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User interface bug

by drricky September 20, 2018 No Comments

Multi-language support is a key part of modern smartphone operating systems, and in iOS, the operating system for Apple’s mobile devices, it is partly invoked on the keyboard with a “globe” key on the lower left side of the virtual keyboard. In the newest update to iOS, version 12, this placement of the globe key […]

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Visualizing NCAA GPA data

by drricky September 6, 2018 3 Comments

On 5 Sept 2018, the NCAA Research team tweeted out this chart  : It reports the average core high school grade point averages (GPA) among NCAA Division I freshman student athletes. So, a bit of a background – the National Collegiate Athletics Association governs just about all collegiate athletic programs in America, and the Division […]

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Homographic terms

by drricky August 21, 2018 No Comments

Many terms in athletic coaching are poorly defined yet form the basis of disagreements. For example, the word athletic is really not quantifiable, and describes some quality that cannot be calibrated, yet is used as a basis of comparing people. In volleyball, the idea of ball control is heavily valued, is generally thought be observable, […]

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Volleyball and Newton

by drricky August 6, 2018 1 Comment

I ignited a fierce debate a few months back by simply asking: “the higher you jump, the more force you land with, right? (Yes, it’s a trick question)” I posed the question shortly after the McKibbin Brothers released their video on dealing with knee pain, and a trainer was explaining that you could land with […]

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How do you want your set?

by drricky July 23, 2018 No Comments

I hear a number of common phrases during volleyball play which I discourage athletes from using. This is why.  “How do you want your set?” Often advised for new teammates, this question is poorly worded and really does not address what is important for the game. What an attacker wants for a set is often […]

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Becoming height neutral

by drricky July 18, 2018 No Comments

The website Beachvolleyballspace covered the recent FIVB Gstaad Major with an article celebrating the winners, the currently top ranked Canadian team of Paredes and Pavan claiming the gold. The article title (Canadian women dominate Gstaad Major – Japan challenges top teams) makes special mention of the fifth place Japanese team of Murakami and Ishii. Why? […]

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Earned or Found

by drricky July 11, 2018 No Comments

I was having this discussion once about buying chicken. My friend was of the opinion that there are just superior sources of birds, and that one should judge a restaurant already by knowing where they buy their chicken. My position was that it was a poor measure of the skill of chef – after all, […]

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Improving Quads 2: Reduce seams

by drricky June 29, 2018 No Comments

The convention of most teams in beach quads format is the “diamond” formation when receiving serve – the players orient themselves with three players staggered in a V formation, and the setter at the apex nearest the net. Diamond formation The idea here is that the ball is passed close to the net where the […]

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Falsifiability

by drricky June 20, 2018 2 Comments

In an earlier posting on detecting the signs of pseudoscience, I quoted an article which mentions unfalsifiability as a property. This is actually a pretty good early test for understanding if something is science-based, and attends to a common misunderstanding about the scientific process. Whenever the phrase “scientifically proven” is used, your critical thinking alarm […]

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A nuclear option

by drricky June 19, 2018 1 Comment

On the Facebook group Volleyball Coaches and Trainers (VCT), a coach shared a rule with regards to juniors beach volleyball tournaments held in the Chicago area – an optional one, in which any team, at any time, can request that no hand setting be used for the remainder of that particular match. It’s a bit […]

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