ferhat said it will be broken down into 3 teams but there's still no squad list. i'm curious where he'll put kitamado.
Next week probably
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Carolyn was bumped to assistant of the senior squad since she's already handling their youth division. Shanice while promising is only 4 years older than Alexa. She's still very young. She can take over in the youth division.
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Display MoreIt's really difficult to say. Kenya was my bet, but she prefered to bench in Osasco these years. I hope she can finally play in Mackenzie (her club next season) and develop as a setter.
About the ones invited for NT: I like Marina Sioto and she played okay in Brasília team this last season. But now she will be benching in Osasco for Jenna Gray, a bad move. Lyara has no precision in her settings, even though she played better in 2nd round of Superliga.
From junior/youth teams, my biggest hope is Ana Luiza Berto. She is tall (183) and has some really good skills. If she does the right choices in her career, we can have our Dilay Ozdemir lol. I also like Maria Eduarda "Maduh", but she is short (176)
There's a tall setter Giovana (192-193) in junior club of Barueri. Still a lot to work on her, but who knows?
Was Giovana always a setter or did she switch? her movements are slightly awkward for a setter. A lot of work indeed
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Come back Phoenix
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The wide roster was not released yet.
I'll admit I haven't watched Heloise lately, I just know she was out of the majority of the NCAA season because of a broken hand (or something like that). What matches from her have you seen?
She's not paying keen attention to her opponents movements near the net. I think it was Maddux who jammed the ball and won the joust against her that's when she got her metacarpal fractures.
Sloppy attempts at combinations, middles not utilized enough, not to mention she botches her 1st tempo huts and the ball goes askew. Those little off alignments that she's not able to correct throughout the game.
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Heloise is really bad. I'm surprised she's even in the wide roster. They can try her for the weakest teams only
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Samedy and Airi were college roommates
Airi: "I had a dog (Block-kun lol) and Steph had a cat. There was a time when my dog escaped from his cage, went to Steph's room and made a mess."
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Look at him he's adorable
LMFAO
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They don’t really hold matches in grandiose arenas when it’s just the preliminaries of the VNL. Even the Sky Hall Toyota during the 2018 VNl was just as bad. Same thing back in the Grand Prix days when it was only prelims.
On record, they would only go big for such an annual meet if they’re hosting the finals like the 2014 Grand Prix Finals. They also go all out only when it’s a biennial or quadriennial meet like the World Championship, World Cup, World Grand Champions Cup (defunct), Olympic World Qualifier (before), and the Olympics.
I know that but Yoyogi has 2 gyms.
The main gym which you're seeing in that photo can hold up to 14K and their 2nd newly renovated gym can hold up to 7K people + its own dedicated training facility. That would be a lot smarter logistically.
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Japan's basketball NT is using YNG. Their contract is 10 years.
Plus the women's team would be lucky if they could round up 3K fans in Chiba with such an unknown team
and those 2990 are likely just Mayu's fansThat won't be a problem. Basketball and volleyball don't clash with NT activities. JVA can still book the facility without disrupting JBA's training sessions.
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There's this interesting piece about the changes that will happen with training camps for both the men and women going forward to LA. But it's paywalled hard and no amount of bypass tweaking and archival is enough to break through. God I hate Japanese encryption.
https://mainichi.jp/articles/20250412/k00/00m/050/096000c
I found some info that JVA is considering a third venue that isn't a home base of any SVL team. One of the options is Ontake Nigorigo High Altitude Training Center in Gifu which also doubles as a rehab center. Kawai visited it recently.
Kawai probably also spilled new promotional stuff in that article but we'll never since it's p*yw*ll*d.
Yoyogi National Gymnasium has a dedicated training facility that opened in 2022. Naomi Osaka trained there. It's within JVA's designated budget.
Chiba Port is garbage compared to Yoyogi I don't know why they approved that venue for VNL this year
This is Yoyogi
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The ones here suggesting Kitamado have you guys seen how awful she was during U21? She couldn't score more than 10pts in any of the matches. I can't remember who the short OH was that had to step up. I also didn't see that big of a difference in her level this season. All the Saga girls should not be in the A team all of them not even Nishimura.
It was Amika Saiki with Okayama Seagulls. I agree, I don't see anything special about Kitamado other than her height.
The only exception is Araki. She can stay with the A team.
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Just put them all together for 2 weekends for playoffs of best of 2 and play a golden set if tied then. All players from NCAA will know what golden set is, unlike Makova lol
Something similar to that format will happen eventually as they add more teams. I don't think most fans or even just casuals would want to watch 6 teams fight each other a hundred times it gets a little dull. The more they add the better it is financially to structure their format with all the teams involved and the more people will lean into it.
Also, lol at Markova she really didn't pay attention.
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Akimoto never played as an OH in the usquad, so she never had the chance to prove herself as OH internationally, unlike Mayu and Koga, which is why they effortlessly transitioned to the senior NT’s starting 6. Her reception rate at club level so far is 28.8% (below average), so I wonder if Akbas is gonna bet on her this early.
Who else will they rely on without Hayashi? Certainly not Sato.
Saori scored 2pts during the 2003 World Cup at age 17. She was horrible. She went straight to Athens Olympics. Gotta start somewhere.
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Shimamura and Kurogo in B
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Reality check for Valdes. She has to move out of PFU or she can forget the NT.
Minowa probably would've been chosen if not for the new FIVB rule
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where can I see? do you have a link
There should be some clips scattered on youtube (Shorts mostly)
You can also search on tiktok
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Those sad Karens always need something or someone to hate. My theory is she is enjoying the attention she is getting in this forum, which she doesn't get in real life. I'm done with this scumbag
They're most likely mentally ill
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Unbelievable.
Is there no way to ban certain users from interacting in threads? I'm certain that said user only wants to troll and is using every opportunity to scare new users. It's not even crovolley bad at least he's interested in volleyball not making political remarks at topics they have no firm grasp on.