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Blogging from the Boot
Ken Preston is the former men's volleyball head coach at UC Santa Barbara and is currently in Italy as the team leader for the U.S. Boys' Youth National Team as it competes at the FIVB Boys' Youth (U-19) World Championship.
Latest Day 12 in Italy: Jump Floats Like Butterflies Sting Us Like Bees
Mohammed Ali used to "float like a butterfly and sting like a bee.” With an array of vicious jump floats and a couple of deep floaters, Brazil destroyed the USA serve reception and beat… Read More
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Arriving in Italy
Aug. 25, 2008
OK Volleyball Fans,
This is Ken Preston and I will be "Blogging from the Boot". I am the Head of Delegation for the U.S. Boys' Youth National Volleyball Team at the World Championship here in Italy. Our Head Coach is Andy Read from Long Beach State and is… Read More
Day 4 in Italy: Pulling Off the Upset
Aug. 28, 2009
Well, the kids pulled off the upset!! After playing nobody but our own teammates for the past two weeks, the U.S. Boys' Youth National Team saw someone different on the other side of the net and responded with some… Read More
Day 5 in Italy: Tough Loss to Serbia
Aug. 29, 2009
The joys of yesterday’s win was replaced by the bitter taste of defeat as a good Serbian team played very well and handled our young team and defeated us 25-17, 18, 18. We had trouble passing the jump floats and that put pressure on our siding out. Starters today were… Read More
Day 6 in Italy: Moving Day
Aug. 30, 2009
They call the third day of a Professional Golf Association tournament "moving day.” Players are positioning themselves to be in or out of contention for the championship.Read More
Day 7 in Italy: Welcome to Bassano del Grappa
Aug. 31, 2009
We woke up to a beautiful day in Jesolo. Low humidity, light winds and a clear sky. Unfortunately we were leaving.
The top teams from Bassano del Grappa (Italy, Spain, Argentina and Tunisia) arrived for the top eight. As they stepped off the bus, the USA,… Read More
Day 8 in Italy: Riding the Roller Coaster
Sept. 1, 2009
Good month to you all (that means good day but in a new month :-)
The USA Boys' Youth National Team developed a new thrill ride in its first, secondary pool match win over Algeria today - the Bassano del Roller Coaster. Scores were 25-17, 22-25, 25-17, 20-25,… Read More
Day 9 in Italy: Big People, Little World
Sept. 2, 2009
The Boys' Youth National team qualified for the semifinals of the 9-16 bracket with a 3-0 win over Egypt today. Scores were 25-21, 16 and 18. Playing with more resolve and consistency, USA was led again by Taylor Sander with 16 Kills followed by Jeremy Dejno (11), Josh… Read More
Day 10 in Italy: The Haunted Hotel
Sept. 3, 2009
The U.S. Boys' Youth National Team played a good competitive match against six-time world champion Brazil today, but came up short 25-22, 23,23,23-25. This was new territory for their coach Percy and his team as they are not used to playing in the lower pools. As I… Read More
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