{"id":1361,"date":"2018-02-14T20:03:12","date_gmt":"2018-02-15T04:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/billyketchallen.com\/?p=1361"},"modified":"2024-08-29T04:13:05","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T04:13:05","slug":"change-ruins-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billyketchallen.com\/?p=1361","title":{"rendered":"Change Ruins the World"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"p1\">If you\u2019re reading this blog, there\u2019s a good chance you\u2019ve stumbled upon the Facebook group, <i>Old School Volleyball<\/i>. It\u2019s worth checking out for the seemingly infinite number of classic AVP matches posted (I didn\u2019t even know they had video cameras back then!). It&#8217;s as if the someone has discovered the hidden&nbsp;basement of&nbsp;a beach volleyball hoarder, stacked with shelves and shelves of recorded videotapes and once-neon-but-now-faded visors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">These videos are a real treat. There\u2019s no denying the fun atmosphere and match intensity in beach volleyball\u2019s heyday. Here\u2019s a compilation of great rallies that showcase the hustle and kamikaze-defense of the big court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2_14Qh_kDWA?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">On the negative side, some in the group validate their love of old school volleyball by bashing the current game and players. As if to truly love Karch Kiraly you have to deny Phil Dalhausser. To be a purist of side-out scoring and its long, endurance matches you have to claim that today\u2019s players couldn\u2019t last if they had to play for more than an hour. As well as flinging all kinds of hate on the skills\u2014mostly hand-setting\u2014of today\u2019s players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">Way back in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@KindaGood\/videos\">Kinda Good<\/a> days, I got so annoyed at <i>Old School Volleyball<\/i> comments that I wrote a parody song called, \u201cChange Ruins the World.\u201d It was from the perspective of an old, washed-up player who is disgusted with the rule changes that have perverted his game. Dan<span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">ny Kinda<\/span>\u00a0Madden recorded a version, but it was too bad to ever unleash on the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">Here are the original lyrics. Imagine a slow-building, grungy rock song with a hard, but catchy guitar riff. Whatever version plays in your mind will be an improvement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><b>Change&nbsp;Ruins&nbsp;the&nbsp;World<\/b>\n\nRemember back in the days of old\n\nWhen the game was pure the game was gold?\n\nCouldn't set perfect had to&nbsp;learn to bump\n\nSided-out all day with no need to jump\n\nTo win you had to be mentally tough\n\nCoolers and beach chairs were pay enough\n\n\nThen In 2001 the sky turned black\n\nChange&nbsp;hit like a straight six pack\n\nTell me we can still go back\n\nTell me it's not too late to go back\n\nChange, what good has it done?\n\nChange, got us on the run\n\nChange, it&nbsp;ruins&nbsp;the&nbsp;world!\n\n\nThe game changed like the weather\n\nA spinning ball of synthetic leather\n\nThe new game takes no skill at all\n\nYou just have to be born seven-feet tall\n\nYou destroyed the game with new rules\n\nOut with the old, in with the fools!\n\n\nChange, what good has it done?\n\nChange, got us on the run\n\nChange, it&nbsp;ruins&nbsp;the&nbsp;world!\n\n\nYou've made real my greatest fear\n\nGirls' names now on the pier\n\nYou've taken ball-control and beer guts out of the mix\n\nListen to Confucius, \"Ain't broke don't fix!\u201d\n\n\nYou say evolution is at hand\n\nBut Monkeymen?&nbsp; I don't understand\n\nI am a rock, I'm an old oak tree\n\nSo get your&nbsp;change&nbsp;away from me\n\n\nChange, what good has it done?\n\nChange, got us on the run\n\nChange, it&nbsp;ruins&nbsp;the&nbsp;world!\n\n\nShort court - cut shots sail wide\n\nLet serve - forcing me to dive\n\nRally score - too much countin'\n\nNet penetration - hitting over a mountain\n\n\nChange&nbsp;get lost with all your pushin'\n\nVanish down my couch cushion\n\n\nInternet - spam frustration\n\nPenicillin - overpopulation\n\nIndustrial Revolution - stuck working 9 to 5\n\nWorld&nbsp;is round - lose your balance nose dive!\n\n\nChange, what good has it done?\n\nChange, got us on the run\n\nChange, it&nbsp;ruins&nbsp;the&nbsp;wooooooorld!<\/pre>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large wp-image-1362\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/billyketchallen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Star-Wars-Band-1024x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billyketchallen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Star-Wars-Band-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/billyketchallen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Star-Wars-Band-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/billyketchallen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Star-Wars-Band-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/billyketchallen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Star-Wars-Band-1536x960.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/billyketchallen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Star-Wars-Band.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This is just here because it&#8217;s the coolest picture ever<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">My own unconditional love for volleyball was put to a minor test in the first FIVB tournament this year. The Hague. In January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">This was an indoor beach tournament (oxymoron?), and it also tested out a new block-touch rule. Like indoor, the block did not count as a touch, giving the team three more contacts after a block.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">Now, this wasn\u2019t a major change, but my first reaction was a bit crotchety. I imagined a tour of all indoor sand tournaments; players not having to contend with the wind and sun and the elements that made our game unique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"p1\">Change ruins the world!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">But the event was great, even if it was hard getting used to the movement of the ball indoors\u2014float serves seemed to have special magic on them. Best of all, we were able to play beach volleyball in January when it was freezing outside. And it was good volleyball, too. After our loss to The Netherlands in playoffs, I watched the next match on stadium between Brouwer\/Meeuwsen and Samoilovs\/Smedins. The game looked flawless in a way that you don&#8217;t see except on the calmest days. If the wind gets too strong, volleyball gets hard to watch (I played an AVP in Muskegon where the top players in the country were serving underhand just to keep the ball in play). Here, everyone was in-system,&nbsp;crushing the ball or executing perfectly clean shots to the corners; it was a test of who could play the best volleyball, not who could best handle the conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">The block-touch rule didn\u2019t play much of a factor. It only happened once or twice a game and I think it did add some excitement. Teams were able to transition with a swing way more. The old school defender in me was critical of this at first\u2014it is artful to watch a good defender dig a deflected ball to the net so his partner can put it away\u2014but as a fan, anytime you get to see a swing instead of a free-ball, it\u2019s a win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">The AVP implemented freeze-scoring at the end of the 2016 season and all of the 2017 season. This caused a lot of controversy and arguments for and against, but a year later, it doesn\u2019t seem like that big of a deal. It was still beach volleyball. It still feels like the same game I grew up playing so long ago. I\u2019m just a little bigger, and the court is a little smaller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full wp-image-1364\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"222\" height=\"395\" src=\"https:\/\/billyketchallen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/dad-grass-tourney.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billyketchallen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/dad-grass-tourney.jpg 222w, https:\/\/billyketchallen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/dad-grass-tourney-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">My first doubles tournament. No need to cover when my dad is hitting!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">Volleyball will continue to change and evolve as the powers that be search for ways to get the general population hooked on this great game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">Maybe in the future, the game will be so different from today\u2019s incarnation that&nbsp;<em>my<\/em> old-school buddies and I will hold onto our version, preserved in the amber of our own private court (in this future scenario I own a strand-house in Manhattan Beach). We might ignore the current game with its best-out-of-seven format and two-point back row attacks, but I hope I won\u2019t be making fun of the current crop of players just because I was around at a different time. I\u2019ll still support the sport and watch the Manhattan Beach Open (from the balcony of my strand-house) because beach volleyball will still need all the love it can get.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full wp-image-1363\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/billyketchallen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/billy-dela-open.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billyketchallen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/billy-dela-open.jpg 800w, https:\/\/billyketchallen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/billy-dela-open-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/billyketchallen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/billy-dela-open-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Do you still play in a hat indoors?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re reading this blog, there\u2019s a good chance you\u2019ve stumbled upon the Facebook group, Old School Volleyball. It\u2019s worth [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4594,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[9,10,33,68,87],"class_list":["post-1361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-volleyball","tag-avp","tag-beach-volleyball","tag-fivb","tag-old-school-volleyball","tag-rules"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/billyketchallen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/billyketchallen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/billyketchallen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billyketchallen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billyketchallen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1361"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/billyketchallen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4705,"href":"https:\/\/billyketchallen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1361\/revisions\/4705"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billyketchallen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/billyketchallen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billyketchallen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billyketchallen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}