sean1 Fabio Menta is a legitimate coach by the way. Not some facebook troll as you said. If you think my comments are beyond you, ignore it. I wasn't even responding to your comments. And here you are barging in and behaving like a tyrant. "I don't like how this one sounds so they should be banned."
sloth i'm sorry, but I didn't pick a fight with my last comment. I just responded to Zakfair.
Can you take your facebook coach and your bullshit somewhere else where you and your other accounts can talk to each other in peace and not always spouting nonsense in this thread. What's even worse is that it has nothing to do with the current team. You make it so obvious that you have so many accounts just to reply to each other
sloth please sort this out i'm tired of this troll. All it ever does is include drama from outside sources irrelevant to volleyball then quote random shit on the internet
sitenoise responded to it and even mentioned that Turkish coach statement, but all of a sudden me mentioning a statement from an Italian coach is wrong?
you might as well be the one with multiple accounts here. You comment and like your own comments for support.
I'm not picking a fight here. You did.
Can you take your facebook coach and your bullshit somewhere else where you and your other accounts can talk to each other in peace and not always spouting nonsense in this thread. What's even worse is that it has nothing to do with the current team. You make it so obvious that you have so many accounts just to reply to each other
sloth please sort this out i'm tired of this troll. All it ever does is include drama from outside sources irrelevant to volleyball then quote random shit on the internet
We're already done talking about the coach aren't we? I'm replying to someone who's actually talking about something valid. You come in here picking fights when I said nothing inflammatory. And because you have friends who egg you on and like your comments, you are so brave to shut people out when others can be banned for it.
Seriously, if you can't respond objectively, then ignore it.
It’s more like about allocating more time to body conditioning within that time frame, not going beyond 5-6 hrs. This schedule is what I’m talking about.
Here’s the pic. That’s too much ball training I think. 1 hr of individual training is broken down to per-skill training and weight training so that’s around 30 mins. or less of gyming?
It's surely less. Even Thailand (who can even be shorter) are more explosive than the Japanese.
The Japanese need to either tweak their training style, or involve taller athletes. I don't see them landing any podium currently (senior squad).
I've seen one from Ishii back in 2018 (not sure, could be 2017) against Thailand. 92 km/hr.
I wonder what's the strongest hit by a Japanese player in any tournament.
I love that ... their "graciousness" when they spike
If you watch HS, Uni, V2, even 9-ball, there are players who don't have that. I still contend that this "graciousness" is demanded of players on the NT track. The whole "don't make mistakes" thing
When I look at Gabi and Herbotts, I don't see magnificently toned gym rat bodies. I see a couple players with attitude
Have you seen Gabi's abs?
but yes, those two players are more daring and not afraid to make mistakes. i think their diet is also partly the reason for those powerful swings.
The Japanese are a little "soft" in comparison.
just as I said, as seen in that picture, Japan has a really good volleyball program in the under category but everything feels like gonna be wasted once these youngsters go pro and go up against the future Egonu, Boskovic, and many others just because they spend much time in ball training for the most part of their volleyball lives. The senior NT's marketing just went downhill after a series of failures since the 2014 World Grand Prix. It was when teams started to produce Egonu, Boskovic, and many other players that Japanese athleticism can't contain. It's just disappointing for me as a fan.
that's why their medals tend to stop at the U20. Even now, it is being overtaken by very physical teams from europe as well.
I guess we would just have to be contended with them being just quarter finalists.
Still a fan though.
So just say something is fake just because you don't have the ability to discuss it then say "look, the information I cut online is better so we should talk about mine instead."
That sounds childish. And since it seems like you have a buddy system here in this group, only you and your friends thoughts can be discussed.
Display MoreEnough facebook fake news take that somewhere else. We don't believe in coach facebook here.
Anyway, Volleyball Monthly said that Araki will launch her own book soon.
Erika also partnered up with Pocari to hold training camps for elementary kids
https://the-ans.jp/bukatsu/255250/
Good news. But disregarding other points of conversation and deem it fake, when it clearly isn't, is just sad. And childish
.I mean if Carol at 183 cm can be the best blocker in the world and Gabi at 180 cm can be the best OH in the world, then why the Japanese can't? Many say that height is the only missing thing that Japan needs to dominate the volleyball scene. But looking at Nana Iwasaka, Megumi Kurihara, Ayaka Matsumoto, and Maiko Kano, it seems to me that Japan won't ever get a gold medal in any senior-level world tournament even if they're taller.
just like what that Italian coach said. Good point.
Thailand even hits harder than them
Never fuck with facebook freak that saw a 5 minute clip and decides to deem that player strong. Thank god for the block option. Not even Koga stans are this annoying but at least she's worth defending
Never fuck with someone who didn't watch the entire tournament and deemed the 2nd highest scorer in her team as not strong. Tell me again how the 2nd highest scorer in a team and in the top 10 overall (preliminary round) is NOT strong?
LMFAO IGNORED TO THE FULLEST
Tsk tsk. If only you didn't write this. Then I would have been ignored
anyway, let's talk objectively shall we? Let's stop hating on a player and saying she did badly when clearly she did okay. That's straight up LIES, something this forum clearly don't want.
LMFAO IGNORED TO THE FULLEST
Because you can't answer right? I know you've reqd it anyway imagine making things up saying she stood no chance. LMFAO
except inoue is neither a sano nor a saori. maiko kano is the worst example as she did nothing in europe to redeem herself. inoue has been with the nt as an extra either for nagaoka, kurogo or barely even used at all and she certainly stood no chance this vnl either. what's with the blind faith all of a sudden? weird
the audacity of some people to comment like they haven't been watching the actual tournament. And someone here says I make things up? 
except inoue is neither a sano nor a saori. maiko kano is the worst example as she did nothing in europe to redeem herself. inoue has been with the nt as an extra either for nagaoka, kurogo or barely even used at all and she certainly stood no chance this vnl either. what's with the blind faith all of a sudden? weird
the 2nd highest scorer for Japan this VNL stood no chance? Did you watch the 1st and 2nd week?
Irina why do you insist on that coach who 1. has nothing to do with Japan NT 2. will never help the team in any way 3. has never met the team 4. is not hired by JVA and putting him on such high pedestal it's hilarious when you made up so many lies about how this nt works and you don't even know who the VNL core teams are lmao
And who do you think you are? Are you even part of Japan national team? Why are attacking me when I only shared his point of view? His point of view has more weight because he knows more of the sport than us mere mortals. Your opinion is the only opinion that matters here?
What lies have I made up? Let me say it again, he has connections you and I don't even know of. Understand this sports more than you and I. He actually worked with NEC club (where Koga is) before.
So if you are better than him, have more connections than him and knows more than him, then dispute his point of view by saying something more substantial than just "he's not credible and vague." You can't even elaborate what you think is wrong with his point of view.
It's not up to date and hardly accurate. He missed the part where Japan's new department head has changed and is no longer the one during Nakada's era. JVA got a new conditioning coach who formerly worked with Japan's most popular athlete, Yuzuru Hanyu (figureskater) so the technique as well as the endurance exercises they use is now very different than it was during Nakada.
unless Japan increased their time at the gym like their western counterpart, then your statement would have merit. Or if you are an insider in the Japan NT.
This Italian coach has contacts and connections with people we don't even have; has knowledge about this sports we also may not know so I think his statements are more credible than yours.
I noticed he likes to leave details on his captions and essays because like any other marketing strategy out there, he'd want you to enrol in his sports clinic if you want to know more.
Setting aside the Japan/Thailand theories, I didn't get the part about how the big Euro people :
"... the European Leagues, National and CEV, were just finished and Top Players are still human and in need of rest" ... for "building strength & endurance"
How does that work ?
They're building their strenght because they don't go at double speed like the Japanese. I think the endurance thing has something to do with what he said about the "cultural" part of the Japanese training style where they spend less time at the gym than the Europeans for example.
Anyone who still posts on facebook is yikes to the max
How dare you. How about... classic people like... us
I don't know but it's all too vague and lacking any kind of logical data. He didn't even follow it up with any specific methods. The fact that anyone is readily believing anything he posts is kind of yikes. Not to mention he's using those so called empty essays to promote some kind of training camp.
He's promoting his class clinic. Of course he wouldn't say that in full. He even left his last conclusion hanging.
that's like getting mad at volleyballworld for only showing highlights of a game. He only shares the gist of it. You'd have to enroll to know more.
He should stick to volleyball technicalities though and not try to "analyze" the cultural aspect too much. Because he won't have an insider's perspective of that.
