Видео

Same thought. I was gutted with how the team ended in the recent vnl. Its unlikely for them to win this olympics.

She's been the best OH so far in VNL

go.usav.org/shop84jersey

ITALY - BRASIL would be the best final for sure!

Apparently you haven't watched much volleyball.....

I agree. Justine Orantes level of volleyball has gone down after Tokyo. Hentz is better. I've seen them both play since 2022 and Hentz has an edge over Orantes... digs better and is faster than Orantes. Karch will regret not taking the right players to Paris. I think Orantes, Ogbogu, and Carlini should not be going to Paris. Maybe the roster will change before Paris. Sometimes players get injured during matches and practices and are replaced by others. Not that I wish anyone to get injured.

@@hy-electric1027 I've been the USA volleyball team's fan since 2017. I have watched all their games. If that's what you meant. Orantes not as good as 4 or 5 years ago. Her appearance began to decline

JWO is better at serve receive. Serve receive is probably more important than defense. Hentz is good, but Wong-Orantes is better.

@@jmccown8 good point.

The links in the description!

@@USAVolleyball Yeah, but what was the wine?

She’s good back then but I watched her sub in at pro volleyball federation, no hard feelings but I wouldn’t recommend

@@nanabish2388 damn, based on Tokyo Olympics, I thought she could be the one who played well in self-defense also attacking

😂😂😂 signature: Without Vargas Turkish is nothing. Ok let's see.

@manforU100 Oh, Vargas is a really good player.. also we love her so much. But...! . She started playing for the Türkish National team in 2023, If you look at the history of the team, you will see that there were many trophies already won before she arrived. The thing is Volleyball is a very popular sport (in our country) and there are many players coming in the following generations who will not upset their older sisters who are currently wearing the National Jersey. We will see you at the Olympics... again :) ... as our girls said, the American team is a good opponent for training.

it's plenty enough as long as they find the synergy and their rhythm.

They certainly can. They almost beat Turkey in 5 sets and had a tightly contested match against Poland. I believe in this USA team.

People said the same last olympics 🤷‍♂️ lol anything can happen

Everybody's a critic.

Nah, without Vergas Turkey is nothing. But I believe Brazil, Italy, especially Poland are really strong contenders!

Only one player out of those five alternates will go to Paris as the 13th player. It's just that the U.S. team hasn't chosen yet who the alternate 13th player will go to Paris. That's to be announced soon, probably after the VNL is over. So those five alternates have a chance to vie and compete for that place during the next two weeks of the VNL.

As long as everyone digs deep, recognizes and ACCEPTS their roles, there’s no reason for this All Star team to come home empty handed - in fact, many will bring home their SECOND GOLD in as many Olympics! 🇺🇸🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🇺🇸

Micha has stopped doing her jump serve. Did not do it once in VNL up to this point. Stats show too many errors vs aces. Stats also show opponents were not really affected by her jump.

She retired in 2022 or early 2023 after finishing her last club season. I think she is an assistant coach somewhere in the U.S.

She played in the PVF for the Columbus Fury... maybe watch her recent stuff and you'll understand

MBH isn't conditioned to play. She played for Columbus fury as a substitute not a starter. Their full matches are uploaded here on YT, you can watch it and see why she's not in the national team at the moment.

I think she's only gonna play for fun going forward and not compete at the highest level which takes immense physical and mental work; especially considering the insane calendar pro volleyball players have playing for club + national team.

Volunteer assistant at Ohio State. Made the decision early.

Robinson Cook is MUCH more consistent than Frantti. She played incredibly in club all year and has delivered. Ogbogu I also feel has been pretty good. Hall is definitely good too but the only person you could maybe replace her with is Rettke (not really though). The only real surprise for me is Carlini over Hancock which we shall see how it goes

I agree, Carlini over Hancock was a suprise for me too.

​@@ramen8760 I agree. Robinson Cook played incredibly well in club in Italy this past season.... she grew a lot as a player lately. My problem with Ogbogu is her consistency and she doesn't score a lot of points and gets blocked a lot when she is on the court playing for the US. The Powerhouse teams have a lot of really good players and that will make the difference in this Paris Olympic games. Also, teams like Poland, Türkiye, Italy, Brazil, Serbia, China hit the ball a lot harder than the American women do. Women's volleyball is becoming more and more like Men's volleyball playing more like men and more aggressively. US women's volleyball need to start playing that way. The only American player right now who has a heavy arm and plays like men is Annie Drews. I hope Karch has some good plan for Paris and that he will surprise us. He did surprise me in Tokyo 2020.

@@ramen8760 Hancock is better than Carlini... that surprised me too. I guess Karch wanted to give Carlini a chance since she has been with the US team since 2017. If the US doesn't perform well in Paris I think Karch will regret taking Carlini and Ogbogu to Paris.

Ogbogu was a sub in 2021. Akinradewo and Washington basically played the whole thing. To be fair, usually no team would put 2 Olympic rookies out of 3 in their list. as Dana Rettke has taken the rookie spot. Hall is good, but not over Rettke on the olympic rookie list. Same thing with outside and setter side. I agree that carlini isn't really new anymore, she just didnt make the list on the last cycle. I'd pick hancock over her, but hey, carlini probably still on the next olympic cycle, hancock probably will be retired by then. so I don't blame karch for this choice.