August 2011
5 posts
TCU Recap
To say that those close to the volleyball program weren’t excited following the TCU Invitational might be an understatement. Now, obviously, all those involved would have liked to be 3-0, but the Red Raiders battled tough against an experienced TCU squad and then rebounded the next day by sweeping both UConn and Grambling State.
The most impressive part, in my opinion, was that the squad...
Texas Tech Volleyball To Host Scrimmage, Alumni... →
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“The Texas Tech volleyball program will host an intersquad scrimmage and alumni match Saturday afternoon immediately following the Red Raider Fan Day event being held at the United Spirit Arena.”
Cave Looks to Flourish Under Flora's New System →
“There is a certain level of excitement Don Flora gets when he watches Miara Cave, and that’s without having coached an actual match yet.
After spring drills last May, he said Cave was hands-down the most-improved player on the team. Through one week of spring drills, the first-year Texas Tech head coach remains firm on the assessment.
The key ingredient - confidence.”
A Series of Learning
Learning. I believe that’s the term I’ve heard nearly every 20 minutes of the practices I have attended so far. Good thing, too, because it really showed at last night’s Red and Black scrimmage.
Coach Flora and his staff has introduced several new concepts and systems over the past week, and with a group that currently consists of 11 newcomers, the real question has been how quickly the team...
Christmas in August
Ever since he was hired in January, Don Flora has described reporting day as his “other” Christmas. That’s just the excitement the first-year head coach has going into this season.
That excitement was evident tonight as 23 players reported for the start of fall camp. While reporting day normally consists of a series of meetings with various departments, you could see a look of excitement from...
