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Final Thoughts Heading into Montreux Finals

Sun Jun 12 07:07:00 -0400 2011

The final day and final blog come with a great deal of anticipation for the teams in the finals and a welcome reprieve from the author. I look at myself as a witness to this exciting event and was happy to have been given the opportunity to attend and share some of my observations. Yesterday's… Read More

Continued Evaluations or Going for W …

Sat Jun 11 12:07:00 -0400 2011

What a difference a day makes - as the teams in the Golf Hotel wake up - not only will they be trying to look for the sun, as it apparently only works once a week, they will have to shake off the losses from last nights matches from their memories. The biggest question now that the pairings have… Read More

Unsung Heros at Montreux

Fri Jun 10 10:45:00 -0400 2011

The sun is back in town, but not for the German and Netherlands teams as they both fell 16-14 in the fifth. The four teams advancing have been determined but the match-ups have not been determined - and as I spoke with Karch about late last night - some teams can really pick their opponent because… Read More

Breakdown of Montreux Day 2

Thu Jun 09 16:05:00 -0400 2011

Greetings from the rainy season in Switzerland and today feels better as last night's matches were each 3-0 and in the one-hour range. The existing FIVB format where points are awarded on the outcome of the match (3 points for a 3-0 or 3-1 victory and 2 points for a 3-2 victory while the losing team… Read More

Observations After the First Day in Montreux

Wed Jun 08 11:00:00 -0400 2011

Report two as we prepare for the friendly match with Switzerland (I think it started as a request for a scrimmage and then grew into a scrimmatch and now has progressed to a match). It gives me an opportunity to comment on the matches last evening. First a thought for the readers that aspire to… Read More