Japan - SV.League Women 2024-2025

    Quote from brahmin

    someone who used to coach this team is out there.

    Been kind of free for a couple of years.

    Momii comes with that person possibly


    Quote from volleyb

    Coach Nakada to Saga!



    Quote from K_kloz

    Momii to Springs


    brahmin called it!

    2 for 2

    I mean best coach in the league in the past and had worked with the team before, was not hard to see that she was probably option number 1 for them.

    Momii was seen with her often in the past on instagram and well, two setters who think alike, probably was not hard to look at the market and go, who is available when Okuhara was let go.

    Quote from mintonette

    Do you guys think the Vleague format will change? I think some people are playing that there are a lot of games being played (or maybe it was the men's not sure)

    It will definitely change. they change it all the time anyway for various reasons. This configuration is so odd it sprouted a players union or something. Too many games and teams didn't play all the teams the same number of times. I think they'll shorten the season and lengthen the playoffs

    I'm waiting for them to do something that will increase parity across the league. Either introduce a draft or lop off the bottom 4-6 teams so there isn't the constant year after year of playing the same teams who can never win. Get rid of them or give them a way to compete. Increased imports may help that but on the girls version I'm not convinced that's what the fans will get excited about

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    It will definitely change. they change it all the time anyway for various reasons. This configuration is so odd it sprouted a players union or something. Too many games and teams didn't play all the teams the same number of times. I think they'll shorten the season and lengthen the playoffs

    I'm waiting for them to do something that will increase parity across the league. Either introduce a draft or lop off the bottom 4-6 teams so there isn't the constant year after year of playing the same teams who can never win. Get rid of them or give them a way to compete. Increased imports may help that but on the girls version I'm not convinced that's what the fans will get excited about

    they have chosen their path. They want 12-14 teams that are consistently going to spend money. Yes promotion and relegation would be great, but at most a 16 team league. Because you can easily do scheduling due to even numbers.

    They will play 30-45 (2 or 3 matches per team in league) match regular season. Playing twice a week may not match the rest of the world, with one game a week, plus maybe a mid-week tournament (CEV). Without a weekly AVC tournament, you have the ability of more games to play.

    Teams have to maintain arena and training venue standards, to keep their certification/license. That costs money.

    Denso moved their team to meet those standards. Aranmare cannot even play in their home city because the arena is too small.

    Remember PFU playing in front of friends and family in their gym in the past.

    Add Saki Minemura to the "out-of-retirement" list. She spent most of her career with Toray but played a couple years with NEC at the end. She's joined Hachioji GOLDSTARS, which started as the Tokyo Red Stars under that old USA, Saitama, somewhere in China Head Coach. She was tough and womanly. I liked her

    What? There's a facebook post saying 4T is coming to Gunma 8|