Best Kept Secret
Sun Jul 10 08:35:00 -0400 2011
After our hour of sleep, I'm sitting in the El Paso airport putting together the post-Pan American Cup thoughts. The USA team put on a clinic last night. The team almost played a flawless match and crushed Cuba 3 0. It was a different team that we saw tonight. Hugh did a great job of changing the… Read More
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Getting the Swagger Back after the Hangover
Sat Jul 09 13:25:00 -0400 2011
The hangover I woke up this morning thinking about the movie the hangover. The scene that shows the guys waking up not knowing what happened the night before. That is what last night felt like. So today is a new day. Coaches stared at the ceiling all night trying to figure out what happened. The… Read More
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Medal Round Time
Fri Jul 08 16:50:00 -0400 2011
And then there were four. The four bigs I call them: Brazil, Dominican Republic, Cuba and USA. The big four will battle it out for the next two nights. Now the question that will be answered is who gets what medal. There are four medals: gold, silver, bronze and the tin. No team wants to end up… Read More
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Undercover in Juarez
Thu Jul 07 18:49:00 -0400 2011
Last night I was sent on an undercover mission to exchange video with our neighbors to the north. We met at a location at one of the hotels and the exchange began with swapping little black boxes full of video. Lalo, our now newly named associate head coach drove me. I felt like I was in a spy… Read More
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Margin of Error Between Winning and Losing
Wed Jul 06 13:11:00 -0400 2011
Get up and go back to work! Pan Am Cup blog 3. The post-match late night morning hangover is looming this am. Coaches already at work on scouting Argentina. Let me describe the scene: four coaches in a hotel room with four laptops all looking at Argentina's rotations, servers, floor defense,… Read More
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Beans, Rice and Laundry
Tue Jul 05 17:43:00 -0400 2011
If you have ever seen the movie Ground Hog Day, you will have a better understanding of what the daily life is like for U.S. Women's Volleyball team. Wake up, breakfast (rice and beans), video, practice, lunch (rice and beans), nap, get ready for match, play a match, dinner (rice and beans), video,… Read More
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Quick Observations from Juarez
Mon Jul 04 18:50:00 -0400 2011
Buenos tardes from juarez Mexico. The USA team is playing in the 10th Copa Panamerica tournament. The tournament consists of teams from North America, Central America and South America. Tonight the USA plays Costa Rica. The first question I had was why Juarez, Mexico, for a volleyball tournament?… Read More
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Blogger: John Cook
John Cook, the head women's volleyball coach at the University of Nebraska, is serving as the team manager/leader for the U.S. Women's National Team at the 2011 X Women's Pan American Cup in Juarez, Mexico.
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