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vaccines and the olympics

Some countries are giving Olympic athletes priority.  On one hand it is a very small percentage of doses and might help convince some of the vaccine-resistant crowd.  On the other hand the optics may be bad - particularly in countries that can't get vaccines.

 

 

sarah on not judging others

Two very short videos

(I don't use Instagram, but it opens in a browser)

 

basic beach volleyball hand signs

Two of the basics

on exercise

A nice book discussion 

a tip of the hat to Greg

ymca

Muscular Christianity began in England, but spread to the US in the late 1800s..  YMCAs with exercise and health programs resulted and with them a lot of games were invented.  The two most successful were basketball and volleyball (as a sport volleyball is much larger than basketball worldwide).  Here's the story of the invention of volleyball.

 

 

soccer vs football

Cleese - for what it's worth - is a Cricket fan

beach vs indoor volleyball passing

notes from Sarah

safety measures for the tokyo olympics

A playbook outlining measures has been published.  The series will expand

snip

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The series of Playbooks provide a framework of basic principles that each key stakeholder group will follow before they travel to Japan, when entering Japan, during their time at the Games and when leaving the Games. They will provide direction and set parameters that will enable people and organisations to advance their planning at this stage. A preview of the Playbook for athletes was already given in a call with the Global Network of Athletes’ Commissions on Monday.

The first of this series of Playbooks is, for logistical reasons, aimed at International Federations and Technical Officials. Playbooks for the athletes, media and broadcasters will be published in the coming days. Accompanying the publication of each Playbook will be a series of briefings from the IOC, IPC and Tokyo 2020 with the stakeholders in question.

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when the whole is greater than the sum of the parts

Two outstanding but very different athletes come together to make a powerful team.  That's important in beach volleyball where two players have to manage their side of the court without substitutions.  The two positions require different skill sets.

 

 

 

some basic blocking

Sarah continues with her beginner series..  good for beginners or people looking for clean breakdowns of basic moves.