News!!!
Hello All!
So there is lots of news to report. But my recent hiatus has been due to a sudden loss of internet access. We will start from the beginning:
First, our club decided to part ways with our coach. It has been difficult for me personally because he is the primary reason why I am here in Buhl in the first place. He convinced the Club President, Georgios that the club needed a libero and that I should be the guy. Henry and I worked together hard over the past year and a half to bring our incredibly diverse team together and we won a championship in the Regionaliga last season to move up to the 2. Bundesliga. This also meant that we lost a roommate (and in so doing, lost our internet and telephone connection).
Second, we have received a new coach. His name is Diego Ronconi and he has been a head coach in the German 2nd League for over 9 years (The bulk of which was in Freiburg). Earlier this season he was coaching a team in our league, Weisbaden, but the club was having financial difficulties and lost their primary sponsor. So they were no longer able to pay him. Diego was looking for a job and Buhl was looking for a coach, and voila-he came to Buhl. Basically, since he has been here, we have revamped our blocking and defensive scheme, we are focusing on defense and celebration, and he has been teaching me a lot. All in all, it has been difficult, both personally and mentally. But, I think that it will pay off in the long run because he is a great fit for our ball club.
Two weeks ago we played our first matches with Diego as coach. We played two matches in the German Pokal. This is a regional championship tournament where every region has a local our goal was to play against Bayern Wuppertal (a First Division club). We played Offenburg in the first match and won pretty handily, 3-1. Unfortunately, we lost the second match to Konstanz. What was funny about the Pokal was that it was essentially a Regionaliga championship from last year. The top four teams were there: Ulm, Offenburg, Konstanz and us. This time we came in second. The bad news is that we won't get to play against a major 1st division club. The good news is that we have a weekend off in December now. We had to play two 5 set matches, back to back that weekend and it took a bit of a toll on us.
Last weekend we played a regular league match and beat Kriftel (near Frankfurt) 3-2. They were in first place in league before we played against them. It was a crazy match. The first set we won 25-14. It was the best set of volleyball we have ever played. Set 2, as is volleyball tradition, they came back and beat us (21-25). In set 3 we had trouble passing and Diego subbed Eduard, our top outside hitter and Sean, our top middle blocker were both subbed out. In set 4 we managed to get our mojo back and win 25-16 and we won the fifth set 15-12. It was a wonderful team victory and we are excited for our match this weekend against Shwieg (near Nuremburg) - the team who is now at the top of the table.
Volley goes on in Buhl!
So there is lots of news to report. But my recent hiatus has been due to a sudden loss of internet access. We will start from the beginning:
First, our club decided to part ways with our coach. It has been difficult for me personally because he is the primary reason why I am here in Buhl in the first place. He convinced the Club President, Georgios that the club needed a libero and that I should be the guy. Henry and I worked together hard over the past year and a half to bring our incredibly diverse team together and we won a championship in the Regionaliga last season to move up to the 2. Bundesliga. This also meant that we lost a roommate (and in so doing, lost our internet and telephone connection).
Second, we have received a new coach. His name is Diego Ronconi and he has been a head coach in the German 2nd League for over 9 years (The bulk of which was in Freiburg). Earlier this season he was coaching a team in our league, Weisbaden, but the club was having financial difficulties and lost their primary sponsor. So they were no longer able to pay him. Diego was looking for a job and Buhl was looking for a coach, and voila-he came to Buhl. Basically, since he has been here, we have revamped our blocking and defensive scheme, we are focusing on defense and celebration, and he has been teaching me a lot. All in all, it has been difficult, both personally and mentally. But, I think that it will pay off in the long run because he is a great fit for our ball club.
Two weeks ago we played our first matches with Diego as coach. We played two matches in the German Pokal. This is a regional championship tournament where every region has a local our goal was to play against Bayern Wuppertal (a First Division club). We played Offenburg in the first match and won pretty handily, 3-1. Unfortunately, we lost the second match to Konstanz. What was funny about the Pokal was that it was essentially a Regionaliga championship from last year. The top four teams were there: Ulm, Offenburg, Konstanz and us. This time we came in second. The bad news is that we won't get to play against a major 1st division club. The good news is that we have a weekend off in December now. We had to play two 5 set matches, back to back that weekend and it took a bit of a toll on us.
Last weekend we played a regular league match and beat Kriftel (near Frankfurt) 3-2. They were in first place in league before we played against them. It was a crazy match. The first set we won 25-14. It was the best set of volleyball we have ever played. Set 2, as is volleyball tradition, they came back and beat us (21-25). In set 3 we had trouble passing and Diego subbed Eduard, our top outside hitter and Sean, our top middle blocker were both subbed out. In set 4 we managed to get our mojo back and win 25-16 and we won the fifth set 15-12. It was a wonderful team victory and we are excited for our match this weekend against Shwieg (near Nuremburg) - the team who is now at the top of the table.
Volley goes on in Buhl!
posted by Ich bin ein Bühler at 1:27 AM
1 Comments:
Yo Reaugh. I thought your blog looked really sad and lonely without any comments, so I am leaving my mark here.
Just wanted to let you know i appreciated the pictures from the Mercedes museum! When i come out we will have to stop by the Porsche museum in Stuttgart.
When are you going to have internet back up? I look longingly for you on instant messenger, but alas, I am alone in the vast emptiness of the chat universe.
Hope you had a nice Thanksgiving and survived the Turkey!
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