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Sorry if this is sort of offtopic but i saw some debate on twitter/x about how to pronounce Straube's surname

is it

Strawbe - like Strawberry or Shtro-buh ? do you pronounce the E because right like you wouldn't pronounce the E in Porsche and it sounds like Uh... am I making sense

So how do you correctly pronounce her surname?

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The "e" in both Straube and Porsche is not really an "Uh" . It's more similiar to Italian "e" (and) or French "et"/""est"

In the Two and a half men episode where Alan buys a Porsche Charlie and Alan both get the pronunciation wrong😁

Stuttgart newspapers with a long article on the Flacht situation (paywall)

https://www.stuttgarter-zeitun…01-b0ef-2b8d2ed66ee8.html

Players lack the required physical strength, they will need to train harder which will be challenging for the players who are not full pros.

The manager is quoted saying:

"Wir müssen unser Umfeld darauf vorbereiten, das wir kein Spiel gewinnen, vielleicht ist mal ein Satzerfolg drin.“

(we have to prepare our environment, that we will win no match, maybe occasionally win a set)

Flacht's hall will be modernized, the town of Weissach has finally decided that they will spend 800.000€ on it (for improved fire safety and ventilation, so all users of the hall will benefit). This will allow up to 500 spectators.

https://www.tsv-flacht.de/inde…uf-halle-wird-ertuechtigt

They have also confirmed Britta Schammer staying on Insta (MB, has played in 2. BL for Stuttgart II , Ludwigsburg and Flacht)

Interestingly enough she only started playing volleyball seriously around the age of 18 and has played in 2.BL ever since (she's 28 now).

https://www.tsv-flacht.de/inde…rhofft-kommt-ziemlich-oft

Sparda Bank Baden-Württemberg will increase their engagement in Volleyball.

2nd league Pro will be called "Sparda 2. Bundesliga Pro" (weirdly enough none of the teams are in the area that this bank covers). There was a webcast about the partnership but it was very vague what they will do, the goal is to help clubs with development compensations (Ausbildungskostenerstattung http://www.vbl-wiki.de/wiki/Ausbildungskostenerstattung ) for young talents (but not pay the actual compensation)

Webcast:

StZ report (paywall):

https://www.stuttgarter-zeitun…7b-9780-4ca3f0fe6e35.html

Flacht have confirmed Frauke Neuhaus for the upcoming season.

According to their Insta, Büdenbender will stay in Flacht but transition to L (previously OH).

She had an ACL injury in Sept. 23 and missed a large part of the last two seasons.

Lea Finger (OH/Opp, played for VCO and USC Münster 2nd team) to Flacht

https://binderblaubaeren.de/wp…35255641721208_nfull.webp

Flacht has confirmed L Stäbler staying. In last year's thread I had posted a list of the players that I think will stay (i.e. the players that were not announced to leave)

Germany - VBL 1. Bundesliga 2024/25

The schedule for 25/26 is available

https://www.volleyball-bundesl…auptrunde/spielplan.xhtml

Hamburg is starting in CU Arena against Stuttgart. All of Flacht's games are scheduled in their small arena in Weissach, even the match against Stuttgart.

Flacht has announced Hanna Kögler (OH, 1.91m, VCO Dresden and A2 in Olbia) on their Instagram.

edit: First Sardegna and now to the Heckengäu, she's living the dream . Joking aside you could do worse, it's actually quite idyllic

Trouble is brewing in Weissach (Flacht):

Their sports hall is currently not classified as a place of assembly ("Versammlungsstätte"). In principle that would limit the number of spectators to 200, however a special permit issued by the district allows them to exceed that limit. The community of Weissach wants to invest 800.000 € in ventilation and fire safety to meet the usual requirements for a place of assembly.

There is however a strong protest in the community against this, a petition was signed by more than 600 people. They think the costs are excessive (Flacht is in Swabia...) and that the hall will need to be closed for several months for reconstruction work. The community of Weissach consists of two parts, Weissach and Flacht. The sports hall that Flacht VB is using is in Weissach, the petition is carried mostly by people from TSV Weissach apparently, that might play into this.

If reconstructions are not carried out the club might lose their special permit and they would be limited to 200 spectators which would make Bundesliga unsustainable.

https://www.stuttgarter-zeitun…60-9453-091a5bc3189b.html

https://www.openpetition.de/pe…-vorteile-viele-nachteile

Charlotte Krenicky (S, BEL) and Stuttgart have resolved her contract. According to the newspapers in Stuttgart she received an offer from a club in Eastern Europe that will play CL.

Blaj? Or is any of the Polish teams still looking for a setter?

This was mentioned in the (women's) VNL thread before:

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In both volleyball and beach volleyball, a new interpretation of the double touch rule was approved for testing. Double contact will be allowed during the setting action, provided the ball remains on the same side of the court, with faults only called for two clear consecutive touches. For balls played into the opponent’s court, as well as catches and lifts, the current interpretation will still apply. In volleyball, this new rule interpretation will be applied during the VNL 2025, then assessed before wider application across events. Meanwhile, in beach volleyball, it will be applied at the Gstaad Elite, Montreal Elite, Brazil Challenge and Baden Challenge, before being applied more widely.

and there's also this:

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In volleyball, to reduce sudden rally interruptions, teams will no longer be able to request a mid-rally Challenge. Instead, teams can request a Challenge at the end of rally to review the referees’ decision regarding any action during the rally, including the service.

https://www.fivb.com/progress-…commissions-and-councils/

After their last home match of their 2 BL Pro season, Flacht has said goodbye to a few players leaving the club. More relevant for this topic are the players not mentioned, so I guess these will stay to play in BL next year:

S

Saskia Lenk

Julia Teso (D/Lux double citizenship?, setting for Lux NT)

Opp

Frauke Neuhaus (played for Schwerin 21-23 and other BL teams)

OH

Julia Cedeño (b. Wenzel, played for Straubing, Wiesbaden, Neuwied)

Leonie Büdenbender (? had to deal with injuries, did not play much last two seasons)

Sara Marjanovic

Hanne Binkau

MB

Britta Schammer

Julia Schneider

L

Alina Stäbler

The most noticable player by far is Neuhaus. I hope they will add some strength to the team, otherwise a lot of their games will be over real quick.

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Can't read it but according to the transfer rumours the 9 players should be Rivers, Segura, Koskelo, Knollema, Robinson, Bozic, Reesink, Morrissette, and Veltman

That's the list. The paper says Knollema goes to Firenze ("Florenz", I assume that means back to Firenze, not scandicci)

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Apparently they also signed Mikala Mogensen from Münster

https://www.stuttgarter-zeitun…3b-a79f-ba90db562703.html

They article also says Reesink will likely go to Schwerin

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I can imagine it is hard to arrange 3rd game due to busy national league schedules. But I think they should play golden set independent of score of winning team. If Milano would win 2 sets, they would put their backup players on court right away and it would be a meaningless match for everyone, also disrespectful to all the audience who came to the gym to watch their favourite players🤦CEV values winning 3-1 more than winning 3-2, which is understandable but win is a win, golden set should be played anyways in the case both teams win once, independent of the score

I like the idea of always playing a golden set when both teams won a match. Maybe the team that won more sets could be given an advantage of something like 3 points/set, then for example:

- results 3:0 and 1:3 => golden set starts with a score of 3:0

- results 3:0 and 2:3 => golden set starts with a score of 6:0

That way there would be no meaningless sets but on the other hand every set won counts for something.

In the article about Koulberg, Stuttgart's press states that the club "will" lose Koskelo as well, so it seems she's made her decision and will retire.

Schwerin Dresden 3:1 / 98:75 (23:25 25:9 25:23 25:18) https://live.volleyball-bundesliga.de/2024-25/Women/2122.pdf

Aachen Suhl 1:3 / 87:98 (25:23 22:25 19:25 21:25) https://live.volleyball-bundesliga.de/2024-25/Women/2123.pdf

Potsdam Erfurt 3:0 / 75:50 (25:20 25:11 25:19) https://live.volleyball-bundesliga.de/2024-25/Women/2125.pdf

Standings

1 SSC Palmberg Schwerin 23 19 65:20 58

2 Allianz MTV Stuttgart 21 18 57:23 50

3 Dresdner SC 22 17 55:26 50

4 SC Potsdam 21 13 44:30 35

5 VfB Suhl LOTTO Thüringen 22 11 40:41 33

6 VC Wiesbaden 21 7 30:48 23

7 USC Münster 21 7 29:50 21

8 Ladies in Black Aachen 22 5 30:56 17

9 Schwarz-Weiß Erfurt 23 1 10:66 4

This is the same ranking as last season, except for Aachen taking over Vilsbiburg's pos 8 and the addition of Erfurt. It's quite likely also the final ranking unless there's a major upset, maybe Suhl will go to pos. 4.

Weirdly enough, VBL has scheduled for the last matchday of the regular season a repetition of last year's qf (with Schwerin playing Aachen) so these games could see a repetition directly afterwards in this years qf.

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Stuttgarter Zeitung/Nachrichten report that according to Renkema herself she has "three realistic options". The paper believes one of these would be to succeed Julia Retzlaff as one of the managing directors of the VBL.

https://www.stuttgarter-zeitun…67-8a09-6f4c77f46b84.html

They now say it's a done deal and Oszvald-Renkema will start her job at VBL on May 1st.

https://www.stuttgarter-zeitun…8b-882d-af7c5a113150.html

edit:

VBL news:

Contract until 2028. Daniel Sattler's (other managing director) contract has been extended, but it's not mentioned for how long

Oszvald-Renkema's responsibilities will be:

Sponsoring, positioning the VBL brand, further development of highlight events. Also she will focus on the development of clubs and locations, and the areas of top-class sport and talents.

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In dieser Funktion verantwortet sie den Aufbau und die Pflege von Sponsoringpartnerschaften, die Markenpositionierung der VBL sowie die Weiterentwicklung der Highlight-Events. Außerdem wird ihr Fokus auf der Club- und Standortentwicklung sowie den Themenfeldern Spitzensport und Nachwuchs liegen

https://www.volleyball-bundesl…page=0#a_185901_775171442