I know I am not Erik but I thought I might aswell share my opinion, maybe it helps. - Id say I have a fairly good idea of Provolley So without USA Players: S: Luciano Decco (Argentina) Opp: Maxhim Mikhaylov (Russia) OH1: Wilfredo Leon (Poland) OH2: Earving Ngapeth (France) M1: Ivan Iakovlev (Russia) M2: Robertlandy Simon ((Cuba)/Lube) L: Jenia Grebenikov (France) - I actually think the Olympic dream team is pretty accurate/near perfekt, it just missed 2 superstar players who didn’t get far enough at the Olympics to make the official Team. Robertlandy Simon (he doesn’t play National Team tournament) and Wilfredo Leon (his Team lost early on) Setter is super hard to choose from thought, aside of Christenson there are a few setters who are all on a basically on the same level with different strength / weaknesses DeCecco (Arg), Bruno (Bra), Gianelli (Ita), and Toniutti (Fra), Saied Marouf (Iran) -Christenson is great in Blocking/Serving/ Hitting 2nd balls etc -Gianlli is similar to Christenson (Tall and Athletic) -DeCecco is best with Middles -Marouf is best for crazy/miracle plays, -Toniutti is best to always be in system even from bad reception/defense, if you only look at setting he is probably by far the best, hes just super small (6 foot/180cm) so you loose a lot with blocking - Bruno is just all around/the definition of a setter ,

@@User-pn4zz it’s scary how much i agree with your lineup, although it’s very close between dececco and bruno. dececco was definitely the better player this olympics though

@@brianford7299 agreed, Setter is the hardest position to objectively look at, so I usually look at the success of the team. So at the Olympics Bronze medal match, Argentina played vs Brasil. Brasil is the way stronger team but somehow lost. Usually when these kinds of wins happen its because of the setter. So DeCecco outplaying Bruno to carry Argentina for the win. Thats why right now I would have DeCecco Nr 1

I would put Nimir in.This season at Trentino he was amazing. Better scorer and server than Mikhaylov. Good defender and blocker too. Only other choice Im iffy about is Ngapeth. Had great Olympics but was pretty inconsistent at Kazan. But great list

@@David-kp5du On Ngapeth, yeah he played pretty bad for most part, but had an amazing Final game. + the reason he was bad was due to problems with Russia in general + the Team and coach, so I expect he will be a lot better back in Modena with a lot of his old team there - (the same team where he had one of his best seasons, especially since he is back with Bruno now). So he will look a lot better I think. Nimir is great to and depends on the Team, if you need an Opposite to score 50% of the points Nimir is better. But when you already have Leon and these 2 Middles you don’t need a flashy Opposite, so there I would prefer someone who is extremely experienced, and Mikhaylov has been playing on a extremely high level the whole decade, and is just more experienced than Nimir. But if you would take Nimir over Mikhaylov that makes sense to, just depends how you want your team to be built up

Argentina is always neglected and underrated but actually they are one of the best teams out there, just didn't had the chance to shine (well, until the Olympics)

@@lowroar5127 totally agree with you. I see potential in their current team

That is an interesting question

may i ask where can i watch this interview?

@@ekarossalinafitria9437 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pdWoYJOiyLm3g4E.html here u go! I think he also mentioned this in the USA Volleyball Show podcast.

@@slvdrfrncs thank u so much!

it depends on who are the veterans. there are so many different personalities but our team culture is different now from before. but again it just depends on personalities.

thank you for the kind words!

appreciate the recommendation!

Holt is getting really old and IMO he underperformed

@@travisbrown9936 if he underperformed, then what do you call the performance of smith and stahl? Yes, there are aspects of his game that he should have improved on like his serving but his performance in Tokyo was better than the two.. Moreover, he is just 31/32 right now; Paris could be his last Olympics which will happen in 3 years time.

jendryk would've made a huge difference :/ sad that speraw left him

thank you! yes coming soon!

killed as in did well or killed as in did bad? hahahaha

@@ErikShojivolleyball I meant that you did super well! ahahahah

injured

@@g.o.a.tofvolleyball6536 thanks for your reply 😊

I know that was amazing, team USA beat France and after that I’m not sure what happened.

He said yes! Its the last question he answered in the video

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we usually have 1-2 days free. but other than that 1-2 times in a day.

@@ErikShojivolleyball oh ok thanks:) and my second quest would be: do you think the resting day is important for younger players(14)? Or does the one day extra make you way better?

@Kas 007 I definitely think you should take the rest because as your training your obviously getting stronger but at the same time, your body is still adapting to the changes. So during those periods of breaks it would be best to rest, recover and re-supply with nutrients. The main point of my perspective is: training is as just important as resting...

@@ErikShojivolleyball I have to reply because I needed to say this. Maybe USA did poorly because its karma. I'm sorry. But i didn't like what you did to the womens Serbian libero. You played pro in Europe and you know that the gestures perceived racism in America does not have the same meaning or intent in Europe. If you are going to police everyone then call out the people in the Russian league you played before. During your upcoming stint in the Polish league, call out the people you deemed racist. You added fuel to the misunderstanding and people even bombarded the players that defended that libero. You are playing pro and you have the most understanding in the volleyball world and yet you were the one that cause psychological harm on someone because you assumed he was being racist. Racism is prejudice towards another race. Is that what happened in this situation? Good luck when you do play a game in Serbian soil. Make sure to protect yourself.

she was working with us from a far but possibly could have helped! I know there were other professionals in the village who could also help. maybe she could have helped but you never really know!

He's already done this, go ahead and search for it

Outside hitters participate in serve recieve while opposites usually don't and just focus on hitting And outsides hit from the left side and the opposite from the right

@@mouldytea3732 so Drew is opposite??

I started 18, and already about going for tryouts for pro teams Basically yes you can go pro, all required is the love for the sport because that what's going to push you forward

Pro or semipro? There is no way you’ve made an actual pro club team after starting the sport when you 18

From the age of 14 it is very possible to get good and go pro

@@travisbrown9936 Didn't make it yet to a team, what I meant is that I'm already going for tryouts for pro teams, and I'm dead sure that I will make it into one of them in a matter of a year or two from now

14 is pretty young! go for it! a lot of the national team didnt start until 14 or maybe after!

I think because they didn’t win? They played incredibly and anyone should be proud

gaga hahaha

Cringe

Why are you even here? What part was political? It's his channel and you're welcome not to watch his videos. So scram!