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pinejay · 5 months

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rly gratifying to finally play beach with ppl i know from women's 9-man or indoor (so regular 6's) who play more grass, and finding out i can rly win against them at doubles. like these ppl might play organized grass tournaments all summer but i am really good at this beach thing. this guy i played with today said it's rly hard to read me he could not tell where i was going at all

#beach is the 4d chess of volleyball #like indoor esp high level league with big guys on a men's net i'm at a severe disadvantage #and in women's indoor i simply am not that good at my position (middle)#but beach is my game. it's all in the brain. u don't have to have the fastest reflexes u just have to be efficient #and read your opponent well and react on the fly when your read wasn't exactly right #not that i'm anywhere near kristen nuss but the reason why she's dominating women's beach is her reaction to changes on the court #even just 3 years ago ppl were still making guesses in pro beach #but i rly think everyone's altered their strategy since then #the 1 high statistical step toward your read but no more (no committing fully to 1 read) is such a game changer

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