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Post by jsn112 on Sept 22, 2014 12:02:11 GMT -5
www.dockoutures.com/blog/Notice the Progressive versus Fixed Mindset Graphic I would not underestimate the talent and drive and heart and fire to compete and progress and win that Cassie Strickland embodies... ever. It seems to me that many VTalk posters hold fast to a Fixed Mindset rather than a Progressive one. These college athletes are not finished products. (and no I am not related to Cassie...) Do you have a Progressive Insurance, too, by any chance? |
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Post by redbeard2008 on Sept 22, 2014 12:33:15 GMT -5
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Post by jsn112 on Sept 22, 2014 14:30:42 GMT -5
Do you have a Progressive Insurance, too, by any chance? State Farm... they've upped the anti to compete with the Progressive commercials... see... even State Farm has a Progressive Mindset... it's never too late to learn... to compete... especially for these amazing college athletes who have already defied the naysayers and the odds to become the 1% that their high schools and even the NCAA warned that they were never going to be.
www.dockoutures.com/blog/www.huffingtonpost.com/tracy-cutchlow/why-some-kids-try-harder-and-some-kids-give-up_b_5826816.html Here's another one about the Progressive Mindset... which when applied personally can be quite encouraging, even for a mid-lifer like me. When applied to athletics and elite athletes... it can transform how athletes approach training and competition as well as how we watch sports... Okay I am done. I never really thought the words "progressive" and "competition" would ever go together. Who knew? Just kidding. Sorry for my dry humor. I promise I'm done, too.  |
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Post by redbeard2008 on Sept 22, 2014 14:42:27 GMT -5
The perfect is something at which to aim, but is seldom achieved. Progress (improvement), on the other hand, is always available. Progress, however, can only be measured against some notion of the perfect.
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Post by redbeard2008 on Sept 22, 2014 15:51:46 GMT -5
The perfect is something at which to aim, but is seldom achieved. Progress (improvement), on the other hand, is always available. Progress, however, can only be measured against some notion of the perfect. ...and a "perfect pass" or defense is what started this rabbit trail... and what is fascinating about sports is that there will never be a "perfect" game... Especially in volleyball... It would be nice if they included overpasses and shank-passes in the stats. Dig numbers, by themselves, don't say all that much. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2014 16:47:56 GMT -5
I saw this match on the PAC 12 network and I have to say I am very, very impressed with Tia Scambray. As a freshman she is only going to get better. It was really nice to see some action out of the middle and Sybeldon is always fun to watch. I agree that Strickland needs some work but considering she is playing a new position, I expect her to improve. Vansant is Vansant. Carlini is a great setter and fun to watch. What an athlete!
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Post by zenyada on Sept 22, 2014 16:48:57 GMT -5
Is there a little bit of denial going on in this thread? An often heard phrase in junior golf development is "you are who you are after four years". Meaning your vital short game (touch) skills are largely god given, and can only be coached and practiced-up to a certain skill level. Ball handling touch, anticipation, seeing angles and patterns are talents, like putting and chipping. Over coaching her could become counterproductive. Likely, Strickland is who she is. She's a terrific volleyball player, that will both wow and disappoint at moments as libero. I had the pleasure this past weekend of watching future Nebraska libero Kenzie Maloney play at the Durango FC in Las Vegas. Her team Assumption High went on to win the tourney. That girl is terrific. Everything looks simple, clean and effortless. She's in early on every angle, it's instinctual and it's another level of talent. And oh btw, there were four other DSs on her team nearly as good....dug everybody off the floor. Because yeah, it's so easy to tell who is going to be able to handle elite-level NCAA play while watching them dig attacks from high school kids. What is the difference between an elite level NCAA freeball and an elite level high school freeball? Answer:none. If you watch the Penn St semi match last year, Strickland had several important free ball touches that were...well not very skilled, pulling the setters off the net 8-10'and eliminating transition options. It was plays like that which for me began to raise concern about her as libero. I'm rooting for her and the Huskies to do well. Love her heart and grit. |
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Post by ay2013 on Sept 22, 2014 17:44:23 GMT -5
Because yeah, it's so easy to tell who is going to be able to handle elite-level NCAA play while watching them dig attacks from high school kids. What is the difference between an elite level NCAA freeball and an elite level high school freeball? Answer:none. If you watch the Penn St semi match last year, Strickland had several important free ball touches that were...well not very skilled, pulling the setters off the net 8-10'and eliminating transition options. It was plays like that which for me began to raise concern about her as libero. I'm rooting for her and the Huskies to do well. Love her heart and grit. Honestly, my concern for strickland's play in the backcourt is not new this year. I was pulling some red flags around early november of last year. Her backcourt skills really tapered off and started becoming inconsistent starting around the second half of Pac-12 play. Vansant had eclipsed her as the second best backcourt player, in consistency, discipline, and technique. Orlandini obviously being the best. It was painful to watch, and I couldn't understand why. These concerns have yet to be alleviated. I want her to do well too, we need her to do well. |
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Post by MTC on Sept 22, 2014 19:12:40 GMT -5
When I was a little younger I was taught that: Progress is the ongoing realization of personal, worthwhile goals. So I buy into the progressive thinking all the way.
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