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Post by hammer on Aug 6, 2016 16:30:32 GMT -5
Gosh.. I can't wait for them to play Serbia. One thing is sure, the crowd will be backing the Serbs.
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Post by hammer on Aug 6, 2016 16:31:25 GMT -5
Kelly Murphy tore it up today. That's all. Check ... she played well
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Post by BuckysHeat on Aug 6, 2016 16:31:46 GMT -5
Huge peeve - on free ball from the net when a player just drops it over easily right into the libero in front of the 10' line. Bigger peeve, when they do it TWO times in one friggin rally! Do something to give your team a chance to reset and make the other team work for it. Such crap play that is That can be just as effective as anything else. How is it more effective than putting it up high or trying to move it out to the corners? Either of those will give your team a chance to get back in position when they are scrambling instead of looking up and seeing a hit coming down on you. I cannot be convinced it is ever a good idea unless you are on sand. As a setter she should have better awareness than that at any rate.
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Post by azvb on Aug 6, 2016 16:32:53 GMT -5
Awesome. I got to watch last 15 minutes of a bike race, an interview with a rifle shooter, lots of swimming, and slow motion turns in swimming and now rowing. All this when it said Women's VB would be live. Gonna be a frustrating 2 weeks.
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Post by akbar on Aug 6, 2016 16:33:11 GMT -5
Gosh.. I can't wait for them to play Serbia. I think this group will elevate their play. It wasn't pretty. I'm sure we will be sharper next outing. Im not certain I would be totally calm if it was my first Olympic match. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) Got a W.
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Post by Northern lights on Aug 6, 2016 16:34:15 GMT -5
Going to watch Brazil vs Cameroon now. I hear Brazil looked sharp.
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Post by VB48 on Aug 6, 2016 16:34:24 GMT -5
Not sure I have EVER seen a high level team back set this poorly. Yikes! I love our national team, but I agree that the setters Lloyd and glass are a result of the dumbing down of USA setters. There is no deception and glass has set to the middles on back sets and they get blocked because she telegraphs it. If our hitters weren't this good, we would be upset. Karch, with all his success, is just another hitter who does not appreciate the fine art of setting. There is very little deception, but that is not the worst of it - Over half of the backsets were unhittable. The first rule of setting is to set a hittable ball. Nothing else matters if you cannot do that.
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Post by akbar on Aug 6, 2016 16:35:38 GMT -5
Awesome. I got to watch last 15 minutes of a bike race..... That was awesome....and crazy. I so wanted that Polish guy to win.
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Post by holidayhusker on Aug 6, 2016 16:38:47 GMT -5
Yes...tried..keeps saying due to location restrictions. It was weird. It let me watch one game, but then locked me out. Good thing there was TV. ![???](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/huh.png) ? I watched tv and it wasn't on...did they leave beach ?
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Post by vup on Aug 6, 2016 16:38:57 GMT -5
Gosh.. I can't wait for them to play Serbia. I think this group will elevate their play. It wasn't pretty. I'm sure we will be sharper next outing. Im not certain I would be totally calm if it was my first Olympic match. Got a W. Glass Hill Banwarth Murphy Lowe Adams Lloyd Robinson All making their Olympic debuts. That's 2/3 of our team.
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Post by azvb on Aug 6, 2016 16:41:19 GMT -5
Now Al Michaels says they are going LIVE to beach vb, but I watched this match a couple of hours ago on the nbc app. What the.........
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Post by azvb on Aug 6, 2016 16:42:01 GMT -5
Awesome. I got to watch last 15 minutes of a bike race..... That was awesome....and crazy. I so wanted that Polish guy to win. the crash made it interesting. Polish guy just ran outta gas.
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Post by Northern lights on Aug 6, 2016 16:42:50 GMT -5
I think this group will elevate their play. It wasn't pretty. I'm sure we will be sharper next outing. Im not certain I would be totally calm if it was my first Olympic match. Got a W. Glass Hill Banwarth Murphy Lowe Adams Lloyd Robinson All making their Olympic debuts. That's 2/3 of our team. That's a lot of jitters on one court.
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Post by fredrick on Aug 6, 2016 16:50:13 GMT -5
Yes...tried..keeps saying due to location restrictions. My bad. You know what, I didn't thoroughly read the link when I bookmarked it last night. I copy/pasted the link from huskervball's twitter and just assumed the stream link was from teamusa.org site. I thought maybe Team USA somehow got the rights to stream some of the preliminary matches like they did for the NORCECA Olympics qualifier that was streamed from Lincoln in January.
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Post by supportvball on Aug 6, 2016 16:51:00 GMT -5
I love our national team, but I agree that the setters Lloyd and glass are a result of the dumbing down of USA setters. There is no deception and glass has set to the middles on back sets and they get blocked because she telegraphs it. If our hitters weren't this good, we would be upset. Karch, with all his success, is just another hitter who does not appreciate the fine art of setting. There is very little deception, but that is not the worst of it - Over half of the backsets were unhittable. The first rule of setting is to set a hittable ball. Nothing else matters if you cannot do that. +1
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