14 Open JOVC Rankings

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feeds@yuku.com (VB2004) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:18:13 GMT

she's a legit 6'1, my older daughter stood next to her.... and she is a legit 6'2... she was just shy of her... and my girl was also wearing sandals....

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feeds@yuku.com (lawless) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:14:14 GMT

VolleyDon wrote:
Listed heights for 14s teams are always off. Usually they measure in the early Fall, and the kids grow a bunch during the year. Or they get the heights from the parents at the begining of the year, and the parents haven't learned how to pad yet.

I was just impressed with Torami guess from the end line. Even with lasik I'm a poor...

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feeds@yuku.com (Torami) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:43:47 GMT

Their serving as well. A very deserving champion.

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feeds@yuku.com (VolleyDon) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:13:18 GMT

Listed heights for 14s teams are always off. Usually they measure in the early Fall, and the kids grow a bunch during the year. Or they get the heights from the parents at the begining of the year, and the parents haven't learned how to pad yet.

The Vision player is the real deal and will be a top recruit.

Kudos to LB. They won by playing the most fundamentally sound volleyball of any team. Their passing, defense, and all-around ball control is amazing for this age...

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feeds@yuku.com (lawless) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:55:12 GMT

Torami wrote:
Number 15 is very tall... Not sure exactly how tall, but my guess would be maybe 6'1"? I have other matches I'll put up, but I needed to take a day or so off from volleyball before doing the rest!

Vision website lists an MB/OH at 6'0" and a MB at 6'1"(no numbers with roster). # 15...

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feeds@yuku.com (VolleyballFan13) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:58:19 GMT

I didn't see game one or two. I only saw her pass a couple times in game three and did okay.

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feeds@yuku.com (Torami) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:11:56 GMT

I may be off on my assessment, but the way I saw the Vision-Beach match is that #15 was one of the reasons Vision won the first set. She played all around and was very effective hitting outside. Starting with match two, they served laser beams straight to her, and while she got them up, it kept her from being quite as involved in the offense. She could be taller, but I never stood next to her to be able to tell for sure. Beach's serves were either hard jumpers or extremely accurate...

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feeds@yuku.com (lb4me) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:29:04 GMT

VB13 you are correct...Long Beach had three players that "played up" last season and stayed at the 14's this season. Their two outsides and the setter...

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feeds@yuku.com (VolleyballFan13) — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:14:19 GMT

We have a player 6'4" on our team and number 15 looked like she could be that tall (in the video). Ours is a middle. Their's looked like an outside playing all the way around. She moves pretty well in the back row. I am sure that many on the court will be names we will see on Tawa's various lists in the near future.

Way to go LB. I think someone from LB predicted a very strong LB team before the season started. If my memory serves correct, some of these players also...

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feeds@yuku.com (lb4me) — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:23:00 GMT

Hey Torami, thanks for posting the video...I didn't get the Vision/Long Beach game...my camcorder was back at the hotel charging.

The Vision/Long Beach match was definitely a grudge match. Both teams were at the Spokane qualifier with Long Beach losing a match to Vision one evening then having to play each other again the following morning. Long Beach won in three the next day which knocked Vision out of qualifying. Knew it would be a tough but exciting pool at JO's with...

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feeds@yuku.com (Torami) — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:12:34 GMT

Number 15 is very tall... Not sure exactly how tall, but my guess would be maybe 6'1"? I have other matches I'll put up, but I needed to take a day or so off from volleyball before doing the rest!

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feeds@yuku.com (VolleyballFan13) — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:02:58 GMT

Thanks for posting the video. I watched the Vision / Long Beach game three match - it was nice to watch. Maybe next year, we will get to play some of the west coast talent. How tall is number 15 for vision anyway?

The video reminded me of our game three vs. KIVA - we made 7 errors to give KIVA their last seven points in the match after leading10-8 in the third game. It was painful to rewatch. After looking at this video, we now have something in common with Vision as they probably...

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feeds@yuku.com (Torami) — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:56:47 GMT

I loved watching the 14U girls this season. There are many really great teams that are part of really great organizations, with parents you love to be around. It will be a joy watching the many rivalries continue as the girls grow as players and become young women. Best of luck to all these girls as they enter high school.

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feeds@yuku.com (annadanna) — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:50:41 GMT

After looking up the facts, apparently 25-22, 25-23 meets the criteria of "beating another team easily."

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feeds@yuku.com (annadanna) — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:58:14 GMT

Agree with MAVS KC. Let me get this straight, Volleylife... a certain team (that you predicted would reach the finals) "easily" beat another team in pool play, but when it counted most, they lost to this team. NOT because this other team might have "brought it", but because your certain team "beat themselves."

"So the two best teams did not go for the gold." How about just giving credit where credit is due? Another team stepped it up when it...

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feeds@yuku.com (MAVS KC) — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 07:42:53 GMT

Volleylife,

What a horrible post to place on a public message board. I find your analysis inaccurate and inappropriate. To call out teams and players by name and condemn their performance is classless. Four of the teams you contend under performed (Sunshine, MAVS, AJV and Woodlands Stars) finished top 5 in the country. Saying that MAVS "did not bring it" is as far off base as you can get. This team lost one of their best players on in their first match and could have...

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feeds@yuku.com (volleylife) — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 22:35:08 GMT

For the FINAL, I had predicted Long Beach would be playing Austin Juniors 14 Mizuno. They were the only two teams with 8-0 recrds going into the gold bracket. I tought they had the highest level of play and very eloquent and poinsed players. Long Beach had a great little libero and very aggessive serving.

Austin Juniors is very well coached. I liked watching her coaching style (Name is is Liz(?) I think). In the first two days of play, the serving was great, defense was flawless,...

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feeds@yuku.com (brubeck) — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:35:53 GMT

vision actually had 5 in the top 8 18s, 16s, 14s, 13s, 12s

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feeds@yuku.com (Torami) — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:35:40 GMT

Okay.. I've started getting some 14's video up. So far it's the semi-final match between Vision and Long Beach. I have them at:

http://www.volleyvids.net/

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feeds@yuku.com (groupguy) — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:18:02 GMT

Fusion also had 3 teams top 8 at JVDA- 18s (5th), 16s (1st), 15s (8th).

14 Open JOVC Rankings

feeds@yuku.com (Torami) — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:25:11 GMT

I'm no JTAWA, and if this was an age group he covered, I would leave it up to him. But this is the age group within which my stepdaughter plays, and it is the only age I know anything about. In trying to see if her team is deserving of an at-large bid, I pulled together the NQ results for 14 Open and tried a simple power ranking. This is just an attempt to see how the teams measure up; please don't take it too seriously, and note that it doesn't take into consideration regional...