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Post by Pirate VB Fan on Jul 31, 2012 21:41:41 GMT -5
In reading an AP story about the US-Brazil match my wife pointed out the following paragraph:
"Larson, a wing spiker making her Olympic debut, hit a floater to put the Americans up 23-17 in the first set. She spiked for set point, with Brazil looking out of sorts."
Does international volleyball really refer to Outside Hitters as "Wing Spikers"?
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Post by Gorflorg Orshforg on Jul 31, 2012 21:45:40 GMT -5
In reading an AP story about the US-Brazil match my wife pointed out the following paragraph: "Larson, a wing spiker making her Olympic debut, hit a floater to put the Americans up 23-17 in the first set. She spiked for set point, with Brazil looking out of sorts." Does international volleyball really refer to Outside Hitters as "Wing Spikers"? Yep. |
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Post by OverAndUnder on Jul 31, 2012 21:49:08 GMT -5
Sometimes, but what I want to know is when has Larson ever "hit a floater"? I saw 70% of her NCAA games and a good bit of her pro/NT career, and it's unimaginable that she would do anything other than jumpserve. That paragraph kinda reads like it was awkwardly translated from a foreign-language press release.
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Post by 5100 on Aug 1, 2012 3:36:06 GMT -5
They also use left-wing spikers or right-wing spikers aka left-side hitters/right-side hitters.
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Post by mikegarrison on Aug 1, 2012 4:31:25 GMT -5
To me it sounds like something you might find in a poultry processing plant: "... and that thing over there is the wing spiker, but we sometimes call it the crucifix...."
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Post by Phaedrus on Aug 1, 2012 5:25:31 GMT -5
First time I heard the term used was when Arie Selinger came to give a coach's clinic.
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Post by gobruins on Aug 1, 2012 5:44:18 GMT -5
I saw that in an L.A. Times article, and just figured it was another ignorant sportswriter covering their first volleyball match of their life.
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Post by deacondive on Aug 1, 2012 12:17:52 GMT -5
Sometimes, but what I want to know is when has Larson ever "hit a floater"? I saw 70% of her NCAA games and a good bit of her pro/NT career, and it's unimaginable that she would do anything other than jumpserve. That paragraph kinda reads like it was awkwardly translated from a foreign-language press release. I do remember her hitting a floater in either the 2009 or 2010 Grand Prix once or twice. |
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