Japan - SV.League Women 2024-2025

    Himeji throwing Kawamata into the mix. The Future

    Himeji lost but that was pretty cool watching the squirts play. And Minja Osmajić looks happy now. that makes me happy

    Miku took 56 swings in three sets. Yikes. I thought she looked better than her stats so I won't post them. They don't support my narrative


    I will post that Kawamata went 2/3 in her dub sub debut


    I was going to post that Haruna Yamashita comes into the game with Wada confidence. She was good for a couple sets and then coach inexplicably took her out ... so they gave her the sack of potatoes :)

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    Miku took 56 swings in three sets. Yikes. I thought she looked better than her stats so I won't post them.

    I will post it because I don't think it's that bad given the circumstances :lol: This being her debut as a starter, and the block is in her way because she's the biggest threat there (she played with bench players), it's a decent stat. If Inoue, Chatchuon or even Airi is there, the defense of the opponent would not be focused on her that much.


    21 points with 35.7% attacking isn't bad imo for a starter debut (Inoue is averaging 38.8% this season), considering their 3 top scorers did not play with her (Inoue, Chatchuon, Airi) :rolll: It was fun seeing Kawamata too!


    Himeji will have a good depth in the games to come.

    Expectations aside, I thought she looked a lot better than those numbers. That's not a diss

    5869 spectators at the SAGA/NEC match. That's better

    How much money does, say, Denso‘s head coach make compared to Rosamaria

    Beginning the 2026-2027 season (not the next one but the season after the next one),


    (translated online, so might not be exact)

    The specific implementation details are as follows.


    (1) Professionalization of players (new)

    ・It is a prerequisite that the majority of the players belonging to 1 club are professional contract players.

    ※Definition of a professional player: A player who is paid for volleyball activities (competition pay, victory pay, etc.)


    (2) Professionalization of clubs (new/existing requirements raised)

    ・It is mandatory to have a management corporation (Co., Ltd.) whose main business is volleyball.

    ・The essential requirement for the SVL executive committee is a director (in principle full-time) who has the right to represent the club management corporation.

    ・It is mandatory to disclose the financial results information of the club management corporation.


    (3) Revision of the on-the-court rules (one year earlier from 2027-28)

    ・The number of foreign players who can participate at the same time will be changed from the current 2 to 3. ( The Asian quota is the same as 1 person)


    https://www.svleague.jp/ja/sv_men/topics/detail/23418

    Always takes me a couple months to find these rankings on the JVL site. KUROBE too honest :flower:


    Number of Green Cards


    1Stephanie SamedySAGA Hisamitsu Springs4
    1Haruyo ShimamuraNEC Red Rockets Kawasaki4
    1Akane UkishimaKUROBE Aqua Fairies4
    4Minami YasudaKUROBE Aqua Fairies3
    4Brionne ButlerAstemo Rivale Ibaraki3
    4Mao ItoVictorina Himeji3
    4Maki YamaguchiKUROBE Aqua Fairies3
    4Asato NakamuraKUROBE Aqua Fairies3
    4Greta Zachmarie
    		SAGA Hisamitsu Springs3
    4Rino FuruichiKUROBE Aqua Fairies3
    11Yoshino SatoNEC Red Rockets Kawasaki2
    11Mackenzie MayAstemo Rivale Ibaraki2
    11Aya HosunumaPFU Blue Cats Ishikawa Kahoku2
    11Iris ScholtenKUROBE Aqua Fairies2
    11ThatdaoPFU2
    11Mana YokoyamaDenso Airy Beads2
    11Ayaka ArakiSAGA Hisamitsu Springs2
    11Rimi KanedaKUROBE Aqua Fairies2
    11Shiyan HirayamaSAGA Hisamitsu Springs2
    11Nene Fujii
    		Gunma Green Wings2
    11Lena StigrotKUROBE Aqua Fairies2
    11Saki TanakaVictorina Himeji2
    11Reika SatoAstemo Rivale Ibaraki2
    11Chatchuon MoxieVictorina Himeji2
    11Aika HayashidaGunma Green Wings2

    We'll probably start seeing more interviews like this one with Momoko Niida where she talks about being depressed she can't get the playing time she wants ... and then she figures out how to be happy on the bench "knowing that even if I can't play in the games, I'll do what I can" ... whatever that means. She also says she's going to work so hard it will be difficult for Coach to choose between her and Nika and Kurogo. Uh huh

    She's maybe a little grumpy and has a round head, but she's a quality player who should think about transfer hoping out of there if she wants to keep playing volleyball

    My dream would be for the best 2 or 3 players from each SV team to transfer to V2, and then JVL to broadcast their matches

    If I wanted to watch some Euro League I would be watching one now. But I'm not, and don't plan to ;(