Tuesday, November 21, 2023

MVB Diehard Jeopardy

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How long have you been an MVB fan? Here's a good test.  Online Jeopardy Maker - JeopardyLabs!

Let's See How Far We've Come - Banquet Preview Post from 2007

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  Post from 2007 for MVB diehards. 
Monday, November 20, 2023

Questions to Ask to Change Your Game

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Alabama football coach Nick Saban tells players to focus on two things - do the things necessary to be successful and avoid doing the things...
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MVB All-State Photos

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  Courtesy Melrose Volleyball Facebook page.

MAVCA All-State Showcase

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Sadie Jaggers headlined Middlesex League All-State selectees at the MAVCA Showcase in Westborough.  

MAVCA All-Star Showcase

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Senior Sadie Jaggers and Coach Scott Celli at the MAVCA All-Star Showcase.
Sunday, November 19, 2023

Alumna Followup - Chloe Gentile, Melrose Class of 2023

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Chloe Gentile completed her freshman season at Trinity   in Hartford, CT.  The 6'0" middle helped her club to a 15-8 record.  She h...

Previewing the MVB Banquet, Savor It

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December 7th will be the last time some of you gather for a long time. Savor it.  Remember that MVB readers recently learned a new word, ...
Saturday, November 18, 2023

A Few Suggestions to Think Better...and a Batter Bonus

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I'll work on the presumption that we achieve better results with better process. Our primary "processor" is our brain, fast, v...

Grace Gentile Commits to Emmanuel

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Middlesex League All-Star, Melrose tri-captain, libero Grace Gentile commits to play volleyball at Emmanuel College. Her sister Chloe curren...

The Champion Is Westborough

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Westborough claimed consecutive titles with a 25-15, 25-13, 25-23 win over Canton in the Division 2 State Championship. Canton rallied from ...

Water-Resistant

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"Culture eats strategy for breakfast." Few cultures are 'waterproof' but excellent ones are water-resistant. Only the play...

Unrequired

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"Champions do extra," writes James Kerr in Legacy about the New Zealand All-Blacks rugby team. Exceptional means doing the 'un...
Friday, November 17, 2023

You Don't Need an Expensive Gym Membership to Work on Your Physicality

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Just as you develop your study habits, you develop your workouts.  Curious how you can add stuff like this to YOUR upper body training? Want...

Taking It to the Next Level

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Celtics GM and former coach Brad Stevens asks the key question, "what does my team need now?" The 2023 season is in the rearview m...

Old Picture - Two Underrated Players

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  Two of these players from 2004 (Amanda Hallett, left, Kerry Dillon, right) were highly underrated. I didn't know much about volleyball...

Gender Bias and Sport

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You might call it "male privilege." Society doesn't see women and men as equals and women in sport often get devalued.    ...
Thursday, November 16, 2023

Variety Is the Spice of Training

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Build explosiveness. Develop your own routine to raise your quickness, lateral movement, and jumping ability.    8 ways to add some diversit...

Leaving Our Comfort Zone

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There's value to "leaving your comfort zone." Whether it's school, sports, job training, the military, or professional tra...

Being Professional

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Matt Painter on what he excepts from his players who aren’t getting a lot of minutes "I don't want them to be happy, but be profess...