MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — It doesn't take long watching a Tuesday morning practice for an observer to feel the positive energy around Middle Tennessee volleyball.
The day's emphasis, improving the team's blocking ahead of a road series this weekend against a Top 25 opponent, makes for a tough day in the gym. Physically, of course, from the jumping needed when blocking to the punishment from diving for digs. But also mentally, working on muscle memory, feeling when you get juked by the opposing setter, and improving your reads.
But even as head coach Chuck Crawford challenges his team, they respond.