Arnie Ball
Arnie Ball
Armond J. "Arnie" Ballbegan his 30th season in 2010 as the head coach of the IPFW Men's Mastodon volleyball program. Coach Ball has established a legacy on the courts of both the Mastodons and the national scenes. One of the longest tenured and most well-respected coaches on the national scene, Ball began the season with 472 career wins and a trophy case filled with honors from around the world...
background certainly level training
He's very inexperienced. He did have some background playing, but certainly not the level of training we've had.
balls chicken cut diving guy head people playing power seen speed volleyball
We have people come who have never seen men's volleyball with the power and the speed of the ball and etc., etc.. Then here comes this little guy out there playing like a chicken with his head cut off diving for balls and flopping all around.
anticipate anyone game good team
What makes him such a good blocker is he's so intelligent. He understands the game probably better than anyone on our team. He's able to anticipate what the other team is going to do.
ball bench coming found friday gets good ok played player versatile
What he's become is a very versatile player for us and would be a really good candidate, as we found out Friday night, coming off the bench and being solid. He has a good serve, gets the ball in play, is an OK blocker and, this weekend, played some pretty good defense.