Comments on: Team Canada Selected http://bomberino.com/team-canada-selected/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:53:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Paul funk http://bomberino.com/team-canada-selected/#comment-3456 Paul funk Fri, 16 May 2008 08:06:02 +0000 http://bomberino.com/team-canada-selected/#comment-3456 As a coach who was involved with the try-out camp, I can say that Miya (women's head coach) was very good about asking for a variety of opinions on each players' abilities (i.e. strengths & weaknesses) and their potential to represent Canada at future competitions. The women's program has been cut to shreds by numerous volleyball 'experts' in the last few years, but what is not popularly reported is that the women's team was within one match of qualifying for Beijing! As a coach who was involved with the try-out camp, I can say that Miya (women’s head coach) was very good about asking for a variety of opinions on each players’ abilities (i.e. strengths & weaknesses) and their potential to represent Canada at future competitions. The women’s program has been cut to shreds by numerous volleyball ‘experts’ in the last few years, but what is not popularly reported is that the women’s team was within one match of qualifying for Beijing!

]]> By: Sandy http://bomberino.com/team-canada-selected/#comment-3457 Sandy Fri, 16 May 2008 12:33:32 +0000 http://bomberino.com/team-canada-selected/#comment-3457 That's true -- the women were SO close this year! And quite frankly, there are those of us who think the decision to give PR and the Dominican the chance to go to the Olympic qualifying tourney was *ahem* another one of those FIVB "unfortunate decisions" (read: bollocks). But what do I know? I am not even a serf in the FIVB kingdom! There's certainly some exciting young talent in the mix this year, both on the women's side and on the men's. Now, if only we could get the funding to support them... That’s true — the women were SO close this year! And quite frankly, there are those of us who think the decision to give PR and the Dominican the chance to go to the Olympic qualifying tourney was *ahem* another one of those FIVB “unfortunate decisions” (read: bollocks). But what do I know? I am not even a serf in the FIVB kingdom!

There’s certainly some exciting young talent in the mix this year, both on the women’s side and on the men’s. Now, if only we could get the funding to support them…

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