Koga has 2 Montreux awards but I don't know if that still holds any prestige with Montreux being dead now
Montreux Volley Masters was a 3rd tier competition. It was more of a warm up for bigger tournaments that's why it has ceased. I wouldn't make a big deal out of it and it's not like she got MVP
if you think about it sato came from a prestigious university and i think tsukuba won the collegiate championship or whatever that's called i dont follow it. she didnt even debut in the league yet and already got into the nt then was placed in the current reigning champions of the league. i mean regardless of what you think about her she's coming from a position of privilege
if nakajima was sato's height she'd be the one saying this stuff about surpassing ishii
Which makes it all the more disgusting considering she had it easier than the rest when she's not even that good. Koga was a monster rookie. Having someone as random as Sato be a potential ace is yet another major downgrade considering she's shorter than Koga and is already older than some of those that participated in Paris.
Still no players' old stats on the SV. League website.
Sadly I don't think they'll put those up but I'm not sure. I don't even know what happened to V League's archive since their website automatically redirects to SV's new site now
Oh man I'm gonna enjoy watching NEC fail this season
Victorina and Kawakita's team it's up to you to take them out of the top 5 fists up
Atleast give Wada a chance. You can't trust Japan's manufactured allrounders. It's time they had a dominant opp.
yoshino having the confidence of someone who is probably also dating someone in the nt
Considering there's no hype around her aside from her being cute or something
shes only 6 months younger than mayu thats way too old to be considered newgen. they need someone younger than mayu and not close to her height either. hard pass on whoever this is
That makes her older than Wada wtf
why on earth would they pair ebata with a one time main setter who isn't even an olympian. that's a slap in the face
His dad is an Iranian Kurd. Kurdish Iranian? I don't know the proper term but his mum's fully Japanese and Keihan was born and raised in Japan.
there’s one more Iranian player the son of Coach Ryan Masajedi. I don’t know his name but he’s part of USquad right now. Masajedi’s wife is Japanese so his son will probably take the mom’s surname.
Yet I was not arguing for usage of hate speech in discussions, you missed my point complitely but whatever.
you didn’t have a point to begin with the op you quoted was talking about problematic users use your common sense
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.
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.
Display Moreif all the players of Chinese descent could be in the same team:
( I just give a men's team)
S - Micah Christenson
OP - Jiang Chuan
OH - Zhang Jing-yin, Yu Yuan-tai
MB - Peng Shi-kun, Haku Ri ( 5 years ago )L - Justin Lui
It must be stronger than present Chinese men's NT but it is impossible to be together.
Micah's mom Charlene Kahuanui isn't of Polynesian descent though. Micah's grandfather on his mom's side is more Filipino.
In this article Shunichi Kawai specifically favors 193cm Keihan Takahashi
https://www.daily.co.jp/general/2024/08/16/0018016077.shtml
They don't go below 188. Nishida is their only exception since he's superior to Miyaura who is 190. The women should start setting that standard as well. They got scouts for that those people should work harder for the girls as they do for the boys.
Saga is dead they need a different coach that will guide those girls better except Nakagawa she's past her prime. Kitamado still shows potential but whether her level can go higher is a very different matter. Their new Inoue who is 180+ is far too sloppy and is very poor on deciding and timing. Needs a whole lotta work.
She doesn't abide by Japanese standards. The Eurovolley preference should already give you that hint. She's the very definition of anti-Japanese in terms of volleyball. But in a way we can also say Yuki Ishikawa is anti-Japanese in that he prefers to follow a different system than what they've doing for 50+ years. I think Ishikawa certainly has the vision and thanks to Blain it materialized. However since Zetterlund is not a coach and is not directly involved with the team her opinion may not have even reached them.
She's friends with Kawai and is part of JVA's committee. It will reach them one way or another whether they like it or not
unfortunately that's every setter among the top 5 teams. i mean cansu is almost as tall as yamada
Extend it to top 20. Dom Rep and Poland's setters are all as tall if not taller than Yamada and Araki Jr. Setters should not at all be short but that's Japan for you since they double as libero
With all due respect I don't like Zetterlund it's not that deep but she gives me your-worst-nightmare teacher vibes like Dolores Umbridge but the takeaway is that she herself is 180 and she's ancient so I'm gonna echo all the other comments that say to keep it to that standard. 180 at most. Continue to go any lower and they're basically just forming NEC 2.0 not an nt that can even bag bronze or qualify on their own.
The exceptional shorties are already in the NT Hayashi Mayu and Wada and maybe even Ameze but I think it should stop there.
ironically zetterlund isnt even a japanese olympian since she played for usa and her medal is for team usa not japan
Display MoreSpeaking of Japan's volleyball teams these are their results
- Women's Beach Volleyball Ishii and Takihara? made it to the semifinals but lost
No male team
- Men's Team made it to QF but lost
- WNT did not make the cut for QF
Paralympics
The women's team under coach Kano did not qualify
For the next Winter Olympics which I think will be held in the US? there's also a Japanese female snow volleyball team from Asahikawa I don't know how that's going
yuki ishii? retired from indoor to beach a la lippmann good for her sand might suit her more after all she's the only player that hasnt gotten injured in all her time in the nt
Hopefully DR will invest in Yokaty Perez and Ariana Rodríguez after this tournament.
Finally some Yokaty appreciation. Yes yes yes she has to happen asap
Manabe also failed to make this team qualify and Manabe failed to get them to enter the quarterfinals at the Olympics and Japan isn't near the top 5 weren't that their goals?
height difference
2012 London
saori 185
kaori inoue 185
araki 186
kano 185
otomo 184
2024
koga 180
airi 182
araki jr 184
yamada 184
sakoda and shinnabe = mayu hayashi wada
even if we minus kano's useless presence the difference in having a 185 ace and a 186 middle that's at her peak is huge
i appreciate the facts but you just ruined my sentiment
I cannnt 
