Kolek planning to go pro
Wow, I'm very concerned for Benny. Being able to mimic Myron Medcalf's writing so closely implies an oncoming case of dementia.
General v-ball question:Not enough 5th graders at my kids' school were interested in volleyball this year, so they opened the team up to the 4th grade girls. My daughter participated in an intro to volleyball class with the local parks district last winter (essentially, one hour of skills instruction each Saturday for 6 weeks) so she was among several 4th graders who volunteered to round out the team.They had their first game this past weekend, and it's clear that the girls - both the 4th and 5th graders - need significant work. (I was not at the game, but my wife said she and the other moms stopped keeping track of the score.)The girls only practice twice a week, which seems pretty light, so I'd like to supplement with some at-home instruction... I don't want to overwhelm, so my thought was to have her focus on one skill at home and let her work on the rest at practice.The question is what to work on at home. Of the three basic skills at this level: 1) Setting is the easiest to work on,2) Bumping is the primary move in games, and3) Serving is essentially scoring (many serves aren't returned, so any serve in-bounds scores a point >75% of the time).Since there's really no passing at this level, #1 seems like a waste. And between #2 and #3, my thought is that she'll have way more bumping opportunities than serving in a given game, so unless she can serve with great consistency (which I don't think 20 mins/day of is going to develop that consistency), my thought is bumping will likely make her more helpful to the team than serving.Any thoughts?
I would think that at that age/level, the most "bang for your buck" items would be passing (i.e., "bumping" -- get with the new lingo, old man ) and serving. Being able to pass the ball solidly in the right direction (or over the net, if appropriate) is a really good start. A good, solid platform and facing the target. And I'd work with her slowly but surely in being able to serve overhand. A good toss and solid contact and develop strong enough contact to get it over the net. Even if it doesn't come around for this year, you want that overhand contact to start to feel comfortable. At that age, a kid who can serve and hit overhand is a force.Good luck.
And coincidentally those two skills win at the highest of high levels of volleyball. You can never be too good at serving or passing. For as complicated as volleyball can get, it almost always comes down to the serve and pass game.My recommendation is to get good instruction on passing and from there to find a neighborhood kid (or brother/sister) also interested in the sport and to get out and pepper as much as possible. That might be a year or two away still, but just simply peppering from a young age will give your daughter a natural touch on the ball that really isn't taught.
As I said, there's not a lot of passing at this level (at least of the controlled variety)... a free ball scores a point almost as often as an in-bounds serve.We're going to work on the bumping forearm pass, first. Once she's comfortable there, we'll move on to serving.
Huge part of our family’s lives. Repetition, repetition, repetition. Have fun.
Marquette is now behind BYU with the same overall record and a win AT BYU and behind Wisconsin despite a BETTER record and a win AT UW. Pretty bad.Not to mention Washington sweeping Wisconsin...TWICE...and being behind Wisconsin in the newest poll.
How much do those polls correlate with NCAA seeding?
Don’t lose to Illinois and things look different.
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