oldsetter

Later games could get better officials. Many people interested in officiating can not get off work early enough to make early games just like the parents.

Hey, that was not a challange, and I said I was on the other side of the court (behind team bench just behind service line (did I make the video? /blush.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":blush:" border="0" alt="blush.gif" /> ) so you would know where my angle was from. I think the fans in your bleacher had the best look especially if you were 5 or so feet closer to the net than the end line. As it has been said, it is all about the angles. Your judgement is always from your phisical position and what you can or can not see. I claim no expertise, just willing to share what little knowlege I have. And as far as bad calls go, my first coach was an x-olympian. When we complained about a bad call he told us that if the officials were part of the game it was our fault - just put the ball down on the floor - not much judgement there. I'm a 9 to 5 er so it is hard to make games. You'll probably be back to state next year, i'll try to as well. Hey, win or loose, it's where you want to end the season - just think of all the teams that would have loved the chance to be there in all its folly and glory.

Hey Big D. I usually sit/stand alone, but would have liked to have met you (usually taking notes and such). I thought I saw the corner ball different than you, but even at my angle, was confused by 2 antenna calls - I think you had a very good angle on those. Oy vey! One point on lj's, it is requested to look at the R1 and hold your call to get conformation of acceptence. Remember, the R1 is not required to take any call. R1 can over ride any other official. Perhaps the other lj's eye contact was not as noticable as the other? The GLJ can't be everywhere! later.

It is always your perspective on a bad call. If you don't like the outcome, it is a bad call. Did the ball hit the line judge or hit the floor and then the line judge? I was sitting on the service line behind the team bench. I saw the ball hit the floor and bounce into the lj. I was supprised it was called out. I am not a GPS or Hutch fan, just happend to be watching the game for some college coach friends. Funny, everything looks different when you don't have a dog in the fight. I am sure the R1 saw different or would not have called the lj over. Sometimes it is best to just over-rule, she may have been given some instruction since she looked hesitent in her call. I did see a fan get up and look like he was going to come out of the stands, but from my perspective I dought it. This action may have alarmed "THE MAN". The Hutch fans seemed to be a great lot. Great team, great fans.

There are only two reason that I have ever lost a match: poor officiating and/or the other team cheating........ /roflolk.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":roflolk:" border="0" alt="roflolk.gif" /> /roflolk.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":roflolk:" border="0" alt="roflolk.gif" /> /blush.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":blush:" border="0" alt="blush.gif" />

Good first post coach. Glad to see you have fans even though I do like cookie dough. /hungry.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":hungry:" border="0" alt="hungry.gif" /> IMHO: (This is directed to sports in general and not directed to any volleyball teams fans - which are the best, of course ) There are at least two cultures in volleyball. There is the old school that 'watched' games just like tennis. It would be rude to distract the opossing team or attempt to influence the game. There is the 'new fan', that thinks like basketball where you try to distract the player shooting foul shots or the football field that is so load that the players can not hear the quarterback. Volleyball is probably somewhere in between. I have been in gyms so load that the players (on both teams) can not hear each other call for the ball. I don't think the rule makers and most of the fans want volleyball to be basketball - e.g. artifical noise makers are illegal (and they are moving in that direction in other sports as well). I think it is great that fans have cheers for blocks, kills, and aces. That is positive cheering and I am all for that. I, on the other hand think yelling, trying to distract the server and trying to influence the opposing team while the ball is in play or trying to make noise during a time-out is poor sportsmanship and in bad taste. I can't get 'participant' or 'aid to scoring/winning' anywhere in the definition of 'spectator'. It seems that we have developed in in recent years an idea that team spirt or support is somehow equivalent to obnoxious classless behavior. In response to this trend, newer sports facilities are designed with the fans farther and farther away from the players. I know from a marketing standpoint there is a desire to cater to the base element and sell the 'come out and help us win', but I think the positive support aspect can achieve that as well. Oh, well, too long of a post and we talk about this ever year at this time. /blush.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":blush:" border="0" alt="blush.gif" /> I hope to see the 'firm' in action one day soon first hand.

WOW, looks like mini-State. I guess they are coming to get a little taste of the 'boro' befor returning at the end of the month. /hungry.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":hungry:" border="0" alt="hungry.gif" />

Poke away Big Daddy!

Or we could call it college volleyball that is interesting to high school volleyball fans.

If spandex is so great why don't men/boys wear it? Ugh, never mind. I know why. It would look like the ballet! Yuck. Pro beach volleyball - men in speedo's! I guess it is just fasion. I do know you don't want to wear shorts with pockets. On a approch to a spike one time, I ripped my pants off when my thumb got caught on the pocket.

how about: UE = unforced error PE = passing error AP = AWSOME PLAY! or BHP = Bone Head Play he, he, that would be my stat. or 1C to 10C = Rating of the celebration dance (aces and kills). (can be used for the pre-game chant/roll out/floor dive)

Oh, yeah! I'll train under Bratman. I like mine with an assortment of mustards (in Switzerland mustard comes in tubes like toothpaste) and some dark bread .....and perhaps a 'beverage' or two. . yum, yum, yum. Oh, so that's what happend to my verticle.

We can run a 6-2! I like to hit some too!

Actually, that is a TITLE 9 thingy. You can look it up on the net. I basiclly understand it that you have to have a equall number of men and women sports, so to compensate for football, there is usually a volleyball or field hockey (womens) team. If there is not parity, women are allowed to participate in the other program. Or something like that. I am probably just making it up as I type.

I was not there, but I would bet big money no one with a whistle around their neck made that decision. It was a different kind of 'offical' i'd wager. Sounds like a management decision - like 'new' Coke, or "let's launch anyway".