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Post by volleyfuntimes on Sept 15, 2014 18:19:30 GMT -5
I've been unable to watch most games this year. I do wonder if this team happens to struggle in serve receive if the lack of using the back row will factor in at all. Again, I didn't see much, but Frantti was never set a pipe and Courtney was never set a D when I was able to watch they just forced the ball to Lee or Frantti on a poor pass. I wonder if good teams will be able to camp more if Dom plays middle back like she appeared to many times. Other than that, I'm searching for holes. Blocking was especially solid in what I saw and the service pressure generated more free balls then I have seen in quite some time. They did use Courtney out of the back row some this weekend. I guess with their great front row options that is not used a lot. Although, she did seem effective. Overall passing was pretty good from my observations.
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Post by Phillytom on Sept 15, 2014 18:49:36 GMT -5
Plenty of holes right now. Middle is definitely a work in progress right now with Washington still getting healthy. But as she settles in, they should have all the players they need to have another Penn State kind of season. PSU works on back row attacks but it is generally a secondary thing for them. If you're in system and you have people in the front row as good as PSU has, you'll generally hit a higher percentage from the pin than you would from back row. They will go to back row attack if they're having trouble with a certain combination of defenders or if they see a particular opportunity, but it is probably used less by Penn State than a lot of other programs. I've been unable to watch most games this year. I do wonder if this team happens to struggle in serve receive if the lack of using the back row will factor in at all. Again, I didn't see much, but Frantti was never set a pipe and Courtney was never set a D when I was able to watch they just forced the ball to Lee or Frantti on a poor pass. I wonder if good teams will be able to camp more if Dom plays middle back like she appeared to many times. Other than that, I'm searching for holes. Blocking was especially solid in what I saw and the service pressure generated more free balls then I have seen in quite some time.
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