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Post by Spike Town on Feb 19, 2018 14:11:47 GMT -5
Any noticeable takeaways from the block D. I find it fascinating to see the last two USA MVB Olympic coaches going head to head. I don't get to see either team enough to have a good sense of what they learned from their international experiences and brought to their respective NCAA programs. Systematically, I'd love to hear what people think the two programs do differently? Thanks! All 5 of Long Beach State's defenders are great. Ensing might be the best defensive opposite I have seen at this level. This isn't so much the result of a system than it is a bunch of guys who are just highly skilled individual players. Micah is also a freakish defender. I think most coaches adapt their "system" to the talent they have. I'm sure that Speraw doesn't always love the 6-2, but he ran it for a couple of years because that's what the talent on the roster called for. It seems that Knipe's "system" is to run incredibly fast sets to both pins, but I would argue this is because he has a phenomenal setter and two incredible attackers in TJ Defalco and Kyle Ensing. I am sure Knipe wouldn't run such a fast red if he didn't have players like Josh and Kyle who can run it so effectively. As far as overall differences, UCLA is balanced on offense and LBSU can ride their two studs in Defalco and Ensing. At the end of the day, UCLA lost the serve and pass game by a significant margin and this resulted in easy sideouts for LBSU and very challenging sideouts for UCLA because of the off-passes. UCLA can absolutely beat LBSU, but they are going to have to serve more balls in and handle LBSU's serves better to do so. Thanks! I appreciate your perspective.
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Post by Spike Town on Feb 19, 2018 14:12:26 GMT -5
Any noticeable takeaways from the block D. I find it fascinating to see the last two USA MVB Olympic coaches going head to head. I don't get to see either team enough to have a good sense of what they learned from their international experiences and brought to their respective NCAA programs. Systematically, I'd love to hear what people think the two programs do differently? Thanks! I don't know if the coaches set their systems up like this but I see one key difference in the offenses for both teams. It seems as though LBSU relies on establishing their pins to open up their middles while UCLA relies on the middle to open up their pins. I would say that the UCLA method is what you'll see a majority of the time around the country but what they do with their bic after establishing the middle is special. Unfortunately, passing breakdowns have been causing them fits but I'm guessing they'll figure that out as the season goes along. Thank you!
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Post by robonthemic on Feb 20, 2018 12:25:17 GMT -5
Totally forgot to post my highlights from Saturday. It was a HIGH ENERGY match and the crowd at the Pyramid was awesome to see (and hear)!
#GrowTheGame feel free to share the URL
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Post by CoastalVB on Feb 20, 2018 15:26:15 GMT -5
What happened to Spencer Oliver? He is on the Long Beach roster but not on the sidelines.
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