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  1. CDC needs to upgrade their Contact Us staff. I emailed them a couple weeks ago asking about schedule for this weekend in case I could make it out. Never heard back. Maybe I need to use the socials instead of using uncool email.
  2. Happy to see Austin is getting a stop. I'd imagine at Krieg? The players weren't huge fans of those courts last time they were there a few yrs ago. Hopefully, some of the UT Beach girls give it a go. Contenders series is the tier below the main tour. It should be free admission or a very modest fee. The competition level is still good, especially with college beach churning out more talent. You're not going to see a lot of recognizable names unless you know the college field, you know the AVP mid/lower tier, or one of the better teams is using it to auto-qualify for one of the heritage events. Based on schedule, I'd assume Austin would be linked with Huntington Beach and maybe Belmar too? The contender event payouts are small, so the business case usually doesn't entice the better players unless 1) they need points/qualification or 2) they just want to visit that city. I believe the top two finishers for each gender get an auto-qual for the linked heritage/major. I think league qualification only depends on prior year league finishes and major/heritage event finishes. ... this whole AVP League/Heritage/Contender setup has me completely confused, which is not a good sign as I try to follow the sport.
  3. Are they doing 2/4/6 and 1/3/5 Friday and then running it back Saturday? Or three matches Fri and three more Sat?
  4. I can't make TCU next weekend, but was thinking about LSU in a few weeks. Wondering how much volleyball will be played as it sounds like two teams onsite? I think I heard Sponcil is on the TCU staff now.
  5. Anyone know what the schedules are for the fall beach pair events in Austin over the next month? I'm assuming it's at the Whitaker courts?
  6. Mostly integrity. I believe there's a way to challenge if an opponent is stacking the courts in an advantageous way, but I don't know how that's hashed out with the officials.
  7. Haha agree. Serving has been very rough so far. Probably some butterflies. Chloe almost hit the ref on one
  8. Surlyhorns is on site
  9. Meant to type this up after the late March tournament in Austin, but lost track of time. I'm pretty sure I wrote something like the following… And if I didn't do it here, I'll claim I did somewhere else. There is a progression here: You learn to lose - this means you learn how to learn from your mistakes. Mistakes at all levels - on the court, lineups, coaching prep, off the court, culture You learn to win - this means you're applying those lessons learned, but you don't yet have the focus to win consistently. Therefore, you're above 0.500, but drop games you should win You learn to win consistently - At this point the only things keeping you from winning it all are players maximizing their potential, minor adjustments in strategy, and bad bounces. We saw this evolution with football the past few years. I think Metzger has this team setting foot into the "win consistently" tier. I don't think we're firmly there yet despite the ranking. A few other observations from the [looks at calendar and hangs head] Mar 21-22 weekend. Parmelly has way above average vision/anticipation. Odd to see Ava go from Ct 1 last year to 5 this year, but with all the turnover not shocking. She won't wow you with raw athleticism, but she's pretty fundamentally sound, which works well on Ct 5 where opponents tend to make unforced errors I'm sure I said it last year, but I hope Wright works on her focus because she has a lot of physical talent to unleash if she pulls it all together Coach Akers probably used the word "focus" fifty times that weekend when talking to the girls. Goes back to my point above about winning consistently. Charles has a pretty good left hand Maybe it's just me and who I have/haven't watched, but have the 1s across the country regressed this year? Asking because I'm not recalling the Kraft/VanWinkle/Maple types from recent years getting into AVP main draws I'm curious how our 1s and 2s fare against one another in practice. I'd guess they are about even? There can't be many things in sports fandom more frustrating than sitting at Ct 2, watching your team lose a point, turn to Ct 1, seeing your team lose that point, and then turning to Ct 3 and seeing your team lose a point there all in about 20 seconds. Hell, I probably saw that across five Cts the first season and I blocked it from my memory I really like the three Ct setup instead of 5. You can see more as a fan. I'm sure the coaches prefer it as they can be present at all matches. The tension builds much more with two waves of matches.. Even if one team wins 4s and 5s, you can get compelling comeback potential in the second wave. The first year, I traveled thousands of miles to watch them go 1-12. The next year, I traveled thousands of miles to watch them go 7-8. This year, I traveled thousands of miles and watched them beat the #13, #11, and #2 ranked teams all in the same weekend. On my way to Gulf Shores now to see how we cap off this season 🤘 Anyone else going?
  10. Forgot to post yesterday. Surly is onsite. More thoughts to post when I get back to the computer
  11. Anyone at Whitaker this afternoon or tomorrow? I plan to be there both days.
  12. Anyone go out to see the scrimmage? Any lineup insights? Looks like Hashman/Robertson and Presley/Ogden, which were pairings we saw often last yr. Curious who they had running with Devin.
  13. During the AVP season, yes. At the end of 2024, Toni and Molly played a few international tournaments together: https://en.volleyballworld.com/beachvolleyball/competitions/beach-pro-tour/news/third-time-is-a-charm-for-shaw-toni
  14. Heard the injury was pickleball related? Big opportunity for Molly. She's been stuck in the middle of the AVP main draw crowd for yrs. I think she's been playing with Toni Rodriguez lately and they had some good results, which may have caught Kelly's attention. Suspect Kelly's partner search was limited with the other littles figuring or being told this was temporary until Sara gets back.
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