Monday, November 27, 2017

The National Team Pool

The roster of the Ph who played in the 2017 AVC Women's Championship, sanctioned by the LVPI, the AVC and the FIVB, were selected from the PSL mainly as Alyssa Valdez was the lone PVL representative. Thus we say the PVL is the home of underrated stars.

Valdez as we mentioned now plays abroad at a Chinese Taipei club as the professional ballclubs from the PVL hibernated due to their Collegiate Conference. We hope Gretchel Soltones' return to the league is a sign that PVL would keep on developing volleyball at the grass roots.

In my humble opinion the selection process for the National Team should be done by an independent board, that is they have no ties to the PSL, the PVL, the UAAP and the NCAA. We could have blitz tournaments combining all to see how they fare against each other.

The PVL is the stronghold of the Diliman universities Ateneo and UP thus we could tap to their alumni to bolster the National Team. These are Outside Hitters Myla Pablo and Bea de Leon. Katherine Bersola is arguably the country's best Middle Blocker. The Philippine Air Force has Iari Yongco the Most Improved Player.

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