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Volleyball
Why are we encouraging youth/developmental teams to blow out their opponents?
Above The Net with Melissa Smith›
Apr 27, 202311:19
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"Why are we encouraging youth/developmental teams to blow out their opponents?" is an episode of Above The Net with Melissa Smith. Runtime 11 min. Published April 27, 2023. Hit play above to stream it here, or open the free Spot Sports app for background play and offline downloads.
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On today's episode we’re gonna chat about what should be the aim of youth/developmental sports, how tournaments should be run and scored and why encouraging blowouts in matches is detrimental to the game and its young athletes. What we encourage by how tournaments are structured and determined will ultimately affect the development of young players and affect whether we can ultimately #makeyouthsportsgreatagain!
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