Live Updates, 11/30/09

// November 30th, 2009 // Uncategorized

Live updates happening now!

Links from today’s broadcast…
Kinda Good AVP Clone Challenge, Naked Volleyball

Kevin spent Thanksgiving at a pool, Dan went to San Onofre to surf and ball, Reid met up with some other Americans in Siberia to feast.

Brandon Rosenthal, head coach for Lipscomb University (28-3), talks to us about the NCAA Tournament. He is fired up to Play #9 Cal in a few days, though he’s a bit upset with having a very low RPI (34, low is good) and playing a top 10 team. Other teams in the 100s are playing teams in the 80s…

Senior women administrators, athletic directors, and a few other people make up the committee who select the teams and matchups for the tournament.

Did you know that Penn State has already lost 5 sets this year??? Yes, they’re undefeated, but at this point last year they hadn’t lost a single set!

POTENTIAL HOST CITIES, World League 2010
Via Mike Chandler, USAVolleyball
Chicago, San Jose, Wichita, Anaheim, and more! The locations will be announced at the end of December. Kevin wants to see the great crowds in Wichita, Chicago for the 3rd year, maybe Philly (so he can get Eagles gear). Reid wants markets where sports are big and covered by the media. The NY area is on his list. There’s a big club presence in PA, NY, NJ, and elsewhere. Hawaii would also be an awesome marketplace.

James Wilroy was on the show last week talking about his “DataVolley” statistics program for coaches and players. The USA National Teams have used it for years and it’s filtering down into the college ranks. Reid likes that players can now be a part of the PROCESS of coaching and see statistics matched with video and pick up on tendencies.

THE HOOPS WHISPERER
This article talks about Idan Ravin, a coach disciplining Lebron James and Carmelo Anthony and motivating them to compete hard even though they are at the top of their game. Ravin identifies the player traits and figures out how to talk to each player. For instance, to get Gilbert Arenas to practice a little longer and take a few more shots, he would comment, “Chris Paul is shooting free-throws right now. And you want to quit? Go ahead.” He lets the player dictate how much he practices and how intense it is. Hugh McCutcheon was great at approaching players with different tact.

USOC ousts CEO
USOC is a mess. Kevin is amazed with how often their CEOs change. Every 2.5 years they get a new CEO. Sounds bad. “Guest 1700″ from the chatboard says “If you change your CEO eery 2 years, you have to restart your organization every 2 years.”

BIGGER BETTER DEAL
Kerri Walsh is out for 2010 presumably. Who does Misty play with? Who ruins a great partnership to play with Misty? April Ross? Nicole Branagh?

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