Japan - V.League V1 (Division 1, Women) 2023-2024

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    does anyone have an idea who might replace yoshihara at jt

    -Nakada

    YES Nakada. She coached a men's v3/v4 team. Her contract ended last March


    -Lerbach

    Triggered boomer The Lerb but he's currently assistant coach at Denso BUT he probably hates it and wants to be HC again asap


    -Takayuki Fukatsu

    brother of former NT player Asahiro Fukatsu. Currently one of Blain's assistant coaches in the men's NT A.


    -Gen Kawakita

    He made it clear that he's not just gonna skidaddle back to the US regardless of their results at the Olympics


    -foreign coach

    Shannon Winzer lmaoo I mean Victorina was able to secure Selinger so anything's possible and JT has the dough

    what do you think of yoko zetterlund? she used to coach at local training camps. i saw her playing with shinnabe and maiko kano in their own volleyball team for ex-olympic players

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    what do you think of yoko zetterlund? she used to coach at local training camps. i saw her playing with shinnabe and maiko kano in their own volleyball team for ex-olympic players

    I don't think she's actively coaching more on commentating? but I'm not sure


    Tajimi started in V2 then worked her way up to Hitachi. Mayumi Saito will probably follow that pattern

    Quote from Phoenix

    I don't think she's actively coaching more on commentating? but I'm not sure

    She just retired from JWCPE, so ....

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    what wait i thought kurowashiki has been abolished already? you guys said summer league is the last

    They have officially announced 2024 as the last Summer League. There has only been chatter about Kurowashiki's future because there was chatter the SV.League might go into May or close to it, and I guess there is something sacred about Kurowashiki being held the first week of May

    There's also talk about abolishing the National Sports Festival because hosters are complaining it's too expensive. NSF is the one that has Adult and Junior. For the adults it's Prefecture Teams where SAGA goes as Saga and Yuka Imamura is Captain; PFU adds a couple Uni Girls and goes as Ishikawa Selection. The Juniors is one of the Big 3 High School Tournaments (with Spring High and Inter-High)


    Everything is falling apart :white:

    Quote from Julian Chow

    :(

    don't worry, the dust will settle and everything will fall into place...

    :|

    #onlypositivevibes :drink:

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    so far we have some key Middle Blockers (or at least with decent playing time) leaving their teams:

    • Kyoko Aoyagi
    • Aya Watanabe
    • Kotomi Osaki
    • Asuka Hamamatsu

    Minami Nakamoto is retiring (?) while Yokota siblings Mami and Sayaka are both leaving Denso Airybees.

    https://airybees.denso.com/news/13683/


    Updated list of key Middle Blockers (or at least with decent playing time) leaving their teams:

    • Kyoko Aoyagi
    • Aya Watanabe
    • Kotomi Osaki
    • Asuka Hamamatsu
    • Reika Sato
    • Mami Yokota
    • Sayaka Yokota

    This transfer hoping at will is out of control :rolll: As I expressed before I wish a lot of them would go to V2 teams to strengthen them but I wouldn't be able to watch them so it won't matter :(

    Yoshino Nishikawa seems to be having a nice swing tonight. I tense up a little when she gets the set

    I'm loving this non-BCS volleyball :heart:

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    Tsukuba defeated Toray Arrows!:dance6::dance6::dance6:

    That was pretty cool. Toray is weak, but still


    Meanwhile Denso is having problems with Kinrankai who look big