the never ending volleyball game

• Timbales
  
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  Dec 05, 2007 3:30 AM GMT

  We had a game tonight that went to 36 before the team I was subbing on won. I forgot what day it was after awhile.
  
  Oh, I also took a ball to the side of the face, a stray bump from a newbie. He's cute, though.

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  Dec 05, 2007 10:13 PM GMT

  We cap ours at 27! As for the ball in the face yeah I have been there. My team has 3 newbies and my captain is about 80 lbs. overweight! The best player does not show up much anymore. The only saving grace is that some nights we have only 6 or 7 players so I get to play a lot. I go as much for the social activity as the volleyball. I think we are in the bottom 10% of the standings. Oh well maybe the new year will be better (they change the teams).

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  Dec 06, 2007 2:00 AM GMT

  ah yes, one of those nights! i played in a local open gym last night, they still play old-school rules for some reason. we were stuck at 12-7 for what seemed like an hour. sideout after sideout after sideout.
  
  but my team was great =0), there's 4 of us who gel really well

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• Timbales
  
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  Dec 13, 2007 12:12 PM GMT

  We play rally points and unless the clock runs out of time, you have to win by two points. Neither team could manage to get that accomplished, though.

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  Dec 14, 2007 3:18 AM GMT

  We won the gold medal tonight (mind you in the bottom division but who cares!). All the players showed up tonight, we won 5 out of 6. Everybody was excited at the end of the night. Now onto the christmas party Saturday to get our medals and celebrate.

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• Timbales
  
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  Dec 14, 2007 3:22 AM GMT

  Excellent! Congratulations!
  
  Our season ends shortly before Easter.

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  Dec 14, 2007 11:29 AM GMT

  Thanks, that is what I love about sports, you never know. I had quite an eclectic team. A retired stockbroker, a workaholic corporate lawyer who does mergers and acquisitions (and drives a Porsche), and at least 3 teachers. We got along very well which is nice. I will be on a new team in January. That season ends in May sometime.

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  Jan 31, 2008 8:38 AM GMT

  It sounds like all the posters are in some kind of very organized League.
  I play at the open gyms where we usually have a point cap of 23 and nearly all the gyms play rally scoring.
  In our club, we have open gym play but limit the players to the first 24 so we make 4 teams of 6 players each, games are 17 points rally with a cap at 19.
  
  Yeah, I have hit in the face with a hard driven ball and was blind in one eye for a day.... also had a tooth cap knocked off at a tournament.... I have hit a few guys in the face as well.... it's part of the game.
  
  
  ==== Ron in Los Angeles
  our indoor 6 player club is at http://www.lagayvolleyball.com/

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  Feb 01, 2008 11:43 AM GMT

  I played with my new Rec. team last night for the winter season. What a relief that this team seems pretty good. The captain is thin and wiry so he can move (my captain last year was at least 60 ibs. overweight), and there are only 2 weak players, one who has never played volleyball before, but at least he is young so he can move. I feel pretty good about our team's chances of doing well

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  Feb 01, 2008 12:12 PM GMT

  Best of luck. We have a few on our team that are still fairly new and I've been trying to help. They are improving, especially with passing.

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  Feb 01, 2008 3:37 PM GMT

  Thanks Timberoo, I usually try and help new players but it looks like there are others that can do that this year and I don't want to overwhelm the newbies with too many people telling them what to do.
  
  The problem my team is going to have, and it is a problem for a lot of new teams, we do not call the ball enough. I am a shy person but on the volleyball I am very vocal about yelling "mine" or "help". Last night three players let the ball fall between them. I somewhat good-naturedly said "What game were you guys playing, football and you were having a huddle?"

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  Feb 01, 2008 11:20 PM GMT

  I try to just be encouraging while we are in play and save the tips for before or after the game. If they go for it an mess up, I still say "good try, way to be there".

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  Feb 13, 2008 5:08 PM GMT

  We just played in a NAGVA tournament in Irvine, CA last weekend and on Sunday during Double Eliminations, nearly all but the first match went to 3 games.... in the third game where there is no point cap it seemed to go on forever, but in the end, we triumphed! (Gold medal)

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  Feb 14, 2008 5:33 PM GMT

  TallGWMvballer saidWe just played in a NAGVA tournament in Irvine, CA last weekend and on Sunday during Double Eliminations, nearly all but the first match went to 3 games.... in the third game where there is no point cap it seemed to go on forever, but in the end, we triumphed! (Gold medal)

  
  
  You must be good playing in a NAGVA tournament, congrats on the gold medal! I am a back-up for my partner this weekend in a Toronto tournament, I am getting to the point in my life where spending all weekend playing volleyball is too much. In my 30's it was no problem, but I am now nearing 50 and I want my weekends free!

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  Feb 16, 2008 6:58 PM GMT

  Thank you, jbedwards.
  
  Before starting volleyball and age 47, I had been playing tennis since early childhood and I took college classes to learn volleyball which paid off.
  
  Toronto is a favorite North American city to me and many of my Television shows I shoot (TV Cameraman/dp) are from Toronto based clients like" Holmes on Homes"
  
  ----- Ron
  

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  Feb 17, 2008 12:48 AM GMT

  Wow that is pretty amazing starting volleyball at 47. Tennis would be a great help especially with the hand eye co-ordination. I play tennis but I am better at volleyball!
  
  Take care
  Jonathan

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  Feb 19, 2008 6:21 AM GMT

  Thank you Jonathan
  
  I am sure you do very well too !
  
  The picture of my team from the Irvine tournament last weekend is now in my profile showing the 6 of us with our Gold metals!
  Two of my team mates also won ALL STAR medals.
  
  Take care,
  
  
  Ron

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