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Vestal girls volleyball media day in Vestal, New York
JV and varsity together, around twenty Vestal athletes, and a gym that moved smoke better than almost any I have worked in.
Around twenty athletes, JV and varsity in the same day. And a gym that, for reasons I still cannot fully explain, handled smoke better than almost any room I have worked in.
SEP 2025 · VESTAL NY
The gym did something right
Smoke only works if it moves the way you want it to, and that comes down to the ventilation in the room. At Vestal it was on point all day. The spread was close to perfect.
I am not entirely sure why, even now. What I do know is that it gave me some of the best smoke frames I have made in a while.
JV AND VARSITY · ONE DAY
Two rosters, one day
Eighteen to twenty athletes came through across both rosters. Running JV and varsity together means the younger group gets the same day the varsity group gets, not a shorter version of it.
They came in with their own ideas too, and those turned out well. The ideas the athletes bring are usually the ones nobody would have planned for.
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