Hi all, I'm here in Jamaica now and have been here since Wednesday. We trained Thursday night for 2 hours and then on Saturday for 5 hours straight!!! We go again today (sunday) for another 5 hours!!! It's quite unusual for me as the longest I've ever trained straight is 2 hours, but down here it seems to be the norm. It's quite tough on the body for me and I cramped up yesterday right at the end of practice from the length of practice combined with the Jamaican heat! But hey, I guess we're training for World Championship Qualifiers and coach wants us in the best shape! at this point I'm used to tapering and trying to get our energy up, but again things are quite different down here.
Yesterday was a pretty successfuly day in terms of teamality as we seemed to unite and come together a bit more. Today, is the last practice before they make the final cuts to get us down to 14 guys for the tournament.
As for the volleyball, the players are quite good and passionate about the sport. We're a good sized team with middles around 6'7 and 6'8, setter and right side at 6'4 and 6'6 and then some 6'4 left sides mixed with some smaller guys that can jump outta the gym (crazy jamaican genes!)
Our offense is a bit slower than i'm used to and i'm just trying to adjust to that right now. That is the part of the game that i'm having the most difficulty with. My passing and defense seem solid and i'm hoping that my connection with setters will come in the next couple of days.
I've gotten interviewed by TV Jamaica a couple times and i'll try and post some links when i can find them
cheers
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