High-energy Liberos ready for the Tour of Texas Warm-Up

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>One of the most popular and competitive tournaments in the entire club volleyball season in the state, the Tour of Texas is coming up shortly, with the first of two stops scheduled for 2025 set to take place in Houston, from January 18-20.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This weekend, teams from the Lone Star State that will compete in the event will have a great opportunity to test themselves at the Tour of Texas Warm-Up, which will be held at the Austin Convention Center, reuniting north of 150 teams across 11 divisions.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Some seriously talented Texas players will be on the court this weekend and we're presenting some of them during the week. This time, we'll show our love to some of the most skilled liberos who will be in action:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["318141"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations":1,"_player_evaluations":"field_62aba7547dc44"},"mode":"preview","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-6772a2dc13821"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"placeholder":"Add evaluation here...","className":"text-gray-700"} --> <p class="text-gray-700">Watson is the libero of the AJV 17 Adidas team that will play in the 17 Open division. Her impressive technique gives a lot of stability to her game and makes of her one of the most promising liberos in her age group in Texas. You just won't see Watson letting the ball go down because her feet weren't positioned correctly or her arms weren't fully stretched as she's very well-trained and disciplined to make the right actions even when under pressure or during rallies. She also has an impressive ability to cover ground in serve-receive and is very active on defense, generating many transition plays to her side.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:acf/evaluation-block --> <!-- wp:embed {"url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZA1XIVHtiJo","type":"video","providerNameSlug":"youtube","responsive":true,"className":"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"} --> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZA1XIVHtiJo </div></figure> <!-- /wp:embed --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["306916"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations":1,"_player_evaluations":"field_62aba7547dc44"},"mode":"preview","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-6772a2dc1388a"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"placeholder":"Add evaluation here...","className":"text-gray-700"} --> <p class="text-gray-700">Butler is one of the standouts of the Austin Skyline 17 Royal team that will appear in the 17 Open division. We've been following her since she played in the 15s age group and she has continued to develop into one of the strongest defensive players in the state. Butler is very technical and quick on the backcourt and is one of a few players who can be equally effective when playing defense on the left and the middle. She can also make an impact from the service line and often gets her opponents out of system with her tough serves.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:acf/evaluation-block --> <!-- wp:acf/hudl {"name":"acf/hudl","data":{"embed_code":"u003ciframe src='https://www.hudl.com/embed/video/3/21493211/668c240593150d1d22f40b1b' width='640' height='360' frameborder='0' allowfullscreenu003eu003c/iframeu003e","_embed_code":"field_62daf7995fd8c"},"mode":"preview","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-6772a2dc13a26"} /--> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":["not_in_db"],"_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":"field_62cca28ffa4e7","player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"Victoria Crawford","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"field_62aba4c9ecf2f","player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"2025","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"field_62aba4ddecf30","player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"5'5u0022","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"field_62aba4e8ecf31","player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"32926","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"field_62aba4f0ecf32","player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"The Woodlands Christian Academy","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"field_62aba4fdecf33","player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"Houston Stars","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"field_62d20e723441a","player_evaluations_0_player_details":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details":"field_62aba4afecf2e","player_evaluations":1,"_player_evaluations":"field_62aba7547dc44"},"mode":"preview","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-6772a2dc13ad4"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"placeholder":"Add evaluation here...","className":"text-gray-700"} --> <p class="text-gray-700">Crawford plays libero for the Houston Stars 18 Adidas team that will be in action in the 18 Girls division. She's very determined on the backcourt and impressively stable with her actions. Crawford does a great job of reading opponents and making last-second adjustments with her positioning that place her in the perfect spot to make contact with the ball and deliver it to her setter. She's also very confident with her passing and disciplined to cover her hitters at the net.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:acf/evaluation-block --> <!-- wp:acf/hudl {"name":"acf/hudl","data":{"embed_code":"u003ciframe src='https://www.hudl.com/embed/video/3/19792660/66ce1ebe65713e69ac808787' width='640' height='360' frameborder='0' allowfullscreenu003eu003c/iframeu003e","_embed_code":"field_62daf7995fd8c"},"mode":"preview","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-6772a2dc13afe"} /-->