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Post by mikegarrison on Aug 13, 2018 16:41:00 GMT -5
Most of our service pressure and pin blocking are gone. Blocking, yes, usually takes a while to develop. Serving, on the other hand, has been a strength ever since Keegan joined the program. I see no reason why he can't be expected to develop the current players into good servers as he has the previous players.
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Post by redbeard2008 on Aug 13, 2018 16:42:41 GMT -5
I think the focus should be putting the most experienced team on the floor as possible for NEXT year. The most experienced line-up would be: OH1: Bajema OH2: Julye MB1: Sanders OPP: Drechsel S: Powell L: McPherson DS: Calle Most "talented" might be a little different. I thought Cook's biggest mistake last season was not in starting his most talented player from day one and sticking with her.
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Post by ay2013 on Aug 13, 2018 17:03:43 GMT -5
Most of our service pressure and pin blocking are gone. Blocking, yes, usually takes a while to develop. Serving, on the other hand, has been a strength ever since Keegan joined the program. I see no reason why he can't be expected to develop the current players into good servers as he has the previous players. In time, I suppose.... IMO there is a difference between the relative strength of a serve and the overall efficiency and effectiveness of the service pressure. I don't think it's all that hard for someone to develop a tough serve, whether or not they are effective and efficient with that serve is another story all together. We take out seniors who have done an excellent job mastering the art of precision serving....Scambray, Tanner, Schwan (smaller extent Jones because she was injured throughout the year)......I don't doubt that the coaching staff can develop tough servers, I just highly doubt it will be at the efficiency and effectiveness of what we had last year. All of the seniors' serving effectiveness improved over the years. There isn't a single college coach that would tell you that the serving effectiveness that quartet of huskies put on last year is replicable year after year.
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Post by mikegarrison on Aug 13, 2018 17:06:16 GMT -5
Blocking, yes, usually takes a while to develop. Serving, on the other hand, has been a strength ever since Keegan joined the program. I see no reason why he can't be expected to develop the current players into good servers as he has the previous players. In time, I suppose.... IMO there is a difference between the relative strength of a serve and the overall efficiency and effectiveness of the service pressure. I don't think it's all that hard for someone to develop a tough serve, whether or not they are effective and efficient with that serve is another story all together. We take out seniors who have done an excellent job mastering the art of precision serving....Scambray, Tanner, Schwan (smaller extent Jones because she was injured throughout the year)......I don't doubt that the coaching staff can develop tough servers, I just highly doubt it will be at the efficiency and effectiveness of what we had last year. All of the seniors' serving effectiveness improved over the years. There isn't a single college coach that would tell you that the serving effectiveness that quartet of huskies put on last year is replicable year after year. The point is, year after year after year since Keegan arrived in the program, the Huskies have led the PAC-12 in serving. Usually by a wide margin. And it hasn't always been the same players. So I'm not too worried about serving.
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Post by ay2013 on Aug 13, 2018 17:06:22 GMT -5
I think the focus should be putting the most experienced team on the floor as possible for NEXT year. The most experienced line-up would be: OH1: Bajema OH2: Julye MB1: Sanders OPP: Drechsel S: Powell L: McPherson DS: Calle Most "talented" might be a little different. I thought Cook's biggest mistake last season was not in starting his most talented player from day one and sticking with her. 1- I'd hardly call Bajema UW's most "talented" player last year.... 2- Bajema actually DID play in week 1.....
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Post by mikegarrison on Aug 13, 2018 17:07:46 GMT -5
I think the focus should be putting the most experienced team on the floor as possible for NEXT year. The most experienced line-up would be: OH1: Bajema OH2: Julye MB1: Sanders OPP: Drechsel S: Powell L: McPherson DS: Calle Most "talented" might be a little different. I thought Cook's biggest mistake last season was not in starting his most talented player from day one and sticking with her. Hmm. Seems to me he did start the reigning PAC-12 POY right from day one and stuck with her, even though she seemed to struggle at times. Or wait, were you mistakenly referring to someone else?
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Post by ay2013 on Aug 13, 2018 17:27:03 GMT -5
In time, I suppose.... IMO there is a difference between the relative strength of a serve and the overall efficiency and effectiveness of the service pressure. I don't think it's all that hard for someone to develop a tough serve, whether or not they are effective and efficient with that serve is another story all together. We take out seniors who have done an excellent job mastering the art of precision serving....Scambray, Tanner, Schwan (smaller extent Jones because she was injured throughout the year)......I don't doubt that the coaching staff can develop tough servers, I just highly doubt it will be at the efficiency and effectiveness of what we had last year. All of the seniors' serving effectiveness improved over the years. There isn't a single college coach that would tell you that the serving effectiveness that quartet of huskies put on last year is replicable year after year. The point is, year after year after year since Keegan arrived in the program, the Huskies have led the PAC-12 in serving. Usually by a wide margin. And it hasn't always been the same players. So I'm not too worried about serving. I get what you are saying and I'm not disagreeing that UW hasn't been considered a strong serving team, and this is not just a K. Cook thing, it's been that way for a long while. BUT I'm talking about something far more distinct. I'm saying that the graduating serving corps produced an absolutely outstanding balance of effectiveness AND efficiency at the line. In fact, I think it was probably the single greatest group serving performance in UW's history. I actually hate just looking at aces and errors because it doesn't give the full picture of the service game (total serves would help balance that out), but since that is what is readily available: 2017 primary senior serves: Scambray, Schwan, Tanner, Jones 126 Aces 99 Errors For every error these players made at the service line, which gives a point to the other team, these players netted 1.27 aces Here are some general team numbers from the last few years 2016 172 aces 212 errors 0.81% 2015 165 aces 247 errors 0.66% 2014 182 aces 262 errors 0.69% 2013 202 aces 227 errors 0.88 I don't think it's surprising to see that the the last time this team was without the graduating quartet of primary serves, it was with a bunch of other seniors and juniors (this was during the FF run in 2013)....in fact if you subtract out a freshmen Strickland's erratic serving numbers, that 2013 percentage is actually 1.1%. I think that aggregate points scored off serve, UW is certainly up there ever year....but the effectiveness and overall efficiency takes dips when we don't have a bunch of experienced juniors and seniors at the line. McPherson hasn't developed a very effective serve (yet), and she certainly isn't incredibly efficient with it. Julye has a solid serve, Remains to be seen what Bajema's serve looks like every 6 rotations after being asked to do everything else....everyone else on the team are serving enigma's at this point.
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Post by ay2013 on Aug 13, 2018 17:27:22 GMT -5
The most experienced line-up would be: OH1: Bajema OH2: Julye MB1: Sanders OPP: Drechsel S: Powell L: McPherson DS: Calle Most "talented" might be a little different. I thought Cook's biggest mistake last season was not in starting his most talented player from day one and sticking with her. Hmm. Seems to me he did start the reigning PAC-12 POY right from day one and stuck with her, even though she seemed to struggle at times. Or wait, were you mistakenly referring to someone else?
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Post by volleyca on Aug 13, 2018 21:00:59 GMT -5
Love the jerseys
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Post by redbeard2008 on Aug 13, 2018 23:37:55 GMT -5
The most experienced line-up would be: OH1: Bajema OH2: Julye MB1: Sanders OPP: Drechsel S: Powell L: McPherson DS: Calle Most "talented" might be a little different. I thought Cook's biggest mistake last season was not in starting his most talented player from day one and sticking with her. 1- I'd hardly call Bajema UW's most "talented" player last year.... 2- Bajema actually DID play in week 1..... 1. Well, matter of opinion. I do think she was their most talented offensive option (that certainly turned out to be the case later in the season). The plan was to start her, with McPherson DSing for her backrow, until Crissy got hurt, with McPherson then having to DS for DeHoog. 2. She didn't play in the first match. She played in two of the first four matches, starting in only one (the second). My thinking is it was better to take some lumps early, than late. As it was, she only had ten total starts for the season.
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Post by tomclen on Aug 15, 2018 13:14:05 GMT -5
Seattle Storm (WNBA) will play the 2019 season at Hec Ed (Alaska Airlines Arena) while Key Arena is being refurbished (for the 903rd time!).
Not much regular season conflict potential for volleyball. The WNBA regular season pretty much is wrapping up as VB is starting. But could this lead to WNBA playoff conflicts? Practice conflicts?
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Post by redbeard2008 on Aug 15, 2018 13:34:54 GMT -5
Seattle Storm (WNBA) will play the 2019 season at Hec Ed (Alaska Airlines Arena) while Key Arena is being refurbished (for the 903rd time!). Not much regular season conflict potential for volleyball. The WNBA regular season pretty much is wrapping up as VB is starting. But could this lead to WNBA playoff conflicts? Practice conflicts? Theoretically, could interfere with the first week of UW's season (starting on August 24 this year). www.wnba.com/news/storm-set-to-play-2019-season-at-university-of-washingtons-alaska-airlines-arena/However, the announcement said nothing about the 2019 WNBA Playoffs being at Hec Ed. UW would likely make some good money if they were. As to practice conflicts, the Storm practice at SPU.
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Post by mikegarrison on Aug 15, 2018 13:40:19 GMT -5
However, the announcement said nothing about the 2019 WNBA Playoffs being at Hec Ed. Obviously no one knows yet if the Storm will be involved in the 2019 playoffs.
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Post by redbeard2008 on Aug 15, 2018 14:38:55 GMT -5
However, the announcement said nothing about the 2019 WNBA Playoffs being at Hec Ed. Obviously no one knows yet if the Storm will be involved in the 2019 playoffs. The presence or absence of the Storm wouldn't effect where the 2019 playoffs will be sited - if not at Hec Ed, it wouldn't interfere with UW's early season (assuming dates similar to 2018).
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Post by mikegarrison on Aug 15, 2018 15:12:54 GMT -5
Obviously no one knows yet if the Storm will be involved in the 2019 playoffs. The presence or absence of the Storm wouldn't effect where the 2019 playoffs will be sited - if not at Hec Ed, it wouldn't interfere with UW's early season (assuming dates similar to 2018). Huh? In the WNBA, teams host their own playoff games. So yes, it very much would matter whether the Storm was in the playoffs or not.
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