May 13, 2025 • 14 mins
As part of our #513Day broadcast from the Lindner Center at the University of Cincinnati, we were joined by the Head Coach of the UC Volleyball program, Danijela Tomić
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
He entered this nation wide keyword on our website.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Check that's check. Enter it now all right, six after
five ESPN fifteen thirty.
Speaker 1 (00:10):
We are moving right along. I'll ball Ledger, thank you
so much for joining us.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
We have had a blast today broadcasting from the University
of Cincinnati. It's a five to one three day on
a busy day for sports here in town. Five to
one three day celebrated all throughout the course of the city,
but a special day for UC athletics. And we've been
here since three o'clock. Our original plan we were going
to broadcast from the Baseball Stadium. There was going to
(00:34):
be a game at six, and we were going to
do our show from three to six, and then weather
it was iffy, so we moved it inside. We're inside
here at the Linder Center. We've been joined by a
slew of guests and that continues here at the top
of the hour with the I was gonna say new,
but this is our third appearance on the show Volleyball
Coach here at UC. Daniella Tomach it's good to have you.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
Thank you for having me.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
We've done a recorded interview that I brought my phone
in and then we did a phone interview and now
like I sit down here in person covering the all
our bases.
Speaker 3 (01:05):
I appreciate it.
Speaker 4 (01:06):
Anytime I can be out and promote our volleyball program
and the University of Cincinnati, I'm all for it.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
Yeah, no question.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
The last five months, I guess or four months has
been a whirlwin. I'm sure for you what's it been like?
Speaker 3 (01:22):
Exciting and frustrating.
Speaker 4 (01:26):
Sometimes it's not fun to come back to my new
apartment and an empty apartment with no furniture because I
didn't have a time to.
Speaker 3 (01:33):
Do a full moved.
Speaker 4 (01:36):
I do, I know, I know, but I was, you know, moving.
I had a furniture in Balling Green. So anyway, it's
been it's been fun. A lot of first you know,
this is my also first five one three days, so
it's I always think, you know, the older we get,
the less of those first ones in life we have,
and I had a lot of first ones.
Speaker 3 (01:56):
Right, So it's been good.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
I feel good.
Speaker 4 (01:58):
About the last four month months. I moved here in January.
A great four months in the gym with the new team,
getting to know the players, we get better, we are
establishing a culture of excellence and got today our team
GPA and was very pleased with a strong finish academically
(02:20):
with three point seven three teams.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
Yes, that's not something I can relate to.
Speaker 3 (02:27):
Well, you know, that's why.
Speaker 4 (02:29):
You you we teach an excellence not just on a
volleyball court, but in every aspect.
Speaker 3 (02:34):
So that's why you're not on a volleyball program.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
That's why. That's why I do this for a living.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (02:41):
Yeah, So anyway, it's it's been good, exciting, learning a lot,
learning a lot about Cincinnati and athletics, this department, and
getting to know people.
Speaker 3 (02:52):
So all good.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
What are those first few moments like when you walk
into the gym with your players that you're in you
have to learn about them, they have to learn about you.
A game is months away, so what are those what
are those times like?
Speaker 3 (03:08):
That's actually my favorite part.
Speaker 4 (03:10):
It's it's relationships, getting to know our young women and
outside of just volleyball court, you know, I mean, I've
done this job for a long time. It's it's my
natural habitat, as you would say, being in the gym
and coaching volleyball, but getting to know our student athletes
at a deeper level, you know, not just talking about
(03:32):
how it can make them better as an outside hitter
or a defense a specialist.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
But just what do they like?
Speaker 3 (03:38):
Who are they?
Speaker 4 (03:39):
You know, what drives them, what's important to them, what's
their family like, their dreams, their aspirations. I see us
coaches as people who just guide our athletes, like you
got to know what they want and how can we
help them accomplish those dreams and goals, but within the
(04:00):
concept of.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
A team too.
Speaker 4 (04:01):
So it's been actually my favorite part getting to know
our players and seeing them improve. That's another thing when
you see those aha moments for them in the gym
and how much closer we got as a team. I
think that that was another big positive thing that came
out of this spring.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
You're obviously months away from from playing a match. The
season tickets are on sale right now, but this isn't
exactly a downtime for you. So we were talking off
air the transfer portal, so just maybe kind of walk
us through what the next three months are going to
be like as we turn the page from this academic
year to the next.
Speaker 4 (04:39):
Yeah, so most of our players are now home summer
here around. They're locals, so we see them from time
to time. They're still We always tell them, you know,
take a little break, but making sure when they come
back at the beginning of June that we are not
starting from scratch, like they've done a great work and
when it comes to strength and condition and we just
(05:01):
want to build on that. You know, I don't believe
in maintenance. To me, it's like you're getting better, you're
getting worse. So it's not like, let's maintain what we
have the gains that we had this spring. For US coaches,
it's a lot of planning for the fall recruiting. I
was just telling you we are still completing. We need
to add a couple of pieces for this fall roster.
(05:24):
So we had some visits the last few weeks. The
portal opened for us on May first and it goes
through May fifteenth, but we have a couple more visits
scheduled and hopefully we will have our roster completed soon
summer camps. Planning for that, I think it's important for
us also to be visible in the community to recruit
(05:46):
young young Bearcats and grow the game also in our community.
And we will take some time also to sharpen our
so you know, we need to be as a coach
is ready and rested to come back in August. The
season is the time is just flying. But I personally,
(06:08):
I am going home to Croatia to visit my family.
Speaker 3 (06:11):
For a few weeks.
Speaker 4 (06:13):
My mom still lives there and my sister, so it's
important to me to stay connected with them. And when
I feel good my team also, I'm better for my team.
Speaker 3 (06:22):
So I'm gonna get a little bit.
Speaker 4 (06:25):
Of time there because I this is the first time
in many years I haven't had any break because of
this change. Just had a long season last fall and
coming here transitioning. Yeah, but it's a lot of again recruiting.
You you mentioned, you know, it's not that we only
now recruit incoming players, but we have to continue to
(06:46):
recruit our current players.
Speaker 3 (06:49):
It would be nice if you don't have.
Speaker 4 (06:50):
To compose a new roster every year, you know. So
that's the plan, and so a lot of a lot
of fun stuff for us coaches.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
Sorry, I speaking of downtime, I want to ask you
kind of a dumb question.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
Okay, there dumb questions. There's a lot of dumb questions,
and that's what that's what I'm good.
Speaker 3 (07:07):
And only them answers.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
I was I was at a large party on Saturday, right,
lots of people, lots of kids. Volleyball net goes up.
When you're in that situation, what happens like sit on
the sideline. I'm not gonna play. I'm gonna play. I'm
gonna start coaching the players. How does this work?
Speaker 3 (07:26):
Are you asking me what you should do?
Speaker 5 (07:28):
Or No?
Speaker 2 (07:28):
I know what I did. I stood there and watched
all the kids play volleyball. What does someone like yourself do?
Speaker 3 (07:33):
I just watched them play. No, No, I'm not gonna no.
Speaker 1 (07:39):
You're not to show everybody how good you are.
Speaker 4 (07:43):
No or not anymore. You know, my players think I
have never played volleyball. That's when you know, have the internet. Well,
you know, and I play. There was no YouTube. So
if there's nothing on YouTube, like it didn't happen, right,
So that's the.
Speaker 1 (07:55):
School's website has your bio.
Speaker 3 (07:57):
I mean, you know, I know, but it's still you know,
no video. That didn't exist.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
So the volleyball goes up. The volleyball and that goes up.
You're at a party and you're just gonna sit.
Speaker 1 (08:05):
There and watch.
Speaker 4 (08:06):
If somebody asked me if they want my help, I
will he to be Also, you know, very careful that
I don't get into my coaching mode than like the
kids who I've never met before, Like, you know, you
just don't go jump in.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
Well, where I was, the kids could have used some
guidance and it came from me, and that didn't go well.
Speaker 1 (08:28):
So in that so what did.
Speaker 3 (08:29):
You tell them?
Speaker 4 (08:29):
I'm curious what did you tell them? What was your guidance?
What was your coach?
Speaker 1 (08:32):
And hit with this part of your hand with.
Speaker 4 (08:34):
The heel of your hand. Yeah, like hitting or serving?
Speaker 1 (08:37):
Serving? Serving?
Speaker 3 (08:39):
Okay, that's pretty good. Did you tell them open your.
Speaker 2 (08:41):
Hand, open your hand kind of Well, it's been a
while since I played volleyball and gym class, but yeah,
it was serve up here.
Speaker 4 (08:50):
And then did you tell them to look at a
ball when they're serving? Because you would be surprised how
many kids do not look at a ball?
Speaker 1 (08:58):
They do?
Speaker 3 (08:59):
I don't.
Speaker 4 (09:00):
No. I actually had college players who told me they
were not looking at the ball when they were serving,
and that.
Speaker 1 (09:05):
Was those players aren't here? Are they?
Speaker 4 (09:09):
I'm not going to say, but I do ask now,
if somebody is having hard time connecting with the ball consistently,
I asked them, hey, pay attention on the next strap.
If you're looking at the ball, okay, because they kind
of look in the space.
Speaker 1 (09:22):
All right, So I.
Speaker 4 (09:23):
Just hope you're not going to be the last coach
to those kids who your coach this Saturday.
Speaker 1 (09:27):
Well let's hope. Let's hope for their sake. I am,
I am not.
Speaker 2 (09:31):
Most of them were looking at me like, yeah, how
you know what you're doing? But I was just I
was when I was doing that this week, and I
knew I was going to talk to you. I was
just wondering in a situation like that, if you felt
the need to teach a few things.
Speaker 4 (09:45):
It depends again, if I knew the kids and they
would ask me, maybe I would. If I if I
saw something like really really, I'm thinking, what would be
I don't know, serving with a fist.
Speaker 3 (09:57):
I would say, hey, try just try to see how
you do.
Speaker 4 (10:00):
It, like make it the big hand like a pedal,
and also see what happens. I might tell them that, Okay,
you know, I don't know. I would probably have that
urge as a coach, but then I would need to
talk to myself a lot and say just let the
kids play, like they don't need coach and they don't
need our adults to always be involved.
Speaker 2 (10:18):
If I know, to the same gathering next year, I'm
inviting you with me, and I'm gonna say hey, instead
of me having to show you how to play volleyball,
we've got a high end Big twelve coach here, a
MAC Coach of the Year, somebody who knows what they're
doing is going to show you.
Speaker 4 (10:32):
Only if those kids request my presence, I'll come.
Speaker 1 (10:35):
If I request your presence, They're not going to have
a choice.
Speaker 3 (10:38):
We need to give them a choice. It's important that
the kids have a choice.
Speaker 1 (10:43):
This area is good for volleyball though at the end,
at the youth level it is.
Speaker 3 (10:47):
Yeah, a lot of schools, a lot of good clubs.
I know you and I talked.
Speaker 4 (10:52):
I think the first time we spoke, just the importance
of our presence and developing relationships and working hard of
keeping the best local talent here. You know, when somebody
is good, all the coaches in the nation are gonna
come and try to recruit you. But I always our
goal is first of all, they're gonna hear from Cincinnati.
They're gonna know that we want them here. And I
(11:13):
feel good everybody. I'm gonna share this. We had a
hundred We have one hundred percent success for it. All
the kids who came to visit our campus committed.
Speaker 2 (11:21):
Wow.
Speaker 4 (11:22):
So and the feedback we are getting from families and
from recruits is they're just blown away when they come
and they see the facilities and the beauty of this
campus and the city because they don't know. You know,
you can watch the videos, but you don't really get
a good view of how close our athletics facilities are.
(11:44):
And then the city of Cincinnati is just beautiful. So
our goal is just can we get families on campus.
We feel good about our chances of getting yesses to
those that we offer to.
Speaker 3 (11:59):
Join our program.
Speaker 1 (12:00):
Hopefully more yes is hopefully yeah.
Speaker 3 (12:03):
Hopefully hopefully.
Speaker 4 (12:04):
That's why it's important, you know, summer camps, getting kids
and families here and starting them early and just exposing
then you to come help.
Speaker 3 (12:11):
You have to offer.
Speaker 1 (12:12):
You want me to come help out at the summer camp.
Speaker 3 (12:14):
Let's talk, let's talk. Let's see. I don't know, I'll
have to check a little bit more. Your your vulnerable knowledge.
Speaker 1 (12:20):
You just checked. You heard it all. So thank you
for doing this as always.
Speaker 4 (12:24):
Thank you, thank you for having us, having me here,
And I hope I just want to encourage everybody who
is listening to come come and check out our team.
I think you'll be First of all, you love the game.
It's it's exciting, and I always say it's very different
when you watch it on a video. You don't hear
the sound of that ball and when it's hit, when
it's served, when it you know our players hit the
(12:46):
floor to pick a ball. It's very athletic, very powerful
and exciting. It's it's still a very it's a team sport,
a team that's that you feel good teams. If you're
going to win and vulnerable, you have to play as
a team. So come and check us out. We are
some season ticket, single game tickets, and if you absolutely
don't love it, I will refund you personally. That's how
(13:06):
much I believe that if you come to check Cincinnati
Volleyball and our team, that you're gonna love it. If not,
my email is on the website, contact me and I'll
refund you personally.
Speaker 1 (13:19):
That's a heck of a geart.
Speaker 3 (13:20):
It's a great Yeah, it's a great deal.
Speaker 1 (13:22):
Thank you so much for doing this.
Speaker 3 (13:23):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (13:24):
Danielle Toomuch, the volleyball coach here at the University of
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We are moving right along. I'll ball Ledger, thank you
so much for joining us.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
We have had a blast today broadcasting from the University
of Cincinnati. It's a five to one three day on
a busy day for sports here in town. Five to
one three day celebrated all throughout the course of the city,
but a special day for UC athletics. And we've been
here since three o'clock. Our original plan we were going
to broadcast from the Baseball Stadium. There was going to
(00:34):
be a game at six, and we were going to
do our show from three to six, and then weather
it was iffy, so we moved it inside. We're inside
here at the Linder Center. We've been joined by a
slew of guests and that continues here at the top
of the hour with the I was gonna say new,
but this is our third appearance on the show Volleyball
Coach here at UC. Daniella Tomach it's good to have you.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
Thank you for having me.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
We've done a recorded interview that I brought my phone
in and then we did a phone interview and now
like I sit down here in person covering the all
our bases.
Speaker 3 (01:05):
I appreciate it.
Speaker 4 (01:06):
Anytime I can be out and promote our volleyball program
and the University of Cincinnati, I'm all for it.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
Yeah, no question.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
The last five months, I guess or four months has
been a whirlwin. I'm sure for you what's it been like?
Speaker 3 (01:22):
Exciting and frustrating.
Speaker 4 (01:26):
Sometimes it's not fun to come back to my new
apartment and an empty apartment with no furniture because I
didn't have a time to.
Speaker 3 (01:33):
Do a full moved.
Speaker 4 (01:36):
I do, I know, I know, but I was, you know, moving.
I had a furniture in Balling Green. So anyway, it's
been it's been fun. A lot of first you know,
this is my also first five one three days, so
it's I always think, you know, the older we get,
the less of those first ones in life we have,
and I had a lot of first ones.
Speaker 3 (01:56):
Right, So it's been good.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
I feel good.
Speaker 4 (01:58):
About the last four month months. I moved here in January.
A great four months in the gym with the new team,
getting to know the players, we get better, we are
establishing a culture of excellence and got today our team
GPA and was very pleased with a strong finish academically
(02:20):
with three point seven three teams.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
Yes, that's not something I can relate to.
Speaker 3 (02:27):
Well, you know, that's why.
Speaker 4 (02:29):
You you we teach an excellence not just on a
volleyball court, but in every aspect.
Speaker 3 (02:34):
So that's why you're not on a volleyball program.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
That's why. That's why I do this for a living.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (02:41):
Yeah, So anyway, it's it's been good, exciting, learning a lot,
learning a lot about Cincinnati and athletics, this department, and
getting to know people.
Speaker 3 (02:52):
So all good.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
What are those first few moments like when you walk
into the gym with your players that you're in you
have to learn about them, they have to learn about you.
A game is months away, so what are those what
are those times like?
Speaker 3 (03:08):
That's actually my favorite part.
Speaker 4 (03:10):
It's it's relationships, getting to know our young women and
outside of just volleyball court, you know, I mean, I've
done this job for a long time. It's it's my
natural habitat, as you would say, being in the gym
and coaching volleyball, but getting to know our student athletes
at a deeper level, you know, not just talking about
(03:32):
how it can make them better as an outside hitter
or a defense a specialist.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
But just what do they like?
Speaker 3 (03:38):
Who are they?
Speaker 4 (03:39):
You know, what drives them, what's important to them, what's
their family like, their dreams, their aspirations. I see us
coaches as people who just guide our athletes, like you
got to know what they want and how can we
help them accomplish those dreams and goals, but within the
(04:00):
concept of.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
A team too.
Speaker 4 (04:01):
So it's been actually my favorite part getting to know
our players and seeing them improve. That's another thing when
you see those aha moments for them in the gym
and how much closer we got as a team. I
think that that was another big positive thing that came
out of this spring.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
You're obviously months away from from playing a match. The
season tickets are on sale right now, but this isn't
exactly a downtime for you. So we were talking off
air the transfer portal, so just maybe kind of walk
us through what the next three months are going to
be like as we turn the page from this academic
year to the next.
Speaker 4 (04:39):
Yeah, so most of our players are now home summer
here around. They're locals, so we see them from time
to time. They're still We always tell them, you know,
take a little break, but making sure when they come
back at the beginning of June that we are not
starting from scratch, like they've done a great work and
when it comes to strength and condition and we just
(05:01):
want to build on that. You know, I don't believe
in maintenance. To me, it's like you're getting better, you're
getting worse. So it's not like, let's maintain what we
have the gains that we had this spring. For US coaches,
it's a lot of planning for the fall recruiting. I
was just telling you we are still completing. We need
to add a couple of pieces for this fall roster.
(05:24):
So we had some visits the last few weeks. The
portal opened for us on May first and it goes
through May fifteenth, but we have a couple more visits
scheduled and hopefully we will have our roster completed soon
summer camps. Planning for that, I think it's important for
us also to be visible in the community to recruit
(05:46):
young young Bearcats and grow the game also in our community.
And we will take some time also to sharpen our
so you know, we need to be as a coach
is ready and rested to come back in August. The
season is the time is just flying. But I personally,
(06:08):
I am going home to Croatia to visit my family.
Speaker 3 (06:11):
For a few weeks.
Speaker 4 (06:13):
My mom still lives there and my sister, so it's
important to me to stay connected with them. And when
I feel good my team also, I'm better for my team.
Speaker 3 (06:22):
So I'm gonna get a little bit.
Speaker 4 (06:25):
Of time there because I this is the first time
in many years I haven't had any break because of
this change. Just had a long season last fall and
coming here transitioning. Yeah, but it's a lot of again recruiting.
You you mentioned, you know, it's not that we only
now recruit incoming players, but we have to continue to
(06:46):
recruit our current players.
Speaker 3 (06:49):
It would be nice if you don't have.
Speaker 4 (06:50):
To compose a new roster every year, you know. So
that's the plan, and so a lot of a lot
of fun stuff for us coaches.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
Sorry, I speaking of downtime, I want to ask you
kind of a dumb question.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
Okay, there dumb questions. There's a lot of dumb questions,
and that's what that's what I'm good.
Speaker 3 (07:07):
And only them answers.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
I was I was at a large party on Saturday, right,
lots of people, lots of kids. Volleyball net goes up.
When you're in that situation, what happens like sit on
the sideline. I'm not gonna play. I'm gonna play. I'm
gonna start coaching the players. How does this work?
Speaker 3 (07:26):
Are you asking me what you should do?
Speaker 5 (07:28):
Or No?
Speaker 2 (07:28):
I know what I did. I stood there and watched
all the kids play volleyball. What does someone like yourself do?
Speaker 3 (07:33):
I just watched them play. No, No, I'm not gonna no.
Speaker 1 (07:39):
You're not to show everybody how good you are.
Speaker 4 (07:43):
No or not anymore. You know, my players think I
have never played volleyball. That's when you know, have the internet. Well,
you know, and I play. There was no YouTube. So
if there's nothing on YouTube, like it didn't happen, right,
So that's the.
Speaker 1 (07:55):
School's website has your bio.
Speaker 3 (07:57):
I mean, you know, I know, but it's still you know,
no video. That didn't exist.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
So the volleyball goes up. The volleyball and that goes up.
You're at a party and you're just gonna sit.
Speaker 1 (08:05):
There and watch.
Speaker 4 (08:06):
If somebody asked me if they want my help, I
will he to be Also, you know, very careful that
I don't get into my coaching mode than like the
kids who I've never met before, Like, you know, you
just don't go jump in.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
Well, where I was, the kids could have used some
guidance and it came from me, and that didn't go well.
Speaker 1 (08:28):
So in that so what did.
Speaker 3 (08:29):
You tell them?
Speaker 4 (08:29):
I'm curious what did you tell them? What was your guidance?
What was your coach?
Speaker 1 (08:32):
And hit with this part of your hand with.
Speaker 4 (08:34):
The heel of your hand. Yeah, like hitting or serving?
Speaker 1 (08:37):
Serving? Serving?
Speaker 3 (08:39):
Okay, that's pretty good. Did you tell them open your.
Speaker 2 (08:41):
Hand, open your hand kind of Well, it's been a
while since I played volleyball and gym class, but yeah,
it was serve up here.
Speaker 4 (08:50):
And then did you tell them to look at a
ball when they're serving? Because you would be surprised how
many kids do not look at a ball?
Speaker 1 (08:58):
They do?
Speaker 3 (08:59):
I don't.
Speaker 4 (09:00):
No. I actually had college players who told me they
were not looking at the ball when they were serving,
and that.
Speaker 1 (09:05):
Was those players aren't here? Are they?
Speaker 4 (09:09):
I'm not going to say, but I do ask now,
if somebody is having hard time connecting with the ball consistently,
I asked them, hey, pay attention on the next strap.
If you're looking at the ball, okay, because they kind
of look in the space.
Speaker 1 (09:22):
All right, So I.
Speaker 4 (09:23):
Just hope you're not going to be the last coach
to those kids who your coach this Saturday.
Speaker 1 (09:27):
Well let's hope. Let's hope for their sake. I am,
I am not.
Speaker 2 (09:31):
Most of them were looking at me like, yeah, how
you know what you're doing? But I was just I
was when I was doing that this week, and I
knew I was going to talk to you. I was
just wondering in a situation like that, if you felt
the need to teach a few things.
Speaker 4 (09:45):
It depends again, if I knew the kids and they
would ask me, maybe I would. If I if I
saw something like really really, I'm thinking, what would be
I don't know, serving with a fist.
Speaker 3 (09:57):
I would say, hey, try just try to see how
you do.
Speaker 4 (10:00):
It, like make it the big hand like a pedal,
and also see what happens. I might tell them that, Okay,
you know, I don't know. I would probably have that
urge as a coach, but then I would need to
talk to myself a lot and say just let the
kids play, like they don't need coach and they don't
need our adults to always be involved.
Speaker 2 (10:18):
If I know, to the same gathering next year, I'm
inviting you with me, and I'm gonna say hey, instead
of me having to show you how to play volleyball,
we've got a high end Big twelve coach here, a
MAC Coach of the Year, somebody who knows what they're
doing is going to show you.
Speaker 4 (10:32):
Only if those kids request my presence, I'll come.
Speaker 1 (10:35):
If I request your presence, They're not going to have
a choice.
Speaker 3 (10:38):
We need to give them a choice. It's important that
the kids have a choice.
Speaker 1 (10:43):
This area is good for volleyball though at the end,
at the youth level it is.
Speaker 3 (10:47):
Yeah, a lot of schools, a lot of good clubs.
I know you and I talked.
Speaker 4 (10:52):
I think the first time we spoke, just the importance
of our presence and developing relationships and working hard of
keeping the best local talent here. You know, when somebody
is good, all the coaches in the nation are gonna
come and try to recruit you. But I always our
goal is first of all, they're gonna hear from Cincinnati.
They're gonna know that we want them here. And I
(11:13):
feel good everybody. I'm gonna share this. We had a
hundred We have one hundred percent success for it. All
the kids who came to visit our campus committed.
Speaker 2 (11:21):
Wow.
Speaker 4 (11:22):
So and the feedback we are getting from families and
from recruits is they're just blown away when they come
and they see the facilities and the beauty of this
campus and the city because they don't know. You know,
you can watch the videos, but you don't really get
a good view of how close our athletics facilities are.
(11:44):
And then the city of Cincinnati is just beautiful. So
our goal is just can we get families on campus.
We feel good about our chances of getting yesses to
those that we offer to.
Speaker 3 (11:59):
Join our program.
Speaker 1 (12:00):
Hopefully more yes is hopefully yeah.
Speaker 3 (12:03):
Hopefully hopefully.
Speaker 4 (12:04):
That's why it's important, you know, summer camps, getting kids
and families here and starting them early and just exposing
then you to come help.
Speaker 3 (12:11):
You have to offer.
Speaker 1 (12:12):
You want me to come help out at the summer camp.
Speaker 3 (12:14):
Let's talk, let's talk. Let's see. I don't know, I'll
have to check a little bit more. Your your vulnerable knowledge.
Speaker 1 (12:20):
You just checked. You heard it all. So thank you
for doing this as always.
Speaker 4 (12:24):
Thank you, thank you for having us, having me here,
And I hope I just want to encourage everybody who
is listening to come come and check out our team.
I think you'll be First of all, you love the game.
It's it's exciting, and I always say it's very different
when you watch it on a video. You don't hear
the sound of that ball and when it's hit, when
it's served, when it you know our players hit the
(12:46):
floor to pick a ball. It's very athletic, very powerful
and exciting. It's it's still a very it's a team sport,
a team that's that you feel good teams. If you're
going to win and vulnerable, you have to play as
a team. So come and check us out. We are
some season ticket, single game tickets, and if you absolutely
don't love it, I will refund you personally. That's how
(13:06):
much I believe that if you come to check Cincinnati
Volleyball and our team, that you're gonna love it. If not,
my email is on the website, contact me and I'll
refund you personally.
Speaker 1 (13:19):
That's a heck of a geart.
Speaker 3 (13:20):
It's a great Yeah, it's a great deal.
Speaker 1 (13:22):
Thank you so much for doing this.
Speaker 3 (13:23):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (13:24):
Danielle Toomuch, the volleyball coach here at the University of
Cincinnati five one, three day broadcasting from.
Speaker 1 (13:28):
The Lender Center.
Speaker 2 (13:29):
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Sports Station Cincinnati's ESPN fifteen thirty.
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