BlizzaBlocking

This blog is dedicated to the memories of Derek Proudfoot and Jesse Mighton. Neither are dead, i just miss them so.

Okay, I play volleyball so i might as well talk about it hey. Lets talk about blocking.
whats the best way to block. hmmmm. Where to start. Ok on a very basic level, the point of the block is to stop the ball from coming onto your side of the net, and to put it down on the opponents. This can be done with any part of the body, but is done easiest with the arms and hands (sometimes face, like my man Leo). To block, I'm guessing your gonna want to reach over the net as much as possible as to make the area for possible attack smaller. on a side note I heard back in the day you couldn't reach over the net when blocking, that musta been so effed, the game must have been totally different. Anyways... Where was I. It makes sense to make your block as big as possible; this is done by spreading the fingers wide, and placing the arms just wide enough so a volleyball can not pass through them without a perfectly placed shot.

Ok, now when teaching kids how to block, do yall think its better to teach them to take the biggest area possible, or to teach them to read where the attacking is hitting, and put their hands in the way. Do you teach them to swing block or shuffle. Personally I like to teach kids how to swing block. Just cuz they are young doesn't mean they can't be athletic.

please, leave a comment on what you think is the best way to block.

Dominican

So, we won lastingly. We beat the Dominican republic. u might be able to find something on it at www.norceca.org It was nice. We won in 4. We played bad the first set. We missed a stupid amount of serves and we had zero energy. Plus there was some dude named Elvis on the opposite side. And Elvis was good. He was like a human elastic band. Oh and their was a massive rightist. Jumped well. Frederick did a good job of putting him down. So did Pascal, zero errors. Oh and my man LP. playin like a veteran. Getting er done. So we play the Mexicans tonight. That should be fun. Hopefully we'll have a good crowd.

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Mexicali

So, I'm in Mexico.

After a while I forget what its like to travel. I mean, training with team Canada twice a day can sometimes feel like groundhog day. Same bidness uvry day. Wake up, let your coaches and trainers brake you down(in a controlled manner of course) so they can build you up stronger, like the billion dollar man or something. But, after a while of putting the time in, you get to do something fun. liiikke......Oh I dunno, go to Mexico!

so after a long day of airports and buses, we're in mexicali, which is on the Mexican/USA border, nice place. I'm tellin you, us Canadians for the most part, don't know how well we have it. Going to places like Brazil Cuba and Mexico remind me of this. I feel like an arrogant prick when i come to these places only to realize how much i take Canada for granted. Honestly, I think we should pay MORE taxes. I mean, we wake up, and we're basically in a theme park. No one is shooting at us, we know how we're gonna eat, we can go to school, the possibilities are close to endless. We should have to pay an entry fee like at universal studios when we wake up. Like a ticket counter beside our beds.

wake up... KICK ASS I GET TO LIVE IN CANADA TODAY! What should I do first?.... hmm, I KNOW I'm gonna exercise my right to free speech.

AANNNYWAYS, all I'm sayin is enjoy Canada, cuz the rest of the world is NOT the same.
but back to the volleyball,... It hasn't started yet. But we're in a dope ass hotel, and in a few days we're moving to Tijuana. All this just cuz we know how to jump high and hit a goofy colored ball. Man, what a crazy world. I'm gonna enjoy this, cuz I know what the alternative could be.