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Post by bob2061 on Sept 13, 2017 20:46:50 GMT -5
I think "balance" is what you say it is. The importance of a balanced attack varies team by team and opponent by opponent. If a team has a dominant or unstoppable player, then it makes sense to go to that player when you need a point. Setter can try other players if a team has a good lead in a set and does not have to have a particular point. This season we have played only 3 "easy" opponents. There was plenty of balance on the opening weekend. But against Stanford, A&M and Colo, the sets were all pretty close. Can't blame the setters for using what was working. The tougher question is why Washington does not get a few more swings. While not precisely automatic, she is quite reliable. Since our serve receive has been pretty good for the most part, the middle should be a viable option. What is also fairly clear is that Reed and Thelen are not consistent, and Detering may not be fully trustworthy against a bigger block. By the way, my theory is that Gorrell played ahead of Reed in the second match against the Cardinal to improve the block against their OH who was almost automatic in the first go round. That adjustment may account for Stanford's lower hitting percentage. Except we go to Simone Lee whether she is on or off and the other players always make up for her off days. In other words, we run the same offense every match and are good enough to win. Obviously, the coaching has nothing to do with who gets set. Abbey has done a great job of running the offense and having the 6-2 keeps us in system most of the time. |
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Post by toomuchvb on Sept 13, 2017 22:13:20 GMT -5
In Russ we trust!
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Post by bob2061 on Sept 14, 2017 14:44:36 GMT -5
And yet without Abbey Detering we would already have three losses. Of course I could say this about Kendall White also. We are winning with teamwork and we really need to keep everyone involved in the offense and defense. The next three matches are the perfect time to work new wrinkles into the offense. Let's see how it plays out. |
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Post by elliotberton on Sept 14, 2017 16:18:24 GMT -5
Cheers Bob. I agree with your points entirely. More digs means more swings, and more chances for the hitters. Two setters means that there are fewer instances of high sets by a secondary setter such as the Libero when the setter has to dig, thus a quicker offense and increased chance for a kill. Meanwhile, the quality and location of each pass usually dictates where the set will go.
Interestingly, while watching our international team, the commentator pointed out how much easier it is to set the ball in the same direction as the pass came from (pushing the ball in the same direction to make use of the ball's momentum), rather than changing the ball's direction to send it back to the passer.
Finally, setters trust certain hitters more than others. Our setters will go to Lee even if she is having an off night because most of the time she gets it going eventually. So in the second Stanford meeting, this policy was rewarded in sets 4 and 5 when Lee got hot and was a major factor in the come from behind victory.
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Post by traveler on Sept 14, 2017 21:10:53 GMT -5
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Post by Millennium on Sept 15, 2017 16:51:34 GMT -5
I really liked these quotes from coach in that article: |
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