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Post by Ye Olde Dawg on Oct 20, 2006 1:48:07 GMT -5
Our Libero was 4th on the team in digs? How did that happen? Here's a guess why Tama didn't lead in digs -- and it also helps explain the low number of blocks. UW doesn't block to get points. They block to control the attack. Balls that get past the block, they dig. And with some hitters a lot of those balls aren't going to fall near the back line where the libero gets digs; they're going to get picked up by the players who are closer to the net: Courtney, Christal, Stevie/Jill, or Ashley/Janine. Either that happened a heck of a lot, or Tama had kind of a poor night. I'm not sure which is harder to believe. It's a freakin' weird counterintuitive system, and if I hadn't seen it work tons of times last year I wouldn't be suggesting it this year. Remember how many times last year Sanja would have more digs than Candace Lee? It's not because Candace had a bad night.
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Post by ugopher on Oct 20, 2006 8:23:19 GMT -5
MN used a similar system in 04. Used the block to funnel balls to Gentil. Of course, this didn't work in the championship game when Onama was able to hit over the block.
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Post by Pirate VB Fan on Oct 20, 2006 12:44:25 GMT -5
Our Libero was 4th on the team in digs? How did that happen? Here's a guess why Tama didn't lead in digs -- and it also helps explain the low number of blocks. UW doesn't block to get points. They block to control the attack. Balls that get past the block, they dig. And with some hitters a lot of those balls aren't going to fall near the back line where the libero gets digs; they're going to get picked up by the players who are closer to the net: Courtney, Christal, Stevie/Jill, or Ashley/Janine. Either that happened a heck of a lot, or Tama had kind of a poor night. I'm not sure which is harder to believe. It's a freakin' weird counterintuitive system, and if I hadn't seen it work tons of times last year I wouldn't be suggesting it this year. Remember how many times last year Sanja would have more digs than Candace Lee? It's not because Candace had a bad night. Yes, I am used to our Libero not leading the team in digs, but 4th? With Court leading the team in digs you might have thought the other setter, I mean Libero, would have a lot of assists, but she only had four.
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Post by BearClause on Oct 20, 2006 13:24:49 GMT -5
UW doesn't block to get points. They block to control the attack. Balls that get past the block, they dig. And with some hitters a lot of those balls aren't going to fall near the back line where the libero gets digs; they're going to get picked up by the players who are closer to the net: Courtney, Christal, Stevie/Jill, or Ashley/Janine. Either that happened a heck of a lot, or Tama had kind of a poor night. I'm not sure which is harder to believe. It's a freakin' weird counterintuitive system, and if I hadn't seen it work tons of times last year I wouldn't be suggesting it this year. Remember how many times last year Sanja would have more digs than Candace Lee? It's not because Candace had a bad night. It's called "playing in system" and there's nothing counterintuitive about it. The teams has to trust that everyone playing back row can adequately pass even if not at the level of their best passer. You need to trust that the backup setter can do a decent job. The libero shouldn't run over teammates to get to the ball. Often a large number of digs means simply that the attack is targeting a particular player in the back row. I remember back in '99 I was watching Cal at Santa Clara. One fellow fan who was familiar with both teams was noting that the Cal attackers needed to concentrate on attacking at their setter when she was in the back row to take her setting out as much as possible.
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