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Post by InTheKnow on Dec 19, 2014 1:15:19 GMT -5
Not the best team. Penn State.
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Post by joetrinsey on Dec 19, 2014 1:56:24 GMT -5
PSU swing blocks at times. But for sure not as much as some of the other teams in the semis.
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Post by joetrinsey on Dec 19, 2014 2:03:41 GMT -5
My favorite block of the night was by Chiaka. Balanced read and covers a lot of distance against a fast-tempo go, and then finishes back into the court. Pretty scary to hit against that. Check out the footwork. Crossover-2 off one foot.
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Post by volleytology on Dec 19, 2014 7:29:23 GMT -5
Penn State tore Stanford's swing blocking to shreds with their fast balls to the pins and Courtney crushing line. Plus, Lutz wasn't fast enough at all to close the block. It will be interesting to see those same sets against a more static Hamson on the pins and quicker middles closing
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Post by Not Me on Dec 19, 2014 7:51:34 GMT -5
Penn State tore Stanford's swing blocking to shreds with their fast balls to the pins and Courtney crushing line. Plus, Lutz wasn't fast enough at all to close the block. It will be interesting to see those same sets against a more static Hamson on the pins and quicker middles closing A fast, balanced offense will create 1 on 1 match ups regardless of the blocking scheme. This had less to do with the style of blocking than it did with the level of passing.
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Post by FOBRA on Dec 19, 2014 12:47:36 GMT -5
My favorite block of the night was by Chiaka. Balanced read and covers a lot of distance against a fast-tempo go, and then finishes back into the court. Pretty scary to hit against that. Check out the footwork. Crossover-2 off one foot. BTW, really good work on the AVCA twitter commentary during the games. It was very nice to see more inside baseball analysis available beyond the mainstream broadcast.
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Post by Vballin on Dec 19, 2014 13:13:24 GMT -5
Not the best team. Penn State. Incorrect statement.
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Post by SuperSpike on Dec 19, 2014 13:36:24 GMT -5
My favorite block of the night was by Chiaka. Balanced read and covers a lot of distance against a fast-tempo go, and then finishes back into the court. Pretty scary to hit against that. Check out the footwork. Crossover-2 off one foot. Wow that was a great move. And we get to see it from an angle where we can actually see what's happening! Thanks.
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Post by c4ndlelight on Dec 19, 2014 14:28:45 GMT -5
My favorite block of the night was by Chiaka. Balanced read and covers a lot of distance against a fast-tempo go, and then finishes back into the court. Pretty scary to hit against that. Check out the footwork. Crossover-2 off one foot. Pshaw, footwork and read. My favorite block was when Bell got it sent back in her face.
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Post by kro2488 on Dec 19, 2014 20:55:23 GMT -5
Many teams use a mixture of swing blocking and the more basic technique, it just depends on the play situation and how fast an opposing team runs their offense in first ball side out attempts and in transition from defense. Faster offenses play hell with swing blocking schemes when they are in system more than the static block, but blocking is more about learning the opponents tendencies and favorite shots, and READING, which is why it's one of the latest skills to evolve. Blocking faster offenses regardless of technique will generally take bigger and more risky blocking moves which will mess with backcourt play, unless the blockers can slow down and funnel balls to the defenders effectively, which is something PSU and BYU were very very good at doing in their last match, especially BYU that was just beautiful to watch, but the tough serving obviously helped even more. It's all correlated upon the scouting video and tendencies, a team will probably change their scheme somewhat match to match, also depending upon backcourt digging ability as well, it's all related.
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Post by joetrinsey on Dec 19, 2014 21:55:22 GMT -5
My favorite block of the night was by Chiaka. Balanced read and covers a lot of distance against a fast-tempo go, and then finishes back into the court. Pretty scary to hit against that. Check out the footwork. Crossover-2 off one foot. BTW, really good work on the AVCA twitter commentary during the games. It was very nice to see more inside baseball analysis available beyond the mainstream broadcast. Thanks, glad you liked it! I know that Karch often directed by ESPN to appeal to a very beginner-level audience, so I was glad that Todd and I could sort of give some off-the-cuff commentary of what we were seeing and thinking as the match was going on. It was cool interacting with a lot of coaches and other people who were tweeting us back and forth. We'll be back on Saturday!
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Post by joetrinsey on Dec 19, 2014 21:57:11 GMT -5
My favorite block of the night was by Chiaka. Balanced read and covers a lot of distance against a fast-tempo go, and then finishes back into the court. Pretty scary to hit against that. Check out the footwork. Crossover-2 off one foot. Wow that was a great move. And we get to see it from an angle where we can actually see what's happening! Thanks. You're welcome! I love the scout angle too; I wish they showed it more, although I get that it's not as appealing for the casual fan. The NFL now puts out the "All-22" angle for the football nerds; I wish we could put out more of that for volleyball fans too.
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Post by kro2488 on Dec 19, 2014 22:10:32 GMT -5
I like in volleyball matches sitting right behind teams sometimes or in front depending on perspective cuz you see the relationship between the block and defense better and scout cams have that sorta angle too. But when you have watched long enough or played at all you can see from the side view where the holes in the block were to enable certain hits to different areas etc... But it is a nice view.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2014 1:56:58 GMT -5
Wow that was a great move. And we get to see it from an angle where we can actually see what's happening! Thanks. You're welcome! I love the scout angle too; I wish they showed it more, although I get that it's not as appealing for the casual fan. The NFL now puts out the "All-22" angle for the football nerds; I wish we could put out more of that for volleyball fans too. Any where we can find more of this footage?
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