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Post by sexy on Jan 22, 2007 19:49:17 GMT -5
a left handed mb that hit the slide from the left side of the court??
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2007 19:51:53 GMT -5
Much more common to have a left-handed Opposite who runs a slide to the leftside.
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Post by jgrout on Jan 22, 2007 20:21:48 GMT -5
Much more common to have a left-handed Opposite who runs a slide to the leftside. How many lefties are middle blockers at the college level in the first place? I can't remember any left-handed middles at Stanford (or anywhere else).
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Post by Phaedrus on Jan 22, 2007 20:29:56 GMT -5
Mary Coleman was a lefty left side at Illinois.
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Post by jgrout on Jan 22, 2007 20:41:30 GMT -5
Mary Coleman was a lefty left side at Illinois. So was Erin Borske (before she partied herself out of Division I). I was talking about lefty middles, though.
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Post by silversurfer on Jan 22, 2007 21:40:36 GMT -5
a left handed mb that hit the slide from the left side of the court?? Don Hardin had one, I believe, at Louisville in the late '80s / early '90s.
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Post by valeixo888 on Jan 22, 2007 22:34:31 GMT -5
Stephanie Jurivich of northwestern (the setter) played opposite one year and is a lefty. She ran a slide both ways in the match I have against Illinois. I like the lefty slide...I think that would be super vicious
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Post by silversurfer on Jan 22, 2007 22:37:23 GMT -5
Mary Coleman was a lefty left side at Illinois. Are you sure she was a southpaw?
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Post by tsunami on Jan 23, 2007 0:11:06 GMT -5
I have never seen a lefthanded MB run the slide or play for that matter, but I have seen a Rightside lefthander hit the slide...a couple years ago, and that was Latoya Harris at Washington State. It's very hard to stop...because everybody is so use to the slide coming from the rightside or middle of the net.
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Post by AntennaMagnet on Jan 23, 2007 10:22:23 GMT -5
Didn't Ukovich from Purdue play MH when she first joined the Boilermakers ? She is left handed.
I've always been surprised by the relative low number of left handed players in volleyball in general.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2007 10:24:58 GMT -5
It's because all of the volleyballs are right-handed balls. It's really not fair. I'd complain if I were left-handed, but I don't suffer from that disability, thank gawd.
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Post by Ye Olde Dawg on Jan 23, 2007 14:08:25 GMT -5
Pardon my ignorance, but...
The first thing I thought of when I saw the subject was: why would a MB run a slide to the left? I mean, she'd be drawing the blockers toward the left-side hitter instead of drawing them away. Granted, your LS could hit in the middle or even right side, but (a) where is your safe outlet set in case of a bad pass? and (b) you'd end up designing a whole play around that one unusual set.
Several other reasons have been mentioned why this would be a rare play, but could another reason be the trouble you'd have working it into the offensive scheme?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2007 14:22:35 GMT -5
Sure. You'd want to run it in system, however, which would allow your OH to cross and hit a 2nd tempo from the middle. Basically, you're spreading the block -- the goal of the conventional slide.
So that brings us to your point, I believe: Would such a system be justified? Would whatever you gain with these in-system options make up for what you lose everywhere else? That answer would be "no" in my opinion.
Think of this, however: A right-handed setter setting a left-handed middle and left-hander hitting from the rightside. Basically, you flip your offense. Two decent left-handers. That's all you need.
And Pepcid.
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Post by abcd098 on Jan 23, 2007 15:19:18 GMT -5
I've always wondered why more lefties did not play left side OH. I am a lefty and I hit a lot better out of the left side. However this could just be because the setter is usually farther away and I have more time to approach and get my timing down. But, I still feel like I can more easily direct my hits to either go cross or down the line. It is also a lot easier to cut the angle to have the ball go to the opponents left side within the ten foot line.
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Post by Chance on Jan 23, 2007 15:21:46 GMT -5
How big an advantage (if any) would it be for a volleyball player to be truly ambedexterous?
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