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Speaker 1: Hi, I'm Tiffany Oshinsky, and this is serving pancakes with

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Speaker 1: League One Volleyball. Over the next few episodes, we're going

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Speaker 1: to follow Team USA's quest for goal at the Paris

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Speaker 1: Olympics while also talking with talented people in and around

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Speaker 1: volleyball and women's sports. Today's episode features two unique perspectives

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Speaker 1: from the world of volleyball, Emily Emon and Julianne Fawcett.

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Speaker 1: Emily played libera at Northwestern between twenty sixteen and twenty nineteen. However,

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Speaker 1: she always knew she wanted to work in sports media,

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Speaker 1: so she pursued journalism while playing for the Wildcats and

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Speaker 1: is now the face of women's volleyball at the Big

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Speaker 1: Ten Network. She also covers the professional and international game

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Speaker 1: and contributes to Volleyball mag dot Com and ESPN. Julianne

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Speaker 1: She's played professionally overseas in Europe and China, and was

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Speaker 1: And julian pursued a career as a recording artist and

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Speaker 1: Now she's coming back to Texas as a member of

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Speaker 1: Love Austin and as the Longhorns player development consultant. Julianne Emily,

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Speaker 1: welcome to Serving Pancakes. Thank you so much for being here.

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Speaker 2: Thank you.

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Speaker 3: I was so so excited to be here, especially alongside Julianne.

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Speaker 3: I mean, the list of accomplishments just goes on and on.

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Speaker 3: This is awesome.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, right, I mean, Julian, I mean, your career

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Speaker 4: So the break initially was to have children, and I

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Speaker 4: I had my son in twenty twenty, so during COVID,

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Speaker 4: So yeah, I was three months postpartum when I got

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Speaker 1: That's amazing girl. I have seen your workout videos on Instagram,

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Speaker 1: And Emily, I mean, you've been covering the sport now

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Speaker 1: Right, Well, before we talk about this game between the

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Speaker 1: Courtney Thompson, who is in Paris and was at this game.

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Speaker 5: What's up, guys, Corney Thompson here was serving pancakes and

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Speaker 5: League one volleyball on the street of Paris after a

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Speaker 5: super fun win. USA three France zero. Was an incredible

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Speaker 5: But incredible win, fun night for them, and we'll see

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Speaker 1: Lots of great stuff there from Courtney, And yes, the

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Speaker 1: US did win in three straight sets, but those first

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Speaker 1: two were real nail biers. The US eventually won twenty nine,

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Speaker 4: Then they'd come back with an eighth. Tough serves. We

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Speaker 2: But for sure, when you.

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Speaker 4: Go into a match like that, as temusay, knowing what's

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Speaker 2: They can go into quarterfinals with confidence.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think you put a best at the end

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Speaker 4: now with their talent and their experience, and so it's

436
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Speaker 4: it's it's tough, and to have been a part of that.

437
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Speaker 4: And you know, looking back on my career, I had

438
00:21:16,280 --> 00:21:20,800
Speaker 4: an amazing experience and I would say unique opportunity to

439
00:21:20,840 --> 00:21:23,600
Speaker 4: be a part of that. As hard as it hurts

440
00:21:23,640 --> 00:21:26,520
Speaker 4: when you're cut from a roster or even just from

441
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Speaker 4: the national team in general and you step away from that,

442
00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:36,360
Speaker 4: it just creates such a resilience in you. And also too,

443
00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:39,040
Speaker 4: you're always a part of that. You know, every quad

444
00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:41,199
Speaker 4: that goes through. You know, the girls that have been

445
00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:44,560
Speaker 4: in the gym since twenty twenty one to now that

446
00:21:44,640 --> 00:21:46,720
Speaker 4: aren't at the Olympics are a part of that. They

447
00:21:46,760 --> 00:21:49,560
Speaker 4: put in the work, they put in the time, and

448
00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:54,240
Speaker 4: they're supporting USA despite not making that Olympic roster.

449
00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:57,080
Speaker 2: And that's what it takes. That's why we won goal.

450
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Speaker 4: In twenty twenty twenty one, because you know, we have

451
00:22:00,520 --> 00:22:03,040
Speaker 4: that depth and we have that support, and we're pushing

452
00:22:03,040 --> 00:22:04,880
Speaker 4: each other day in and day out in that gym.

453
00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:10,000
Speaker 4: That gym is brutal. Numbers matter, and you know every

454
00:22:10,119 --> 00:22:12,320
Speaker 4: day that you walk in there, you have to you

455
00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:15,200
Speaker 4: have to be prepared and so that mental training too

456
00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:17,800
Speaker 4: comes with it. And I think that's why USA is

457
00:22:17,840 --> 00:22:19,680
Speaker 4: where they're at for sure.

458
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Speaker 1: And Emily, I was looking at the US women's roster,

459
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Speaker 1: and if you include Micah Hancock with the starting twelve

460
00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:27,600
Speaker 1: since you know she's playing right now, with Lauren being

461
00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:32,200
Speaker 1: an alternate from that switch, but nine of them are

462
00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:37,560
Speaker 1: Big Ten graduates, Big Ten alums? Do you play almost

463
00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:39,639
Speaker 1: all of those? And I know, like Jordan Larson's you

464
00:22:39,680 --> 00:22:41,880
Speaker 1: know a little older, so you probably didn't play her.

465
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Speaker 1: But do you remember playing some of these women and

466
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Speaker 1: covering them as a reporter?

467
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Speaker 3: Yeah, well I remember playing against them, and I can

468
00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:50,560
Speaker 3: say it wasn't very fun. They normally just took care

469
00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:52,960
Speaker 3: of us pretty quickly, and I will say our team

470
00:22:53,040 --> 00:22:55,400
Speaker 3: wasn't like amazing, But man, when you're going up against

471
00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:58,640
Speaker 3: Haley Washington and Mica Hancock on the other side, you're like, well,

472
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Speaker 3: this is gonna be fun. I can't wait to go

473
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Speaker 3: home in an hour and a half. No, they were incredible.

474
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Speaker 3: I mean it was It's crazy now thinking back to

475
00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:08,239
Speaker 3: you know, when we would play against some of these

476
00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:10,600
Speaker 3: opponents and you just kind of knew that they were

477
00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:14,000
Speaker 3: going to be national team, if not Olympic players, and

478
00:23:14,080 --> 00:23:16,640
Speaker 3: thinking back, it's like, I can't believe that I even

479
00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:19,760
Speaker 3: had the opportunity to play against them and be like

480
00:23:19,960 --> 00:23:22,479
Speaker 3: pretty scared while I was doing it, but you know,

481
00:23:22,520 --> 00:23:25,399
Speaker 3: it's pretty cool looking back now on the other side

482
00:23:25,440 --> 00:23:29,720
Speaker 3: of it, you know, seeing the personalities behind the players,

483
00:23:29,760 --> 00:23:31,919
Speaker 3: because obviously you know when you're scouting them and you

484
00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:33,320
Speaker 3: know their names, but at the end of the day,

485
00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:34,879
Speaker 3: they're just a number and they're a scout to you.

486
00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:36,960
Speaker 3: On the other side of it, it's been really fun

487
00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:39,679
Speaker 3: to connect the dots of Okay, what makes this player

488
00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:41,720
Speaker 3: so good, and what are they like off the court,

489
00:23:41,720 --> 00:23:43,960
Speaker 3: and how does that feed into what's happening on the court.

490
00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:46,360
Speaker 3: So I love being on this side of it, and

491
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Speaker 3: also thinking back to having played against quite a few

492
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Speaker 3: of them, the differences of what I see now versus.

493
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Speaker 1: Then, Yeah, for sure. I feel like, you know, watching

494
00:23:57,600 --> 00:24:00,879
Speaker 1: as a spectator these Olympics and seeing Alia Washington or

495
00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:04,360
Speaker 1: Chiaka just crush the ball because I was a Labero too,

496
00:24:04,359 --> 00:24:06,000
Speaker 1: and I'm like, I don't know if I would ever

497
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Speaker 1: be able to dig that ball.

498
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Speaker 3: No, absolutely not. I've seen something like even you know,

499
00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:13,119
Speaker 3: if you haven't watched some non US matches, but if

500
00:24:13,119 --> 00:24:14,920
Speaker 3: you've been watching like Italy or Turkey or any of

501
00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:17,800
Speaker 3: those teams with the crazy opposites they have like I'm

502
00:24:17,840 --> 00:24:19,440
Speaker 3: looking at the ball going up there and if there's

503
00:24:19,440 --> 00:24:21,520
Speaker 3: a hole in the block or say, god forbid, they

504
00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:24,240
Speaker 3: haven't opened at as a back row player, personally, I'm like,

505
00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:26,080
Speaker 3: I'm putting a helmet on and running the other way.

506
00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:28,680
Speaker 3: Absolutely not. I want no part of that.

507
00:24:30,880 --> 00:24:31,359
Speaker 5: For sure.

508
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Speaker 1: Oh my gosh. And like you talking about who these

509
00:24:35,359 --> 00:24:38,040
Speaker 1: women are as people that you're able to, you know,

510
00:24:38,320 --> 00:24:40,760
Speaker 1: establish now as a reporter, I feel like, Julian, you're

511
00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:43,960
Speaker 1: kind of doing that too, being this player development coach

512
00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:46,600
Speaker 1: and working with younger girls who are learning. So what's

513
00:24:46,640 --> 00:24:47,359
Speaker 1: that experience?

514
00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:49,880
Speaker 4: Like, Yeah, so I actually haven't started yet, but I've

515
00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:53,560
Speaker 4: been around the program for quite a while, and you know,

516
00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:56,720
Speaker 4: I've recently moved back to Austin recently. I would say

517
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Speaker 4: it's been three and.

518
00:24:57,480 --> 00:24:58,040
Speaker 2: A half years.

519
00:24:58,359 --> 00:25:01,399
Speaker 4: Ever since I've been back in Austin, And I step

520
00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:04,720
Speaker 4: into practices and you know, hang out with Jared and

521
00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:08,760
Speaker 4: the staff, and you know, it's it's really cool to

522
00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:14,360
Speaker 4: see the level and just the program that Jarrett has

523
00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:18,760
Speaker 4: built since I've been there, and so I'm really looking

524
00:25:18,840 --> 00:25:23,440
Speaker 4: forward to being a resource and a mentor to these girls,

525
00:25:23,880 --> 00:25:26,520
Speaker 4: especially the new ones, you know, the ones that are

526
00:25:26,840 --> 00:25:29,119
Speaker 4: on the tail end of their college career may not

527
00:25:29,240 --> 00:25:32,119
Speaker 4: need it as much. They know they've they've been through it,

528
00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:35,240
Speaker 4: they've won two championships.

529
00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:38,840
Speaker 2: At point, but you know it's going to be more.

530
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Speaker 4: Of mentorship, helping them with nil, you know, just taking

531
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Speaker 4: them out to coffee and asking them what they need,

532
00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:49,600
Speaker 4: somebody that they can talk to. You know, Jarrett does

533
00:25:49,600 --> 00:25:52,320
Speaker 4: a really good job of making sure that there is

534
00:25:52,359 --> 00:25:55,800
Speaker 4: a woman on staff all the time. We have three

535
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Speaker 4: brilliant men who you know are great assistants, fantastic sick

536
00:26:00,359 --> 00:26:03,720
Speaker 4: volleyball nerds. Know, you know, Eric Sullivan's at Olympics on

537
00:26:03,760 --> 00:26:05,560
Speaker 4: the men's side right now helping them out.

538
00:26:05,600 --> 00:26:07,280
Speaker 2: So you know, the staff is.

539
00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:10,479
Speaker 4: Stacked, and you know they're men and they're awesome. But

540
00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:14,560
Speaker 4: sometimes the girls just need someone to talk to, and

541
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Speaker 4: so to be somebody that can help them, who's walked

542
00:26:18,520 --> 00:26:21,160
Speaker 4: through it, who's done it, who's been coached by Jarrett,

543
00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:24,800
Speaker 4: I'm happy to help in any way. I know what

544
00:26:24,840 --> 00:26:28,840
Speaker 4: it's like, and so I'm excited to just lend that

545
00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:32,040
Speaker 4: experience and wisdom to them and then help on the

546
00:26:32,080 --> 00:26:35,119
Speaker 4: volleyball side too. You know, sometimes it's little cues that

547
00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:39,000
Speaker 4: can help younger girls, especially coming into college who just

548
00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:42,040
Speaker 4: you know, they're so raw, they're so talented, they're eager

549
00:26:42,080 --> 00:26:45,280
Speaker 4: to learn. So just sometimes just a small little queue

550
00:26:45,320 --> 00:26:47,560
Speaker 4: that maybe helped me back when I was in college

551
00:26:47,640 --> 00:26:51,520
Speaker 4: or at beginning pro And so I'm just I'm super

552
00:26:51,560 --> 00:26:54,520
Speaker 4: excited to be back with Texas. It's kind of a

553
00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:58,560
Speaker 4: full circle moment with love Austin, you know, being back

554
00:26:58,560 --> 00:27:03,040
Speaker 4: at Texas now on staff, it's like wild what my

555
00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:04,000
Speaker 4: career has.

556
00:27:03,880 --> 00:27:05,399
Speaker 2: Become since starting playing.

557
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Speaker 1: So I think the thing I love too about watching

558
00:27:09,320 --> 00:27:12,080
Speaker 1: these women play and hearing what you're doing and being

559
00:27:12,119 --> 00:27:14,600
Speaker 1: part of players and you emily like working with these

560
00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:18,040
Speaker 1: women and getting to tell their stories and introducing them

561
00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:22,440
Speaker 1: to people, is that yet we're you know, these are

562
00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:24,880
Speaker 1: not just players, right. I feel like volleyball has been

563
00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:28,520
Speaker 1: such a sport where because it's so team focused, you

564
00:27:28,560 --> 00:27:31,720
Speaker 1: don't really know the individual players that much. But you know,

565
00:27:31,800 --> 00:27:34,520
Speaker 1: with NIL, with the Big Ten Network, which I think

566
00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:37,640
Speaker 1: was in the forefront of really getting women's volleyball out

567
00:27:37,680 --> 00:27:40,199
Speaker 1: on television so that people could watch it more and

568
00:27:40,280 --> 00:27:43,840
Speaker 1: increase its popularity and visibility. I feel like seeing all

569
00:27:43,880 --> 00:27:46,879
Speaker 1: of this is really helped this younger generation be like

570
00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:50,200
Speaker 1: I want to be like Julianne Fassett. I want to

571
00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:52,600
Speaker 1: be you know, Jordan Larson. I want to beat Chiaho.

572
00:27:53,320 --> 00:27:56,000
Speaker 1: What were they calling her Chiago her blogo because she

573
00:27:56,080 --> 00:27:59,080
Speaker 1: was just dominating and blocking on the court, which I love.

574
00:27:59,240 --> 00:28:02,120
Speaker 1: I mean, I feel like this opportunity to see these

575
00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:05,040
Speaker 1: women and to know who they are is so huge

576
00:28:05,119 --> 00:28:07,040
Speaker 1: that the sport hasn't had before.

577
00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:09,960
Speaker 3: It's awesome, and it's coming from a lot of different avenues.

578
00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:11,760
Speaker 3: You know, of course, you have more games on TV,

579
00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:14,680
Speaker 3: so naturally you're watching these players more and hearing about

580
00:28:14,720 --> 00:28:17,640
Speaker 3: them more. But you mentioned nil and really social media

581
00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:20,080
Speaker 3: in general, that's kind of where we're getting to know

582
00:28:20,119 --> 00:28:23,520
Speaker 3: these players. Yes, of course it's coverage from the TV side,

583
00:28:23,560 --> 00:28:27,040
Speaker 3: and you know, now reporters that maybe have never covered

584
00:28:27,119 --> 00:28:29,800
Speaker 3: volleyball before coming in and writing articles about them and

585
00:28:29,840 --> 00:28:31,960
Speaker 3: seeing these stories. But you know, at the end of

586
00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:33,840
Speaker 3: the day, a lot of it really is social media

587
00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:35,560
Speaker 3: and a lot of these players getting on it and

588
00:28:35,600 --> 00:28:38,200
Speaker 3: they're able to tell their stories and you know, the

589
00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:40,960
Speaker 3: next generation can see them in a different light. That

590
00:28:41,160 --> 00:28:43,160
Speaker 3: isn't just you know, with the number on their chest.

591
00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:45,160
Speaker 3: It's you know, when they're off hanging out with their

592
00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:47,360
Speaker 3: friends or they're at home doing a get ready with

593
00:28:47,360 --> 00:28:50,040
Speaker 3: me or whatever it is. It's been so fun to watch,

594
00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:53,600
Speaker 3: you know, especially the generation that's now in college get

595
00:28:53,600 --> 00:28:56,560
Speaker 3: that recognition that so many players that came before them,

596
00:28:56,800 --> 00:28:59,520
Speaker 3: you know, wanted and craved and would do anything for.

597
00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:02,360
Speaker 3: It's been so fun to see that happen. And then

598
00:29:02,360 --> 00:29:05,200
Speaker 3: also their response from the players. You know, I've been

599
00:29:05,240 --> 00:29:07,360
Speaker 3: think back to a few years ago where it was,

600
00:29:07,960 --> 00:29:10,080
Speaker 3: you know, you were kind of hesitant when media would

601
00:29:10,080 --> 00:29:12,080
Speaker 3: come in. You obviously really welcomed it and wanted it,

602
00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:13,880
Speaker 3: but there was this stigma that you know, they were

603
00:29:13,920 --> 00:29:16,160
Speaker 3: trying to get you or you know, have some kind

604
00:29:16,160 --> 00:29:18,440
Speaker 3: of story come out. But now it's like these players

605
00:29:18,480 --> 00:29:20,880
Speaker 3: love it. You know, they're so excited every time we're

606
00:29:20,880 --> 00:29:22,760
Speaker 3: in the gym with them, and you know everyone on

607
00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:25,040
Speaker 3: mus have talked to us and get their story out there.

608
00:29:25,080 --> 00:29:27,360
Speaker 3: So that part of it has been fun too, not

609
00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:29,840
Speaker 3: only to tell the stories, but to have the athletes

610
00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:32,640
Speaker 3: really want that and be so open to it has

611
00:29:32,680 --> 00:29:34,800
Speaker 3: been fun because it's it's not the same for other sports,

612
00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:35,680
Speaker 3: I can tell you that much.

613
00:29:47,760 --> 00:29:51,280
Speaker 1: So going back to the match against France real quick,

614
00:29:51,320 --> 00:29:53,080
Speaker 1: because you know, we talked about the twenty nine to

615
00:29:53,120 --> 00:29:57,360
Speaker 1: twenty seven matches, which sets which were intense and stressful

616
00:29:57,840 --> 00:30:00,720
Speaker 1: stands to watch. But you know that third match twenty

617
00:30:00,720 --> 00:30:03,800
Speaker 1: five twenty a little more what we were expecting from

618
00:30:03,800 --> 00:30:08,400
Speaker 1: the US. So overall, what impressed you ladies about this

619
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Speaker 1: team in this match?

620
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think a lot of it was resiliency. You know,

621
00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:15,840
Speaker 3: in those big moments, we're seeing this team come through.

622
00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:18,840
Speaker 3: We saw it against Serbia during that second matchup in

623
00:30:18,880 --> 00:30:21,120
Speaker 3: pool play, and we saw it again, you know during

624
00:30:21,120 --> 00:30:24,400
Speaker 3: that second set, US funded off multiple France set points

625
00:30:24,400 --> 00:30:28,360
Speaker 3: to eventually get the set. But I think the biggest

626
00:30:28,400 --> 00:30:30,280
Speaker 3: thing for me is can we limit runs? You know,

627
00:30:30,320 --> 00:30:32,480
Speaker 3: when we get stuck in rotations, are we able to

628
00:30:32,480 --> 00:30:35,080
Speaker 3: get out of it quicker? We need to get better

629
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Speaker 3: on the passing front to not allow you know, five

630
00:30:37,520 --> 00:30:39,400
Speaker 3: point runs like we did in set one, or seven

631
00:30:39,440 --> 00:30:41,640
Speaker 3: point runs like happened in set too. We got to

632
00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:42,760
Speaker 3: be able to close a match.

633
00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:44,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I agree.

634
00:30:44,560 --> 00:30:49,240
Speaker 4: I think overall, going going forward, it's not letting those

635
00:30:49,360 --> 00:30:52,240
Speaker 4: runs go. You know, we had big leads in those

636
00:30:52,280 --> 00:30:54,680
Speaker 4: first two sets, and even in the third set. You

637
00:30:54,680 --> 00:30:57,400
Speaker 4: know you saw a little bit when someone would go

638
00:30:57,440 --> 00:30:59,400
Speaker 4: back to serve maybe one or two points go by,

639
00:30:59,560 --> 00:31:02,880
Speaker 4: and so it's really about stopping the bleeding as soon

640
00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:05,640
Speaker 4: as possible, knowing what to do. Hartch always says we

641
00:31:05,720 --> 00:31:08,600
Speaker 4: know what to do every time out. He would say

642
00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:10,280
Speaker 4: that when even when I was playing, we know what

643
00:31:10,320 --> 00:31:12,960
Speaker 4: we need to do, and it's basically we just need

644
00:31:12,960 --> 00:31:14,680
Speaker 4: to get a pass and we need to side out

645
00:31:14,720 --> 00:31:17,400
Speaker 4: because when we have that pass, we can do us

646
00:31:17,760 --> 00:31:21,520
Speaker 4: and that's runner offense. I'd love to see a little

647
00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:24,360
Speaker 4: more back row swings coming out of the back because

648
00:31:24,360 --> 00:31:26,600
Speaker 4: I think that it's super effective, but we have.

649
00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:27,680
Speaker 2: To be able to pass.

650
00:31:28,240 --> 00:31:31,080
Speaker 4: I do think our transition game can also get a

651
00:31:31,120 --> 00:31:34,760
Speaker 4: little bit better. There was a little hesitancy on defense

652
00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:37,880
Speaker 4: this match, but I saw from Serbia and China we

653
00:31:37,880 --> 00:31:39,560
Speaker 4: were digging a lot of balls, but then we weren't

654
00:31:39,560 --> 00:31:42,200
Speaker 4: getting good swings out of those digs and so to

655
00:31:42,280 --> 00:31:45,880
Speaker 4: be able to transition. I always say, as a coach

656
00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:48,520
Speaker 4: I've coached at the high school level for at a

657
00:31:48,560 --> 00:31:51,920
Speaker 4: little while now, I always say defense wins games, but

658
00:31:52,040 --> 00:31:55,520
Speaker 4: defense transition is where it's at. Like you have to

659
00:31:55,520 --> 00:31:57,760
Speaker 4: score points off of defense. You can't just get the

660
00:31:57,760 --> 00:32:00,680
Speaker 4: ball up and then freeball. It not at this level

661
00:32:01,280 --> 00:32:02,960
Speaker 4: so we've got to get really good SLINKs and I

662
00:32:02,960 --> 00:32:06,160
Speaker 4: think i'd love to see especially when Catherine and Aber

663
00:32:06,160 --> 00:32:08,800
Speaker 4: are in a little more back row out of the pipe,

664
00:32:09,120 --> 00:32:12,280
Speaker 4: and then obviously Andy Drew's going from the right side

665
00:32:12,280 --> 00:32:14,479
Speaker 4: in the back. I think that could really help us

666
00:32:14,760 --> 00:32:16,960
Speaker 4: and be more effective in these next few games. So

667
00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:19,120
Speaker 4: we're gonna need it. We meet everyone on deck at

668
00:32:19,120 --> 00:32:20,760
Speaker 4: this point, and I think that's what we've seen.

669
00:32:20,840 --> 00:32:21,520
Speaker 2: I think that's what.

670
00:32:21,480 --> 00:32:24,720
Speaker 4: The major takeaways are, especially from this last matches, that

671
00:32:24,960 --> 00:32:27,920
Speaker 4: we need everyone, you know, subn Kelsey and Jordan and

672
00:32:27,960 --> 00:32:31,880
Speaker 4: that second last second set at the last second, and

673
00:32:31,920 --> 00:32:34,600
Speaker 4: then they start the third set and they finish it,

674
00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:37,720
Speaker 4: and so it's just showing that anyone can play, and

675
00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:39,400
Speaker 4: anyone can do it, and anyone can.

676
00:32:39,240 --> 00:32:39,920
Speaker 2: Get the job done.

677
00:32:40,040 --> 00:32:42,560
Speaker 4: Now we're just going to need to get some consistency,

678
00:32:43,040 --> 00:32:45,040
Speaker 4: stop those runs and play our game.

679
00:32:46,080 --> 00:32:50,360
Speaker 1: So slate tangent from this third set. But Karch called

680
00:32:50,360 --> 00:32:52,880
Speaker 1: a challenge in the middle of a rally, which I

681
00:32:52,880 --> 00:32:56,000
Speaker 1: did not realize was a thing actually until I saw it.

682
00:32:56,200 --> 00:33:00,360
Speaker 1: How annoying or frustrating is it when you're in the

683
00:33:00,360 --> 00:33:02,160
Speaker 1: middle of an intense rally to all of a sudden

684
00:33:02,200 --> 00:33:04,760
Speaker 1: have it just be stopped because your coach called the challenge.

685
00:33:04,800 --> 00:33:06,440
Speaker 3: So there's some plays that you have to call the

686
00:33:06,520 --> 00:33:08,280
Speaker 3: challenge in the middle of the play. For example, if

687
00:33:08,320 --> 00:33:10,760
Speaker 3: you think a ball is down, say it's a pancake

688
00:33:10,880 --> 00:33:13,240
Speaker 3: that you might have thought was down, you have to

689
00:33:13,280 --> 00:33:15,200
Speaker 3: call that right away. You're not able to call that

690
00:33:15,240 --> 00:33:17,040
Speaker 3: at the end of the point. So that's something that

691
00:33:17,320 --> 00:33:19,520
Speaker 3: you know. Of course it's frustrating, but as a coach,

692
00:33:19,520 --> 00:33:21,200
Speaker 3: you have to do it. Otherwise, you know, you give

693
00:33:21,280 --> 00:33:23,240
Speaker 3: up potentially losing that point when you could have won it.

694
00:33:23,280 --> 00:33:24,080
Speaker 3: I'm on a miss call.

695
00:33:24,760 --> 00:33:27,600
Speaker 1: It makes perfect sense. I'm still just when I was watching,

696
00:33:27,640 --> 00:33:30,320
Speaker 1: I was like, well, what cause I think it took

697
00:33:30,360 --> 00:33:32,880
Speaker 1: a while before he called that challenge. There was like

698
00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:35,360
Speaker 1: a back and forth maybe like four times before it called.

699
00:33:35,400 --> 00:33:36,880
Speaker 1: I was like, oh my god, can you imagine putting

700
00:33:36,880 --> 00:33:38,200
Speaker 1: all that effort in and then all of a sudden,

701
00:33:38,200 --> 00:33:39,840
Speaker 1: it's like you can't finish the point.

702
00:33:40,800 --> 00:33:43,280
Speaker 3: You know, And if you've only watched the college game too,

703
00:33:43,280 --> 00:33:45,120
Speaker 3: there's a lot of rules that are different, so it's

704
00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:47,280
Speaker 3: you know, it's something that I think, you know, Paul

705
00:33:47,320 --> 00:33:49,720
Speaker 3: Slim and Kevin have done a good job of explaining

706
00:33:49,920 --> 00:33:52,080
Speaker 3: the rules that how they are different, because if you

707
00:33:52,120 --> 00:33:54,440
Speaker 3: haven't watched a professional game, you might be like, well,

708
00:33:54,440 --> 00:33:56,840
Speaker 3: what the heck was that you can't do that? So, yeah,

709
00:33:56,880 --> 00:34:00,280
Speaker 3: there's there's some discrepancies and differences just in you know,

710
00:34:00,440 --> 00:34:03,240
Speaker 3: challenge play, some rule things, but for the most part,

711
00:34:03,680 --> 00:34:05,640
Speaker 3: I think, you know, the commentators are doing a pretty

712
00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:08,319
Speaker 3: good job of explaining it for sure.

713
00:34:08,400 --> 00:34:11,239
Speaker 1: So now, like we said earlier, the US is moving

714
00:34:11,280 --> 00:34:13,840
Speaker 1: on to the quarterfinals, which is very exciting. We're not

715
00:34:13,840 --> 00:34:15,920
Speaker 1: sure who they're playing at at the time of this recording,

716
00:34:15,960 --> 00:34:19,439
Speaker 1: but because there are still matches going on. But who

717
00:34:19,480 --> 00:34:21,520
Speaker 1: do you think I know that you said that there

718
00:34:21,520 --> 00:34:25,440
Speaker 1: are six teams that are like the top of the top,

719
00:34:25,760 --> 00:34:29,160
Speaker 1: But who do you think will be the biggest challenge

720
00:34:29,160 --> 00:34:31,080
Speaker 1: for Team USA if they get paired with them in

721
00:34:31,120 --> 00:34:32,160
Speaker 1: the quarterfinals?

722
00:34:32,560 --> 00:34:36,400
Speaker 3: Italy? Yeah, I think Italy. Italy is a team to

723
00:34:36,400 --> 00:34:38,000
Speaker 3: be They just won the V and L. I think

724
00:34:38,520 --> 00:34:41,040
Speaker 3: they are the best team in the field right now.

725
00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:43,560
Speaker 3: You know, we've seen them kind of go up and down,

726
00:34:43,640 --> 00:34:46,160
Speaker 3: but they just had a pretty good dump in of

727
00:34:46,200 --> 00:34:50,719
Speaker 3: Turkey earlier today. And I don't know if that's a

728
00:34:50,760 --> 00:34:53,480
Speaker 3: team that we match up particularly well with. They have

729
00:34:53,880 --> 00:34:56,600
Speaker 3: really incredible middles that I think both Washington and Bogu

730
00:34:56,640 --> 00:34:59,680
Speaker 3: could handle if they play their best. But man, they've

731
00:34:59,680 --> 00:35:02,120
Speaker 3: got you up front that are just absolutely incredible. And

732
00:35:02,160 --> 00:35:04,400
Speaker 3: then they have who I think is the best player

733
00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:06,560
Speaker 3: in the world in Paalaaganu. She's a right side. She

734
00:35:06,640 --> 00:35:10,000
Speaker 3: touches eleven four, So even if you have Plumber lined

735
00:35:10,080 --> 00:35:12,399
Speaker 3: up against her, she's probably gonna go right over her.

736
00:35:12,440 --> 00:35:14,920
Speaker 3: We saw her do it all summer. We've seen her

737
00:35:14,920 --> 00:35:17,000
Speaker 3: do it for years now. You know, she's just twenty five,

738
00:35:17,080 --> 00:35:19,840
Speaker 3: but she's an absolute rock star. You know, she's earned

739
00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:22,440
Speaker 3: pretty much every MVP on her in the book that

740
00:35:22,520 --> 00:35:25,560
Speaker 3: you can accept an Olympic MVP. So she's a player

741
00:35:25,560 --> 00:35:27,720
Speaker 3: that I would never want to face on the other side.

742
00:35:27,760 --> 00:35:30,200
Speaker 3: And to me, Italy has the best chance of at

743
00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:32,000
Speaker 3: least moving on to the gold medal match, if not

744
00:35:32,040 --> 00:35:35,040
Speaker 3: winning at all. So you know, whatever draw we get,

745
00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:38,400
Speaker 3: I'm hoping that Italy is nowhere near us, hoping it's

746
00:35:38,560 --> 00:35:42,680
Speaker 3: you know, a potential Poland or Brazil situation. But that's

747
00:35:42,680 --> 00:35:45,520
Speaker 3: a team that is very fine tuned. They played pretty

748
00:35:45,560 --> 00:35:48,279
Speaker 3: much their entire starting lineup all summer, so they've got

749
00:35:48,320 --> 00:35:51,800
Speaker 3: those connections down and they are just rolling right now.

750
00:35:52,360 --> 00:35:55,600
Speaker 4: Yeah, I agree. I wouldn't Yeah, I wouldn't want to

751
00:35:55,640 --> 00:36:00,680
Speaker 4: see Italy anytime soon. I think that they they've had

752
00:36:00,680 --> 00:36:05,400
Speaker 4: a rep go at it and on Olympic runs, but

753
00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:09,640
Speaker 4: this one seems like they're hungry, they're focused. This is

754
00:36:09,640 --> 00:36:12,960
Speaker 4: a team that's been together for a while now, and

755
00:36:13,320 --> 00:36:16,479
Speaker 4: they know each other really well. That connection that they have.

756
00:36:16,680 --> 00:36:21,040
Speaker 4: And like Emily said, Paala is she's unreal. I've played

757
00:36:21,040 --> 00:36:26,399
Speaker 4: against her and many times and it's it's really hard

758
00:36:26,400 --> 00:36:30,919
Speaker 4: to play against her. When she's hot, it's it's hard

759
00:36:30,920 --> 00:36:33,360
Speaker 4: to beat. So I would say she's the best player,

760
00:36:33,480 --> 00:36:38,000
Speaker 4: best opposite, hands down in the world. And their team

761
00:36:38,920 --> 00:36:42,759
Speaker 4: across the board I think is just very experienced. They

762
00:36:42,840 --> 00:36:45,480
Speaker 4: pass the ball well, they run the middles well. Their

763
00:36:45,520 --> 00:36:50,279
Speaker 4: middles are very technically sound, good blockers, They're outsides are

764
00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:54,439
Speaker 4: very good. And then you have Pawa so and they're

765
00:36:54,480 --> 00:36:58,640
Speaker 4: Libero is arguably the best libero in the world. Also,

766
00:36:58,920 --> 00:37:03,239
Speaker 4: hands down, I would say that I see them going

767
00:37:03,280 --> 00:37:07,400
Speaker 4: for gold. I think Brazil's good when they're when they're on,

768
00:37:07,760 --> 00:37:10,440
Speaker 4: I think they're a hard team to be Also, Poland

769
00:37:10,520 --> 00:37:14,880
Speaker 4: could be tricky. I'd rather pool them early though, and

770
00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:17,759
Speaker 4: see I think that we could match up well with them,

771
00:37:19,040 --> 00:37:21,920
Speaker 4: and so yeah, it's it's tough. You know, China has

772
00:37:21,920 --> 00:37:25,640
Speaker 4: been playing pretty well. Serbia has the ability to take over.

773
00:37:26,680 --> 00:37:29,960
Speaker 4: You know, they also have a crazy opposite, So yeah,

774
00:37:30,080 --> 00:37:30,760
Speaker 4: it's tough.

775
00:37:31,160 --> 00:37:31,800
Speaker 2: It's cool.

776
00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:33,800
Speaker 4: It's a great time for volleyball.

777
00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:35,800
Speaker 3: I would not want to play Serbia again.

778
00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:40,120
Speaker 4: No, no, they they probably want to. Yeah, they'll come

779
00:37:40,160 --> 00:37:42,840
Speaker 4: back with a vengeance there. I think they definitely felt

780
00:37:42,840 --> 00:37:46,520
Speaker 4: that they missed out on that match. But it's it's

781
00:37:46,520 --> 00:37:49,120
Speaker 4: an amazing time for volleyball. I think it's some of

782
00:37:49,160 --> 00:37:52,960
Speaker 4: the best volleyball I've ever seen in the world, with

783
00:37:53,160 --> 00:37:54,960
Speaker 4: just all of these amazing teams.

784
00:37:55,239 --> 00:37:57,799
Speaker 2: So it's cool. But you know, let o.

785
00:37:57,920 --> 00:38:00,640
Speaker 4: USA like we we have the opportunity need to defend

786
00:38:00,719 --> 00:38:05,000
Speaker 4: that gold medal, albeit as a little different circumstances time

787
00:38:05,040 --> 00:38:08,319
Speaker 4: with our team. I feel like last Olympics there was

788
00:38:08,560 --> 00:38:10,880
Speaker 4: just a little bit more dominance coming into it, and

789
00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:12,960
Speaker 4: we weren't number one in the world coming into this,

790
00:38:13,600 --> 00:38:15,440
Speaker 4: and so there's there's a little bit more of a

791
00:38:15,560 --> 00:38:18,360
Speaker 4: back against the wall. But that's a cool spot to

792
00:38:18,360 --> 00:38:20,319
Speaker 4: be in too. You know, we have to go in

793
00:38:20,360 --> 00:38:22,640
Speaker 4: with that mindset of like, hey, we have nothing to lose.

794
00:38:22,760 --> 00:38:25,319
Speaker 4: Everyone's good. We just have to put everything we have

795
00:38:25,400 --> 00:38:27,799
Speaker 4: in the court because that's the way that they're going

796
00:38:27,840 --> 00:38:28,239
Speaker 4: to do it.

797
00:38:28,960 --> 00:38:29,319
Speaker 1: For sure.

798
00:38:29,360 --> 00:38:31,319
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think when we talk about how deep this

799
00:38:31,400 --> 00:38:34,719
Speaker 3: field is too, if you haven't watched anyone except the

800
00:38:34,800 --> 00:38:36,680
Speaker 3: US play, you've got to turn on some of those matches,

801
00:38:36,719 --> 00:38:39,839
Speaker 3: you know, especially in the quarterfinals and semifinals and on, like, Yeah,

802
00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:42,720
Speaker 3: these teams are so good and they're so fun to watch.

803
00:38:42,760 --> 00:38:45,160
Speaker 3: I mean, there's players that you'll just absolutely fall in

804
00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:47,440
Speaker 3: love with and want to keep watching. So if you haven't,

805
00:38:47,480 --> 00:38:49,680
Speaker 3: definitely make sure you're checking those matches out because they

806
00:38:49,719 --> 00:38:50,919
Speaker 3: are they're so fun.

807
00:38:51,960 --> 00:38:56,239
Speaker 1: Definitely. And Julian, because you've played in multiple countries professionally,

808
00:38:56,719 --> 00:38:58,480
Speaker 1: do you notice a different style in the way that

809
00:38:58,480 --> 00:39:00,600
Speaker 1: they practice and the way that each league is run.

810
00:39:00,960 --> 00:39:01,480
Speaker 2: Definitely.

811
00:39:02,680 --> 00:39:05,640
Speaker 4: You know in Europe and I played in Italy three years,

812
00:39:06,560 --> 00:39:11,960
Speaker 4: three seasons, so you know, volleyball is a gift there.

813
00:39:12,080 --> 00:39:17,720
Speaker 4: They are very talented, their coaches are very talented. There's

814
00:39:17,760 --> 00:39:21,160
Speaker 4: a lot of technique, a lot of skill involved, and

815
00:39:21,560 --> 00:39:26,360
Speaker 4: you know, I would say that the practices anywhere you

816
00:39:26,400 --> 00:39:28,440
Speaker 4: go are going to be different. The culture is different.

817
00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:31,640
Speaker 4: When I played in China, we prepped for long hours

818
00:39:31,680 --> 00:39:34,720
Speaker 4: a day. When I played in Japan, we practiced long

819
00:39:34,880 --> 00:39:38,239
Speaker 4: hours a day, very minimal time off. In Italy, I'd

820
00:39:38,280 --> 00:39:41,520
Speaker 4: say there's a similar style to how we train, and

821
00:39:41,600 --> 00:39:45,000
Speaker 4: maybe that's because we've had girls go over there many

822
00:39:45,040 --> 00:39:48,040
Speaker 4: seasons come back. We kind of see what works what doesn't.

823
00:39:48,920 --> 00:39:51,440
Speaker 4: I think that's honestly not to segue, but that's the

824
00:39:51,440 --> 00:39:54,880
Speaker 4: beauty of love and this league in America is that

825
00:39:54,920 --> 00:39:57,880
Speaker 4: we get to keep our kids, our athletes in America.

826
00:39:58,320 --> 00:40:01,080
Speaker 4: We have been going over to other people's countries to

827
00:40:01,080 --> 00:40:04,440
Speaker 4: play volleyball and giving our knowledge and our best volleyball

828
00:40:04,520 --> 00:40:06,920
Speaker 4: to them, and then coming home and having to play

829
00:40:07,200 --> 00:40:11,000
Speaker 4: short summer with our national team. And you know, I

830
00:40:11,040 --> 00:40:14,000
Speaker 4: think for many reasons, that's why we didn't win goals,

831
00:40:14,040 --> 00:40:17,000
Speaker 4: because we just we couldn't get our team together and

832
00:40:17,040 --> 00:40:20,160
Speaker 4: be cohesive. But now we have this opportunity to have

833
00:40:20,480 --> 00:40:23,799
Speaker 4: all of our athletes, our best athletes, stay in America

834
00:40:24,239 --> 00:40:28,960
Speaker 4: and play together, and our coaches be there to you know,

835
00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:31,600
Speaker 4: give feedback and help. And I think it's just a

836
00:40:31,640 --> 00:40:34,000
Speaker 4: great time for our country and that and that aspect

837
00:40:34,080 --> 00:40:36,040
Speaker 4: because all these other countries have been.

838
00:40:35,960 --> 00:40:37,320
Speaker 2: Doing that Italy.

839
00:40:37,920 --> 00:40:39,960
Speaker 4: They don't have to go anywhere, right, That's where the

840
00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:43,920
Speaker 4: best volleyball is being played. Turkey, same thing, and so

841
00:40:44,120 --> 00:40:46,680
Speaker 4: it's kind of like we're giving our knowledge and wisdom

842
00:40:46,719 --> 00:40:50,000
Speaker 4: to these other countries when we're going overseas and we

843
00:40:50,080 --> 00:40:52,759
Speaker 4: learn stuff too. One thousand percent we take away a

844
00:40:52,800 --> 00:40:55,480
Speaker 4: lot of things. So that's just a cool exchange. But

845
00:40:55,600 --> 00:40:59,040
Speaker 4: I do think it's a great opportunity that love is here, so.

846
00:41:00,120 --> 00:41:02,120
Speaker 1: Sure, and the love Austin Deine's going to be really

847
00:41:02,160 --> 00:41:05,200
Speaker 1: interesting to watch because you have eight Texas alums all

848
00:41:05,280 --> 00:41:08,240
Speaker 1: under Jared Elliott. So I think they have a pretty

849
00:41:08,280 --> 00:41:09,800
Speaker 1: good idea of how they all play.

850
00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:14,000
Speaker 4: Yeah, that's I mean, it's really I've been talking to

851
00:41:14,040 --> 00:41:17,120
Speaker 4: some of the girls and we've been saying it's every

852
00:41:17,160 --> 00:41:21,799
Speaker 4: Texas fans dream team. Obviously, there's not everyone is on

853
00:41:21,880 --> 00:41:24,120
Speaker 4: the team that could that is a fans dream, but

854
00:41:24,800 --> 00:41:27,879
Speaker 4: eight of us from different generations even, I think it's

855
00:41:27,920 --> 00:41:29,480
Speaker 4: a pretty cool opportunity.

856
00:41:30,200 --> 00:41:31,320
Speaker 2: I've always said.

857
00:41:31,080 --> 00:41:33,000
Speaker 4: That man I wish I could have played with her.

858
00:41:33,120 --> 00:41:34,680
Speaker 4: Man I wish I could have played with her. You know,

859
00:41:34,800 --> 00:41:37,320
Speaker 4: as I've graduated and gone on and seen the talent

860
00:41:37,400 --> 00:41:39,640
Speaker 4: that would come in and now I get to do that,

861
00:41:39,920 --> 00:41:41,960
Speaker 4: and I'm like, this is nuts.

862
00:41:43,239 --> 00:41:44,560
Speaker 2: So yeah, what a cool thing.

863
00:41:45,640 --> 00:41:48,280
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's so fun. When you said the generations, that's

864
00:41:48,560 --> 00:41:50,640
Speaker 3: something that sticks out to me. I mean there's players

865
00:41:50,640 --> 00:41:53,120
Speaker 3: that I'm sure you know, grew up watching a lot

866
00:41:53,160 --> 00:41:55,680
Speaker 3: of those players. Now get to play with them, you know,

867
00:41:55,760 --> 00:41:58,239
Speaker 3: coming as Texas alum that is you know, that's a

868
00:41:58,360 --> 00:42:00,360
Speaker 3: dream for all these players. And I can't even imagine

869
00:42:00,360 --> 00:42:02,120
Speaker 3: how excited they are to finally, you know, get in

870
00:42:02,120 --> 00:42:02,879
Speaker 3: the jam with it all.

871
00:42:03,800 --> 00:42:05,720
Speaker 1: Yeah, for sure, it's going to be so fun to watch.

872
00:42:06,360 --> 00:42:09,840
Speaker 1: Now for both of you, you know, you have interesting

873
00:42:09,920 --> 00:42:13,799
Speaker 1: paths because you were competitive volleyball players. Obviously, Jillian you

874
00:42:14,000 --> 00:42:18,000
Speaker 1: will be back playing volleyball competitively, but you know, Emily

875
00:42:18,000 --> 00:42:20,880
Speaker 1: you became a broadcaster and Jillian you took a break.

876
00:42:20,880 --> 00:42:25,120
Speaker 1: You pursued music, hosted a podcast. So for both of you,

877
00:42:25,440 --> 00:42:28,960
Speaker 1: what was it like stepping away from this sport that

878
00:42:29,000 --> 00:42:32,120
Speaker 1: you devoted so much time and energy and love too.

879
00:42:32,560 --> 00:42:37,320
Speaker 4: I think that it was needed for me. I didn't

880
00:42:37,360 --> 00:42:39,120
Speaker 4: know when I stepped away that I was going to

881
00:42:39,160 --> 00:42:43,000
Speaker 4: come back to the sport. So originally when I did

882
00:42:43,040 --> 00:42:46,200
Speaker 4: my EP and wrote music, I actually was injured. So

883
00:42:46,280 --> 00:42:48,600
Speaker 4: that was a really cool outlet for me because I

884
00:42:48,760 --> 00:42:51,920
Speaker 4: was wanting to come back from injury. I hurt my

885
00:42:51,960 --> 00:42:53,920
Speaker 4: knee and have some time off, and I was like,

886
00:42:53,920 --> 00:42:55,680
Speaker 4: you know what, I'm going to do this thing that

887
00:42:55,719 --> 00:42:57,960
Speaker 4: I have been wanting to do for a really long time.

888
00:42:58,080 --> 00:43:01,880
Speaker 4: I love music, It's a passion of mine. There's you know,

889
00:43:02,080 --> 00:43:05,920
Speaker 4: no pressure here like to be anybody, you know, a superstar.

890
00:43:06,040 --> 00:43:07,759
Speaker 4: I'm just you know, I want to do this. And

891
00:43:07,800 --> 00:43:10,440
Speaker 4: so that was a really cool outlet. But when I

892
00:43:10,480 --> 00:43:13,800
Speaker 4: stepped away after I had my first child, I didn't

893
00:43:13,840 --> 00:43:17,400
Speaker 4: have any thoughts of coming back because I just thought,

894
00:43:17,800 --> 00:43:20,640
Speaker 4: once I have kids, I'm I'm not going to be

895
00:43:20,680 --> 00:43:24,480
Speaker 4: able to do it. And I talk about this a

896
00:43:24,520 --> 00:43:26,319
Speaker 4: lot when people ask me what it's like to be

897
00:43:26,320 --> 00:43:29,120
Speaker 4: a mom and then also play volleyball.

898
00:43:29,280 --> 00:43:29,919
Speaker 2: I've done it.

899
00:43:30,040 --> 00:43:33,800
Speaker 4: I was a first time mom with one kid, played

900
00:43:33,840 --> 00:43:36,080
Speaker 4: in Italy. I told you guys about that experience a

901
00:43:36,080 --> 00:43:39,640
Speaker 4: little bit. And so when I stepped away, that's that

902
00:43:40,440 --> 00:43:43,680
Speaker 4: second time thinking for sure, I'm not coming back because

903
00:43:43,680 --> 00:43:47,400
Speaker 4: it's just it's not plausible for me. It doesn't feel

904
00:43:47,600 --> 00:43:51,520
Speaker 4: like it would be a good experience. I don't want

905
00:43:51,560 --> 00:43:53,680
Speaker 4: to put my family through having to move and go

906
00:43:53,760 --> 00:43:56,200
Speaker 4: overseas and like, you know, where will they go to

907
00:43:56,239 --> 00:43:57,959
Speaker 4: school if they get older? It just like the whole

908
00:43:58,000 --> 00:44:01,239
Speaker 4: thing just made me feel more like I need to

909
00:44:01,280 --> 00:44:04,719
Speaker 4: sacrifice my love for this game and my desire to

910
00:44:04,800 --> 00:44:10,080
Speaker 4: keep playing for my family. And so in doing that,

911
00:44:10,400 --> 00:44:15,560
Speaker 4: I took up coaching I which I absolutely love. Which

912
00:44:15,640 --> 00:44:18,880
Speaker 4: is a funny story because I was like, I'm never coaching,

913
00:44:19,920 --> 00:44:23,600
Speaker 4: like I will do private lessons, but like team coaching

914
00:44:23,600 --> 00:44:25,279
Speaker 4: a high school team, Like are you kidding me? I'm

915
00:44:25,320 --> 00:44:28,120
Speaker 4: so above that literally, Like I know that sounds bad,

916
00:44:28,200 --> 00:44:31,360
Speaker 4: but I think like that was the thought processes, like

917
00:44:31,360 --> 00:44:34,839
Speaker 4: there's no way I'll enjoy that, Like it's you know.

918
00:44:34,960 --> 00:44:37,520
Speaker 4: And so then when I decided to do it and

919
00:44:37,560 --> 00:44:39,000
Speaker 4: I was say, okay, I'll just give it a try.

920
00:44:39,000 --> 00:44:41,399
Speaker 4: For one year, I was obsessed with it, and I

921
00:44:41,440 --> 00:44:44,120
Speaker 4: was obsessed with the way it made me feel in

922
00:44:44,400 --> 00:44:48,759
Speaker 4: how giving to these kids who you know are so

923
00:44:48,880 --> 00:44:51,160
Speaker 4: eager to learn and then they do it right and

924
00:44:51,200 --> 00:44:54,040
Speaker 4: then see their excitement and see the approval that they're

925
00:44:54,080 --> 00:44:57,000
Speaker 4: looking for for me, and like just this whole thing,

926
00:44:57,040 --> 00:44:59,719
Speaker 4: and also when you're in a tight match as a

927
00:44:59,760 --> 00:45:03,200
Speaker 4: coach and you're making these decisions and you're like, dude,

928
00:45:03,520 --> 00:45:06,560
Speaker 4: that feels like and there's there's adrenaline there and I

929
00:45:06,600 --> 00:45:11,200
Speaker 4: didn't realize that that could translate. So I kind of

930
00:45:11,200 --> 00:45:14,600
Speaker 4: got my fix of competitiveness through being a high school

931
00:45:14,640 --> 00:45:18,360
Speaker 4: coach for the past three years. And you know, that

932
00:45:18,520 --> 00:45:21,200
Speaker 4: was kind of like the path that I took. And

933
00:45:21,239 --> 00:45:23,680
Speaker 4: I always knew that I wanted to either mentor or

934
00:45:23,680 --> 00:45:26,600
Speaker 4: give back to the sport that has given me so much,

935
00:45:27,160 --> 00:45:30,880
Speaker 4: you know, with camps, clinics now coaching a team, and

936
00:45:30,920 --> 00:45:33,600
Speaker 4: I think on just a broader scale, just like having

937
00:45:33,600 --> 00:45:37,040
Speaker 4: that one on one mentorship and giving back to, you know,

938
00:45:37,239 --> 00:45:41,000
Speaker 4: kids that can learn from my experience and knowing that

939
00:45:41,280 --> 00:45:44,960
Speaker 4: my experience wasn't for not like I did something cool

940
00:45:45,160 --> 00:45:47,440
Speaker 4: and now I can turn it around and give a

941
00:45:47,440 --> 00:45:50,960
Speaker 4: little bit back. And so yeah, that's kind of like

942
00:45:51,160 --> 00:45:55,000
Speaker 4: what it felt like to step away. I never missed

943
00:45:55,160 --> 00:45:57,920
Speaker 4: playing because I feel like I filled it with the

944
00:45:58,000 --> 00:46:03,440
Speaker 4: coaching aspect and the mentorship aspect. Now that I'm working

945
00:46:03,440 --> 00:46:06,680
Speaker 4: out and playing and getting myself ready to play again,

946
00:46:06,920 --> 00:46:11,600
Speaker 4: there's this like buyer burning that I thought had gone away,

947
00:46:11,880 --> 00:46:14,480
Speaker 4: and I thought that would just disappear. But I'm like

948
00:46:14,840 --> 00:46:18,279
Speaker 4: more eager than ever, especially as a mom with like

949
00:46:18,360 --> 00:46:22,279
Speaker 4: some a little crowd of three watching my every move.

950
00:46:22,840 --> 00:46:27,000
Speaker 4: It's like there's so much motivation there, but there's also

951
00:46:27,120 --> 00:46:28,240
Speaker 4: no pressure.

952
00:46:28,160 --> 00:46:29,440
Speaker 2: To like be perfect.

953
00:46:29,760 --> 00:46:31,600
Speaker 4: Whereas when I was younger, it was like I have

954
00:46:31,680 --> 00:46:34,280
Speaker 4: to be this in order to get this, and I

955
00:46:34,320 --> 00:46:36,080
Speaker 4: have to do it this way and if I don't,

956
00:46:36,160 --> 00:46:39,200
Speaker 4: then I'm missing out on my chances to do you know,

957
00:46:39,320 --> 00:46:43,719
Speaker 4: something big, Whereas now it's like I've done this and

958
00:46:43,800 --> 00:46:46,640
Speaker 4: I still get to do it, and I'm like, this

959
00:46:46,840 --> 00:46:50,840
Speaker 4: is awesome. I'm so excited. And even the younger girls

960
00:46:50,920 --> 00:46:53,160
Speaker 4: coming right out of college or maybe playing their first

961
00:46:53,239 --> 00:46:56,480
Speaker 4: or second year pro, it's like I love that.

962
00:46:56,640 --> 00:46:58,680
Speaker 2: I want to help them. I want to be like

963
00:46:59,280 --> 00:47:00,520
Speaker 2: the mom of the two team.

964
00:47:00,320 --> 00:47:03,880
Speaker 4: And like whatever you need feedback wise, like obviously I

965
00:47:03,920 --> 00:47:05,839
Speaker 4: want to step on the court and be competitive, which

966
00:47:06,360 --> 00:47:10,680
Speaker 4: I'm gonna but yeah, yeah, it's also this this like

967
00:47:10,920 --> 00:47:13,759
Speaker 4: team feel of like how can I give as a

968
00:47:13,760 --> 00:47:17,520
Speaker 4: teammate because I'm just in such a different place as

969
00:47:17,560 --> 00:47:20,279
Speaker 4: a mom and having done this for a lot of

970
00:47:20,360 --> 00:47:24,200
Speaker 4: years now, and so yeah that was long, but that's

971
00:47:24,239 --> 00:47:24,760
Speaker 4: how I feel.

972
00:47:26,480 --> 00:47:28,799
Speaker 1: I love that because I have two kids and I

973
00:47:28,840 --> 00:47:32,080
Speaker 1: play in just like an adult beer rec league, which

974
00:47:32,239 --> 00:47:34,400
Speaker 1: I love my team and we have so much fun together.

975
00:47:34,680 --> 00:47:37,160
Speaker 1: But when I'm able to bring my kids to watch us,

976
00:47:37,239 --> 00:47:40,600
Speaker 1: even though it's adult, you know, wreck I like love

977
00:47:40,640 --> 00:47:43,160
Speaker 1: it because they get so excited and I'm like, yes,

978
00:47:44,280 --> 00:47:46,480
Speaker 1: Like I have my little cheering squad. And I always

979
00:47:46,480 --> 00:47:49,000
Speaker 1: ask my daughter, I'm like, do you want to play volleyball? Yeah?

980
00:47:49,040 --> 00:47:52,320
Speaker 1: And I'm like, that's generation. Let's go so fun.

981
00:47:53,040 --> 00:47:55,399
Speaker 3: Julian, it's really cool too to hear to hear about

982
00:47:55,440 --> 00:47:57,799
Speaker 3: the perspective change that you had, you know, after you

983
00:47:57,800 --> 00:47:59,920
Speaker 3: had your first kid, and then obviously after the twins,

984
00:48:00,120 --> 00:48:03,520
Speaker 3: like one, I can't even imagine coming back to playing now,

985
00:48:03,560 --> 00:48:06,000
Speaker 3: and I, you know, have done nothing of the sort

986
00:48:06,000 --> 00:48:08,200
Speaker 3: of just out of shape, but thinking about getting back

987
00:48:08,239 --> 00:48:10,920
Speaker 3: on the court is so impressive. And but before I

988
00:48:10,920 --> 00:48:12,400
Speaker 3: get on, I kind of just want to know from you,

989
00:48:12,480 --> 00:48:15,320
Speaker 3: like how do you possibly balance all of that? What

990
00:48:15,719 --> 00:48:18,160
Speaker 3: was it like initially starting out when you started working

991
00:48:18,160 --> 00:48:20,440
Speaker 3: out again, Like what the heck did you do? Did

992
00:48:20,440 --> 00:48:21,680
Speaker 3: you have the kids in the gym with you?

993
00:48:22,200 --> 00:48:26,239
Speaker 4: I mean, yeah, it's funny because in the beginning, when

994
00:48:26,280 --> 00:48:28,640
Speaker 4: I first was cleared to work out after the twins,

995
00:48:29,400 --> 00:48:31,560
Speaker 4: they came into the gym with me and their strollers.

996
00:48:31,800 --> 00:48:33,520
Speaker 4: I would put a little span in front of them.

997
00:48:33,680 --> 00:48:36,200
Speaker 4: They would take a nap, and when their newborns, they

998
00:48:36,239 --> 00:48:39,120
Speaker 4: sleep a lot, so it was easy. Once they started

999
00:48:39,120 --> 00:48:42,359
Speaker 4: getting bigger, it became more of a challenge. They would

1000
00:48:42,360 --> 00:48:45,040
Speaker 4: be walking around the gym while I was like doing

1001
00:48:45,080 --> 00:48:48,719
Speaker 4: power cleans and I'm having to like throw the weight down, run,

1002
00:48:48,800 --> 00:48:53,760
Speaker 4: make sure they're good, come back. So it's definitely a challenge.

1003
00:48:54,080 --> 00:48:56,960
Speaker 4: My mom moved here from San Diego, California. I'm a

1004
00:48:57,000 --> 00:49:00,000
Speaker 4: single mom, so I'm doing this. I mean I would

1005
00:49:00,160 --> 00:49:02,160
Speaker 4: I have a village. I mean there's no way I

1006
00:49:02,200 --> 00:49:05,279
Speaker 4: could do it. Even with a full family, you know,

1007
00:49:05,320 --> 00:49:09,000
Speaker 4: a partner in this, it would be so difficult. But

1008
00:49:09,480 --> 00:49:12,920
Speaker 4: I have a village. I have my mom here, my

1009
00:49:13,000 --> 00:49:17,400
Speaker 4: stepmom lives down the road from me, family friends, I

1010
00:49:17,480 --> 00:49:21,799
Speaker 4: have the best friends, which we do call ourselves the

1011
00:49:21,920 --> 00:49:26,800
Speaker 4: village that they have kids, My all my son's age,

1012
00:49:26,840 --> 00:49:31,799
Speaker 4: they all have kids, and so it's it's just been

1013
00:49:31,920 --> 00:49:33,240
Speaker 4: incredible to see.

1014
00:49:33,280 --> 00:49:35,279
Speaker 2: And I'm not one that asks for help.

1015
00:49:36,640 --> 00:49:39,239
Speaker 4: And so when I did become a single mom, I

1016
00:49:40,200 --> 00:49:44,000
Speaker 4: kind of relinquished that surrender to you know, whatever ego

1017
00:49:44,400 --> 00:49:47,480
Speaker 4: or you know, independence that I had and said no,

1018
00:49:47,719 --> 00:49:51,600
Speaker 4: I need help, and everyone in my village came running

1019
00:49:51,960 --> 00:49:56,319
Speaker 4: and they're there for me. They know that, you know,

1020
00:49:56,320 --> 00:49:58,920
Speaker 4: I'm going for this crazy dream and I'm doing something

1021
00:49:58,920 --> 00:50:02,960
Speaker 4: insane and they want to be there and support it.

1022
00:50:03,000 --> 00:50:07,840
Speaker 4: And so I'm very very lucky. And you know Carly Lloyd,

1023
00:50:08,760 --> 00:50:11,200
Speaker 4: she's a childhood best best friend of mine who's gonna

1024
00:50:11,200 --> 00:50:13,440
Speaker 4: be playing on the love Autome team with me. She

1025
00:50:13,480 --> 00:50:17,520
Speaker 4: has a child, we grew up together, we played club together,

1026
00:50:17,800 --> 00:50:21,160
Speaker 4: and played a few years on the national team together.

1027
00:50:21,320 --> 00:50:23,640
Speaker 4: And so she's my very very best friend in this

1028
00:50:23,840 --> 00:50:27,640
Speaker 4: entire world. And I know her coming here and us

1029
00:50:27,680 --> 00:50:30,960
Speaker 4: having each other at being moms together, it's like just

1030
00:50:31,000 --> 00:50:35,120
Speaker 4: another added person to my village and me to hers,

1031
00:50:35,280 --> 00:50:37,640
Speaker 4: so that we can support each other. So yeah, I

1032
00:50:38,000 --> 00:50:41,319
Speaker 4: don't do this alone. Some days I feel like this

1033
00:50:41,480 --> 00:50:44,200
Speaker 4: is stupid and I should not do this.

1034
00:50:45,200 --> 00:50:46,080
Speaker 2: It's too hard.

1035
00:50:47,560 --> 00:50:51,440
Speaker 4: But then but most days I think, Wow, this is

1036
00:50:52,040 --> 00:50:54,200
Speaker 4: so cool that I get to wake up every day,

1037
00:50:54,360 --> 00:50:57,400
Speaker 4: I get to push myself, and my kids get to watch,

1038
00:50:57,719 --> 00:51:00,680
Speaker 4: and I want to bring them along as much as possible.

1039
00:51:01,920 --> 00:51:03,360
Speaker 1: That's so strong and powerful.

1040
00:51:03,440 --> 00:51:06,600
Speaker 3: I love that yeah, I mean it's just so inspiring

1041
00:51:06,640 --> 00:51:08,840
Speaker 3: seeing you out there, seeing a player like Carlie Lloyd.

1042
00:51:08,880 --> 00:51:11,680
Speaker 3: I remember when Alicia Glass Childress came back to play

1043
00:51:11,680 --> 00:51:14,279
Speaker 3: for Athletes Unlimited. That was exciting. And I remember a

1044
00:51:14,360 --> 00:51:18,000
Speaker 3: few years ago to Sheila Castro came back after having

1045
00:51:18,040 --> 00:51:20,200
Speaker 3: her twins and played in AU as well, and it

1046
00:51:20,280 --> 00:51:22,680
Speaker 3: was so cool to see the support system that she

1047
00:51:22,880 --> 00:51:25,680
Speaker 3: had for like eight weeks in a bubble around all

1048
00:51:25,680 --> 00:51:28,440
Speaker 3: these other athletes, and just to strength it takes to

1049
00:51:28,480 --> 00:51:30,640
Speaker 3: come back, and like how much of an inspiration you

1050
00:51:30,640 --> 00:51:33,520
Speaker 3: guys are to not even you know, maybe former athletes

1051
00:51:33,520 --> 00:51:35,719
Speaker 3: that are coming back, sure, but just in general, I'm

1052
00:51:35,760 --> 00:51:38,239
Speaker 3: sure moms around can say, Okay, well I can go

1053
00:51:38,280 --> 00:51:39,640
Speaker 3: back to work. I can do all these things that

1054
00:51:39,680 --> 00:51:41,839
Speaker 3: maybe I didn't think was possible a few years ago.

1055
00:51:42,000 --> 00:51:44,800
Speaker 3: You know, when you see athletes at the highest possible

1056
00:51:44,880 --> 00:51:47,920
Speaker 3: level doing it, it's like, well, we can all do anything,

1057
00:51:48,520 --> 00:51:51,040
Speaker 3: which is so cool. And I'm so glad that you

1058
00:51:51,080 --> 00:51:53,520
Speaker 3: know you're now coming back and feel so confident and

1059
00:51:53,560 --> 00:51:55,719
Speaker 3: feel that drive again, because it is hard when you

1060
00:51:55,719 --> 00:51:59,040
Speaker 3: stop playing to define that drive. And I think I

1061
00:51:59,160 --> 00:52:03,440
Speaker 3: was similar in terms of that competitiveness and like adrenaline rush.

1062
00:52:03,480 --> 00:52:05,520
Speaker 3: That was something that I always really craved, and that's

1063
00:52:05,520 --> 00:52:08,520
Speaker 3: what I loved about competing. I always knew that I

1064
00:52:08,560 --> 00:52:12,360
Speaker 3: wanted to get into broadcasting. I never wanted to play professionally,

1065
00:52:12,440 --> 00:52:14,680
Speaker 3: nor was I good enough to I never wanted to coach,

1066
00:52:15,120 --> 00:52:17,680
Speaker 3: so I knew I wanted to stay around sports. I

1067
00:52:17,680 --> 00:52:19,960
Speaker 3: didn't know I wanted to be around volleyball. That kind

1068
00:52:20,000 --> 00:52:23,040
Speaker 3: of just happened on its own after I graduated and

1069
00:52:23,040 --> 00:52:26,240
Speaker 3: started to get into the business. But for me, I

1070
00:52:26,280 --> 00:52:29,759
Speaker 3: think the hardest part of the transition was just not

1071
00:52:29,880 --> 00:52:32,480
Speaker 3: having a team. Because from the time, you know, I'm

1072
00:52:32,520 --> 00:52:34,640
Speaker 3: like three or four years old, I was on teams

1073
00:52:34,680 --> 00:52:37,759
Speaker 3: and you you're given friends, You're given someone who tells

1074
00:52:37,800 --> 00:52:40,239
Speaker 3: you what to do, you have a planned schedule, and

1075
00:52:40,280 --> 00:52:43,319
Speaker 3: then when you stop athletics at such a high level,

1076
00:52:43,360 --> 00:52:46,279
Speaker 3: you're like, one, who am I too? I have to

1077
00:52:46,360 --> 00:52:48,520
Speaker 3: like actually go talk to my friends, hang out with them.

1078
00:52:48,520 --> 00:52:50,239
Speaker 3: I can't just see them every day and all these

1079
00:52:50,239 --> 00:52:52,399
Speaker 3: people that you know, you love so much and you're

1080
00:52:52,400 --> 00:52:54,799
Speaker 3: in a locker room with And I think that that

1081
00:52:54,880 --> 00:52:58,200
Speaker 3: family aspect was something that was hard in the transition

1082
00:52:58,360 --> 00:53:00,839
Speaker 3: out of like, Okay, I got to figure out kind

1083
00:53:00,840 --> 00:53:03,200
Speaker 3: of who I am, what I'm doing, and you just

1084
00:53:03,239 --> 00:53:05,640
Speaker 3: miss that that competitive nature with people that you know

1085
00:53:05,719 --> 00:53:09,200
Speaker 3: you're grinding with. And I think you learn a lot

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00:53:09,239 --> 00:53:13,000
Speaker 3: about yourself and really bonding with others when you're on

1087
00:53:13,040 --> 00:53:15,719
Speaker 3: a team going through really hard times, whether it's you know,

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00:53:15,840 --> 00:53:18,080
Speaker 3: a really tough loss or you just had like a

1089
00:53:18,080 --> 00:53:20,720
Speaker 3: really hard practice, and how to run sprints or whatever

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00:53:20,760 --> 00:53:23,000
Speaker 3: it is. You know, those are the things that I

1091
00:53:23,040 --> 00:53:25,040
Speaker 3: think bond people. And so for me, it was like, Okay,

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00:53:25,040 --> 00:53:27,600
Speaker 3: how do I make those bonds And what can I

1093
00:53:27,680 --> 00:53:30,000
Speaker 3: do now that I'm not playing anymore to continue to

1094
00:53:30,040 --> 00:53:32,279
Speaker 3: feel that? And so, you know, I think that was

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00:53:32,280 --> 00:53:34,520
Speaker 3: getting closer to family and friends that maybe I didn't

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00:53:34,520 --> 00:53:37,000
Speaker 3: have enough time to while I was still competing. But

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00:53:37,400 --> 00:53:39,400
Speaker 3: you know, on the other side of it, just that

1098
00:53:39,440 --> 00:53:42,080
Speaker 3: competitive nature. Whenever I go into a game now, to

1099
00:53:42,160 --> 00:53:43,919
Speaker 3: call it, to me, it feels like a game day,

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Speaker 3: Like I'm waking up, I'm doing the same routine. A

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00:53:46,200 --> 00:53:48,799
Speaker 3: lot of times, I'm like eating the same foods. I mean,

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00:53:48,920 --> 00:53:51,360
Speaker 3: I've prepped the same for the most part. I prep

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00:53:51,400 --> 00:53:54,200
Speaker 3: a lot how I scouted in college as well, So

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00:53:54,239 --> 00:53:57,040
Speaker 3: I feel like I get that competitive side from calling

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00:53:57,080 --> 00:53:59,120
Speaker 3: games like when the lights go on for me, that

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00:53:59,160 --> 00:54:01,360
Speaker 3: showtime and you know, I have to put on my

1107
00:54:01,440 --> 00:54:04,040
Speaker 3: best performance. I had a lot of practice before, but

1108
00:54:04,080 --> 00:54:05,839
Speaker 3: that that's game time. You know, you want to put

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00:54:05,880 --> 00:54:08,600
Speaker 3: your best foot forward, and you know, give these athletes

1110
00:54:08,640 --> 00:54:12,560
Speaker 3: and give the game and the teams the recognition and

1111
00:54:12,680 --> 00:54:15,480
Speaker 3: the credit and just do a good game because they

1112
00:54:15,520 --> 00:54:18,000
Speaker 3: deserve it. So for me, it's been fun to fill

1113
00:54:18,040 --> 00:54:21,480
Speaker 3: that competitive void with something that's really similar. But on

1114
00:54:21,520 --> 00:54:23,040
Speaker 3: the other on the other side of the game.

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00:54:24,120 --> 00:54:28,000
Speaker 1: Yeah, both of you two have such inspiring stories because

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00:54:28,000 --> 00:54:31,279
Speaker 1: I feel like, you know you even though Julian you

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00:54:31,360 --> 00:54:33,840
Speaker 1: went to go play Emily, you decided not to. Just

1118
00:54:33,880 --> 00:54:36,279
Speaker 1: this idea of no matter where you're going, when you

1119
00:54:36,320 --> 00:54:39,680
Speaker 1: do decide to step away from whatever sport you've been

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00:54:39,840 --> 00:54:42,799
Speaker 1: super competitive in, it is finding a family. It is

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00:54:42,840 --> 00:54:45,239
Speaker 1: finding that group of people that you can keep, you know,

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00:54:45,640 --> 00:54:47,880
Speaker 1: keep you motivated, keep you excited, keep you hungry to

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Speaker 1: do whatever you want to do. And so you ladies

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00:54:50,360 --> 00:54:54,080
Speaker 1: are amazing and an inspiration. And I hope whoever is

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00:54:54,080 --> 00:54:57,319
Speaker 1: listening to this podcast understands that and also gets like

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00:54:57,400 --> 00:54:59,680
Speaker 1: a fire underneath them is excited to go out and

1127
00:54:59,719 --> 00:55:01,239
Speaker 1: do it. Are they're gonna do because they want to

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Speaker 1: be like you, guys.

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Speaker 3: I mean it's true, like like Julianne, like you can

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00:55:06,040 --> 00:55:08,319
Speaker 3: do anything, truly, Like I think if you have a goal,

1131
00:55:08,360 --> 00:55:10,120
Speaker 3: you probably need to set it higher because you can

1132
00:55:10,160 --> 00:55:12,759
Speaker 3: achieve that, Like you should always have something you're looking

1133
00:55:12,800 --> 00:55:15,279
Speaker 3: forward to it and truly, like I always think this

1134
00:55:15,320 --> 00:55:17,080
Speaker 3: guy's a limit and if you're going to put in

1135
00:55:17,120 --> 00:55:19,000
Speaker 3: the work for it, you know you can, you can

1136
00:55:19,000 --> 00:55:21,200
Speaker 3: get there. So you know, for me, it's always been

1137
00:55:21,239 --> 00:55:25,040
Speaker 3: about staying hungry, staying humble, and working hard. So I

1138
00:55:25,040 --> 00:55:26,880
Speaker 3: think that's the biggest thing. And I think that applies

1139
00:55:26,920 --> 00:55:30,239
Speaker 3: to to pretty much any capacity of our industry that

1140
00:55:30,280 --> 00:55:33,319
Speaker 3: you're in, whether you're an athlete, whether you're in the

1141
00:55:33,360 --> 00:55:35,680
Speaker 3: corporate America, it doesn't matter. You know, if you have

1142
00:55:35,800 --> 00:55:39,080
Speaker 3: that drive and you continue to stay humble, stay hungry,

1143
00:55:39,160 --> 00:55:41,360
Speaker 3: stay kind like you can, you can get anywhere.

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00:55:41,400 --> 00:55:41,840
Speaker 2: Definitely.

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00:55:42,560 --> 00:55:47,640
Speaker 1: Yeah, wise words, Emily. And so now before we end

1146
00:55:47,719 --> 00:55:50,160
Speaker 1: this interview, I hope you guys are hungry for a

1147
00:55:50,200 --> 00:55:53,120
Speaker 1: little volleyball trivia because I have a little volleyball trivia

1148
00:55:53,160 --> 00:55:53,840
Speaker 1: game for you.

1149
00:55:53,920 --> 00:55:58,480
Speaker 3: Oh no, here we go. All right, I'm gonna start sweating.

1150
00:55:59,120 --> 00:56:01,960
Speaker 1: I don't think the quiet are that hard, but they're definitely,

1151
00:56:02,760 --> 00:56:05,840
Speaker 1: you know, like the historical trivia. Let's see what you

1152
00:56:05,920 --> 00:56:09,560
Speaker 1: got and if you have to have a multiple choice,

1153
00:56:09,640 --> 00:56:11,400
Speaker 1: just let me know. I'm happy to throw in the

1154
00:56:11,480 --> 00:56:15,080
Speaker 1: multiple choice, but let's see how you do before you know,

1155
00:56:15,360 --> 00:56:16,000
Speaker 1: we've given some.

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00:56:16,000 --> 00:56:17,120
Speaker 3: Options to get embarrassed.

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00:56:17,160 --> 00:56:17,319
Speaker 4: Here.

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00:56:20,080 --> 00:56:27,080
Speaker 1: What year was volleyball introduced to the Olympics in Paris?

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00:56:27,680 --> 00:56:28,400
Speaker 1: Multiple choice?

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00:56:28,440 --> 00:56:28,840
Speaker 2: Definitely?

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00:56:29,000 --> 00:56:35,560
Speaker 1: Mu, so multiple choice? Your options are A nineteen twenty four,

1162
00:56:36,239 --> 00:56:41,560
Speaker 1: B nineteen thirty four, C nineteen forty four or D

1163
00:56:42,040 --> 00:56:43,399
Speaker 1: nineteen fifty.

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00:56:43,080 --> 00:56:45,920
Speaker 4: Four, A nineteen twenty four.

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00:56:46,719 --> 00:56:51,359
Speaker 1: Yes, nineteen twenty four. So villyball was played as an

1166
00:56:51,440 --> 00:56:55,640
Speaker 1: unofficial exhibition event at the nineteen twenty four Summer Olympics. Uh,

1167
00:56:56,200 --> 00:57:00,359
Speaker 1: part of my French here at the Jude lanf Oh

1168
00:57:00,400 --> 00:57:03,520
Speaker 1: pretty good, which is an accompanying youth sports competition. Oh,

1169
00:57:03,560 --> 00:57:07,080
Speaker 1: thank you. So that's that was when it was introduced.

1170
00:57:07,080 --> 00:57:10,800
Speaker 1: So one hundred year aniversary right now. So that was exhibition, right,

1171
00:57:11,520 --> 00:57:13,920
Speaker 1: it was an exhibition. Yes, it wasn't an official sport,

1172
00:57:13,960 --> 00:57:18,640
Speaker 1: but that's when it was introduced. When and where was

1173
00:57:18,680 --> 00:57:21,880
Speaker 1: the Federation of International Volleyball established?

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00:57:21,960 --> 00:57:25,640
Speaker 3: Theican Republic it's curly in Switzerland. Right.

1175
00:57:25,840 --> 00:57:28,200
Speaker 2: Oh, oh, you're right, Yeah, I.

1176
00:57:28,240 --> 00:57:31,760
Speaker 3: Know it's well's curly in Switzerland. No idea where it started.

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00:57:32,560 --> 00:57:35,040
Speaker 3: I don't either, I'll go to Switzerland.

1178
00:57:35,320 --> 00:57:36,160
Speaker 2: I'm going to agree with.

1179
00:57:36,120 --> 00:57:39,800
Speaker 4: Her because I was thinking of the Pan American North SECA.

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00:57:40,440 --> 00:57:41,520
Speaker 2: My bad m.

1181
00:57:42,440 --> 00:57:47,120
Speaker 1: So the answer is actually France in nineteen forty seven.

1182
00:57:48,160 --> 00:57:50,880
Speaker 1: You must have loved that exhibition game and Randy, Oh

1183
00:57:50,880 --> 00:57:55,200
Speaker 1: my gosh. This one's a little tough one, I think

1184
00:57:55,240 --> 00:57:58,160
Speaker 1: because I I only know of it because I read

1185
00:57:58,200 --> 00:58:01,360
Speaker 1: a book. But you might if I don't feel like,

1186
00:58:01,440 --> 00:58:03,760
Speaker 1: if you haven't read this volleyball history book, you might

1187
00:58:03,760 --> 00:58:06,640
Speaker 1: not know. But who invented volleyball?

1188
00:58:07,000 --> 00:58:07,080
Speaker 2: Like?

1189
00:58:07,080 --> 00:58:10,200
Speaker 3: Who isn't Is there a person or like a country?

1190
00:58:10,400 --> 00:58:13,880
Speaker 1: Yes, yes, there's one person, one person who invented it.

1191
00:58:13,960 --> 00:58:16,000
Speaker 3: Oh jeez, I can't remember his name.

1192
00:58:16,880 --> 00:58:18,960
Speaker 1: I'll just give you the answer because I didn't write

1193
00:58:18,960 --> 00:58:21,080
Speaker 1: any multiple choices could take me while to come up

1194
00:58:21,120 --> 00:58:25,360
Speaker 1: with the fake names. The answer is William G. Morgan,

1195
00:58:25,480 --> 00:58:27,800
Speaker 1: and he originally called it Mintinet.

1196
00:58:27,960 --> 00:58:30,400
Speaker 4: I knew that, I mean I knew I hadn't heard

1197
00:58:30,760 --> 00:58:31,800
Speaker 4: I had read that before.

1198
00:58:31,960 --> 00:58:34,280
Speaker 2: But there's no way I was going to remember that.

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00:58:35,000 --> 00:58:36,080
Speaker 3: You just say he was American.

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00:58:37,960 --> 00:58:38,680
Speaker 1: He's American.

1201
00:58:38,760 --> 00:58:42,200
Speaker 3: Yes, I know there's a club Mintinet in a like

1202
00:58:42,360 --> 00:58:43,240
Speaker 3: Ohio area.

1203
00:58:43,360 --> 00:58:46,240
Speaker 4: So yeah, that's right, I know that.

1204
00:58:47,480 --> 00:58:55,560
Speaker 1: All right, love it. It's good knowledge, it's good background. Well,

1205
00:58:55,600 --> 00:58:58,920
Speaker 1: next question, where did volleyball originate? So we know it

1206
00:58:59,040 --> 00:59:01,480
Speaker 1: was made by an a Mayormerican named William G. Morgan.

1207
00:59:01,600 --> 00:59:03,960
Speaker 1: So where did he invent it? What state?

1208
00:59:04,080 --> 00:59:07,520
Speaker 3: Okay, Well, if it's okay, the club Internet is in

1209
00:59:09,000 --> 00:59:11,000
Speaker 3: well technically like Indiana, Ohio.

1210
00:59:11,320 --> 00:59:13,520
Speaker 1: Hm, I'll give you a hint.

1211
00:59:13,520 --> 00:59:15,600
Speaker 2: It is not that it's not either.

1212
00:59:15,640 --> 00:59:20,560
Speaker 4: Okay, well, then Pennsylvania close, but no, Maryland.

1213
00:59:22,480 --> 00:59:26,080
Speaker 3: Close to New York.

1214
00:59:27,360 --> 00:59:28,920
Speaker 1: No, in Massachusetts.

1215
00:59:29,040 --> 00:59:32,760
Speaker 3: Actually that was the birthplace of volleyball.

1216
00:59:32,800 --> 00:59:33,320
Speaker 2: What the heck?

1217
00:59:34,400 --> 00:59:38,640
Speaker 1: Yeah, he he invented it, because I think I can't

1218
00:59:38,680 --> 00:59:40,600
Speaker 1: remember exactly what it was. I'm trying to remember this

1219
00:59:40,640 --> 00:59:42,840
Speaker 1: book that I read, but it was something like he

1220
00:59:43,000 --> 00:59:46,880
Speaker 1: was looking for a sport for the men who would

1221
00:59:46,920 --> 00:59:49,720
Speaker 1: come home from work that they could like participate that

1222
00:59:49,840 --> 00:59:53,200
Speaker 1: wasn't basketball. Because of basketball it was like too sweaty

1223
00:59:53,240 --> 00:59:55,640
Speaker 1: for them, so they wanted something like that it was

1224
00:59:55,680 --> 00:59:58,720
Speaker 1: a little easier. And so in the why they created

1225
00:59:58,800 --> 01:00:02,840
Speaker 1: volleyball and and the rules were insane. I remember. It

1226
01:00:02,960 --> 01:00:06,880
Speaker 1: was like I remember when you served, if it didn't

1227
01:00:06,880 --> 01:00:09,200
Speaker 1: go over the net, your teammate could help it over

1228
01:00:09,360 --> 01:00:15,120
Speaker 1: and that was legal. You played nine innings. It wasn't, yeah,

1229
01:00:15,640 --> 01:00:17,680
Speaker 1: the nine ines. So sometimes the scores were like fifty

1230
01:00:17,760 --> 01:00:22,760
Speaker 1: four to thirty or something like that. What the ten

1231
01:00:22,800 --> 01:00:24,400
Speaker 1: foot line was a little different, but you were not

1232
01:00:24,440 --> 01:00:25,840
Speaker 1: allowed to step in it. It was kind of like

1233
01:00:25,840 --> 01:00:29,680
Speaker 1: the kitchen and pickleball, all these crazy rules. I feel

1234
01:00:29,680 --> 01:00:31,440
Speaker 1: like maybe I should do like a video on how

1235
01:00:31,480 --> 01:00:32,520
Speaker 1: insane the original.

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01:00:33,120 --> 01:00:35,760
Speaker 3: Yeah wait, that's actually kind of cool. Also, the fact

1237
01:00:35,800 --> 01:00:37,960
Speaker 3: that there's just like so many other sports thrown in

1238
01:00:38,080 --> 01:00:38,439
Speaker 3: is fun.

1239
01:00:39,120 --> 01:00:46,640
Speaker 1: Yeah right, it was fascinating, all right. Next question, when

1240
01:00:46,680 --> 01:00:49,600
Speaker 1: did women's volleyball become part of the Olympics. So when

1241
01:00:49,600 --> 01:00:51,640
Speaker 1: did it officially become an Olympic sport?

1242
01:00:51,920 --> 01:00:57,320
Speaker 6: Working back for it's gonna go way later. I was

1243
01:00:57,360 --> 01:01:02,800
Speaker 6: gonna go like sixties, Hey, seven seventies, I.

1244
01:01:02,800 --> 01:01:03,800
Speaker 1: Like where your brain's at.

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01:01:04,080 --> 01:01:06,240
Speaker 3: I was going to guess seventy two only because of

1246
01:01:06,240 --> 01:01:06,880
Speaker 3: title nine.

1247
01:01:08,280 --> 01:01:10,680
Speaker 4: I mean, I don't know the Olympic years back that far,

1248
01:01:10,760 --> 01:01:12,720
Speaker 4: but somewhere in the seventies I would agree.

1249
01:01:13,280 --> 01:01:16,080
Speaker 1: So you were closer with the sixties. It was nineteen

1250
01:01:16,160 --> 01:01:20,240
Speaker 1: sixty four. It yes, in Tokyo, nineteen sixty four.

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01:01:20,600 --> 01:01:23,600
Speaker 4: Yeah, because I was like, I was thinking, like, oh,

1252
01:01:23,720 --> 01:01:26,120
Speaker 4: I remember being on the national team and having like

1253
01:01:26,920 --> 01:01:29,280
Speaker 4: Matt having to know some of this stuff. But like

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01:01:30,160 --> 01:01:34,800
Speaker 4: we talked about things like that. So sixty four sound yeah,

1255
01:01:35,240 --> 01:01:35,720
Speaker 4: sound great?

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01:01:35,760 --> 01:01:36,480
Speaker 3: That makes sense?

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01:01:37,520 --> 01:01:40,120
Speaker 1: All right? And here's one that I think you guys

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01:01:40,240 --> 01:01:43,600
Speaker 1: know what was? This is the last one. Also, what

1259
01:01:43,720 --> 01:01:48,200
Speaker 1: was the most watched NCAA championship in women's volleyball?

1260
01:01:48,560 --> 01:01:53,400
Speaker 3: This one, this past one between Texas and Nebraska.

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01:01:53,600 --> 01:02:01,360
Speaker 1: That is correct, averaging one point seven million viewers opposite

1262
01:02:01,520 --> 01:02:05,400
Speaker 1: NFL Sunday, and it represents a one hundred and fifteen

1263
01:02:05,440 --> 01:02:09,920
Speaker 1: percent increase from last year's championship matches viewership of seven

1264
01:02:09,960 --> 01:02:14,720
Speaker 1: hundred and eighty six thousand. So well done, ladies. That

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01:02:14,880 --> 01:02:15,720
Speaker 1: was really good.

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01:02:15,960 --> 01:02:17,200
Speaker 4: We learned something new.

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01:02:17,920 --> 01:02:19,800
Speaker 1: And before we say goodbye, I just want to really

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Speaker 1: quickly plug our social media superstars, Kaylas Stapleton, who played

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01:02:23,840 --> 01:02:26,800
Speaker 1: volleyball at San Diego and professionally overseas for three years,

1270
01:02:27,080 --> 01:02:30,720
Speaker 1: and Devin Newberry, who played beach volleyball for UCLA. They'll

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Speaker 1: be posting Volleyball one oh one on our social channels

1272
01:02:33,960 --> 01:02:38,800
Speaker 1: at love That's at LOVB to help those who are

1273
01:02:38,800 --> 01:02:42,240
Speaker 1: new to volleyball understand the rules, positions, and everything in between,

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01:02:42,480 --> 01:02:45,400
Speaker 1: so make sure to follow so you don't miss out

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01:02:45,440 --> 01:02:48,360
Speaker 1: on that. Well, ladies, thank you so much for being

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01:02:48,480 --> 01:02:52,240
Speaker 1: part of Serving Pancakes, for talking about the Olympics, your backgrounds,

1277
01:02:52,280 --> 01:02:56,120
Speaker 1: your lives, all of your bad assness, because you, ladies

1278
01:02:56,160 --> 01:02:58,600
Speaker 1: are amazing, and thank you so much.

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01:02:58,880 --> 01:03:01,320
Speaker 3: Thank you, thank you so much. This is awesome. It

1280
01:03:01,440 --> 01:03:03,000
Speaker 3: was nice to get to know you both a little

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01:03:03,040 --> 01:03:03,480
Speaker 3: bit more too.

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01:03:08,040 --> 01:03:11,960
Speaker 1: Serving Pancakes is an iHeart women's sports production in partnership

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01:03:11,960 --> 01:03:14,920
Speaker 1: with Deep Blue Sports and Entertainment. You can find us

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01:03:14,920 --> 01:03:18,280
Speaker 1: on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get

1285
01:03:18,320 --> 01:03:22,880
Speaker 1: your podcasts. Production by League one Volleyball, I'm your host

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01:03:23,040 --> 01:03:28,080
Speaker 1: Tiffany Oshinsky. Anya Alvarez is our senior producer. Our executive

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01:03:28,120 --> 01:03:33,080
Speaker 1: producers are Carrie Stett, Tamaradike, and Lindsay Hoffman. Our marketing

1288
01:03:33,160 --> 01:03:37,800
Speaker 1: lead is Jawara Parker. Sound mixing by Cody Nelson. Our

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01:03:37,880 --> 01:03:42,440
Speaker 1: theme music is Pancakes by Eric W. Mast Junior. Stay

1290
01:03:42,440 --> 01:03:44,640
Speaker 1: tuned for our next episode, where we break down team

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01:03:44,720 --> 01:03:48,400
Speaker 1: uses first match in the quarterfinals. Thanks for listening,