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Post by redbeard2008 on Oct 9, 2015 14:34:04 GMT -5
Jacobsen might be the slowest middle blocker I've seen at this level of play. She's 6'7" - Sybeldon has to be her worse nightmare. Arizona might as well have put Snuka on Sybeldon. Both Arizona and UCLA have spread, rather than bunch, blocking schemes. In those two matches, Sybeldon had 32 kills, 1 error, 50 attempts, and hit .620.
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Post by alwayslearning on Oct 9, 2015 15:11:47 GMT -5
Jacobsen might be the slowest middle blocker I've seen at this level of play. She's 6'7" - Sybeldon has to be her worse nightmare. Arizona might as well have put Snuka on Sybeldon. Both Arizona and UCLA have spread, rather than bunch, blocking schemes. In those two matches, Sybeldon had 32 kills, 1 error, 50 attempts, and hit .620. Anybody know what type of blocking scheme ASU runs?
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Post by ay2013 on Oct 9, 2015 15:17:02 GMT -5
She's 6'7" - Sybeldon has to be her worse nightmare. Arizona might as well have put Snuka on Sybeldon. Both Arizona and UCLA have spread, rather than bunch, blocking schemes. In those two matches, Sybeldon had 32 kills, 1 error, 50 attempts, and hit .620. Anybody know what type of blocking scheme ASU runs? Bunch, I believe.
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Post by ay2013 on Oct 9, 2015 15:26:56 GMT -5
I agree with posters who say that teams should surround their defenses around Sybeldon and force UW to beat them with their pin attackers on those rotations. This strategy could be the difference of 2-3 points per set, which, in this league, makes all the difference. With Schwan out, Scambray hot and cold and Jones just cold, forcing UW to beat you with their pins is a winning strategy.
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Post by hammer on Oct 9, 2015 15:58:25 GMT -5
I agree with posters who say that teams should surround their defenses around Sybeldon and force UW to beat them with their pin attackers on those rotations. This strategy could be the difference of 2-3 points per set, which, in this league, makes all the difference. With Schwan out, Scambray hot and cold and Jones just cold, forcing UW to beat you with their pins is a winning strategy. It's like the Missouri license plate slogan -- show me
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Post by redbeard2008 on Oct 9, 2015 16:28:22 GMT -5
She's 6'7" - Sybeldon has to be her worse nightmare. Arizona might as well have put Snuka on Sybeldon. Both Arizona and UCLA have spread, rather than bunch, blocking schemes. In those two matches, Sybeldon had 32 kills, 1 error, 50 attempts, and hit .620. Anybody know what type of blocking scheme ASU runs? ASU, like UW, is a long-time member of the "Evil Empire"...
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Post by c4ndlelight on Oct 9, 2015 16:31:27 GMT -5
ASU does different things blocking than UW, even if they are both GM2. You won't see ASU block too many back row attackers (though I'm curious if they'll apply that to Bricio).
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Post by redbeard2008 on Oct 9, 2015 16:55:56 GMT -5
ASU does different things blocking than UW, even if they are both GM2. You won't see ASU block too many back row attackers (though I'm curious if they'll apply that to Bricio). UW will triple-block a pipe attack, and probably triple-blocks more than most GM2 schools. They did roof Bricio on a pipe, once anyway. Running a 6-2 helps, in that you always have three blockers available.
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Post by mikegarrison on Oct 9, 2015 17:00:31 GMT -5
ASU does different things blocking than UW, even if they are both GM2. You won't see ASU block too many back row attackers (though I'm curious if they'll apply that to Bricio). UW will triple-block a pipe attack, and probably triple-blocks more than most GM2 schools. Running a 6-2 helps, in that you always have three blockers available. You always have three blockers available in a 5-1. Maybe one is a setter, but that's an advantage for tall setters. Furthermore, this year we have seen UW run out of subs and end up with Kim Condie in the front row as a blocker.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 9, 2015 17:54:44 GMT -5
Jacobsen might be the slowest middle blocker I've seen at this level of play. She's 6'7" - Sybeldon has to be her worse nightmare. Arizona might as well have put Snuka on Sybeldon. Both Arizona and UCLA have spread, rather than bunch, blocking schemes. In those two matches, Sybeldon had 32 kills, 1 error, 50 attempts, and hit .620. They'd have been better off with Snuka on her - Snuka knows how to read where the ball is going, and knows how to jump - so any advantage Jacobsen has at height is taken away (and then some.)
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Post by redbeard2008 on Oct 9, 2015 18:11:42 GMT -5
UW will triple-block a pipe attack, and probably triple-blocks more than most GM2 schools. Running a 6-2 helps, in that you always have three blockers available. You always have three blockers available in a 5-1. Maybe one is a setter, but that's an advantage for tall setters. Furthermore, this year we have seen UW run out of subs and end up with Kim Condie in the front row as a blocker. More like two and a half blockers, when it comes to Arizona. UCLA's setter was 5'9". Both UCLA and Arizona try to pick up the blocking slack with lots of digs. So, did Keegan lose count? I don't think you should ever get stuck with a DS in the front row. You don't put her in, if that could be the case. Running out of subs is one of the hazards of running a 6-2, especially if also using an SS or DS. Starting with a setter in the front row for a defensive rotation is one way he's trying to stretch available subs. Playing Tanner through on the front row can save two subs.
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Post by superfan1 on Oct 9, 2015 18:26:33 GMT -5
You always have three blockers available in a 5-1. Maybe one is a setter, but that's an advantage for tall setters. Furthermore, this year we have seen UW run out of subs and end up with Kim Condie in the front row as a blocker. More like two and a half blockers, when it comes to Arizona. UCLA's setter was 5'9". Both UCLA and Arizona try to pick up the blocking slack with lots of digs. So, did Keegan lose count? I don't think you should ever get stuck with a DS in the front row. You don't put her in, if that could be the case. Running out of subs is one of the hazards of running a 6-2, especially if also using an SS or DS. Starting with a setter in the front row for a defensive rotation is one way he's trying to stretch available subs. Playing Tanner through on the front row can save two subs. I'm not sure what happened in this scenario, maybe he didn't count them, but sometimes as a coach you believe your team can win the set before that shorter DS gets back to the front row. If the game goes to extra points, there's not much that you can do against that.
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Post by ay2013 on Oct 9, 2015 19:22:28 GMT -5
You always have three blockers available in a 5-1. Maybe one is a setter, but that's an advantage for tall setters. Furthermore, this year we have seen UW run out of subs and end up with Kim Condie in the front row as a blocker. More like two and a half blockers, when it comes to Arizona. UCLA's setter was 5'9". Both UCLA and Arizona try to pick up the blocking slack with lots of digs. So, did Keegan lose count? I don't think you should ever get stuck with a DS in the front row. You don't put her in, if that could be the case. Running out of subs is one of the hazards of running a 6-2, especially if also using an SS or DS. Starting with a setter in the front row for a defensive rotation is one way he's trying to stretch available subs. Playing Tanner through on the front row can save two subs. Keegan made the RIGHT call in that 4th set versus USC. UW was on serve 24-23 to take the set, one substitution left. You don't let Julye, who has limited serving and backrow experience, play 3 rotations in the back in the "off" chance that the set goes 3 more side outs and she needs to get to the front row. You play to WIN, especially considering it's a do or die set for UW. You stick with your normal rotation and HOPE that they can execute. Condie was in there to serve a good serve (which she did) and provide DEFENSE so that UW could swing for the match. Well, as it happens, in that very point, UW DID get to swing for the match and Jones made an error. Condie rotating to the front 2.5 rotations later because UW couldn't convert is NOT on Keegan. I think most coaches would have done what Keegan did in that situation.
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Post by AlohaAina on Oct 12, 2015 4:45:53 GMT -5
Just found out that Kalei Mau is the daughter of a friend I haven't seen in ages. We played Pop Warner football together- Kalei's dad was the best kicker in Pop Warner in Hawai'i- making 20+ yard field goals. We were the only pop warner team in Hawai'i to even attempt field goals. He was very Kolohe though, lol. I know this means little to everybody else but wanted to highlight what a small world we live in. I am rooting for Zona (even though I am one of the biggest U Dub fans out there) primarily because of Kalei.
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