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Post by memorybankrupt on Sept 24, 2014 13:12:33 GMT -5
I wouldn't go so far to say it's not a practical system. I think the MB setting could be fine (given the basic prereqs of good hands) and having a setter that can control the dig enough to direct the ball to the MB. The troublesome scenario of the MB blocking on the leftside wouldn't be problematic if the setter can direct the dig more towards the leftside of the court. It shouldn't be too much of a stretch since the setter would be already be facing that direction based on the incoming attack. So the setter would direct hard-driven dug balls to certain areas of the court based on where the middle has gone to block ? That seems like a lot of extra training time in practice just to make sure your middle is setting the second ball--I would say that's an impractical system for the VAST majority of most teams. With the libero backup setting, the setter tries to dig the ball to land just behind the 10 foot line towards area 5. It's not like the setter is not trying to direct a hard driven ball to a specific target in that system, so I don't think it's a stretch for the setter to dig to the MB. I do concede that there's a risk given the dig will have to be closer to the net leaving their system for vulnerable to an overdig/pass.
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Post by ciscokeed on Sept 24, 2014 14:23:35 GMT -5
Where I struggle is how bad the first contact is from the setter when they dig an easy ball and then send it to the 15' line left back... then whoever the libero sets is hitting a really difficult ball to hit from that position... either coming from almost behind them as a left side attacker, or across their shoulder and behind as a right side attacker... I see so many simple balls that could be passed 5' off the net, and transitioned with a much better angle for the front row attackers....yeah I get that the libero may have better hands blah blah blah, but hitting a set from left back and 15' off the net is not a great transition situation....
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Post by bayarea on Sept 24, 2014 16:56:08 GMT -5
Where I struggle is how bad the first contact is from the setter when they dig an easy ball and then send it to the 15' line left back... then whoever the libero sets is hitting a really difficult ball to hit from that position... either coming from almost behind them as a left side attacker, or across their shoulder and behind as a right side attacker... I see so many simple balls that could be passed 5' off the net, and transitioned with a much better angle for the front row attackers....yeah I get that the libero may have better hands blah blah blah, but hitting a set from left back and 15' off the net is not a great transition situation.... Yeah..so many balls go into the net when the hitter is looking backward over their shoulder to the set from the libero. In Stanford's match against Cal yesterday, Merete and Inky each had an assist. Howard, the OH and Benjamin the DS also had one assist, because there were some crazy, chaotic things happening on passing in set 2. Gilbert the libero...zero assists, by design. It makes sense that the hitters would love a high ball coming in a straight line to them from the MB, 3 feet off the net, when they are OOS.
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Post by jjmac13 on Sept 25, 2014 15:16:38 GMT -5
If players dig the ball high to the 10ft line center court like they are supposed too. Then the 6 rotation OH should attack the ball
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