Notebook
Friday, March 23, 2001
[THE WORD ON THE STREET]
Jeanine Friedson What do you think
of rally scoring
in volleyball?Kailua, student
"I think it's great ... because you don't have to keep hearing the announcer say 'sideout, sideout, sideout.' It's just a fast, fast pace."
Carol Takaki
Hawaii Kai, supervisor
"I think it's great. ... It focuses a lot on whether (a team) can withstand the pressure."
Phyllis Tsukayama
Kailua court reporter
"It doesn't seem to shorten the game all that much. I guess it makes it more exciting because each point means something."
John Rose
Lanikai merchant seaman
"They should go point for point. ... Even though they served it, you've still won the right to get the point."
Lisa Loftin
Kapolei, hair/ makeup artist
"It's confusing. It's like changing the way they score a 3-pointer."
[ IN THE BAG ]
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"But it provides great balance (on a motorcycle or bike). You really don't feel it when you riding."
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[WE GET LETTERS]
It's not volleyball anymore; it's rallyball
When W.G. Morgan invented volleyball back in 1895, he created a team net sport where the team in service had the advantage of the serve to score, and the team receiving had to work against the score for the advantage of the serve.The intent of the original sideout scoring system is simple but pure. More importantly, it is a balance of challenges with different but equal competitive tasks.
With the implementation of rally scoring, either team can score points whether they are in the service or receiving position, and with or without making a volley. What it really does is allows both teams the advantages of volleyball's traditional side-out scoring system.
However, in rally scoring, the service team now has the task of serving a ball into a situation where the receiving team has three hits to set up a counter attack with at least four different ways in which to score or earn penalty points off the serve.
Would you ever imagine a basketball game with a rally point scoring system? A basketball game that would allow either team to earn points with or without scoring a basket?
Under rally scoring for basketball, whenever a player is called for traveling, the other team would earn a point. Whenever a player is called for double dribble or a three-second lane violation, the other team earns a point.
What if a game is tied with two seconds left to play, and a player takes a shot and misses? Under rally scoring, the other team would win. It becomes a game that wouldn't require a team to make a basket in order to earn the winning point.
It's what volleyball, using rally scoring, has become.
Theoretically, teams could be tied at 20-20 without either team ever having served the ball successfully over the net.
What is the net value of this kind of performance? Nothing happened that represented any competitive action, and there should never have been any value accredited.
A team net sport played under the rules of rally scoring isn't volleyball. It's rallyball. And, rallyball is a game degenerated from volleyball with its roots of play founded in the Federation Internationale of Volleyball philosophy of fallacy.
James W. Feger
Chalan Kanoa, Saipan
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[ TIMEOUT ]
Name: Don AndrewsCould there be a more perfect job than doing what one loves and getting paid to do it?
Position: City Tennis Specialist since 1974That's what being the City Tennis Specialist for the Department of Parks and Recreation is like for Don Andrews.
"It's not a job really, more like a hobby,'' said Andrews, who has held the position since 1974. "It seemed like a natural thing to do when I got out of the service. I had been running tournaments for the military and I enjoyed working with young players.''
Andrews started the Jr. Vet/Senior League in 1974 to give players 35-and-older age-group competition. The league has continued to add age groups over the years; the oldest division is now 80-and-up.
"Our programs have remained popular over the years,'' said Andrews. "One of the things we've been able to do is keep the entry fees the same since 1974. It's $3 for singles and $5 for doubles.''
That's still not the biggest bargain Andrews offers.
"One of the top attractions on Oahu are the free city tennis courts,'' he said. "It's always first-come, first-served.''
Andrews is in the midst of planning a worldwide Super Seniors Tournament for the end of the year for men (50-85) and women (50-75). The event would be part of the opening of the new city tennis complex in Kapolei.
Andrews is still very competitive in the 70 and over division, ranked in the top 20 nationally in singles and Top 10 in doubles. Currently, he's busy organizing this month's 75th Oahu Public Parks Tournament.
"And I think I've run every one of those,'' he joked.
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