Posts by Jeniawithlove

Quote from avid

but then they go ahead and double VBTV pricing... good job VBW lol

2023, also saw the Volleyball Nations League (VNL) showcase incredible growth in its fifth edition. The tournament resulted in a 43% growth in OTT subscribers, and attendance also grew by 18% in comparison to 2022. The sponsorship value of the VNL increased by 27%, while TV viewership increased by 13% to 630 million. The VNL 2023 also enjoyed a reach of 214 million on social media.

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Those numbers provide the solid reasons for raising the price. Whatever FIVB or VBTV is doing clearly is working.

Ran Takahashi with new natural water commercial

I want to say Aki Momii is a past tense now. She was the main setter for Tokyo Olympics and now she is nothing.

It's so sad. There is only one player in Japan can actually score. The shorty is selected to Dream team is an insult.

Quote from sitenoise

Is that really a thing? Putting less accomplished players on court in a world championship to develop them?

Of course it's a thing. Guess it took how many years for Saori Kimura to become accomplished player? She was soft and useless once.

Quote from kravmaga

I wonder about this too. Why does Japan gatekeep their taller female players it's honestly bizarre and very backwards. They're going to select 20 Mayus again after this and 19 of those will retire before you even remember their names.

Japanese coaches often have a prejudice towards tall players and tend to use short players even in adult teams.

Manabe insisted that Uchiseto was good at reception and included her in the roster for the World Championship, even naming her as the Libero. However, reality hit hard. Everyone knew that Uchiseto wasn't qualified, but Manabe couldn't see it. They are biased. That's the main reason why Japan has short players all over the floor in volleyball.

Of course, Manabe always blame Japan's failures for lack of heights against opponents.

I think you should update all the numbers after the Paris Olympics. I believe most of the athletes gain many followers during the games.

Quote from sitenoise

I agree with you that Japanese coaches may not know how to train tall players. But that they "hate" them? Come on!

That 188cm player ... I'm not sure you've seen these "tall" players play. And Emili did play against Macau

Japan usually skews toward their 'taller' players in the U-Squads, but they went smaller in this tournament

Tall players need more time to develop. That's why you need to put them on the court to gain experience. Using short players to win under-age tournaments is very shortsighted.

If you watch the Asia Eastern tournament, Japan has a middle block whose height is 185. The coach didn't put her on the court for one minute even with the match against Macau which was obviously a win. Japan coaches hate tall players.

Quote from Copravolley22

The question is, are there higher girls interested in playing volleyball?

If you check the Japan roster of U16 last year, they have a MB at 188cm (Best Middle of AVC U16) but she doesn't make it to the U17 roster. It's not about no taller girls playing volleyball in Japan. It's about Japan coaches problem. They tend to use or they love to use short players as they have no clue how to train tall players.

I think Italy will win this match. Japan has reached their physical limit. All of the players can't jump any more.

Japan always waste their time on short players that have no future.

Quote from Paperoga

Finally some spicy news:

Leon OUT of Perugia

Leal in China

Zaytsev and De Cecco in Japan

Porro to Lube

Sliwka to Perugia

De Falco to Piacenza

All seems rumors except for De Falco that must have signed.

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Sliwka also receive quotation from Japan.

Quote from Shinya

Yes, but from A Team to B Team. B Team have just Asian Games to compete. A Team play VNL, Asian Championships and OQT.

From first Press Conference (April 7, 2023), the Activity plan, Nambu Masashi (Chairman of the Men's Strengthening Committee) said he want high experiences players to bring the power of new gen players, gives his own experiences for them to grow up in international level. The Plan is training the athletes who can play an active role at the next Los Angeles 2028, so they have to strengthen and develop the team at the same time. (Target athletes for Los Angeles 2028)

For A team seems like he was not in the plan, base on his stat from V-League, especially his block percentage, it's too low.

He is not from Team A to Team B. He is from Team A → Being Kicked Out → Team B.

Why do you deliberately ignore that he was kicked out of the national team?

He was the captain of team A, then was kicked out of the national team and didn't participate in the Olympic game. Philippe Blain openly criticized that his recpetion isn't good enough to be in national team. Then this year he got back to national team and becomes the captain of team B. Clearly, he was promoted back to the national team, not demoted.

Quote from Pancake

do you not understand what a demotion means?

Quote from Playmaker

How is it not? he's playing for the B team not with Ishikawa Ran Nishida Miyaura where the real action is. Stop lying to yourself

From being not in the national team to back to national team is a demotion? You guys are so funny.

Quote from Genius of the Sky

if i am not mistaken he was invited back this year

And it's not a demotion.

Quote from Phoenix

Didn't Yanagida get demoted to the men's B team?

You meant Masahiro Yanagida? Demoted? He was dropped from the national team before the Tokyo Olympics.

Quote from denzz

Anderson is leaving Russia and they are trying not to pay the compensation by using a FIFA rule.

More details in the link

https://m.sport.business-gazeta.ru/article/286442

Clubs looking to sign American players should take note. First Taylor Sander, Micah Maʻa, now Matthew Anderson. American volleyball players don't honor their promises.

Great that we won't see China again in the VNL.

Quote from brahmin

I mean you have to fill out the paperwork. Per US State Department, have to apply through Switzerland or Austria.

This is the second time that Iranians submitted documents. This situation had been lasted for one month. It's not like that they didn't know how to apply visa.