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Post by Millennium on Jul 24, 2018 20:03:59 GMT -5
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Post by traveler on Jul 25, 2018 12:48:32 GMT -5
Not sure how the system neutered her serve. Can you elucidate?
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Post by Millennium on Jul 25, 2018 16:42:44 GMT -5
Not sure how the system neutered her serve. Can you elucidate?
They are probably referring to the fact that the float serve is statistically more effective than the jump serve, so Karch prefers his players us that one. Although, he did allow Micha to use her famous jump serve in many matches, at some point, she was seen using the float serve instead in the last couple matches.
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Post by traveler on Jul 26, 2018 11:13:01 GMT -5
ahh. thx!
Interesting. You KNOW that Coach always went with the stats, and they always pointed towards more upside in using her big gun unless it was a totally off night. Can't imagine that's changed, although I have seen while it worked at the Pan Am Games (she got the serving ace record there), doesn't look quite as successful at the highest level of competition.
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Post by Millennium on Jul 26, 2018 13:46:48 GMT -5
ahh. thx! Interesting. You KNOW that Coach always went with the stats, and they always pointed towards more upside in using her big gun unless it was a totally off night. Can't imagine that's changed, although I have seen while it worked at the Pan Am Games (she got the serving ace record there), doesn't look quite as successful at the highest level of competition.
She served a lot of balls into the net or out of bounds during the VNL. I think she needs to be a starter in order to get into a serving groove.
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Post by elliotberton on Jul 29, 2018 13:01:25 GMT -5
I recall watching a Micha interview after last year's Pan Am tournament. she was asked about some of the challenges she was having with her serve. She mentioned that Coach did not want his servers to commit a high percentage of service errors and discouraged (did not let?) spike serves. Micha also explained that opponents seemed to be getting used to the spin on her serve, limiting the number of aces she was getting. However, coach advised that the goal was more to get the opponent out of system. I also recall Kiraly discussing the benefits of a hard float serve while he was commenting on NCAA matches, and I also have observed that Micha's spike serve, when it goes in, tends to be in the same area of the court. That permits the opponent to put its best receptionist (pun?) in that area to mitigate the impact.
Putting these limited clues together, I surmise that the strong preference from the national team coaching staff is for a hard jump float aimed at the weakest receiver. In the few highlights and one full VNL match I observed, I did not see Micha attempt a spike serve. Her jump float was only marginally effective.
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