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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2015 16:20:36 GMT -5
We do this for USA: 3. How often does a player dig a ball out-of-zone? Is this good or bad? I could see a player reacting to the opponent and leaving her zone to dig an open zone. Also I could see a player being out of position and digging in another zone (though at the international level I figure this is very low).
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Post by joetrinsey on Jul 30, 2015 16:24:11 GMT -5
Digging a ball out-of-zone is good. Overplaying and missing a ball in your zone is bad. And it's way more common than you would think at the international level. There are players that are commonly though to be excellent defenders who are actually quite mediocre (not Natalie, she's good ) because they get out of position so frequently.
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Post by hochee on Jul 30, 2015 18:23:29 GMT -5
Digging a ball out-of-zone is good. Overplaying and missing a ball in your zone is bad. And it's way more common than you would think at the international level. There are players that are commonly though to be excellent defenders who are actually quite mediocre (not Natalie, she's good ) because they get out of position so frequently. ah, so for every nice play on a ball out of position, there are "x" balls missed because she was out of position. Net effect: bad though the eye deceives.
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Post by ja on Jul 31, 2015 11:33:10 GMT -5
We do this for USA: 1. Chart all balls attacked. 2. What % of balls does this player dig hit in her zone? (ie, hit to Zone 5 if she's left-back) 3. How often does a player dig a ball out-of-zone? Hey Joe! I was just thinking of you when started to read this tread, this is your bread and butter! Speaking of range metrics we have to remember physical abilities like floor speed and limbs length. Two-three inches difference can make a play or not. This is exactly why we starting to see taller Libero lately. 6' player can cover a whole lot more ground, then 5'8". Another is countable metric is floor speed and you can definitely make it work for you. You can't really measure read of the game and experience, but you can measure defensive efficiency. Making spectacular plays is great for entertainment part of the game, but most likely the player was out of the position in that play. Some times it's could be block mistake as well, sometimes just unfortunate ricochet or deflection. So I would not blame Libero for making those plays .
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Post by joetrinsey on Jul 31, 2015 16:41:37 GMT -5
I'm not 100% sure what you're asking?
We (like most teams I imagine), do adjust for opponents, sometimes significantly, often subtly. Hopefully a good base defensive scheme will not require massive adjustments for each opponent.
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Post by hochee on Jul 31, 2015 22:34:36 GMT -5
Just one other comment, keeping in mind that positioning has come up repeatedly here. "Chemistry" is so overused or maybe just over-vague but this is an example where chemistry probably means something in terms of range: The better I instinctively know/"love" my teammates, the more effectively I will migrate quickly to a position to cover their vulnerabilities/complement them.
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