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My Blood Brothers
My preternatural calm life was interrupted in the last week when I heard that two of my Blood Brothers had suffered dire health challenges. Not knowing…
Oct 7
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September 2025
Volleyball Coaching Life-Rules Changes
My long strange ruminations down the rabbit hole of the new USAV rules changes. It's a long one. Thanks for reading.
Sep 20
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August 2025
Ruminations-The First Day of School
A remembrance of my first day of undergrad many years ago and how that first day evolved and eventually showed me some wisdom that I would pass on to my…
Aug 31
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Ruminations-On Reality Vs the Mathematical Model Discussion
I read Joanna Kavena's article and my mind quickly drew parallels between my two passion subjects. Engineering and Sports. It took me weeks to figure…
Aug 16
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Pete Wung
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July 2025
Stats for Spikes-Control Charts
I am sure that I am not the first, nor the last, to want to apply Statistical Process Control analysis to volleyball statistics. Here is my attempt with…
Jul 20
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Volleyball Coaching Life-Perspicacity
This was an extemporaneous riff connecting one of my favorite words: perspicacity and coaching volleyball. My original article got corrupted in Word…
Jul 1
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Pete Wung
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June 2025
Abstraction and Generalization II: Mathematical Abstraction
This is part II or my attempt to create a methodology of abstracting and generalizing. As I said in the preamble. I kind of got confused. But here it…
Jun 23
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Ruminations/Volleyball Coaching Life-On Father’s Day 2025
Trying to figure out how my unrequited paternal instincts came into being a part of my coaching and teaching life.
Jun 15
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Reminiscences-June 4, 1989
On the occasion of the 36th anniversary of the Tiananmen incidence.
Jun 4
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May 2025
Volleyball Fan Life-Impact of Foreign Players in Collegiate Competition
Reading a 900 Square Feet email sent me on an exploration of the meaning of our interest in the successes of foreign players playing in our colleges.
May 20
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Pete Wung
Volleyball Coaching Life-Game Coaching (Management)
An off hand discussion sent me down this rabbit. All conjecture and speculation, but I hope it helps someone think about game coaching and the elements…
May 11
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Pete Wung
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April 2025
Volleyball Fan Life-House Settlement
I had tried to stay away from the ongoing lawsuit called House Settlement, and to pay former athletes their back pay. But two of my friends explained it…
Apr 12
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