beachboy

Yep, a .168% hitting percentage is low. Too many errors. About the parental involvement. If that is the case, that is why a lot of good coaches are probably no longer coaching. Too much interference and not enough support and cheering on. Such is the new world!

I agree with Bratman. Too many of the kids playing volleyball now are burned out physically and especially mentally by the time they start playing for the "end" all important college scholarship. What happened to playing another sport and using different muscle groups? Taking a mental break from the same sport each day? Some parents spend as much money to play club volleyball over their child's volleyball career, they probably could have paid for college and received change. Just a thought.

Has Knox Catholic had tuition assistance in the past and still played against public schools? Hmmm, that would be interesting to know.

Summary Judgement, thanks for the info. Sure is a different look from past AA districts. It will be interesting to see how all of this shakes out. Have a Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!!!

Where is Knox Catholic slated to play for volleyball. I read in the paper where they placed the football team, but do not know who the vb team will be with. Are they with Farragut, HV and that district?

So we had two Tennessee teams in the finals of a big tournament in Atlanta? There are some solid volleyball teams in that area. That bodes well for Tennessee volleyball. Congrats to both of those teams. Will that make them favorites for the state championships in this year? I would sure like to see an exciting and fun post-season. Good luck to all of the teams that get into the playoffs starting with the district tournaments!

Thanks, I appreciate it.

Anybody, anybody? Buehler....Buehler.....Buehler.....

Was the Blarney Stone tournament held this past weekend at Catholic? I did not see anything in the paper. Does anyone know which teams were there and how it turned out? I appreciate it. Good luck to everyone as the high school season gets to the half-way point. District playoffs are right around the corner. Such a fast season.

With that kind of success, maybe some folks might want to think about paying such high fees to go to clubs like K2 and others. Hmmm, just thinkin!!

Maryville baseball hired one of the best coaches around in Adam Sullivan. Give him some time to build the culture the way it needs to be and you will be winning a bunch of games and competing with anyone in your district. He does things the right way! Enjoy the future.

Bet that the ACE team at the Phoenix tournament was AC!

There is an ACE volleyball club out of Arlington, TX. Would that be the same one?

I guess it pays to have a great high school coach. There have been several posts in the past that tend to make us think that the only good coaches are in clubs. Way to go Brentwood!

Since I must plead ignorance to this, I have a question about Brentwood. I am not trying to take anything away from their program and their amazing history, but what percentage of their players play club volleyball? Maybe pitting club vs. HS and vice versa is the wrong way to see things. Quite possibly it is a combination of all the opportunities our kids have that make them the people/players that they are. They can be taught at the club level and the high school level. As I have said before, I have seen bad and good coaches at both the club and high school level. Neither has a monopoly on that! Congratulations to all of the State winners and all the teams that made it there. An accomplishment for all.

Since this thread started off about does coaching matter in high school? It would seem to me that using the same logic in club would apply. Does coaching really matter at the club level when you have the best players from your area on the same team? Maybe coaching an all-star team is easier than a high school team. Just thinkin' out loud.

With the advent of Lacrosse for boys really exploding, maybe boys volleyball will be the next thing to hit (pun intended). I have not heard of many concussions from volleyball. Hmmm, maybe parents need to rethink which sports they are letting their sons play. Just thinkin!

That is too bad! We need boys volleyball! It is big all around the country. So many opportunities missed.

Thanks. How did the other "big" names do? Curious as I did not see anything in the paper

Does anyone have the results of this tournament?

Here are the pools for the Blarney Stone tournament: Pool A Hardin Valley Catholic Grace Christian Sullivan East Pool B Bearden Oak Ridge Morristown West Greeneville Pools A and B are at Catholic, Pool C is at Episcopal Pool C CAK Anderson County Concord Christian Dobyns Bennett Pool times Friday are 5, 6, 7, 8 pm Pool times for Saturday are 9 and 10 am followed by single elimination

Never saw her play, but that is a strong resume. Wowser!

Tongue in cheek, tongue in cheek!

Too bad for the boys! Who knows, If clubs offered more opportunities for boys to play volleyball that might just blow up. After all look what happened at the men's NCAA division 1 tournament. Two teams from Chicago in the finals. Untapped potential in Tennessee. Maybe K2 or KVA could get that started here. Or do they already have boys teams? Would be lots of fun.

Cool, thanks. Tell her good luck from E TN