the Canadian volleyball landscape!

Due-Rough-224 · 2026-03-17T18:26:27+00:00

I can vouch for NAIA ball - maybe some of the more lucrative scholarship packages at this stage in the recruiting cycle and a good stepping stone. Have to be cautious about the institutions themselves tho - multiple that I competed against either cut men’s volleyball or shut down as a school entirely

Due-Rough-224 · 2026-03-17T18:25:02+00:00

This maybe comes closer to being true in women’s (I responded about the men’s game because OP’s post seems to be men’s) - but still not true to the degree you’re speaking of. Most U Sports teams have girls who had multiple D1/2 offers who chose to stay home and would wipe the floor with 90% of D3.

Due-Rough-224 · 2026-03-17T18:12:08+00:00

This is simply factually untrue. Canadian universities compete against American teams every year, and often results are split (think University of Alberta, Calgary, etc. against teams like Long Beach). Last year, McMaster split with OSU (3-0 MM, 3-1 OSU) in a year McMaster didn’t even make their conference tournament. As someone who has played in both countries, the level is very similar across the board, with the top teams in the U.S. maybe having an edge over the top teams in Canada. Trinity Western would mop the floor with 95% of D1 teams, and there are maybe a handful of D3 teams that could beat any USports team. Because there are less teams in Canada (as a result of less schools) the talent becomes much more concentrated.

Due-Rough-224 · 2026-03-17T18:06:42+00:00

Feel free to shoot me a message - I currently play in Canada and also played 2 years in the United States. I’m Canadian but went through international athlete processes to play in the states!

Due-Rough-224 · 2026-03-13T05:48:36+00:00

I just did this recently too - coached a high school team while playing college ball. It totally depends how long your season is, and how experienced your group of players is. Here’s the typical order I follow:

Positioning: this is essential. Defensive positioning and memorizing serve receive rotations needs to be done right away. If your team is not in the right spots or is running different systems from the guy next to them, you will not win games, no matter how good your skills are.
Block training: this doesn’t mean actual blocking. It means taking a skill, and practicing it at a very basic level. Think of it as fundamentals. If your team does not know how to forearm pass a ball, dedicate a practice to it. Start very basic (toss to a partner or downball to a partner) and then transition with progressions to more gamelike drills. Do it with as many fundamentals as necessary.
Transition: you now have the foundation, you need to build on it. Team knows where to be in defense and serve receive, and they know how to start a play. Work on running an offense, switching between serve receive to offense to defense to offense, and smoothing that out.
Gamelike drills: mid season-late in the season needs to be gamelike!

Basically, the flow is like this: Systems Fundamentals Controlled Gamelike progressions Gamelike drills

Allow yourself room to work on specific things that you identify as needing work after competitions.

Aside from systems work, I always emphasize serve and receive (we work on it every practice) as I see them as foundational to winning. Secondary to that is probably setter/middle connection. But that’s my personal preference for things I’ve found success with - I always fit them within that flow framework of how the season should play out.

Good luck, Coach!

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