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Post by mikegarrison on Nov 22, 2014 22:44:24 GMT -5
There's a great VolleyblogSeattle post on last nights match...focused on how Scambray stood up to the pressure of being Arizona's serving target all night, and some great insight on how Schwan admits she was uptight once she found out about starting. Also, an update on Jones injury and status. VolleyBlog Seattle story HEREI wondered earlier why Scambray's hitting was tailing off lately. I suppose one theory might be that she is being targeted on serve receive and that is an energy drain. I'm not sure if she was targeted in the Colorado and Utah matches. And I know she's been targeted earlier in the season by some teams. So I don't know if that theory holds water. My guess is that she will be targeted for the rest of the season. Well, she's been the number one serving target of almost every team all year long, so if that's causing her trouble while hitting it's a recent development.
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Post by redbeard2008 on Nov 22, 2014 23:27:22 GMT -5
There's a great VolleyblogSeattle post on last nights match...focused on how Scambray stood up to the pressure of being Arizona's serving target all night, and some great insight on how Schwan admits she was uptight once she found out about starting. Also, an update on Jones injury and status. VolleyBlog Seattle story HERE
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Post by dawgnerd on Nov 23, 2014 0:16:16 GMT -5
You see this and you have to ask yourself, 'why are these two even in the arena?' They were not in the arena. They were phoning it in from the home office. So the back line line judge called it out? I never saw that. I only saw the side line judge call it in, and I thought the up ref simply overruled her. My recollection from was that the line judge on the correct line side (scorers table side) was waving her flag, indicating that the tip had hit the antenna, not calling the ball out. The ball did land in, but I do not think that was the call. The down ref may have said he saw it in, but did he look to see what the call really was? Or perhaps he saw something that made the antenna move that may have fooled the linesman. Very confusing. You do not often see a coach initiated complaint result in a reversal. Not a good practiCE unless really clearly got it wrong. Several bad calls around there.
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Post by tomclen on Nov 23, 2014 0:35:00 GMT -5
They were not in the arena. They were phoning it in from the home office. So the back line line judge called it out? I never saw that. I only saw the side line judge call it in, and I thought the up ref simply overruled her. My recollection from was that the line judge on the correct line side (scorers table side) was waving her flag, indicating that the tip had hit the antenna, not calling the ball out. The ball did land in, but I do not think that was the call. The down ref may have said he saw it in, but did he look to see what the call really was? Or perhaps he saw something that made the antenna move that may have fooled the linesman. Very confusing. You do not often see a coach initiated complaint result in a reversal. Not a good practiCE unless really clearly got it wrong. Several bad calls around there. We're discussing two different plays. I was referring to the second controversial call...when Scambray hit a hard shot down in the far corner on Arizona's side. It appeared clearly in...especially on the replay. But the line judge on the Arizona side of the court ruled it in. It was a question about the back line on this play. Arizona got the point. It was called immediately (wrongly, but quickly) and it was not reversed. I think you are talking about the point before.
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Post by mikegarrison on Nov 23, 2014 1:57:25 GMT -5
I wonder if Scambray is just getting tired. She's a true freshman, and we are reaching about the time in the season where the teams have already played more matches than any high school season. And she's been playing every rally of every match almost all year long.
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Post by redbeard2008 on Nov 23, 2014 3:03:42 GMT -5
Or opponents are just scouting her better. I expect that JMac and the coaches will be working in the spring on that long back-swing (not unlike Kyra Holt's), which can telegraph where the hit is going (and cost elevation). For comparison, see Kaleigh Nelson's arm-swing.
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Post by alwayslearning on Nov 23, 2014 12:08:47 GMT -5
Good theories and points from both mike and redbeard. If she's going to have a lull in her otherwise stellar season, I guess these last few weeks are as good a time as any. Let's hoping she comes with renewed energy in two weeks. She does have an unusual arm swing but seemed to be surprising lots of teams earlier in the season with line shots. I could be wrong, but it seems like we've been seeing fewer of those recently.
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