Champions League, Coppa Italia, and UCLA vs Long Beach State (Plus Serving Strategy 101)

In this episode of Volley Talk, we go over some of the most exciting matches we watched this week, including UCLA vs Long Beach State on the NCAA men's side, Vakifbank vs Scandicci for women's Champions League, and some men's Coppa Italia! There was so much great volleyball to watch and we hope you were able to catch a couple matches!

We bring back a Volleyball 101 segment with serving zones and strategy, and we have a little fun with some USA women's roster predictions. Who would be selected if the Olympics were this year, and what positions are weakest and strongest?

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Matches To Watch This Week:
* Wednesday at 9:00 pm ET- NCAA Men USC vs UC Irvine
* Thursday at 8:00 pm ET- NCAA Men Lewis vs Loyola Chicago
* Friday at 7:00 pm ET- MLV Indy vs Orlando (ROKU)
* Friday at 7:30 pm ET- LOVB Austin vs Salt Lake (ESPN+)

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Chapters:
0:00:00 - Intro
0:01:25 - Weekly Highlights & Happenings (and all the games we watched)
0:30:04 - Volleyball 101- Serving Strategy
0:40:01 - USA Women Olympic Roster Predictions
0:51:15 - One of These Things Just Doesn't Belong
0:57:08 - Listener Questions
1:25:05 - Matches to Watch This Week