Video - Ball State vs Loyola - 1st & 2nd Sets

[cyberVBmidwest]

Video - Ball State vs Loyola - 1st & 2nd Sets of the March 24, 2006 match.

www.middlehitter.com

I will process the last two sets this weekend and post next week.

[cyberVBmidwest]

Quick question:

I ran out of time to process this whole match anyway but would you rather view these and future matches:

one set at a time (approx 20 min each)

full match (approx 1 hr to 1 hr 40 min) or

something in between (40 min or so)??

I have been posting the FIVB matches one set at a time because I figured 20 min was about all one could sit and view at a time.... I also don't have enough space to offer multiple choice!

Thanks for any feedback.

[nellakwah21]

I usually watch one set at a time, I don't have much more time between classes. Either way, 1 set or full match works for me.

[need2improve]

one set at a time

[Lew8ftln]

Think the link for one set would be the best....unless it at any time makes it more difficult to process for w/e reason

[VolleyTX]

Either works for me. I appreciate any chance I get to watch volleyball.

[vbfan4life]

I would probably prefer one set at a time.

It seems that Loyola really relies heavily on the "1" set. Their connection with the outside is not the greatest. It seems that the setter from time to time does not push the ball far outside enough and traps the hitter to hit into the net or into the block. I also found it quite astonishing that they were able to ace OSU twice with just a regular standing overhand serve. As for OSU, their serving is not really that tough. They mainly rely on the outside and opposites more. Something that I found quite disturbing is how often both teams with mis-time the ball and just free ball it over. Even when they free ball it over to the other side, they did not attempt to place it in a hard to reach area (i.e. deep corner) or try to keep it low or at least drive it over with some force. Instead, they set it over to the other side and made it so easily passable. Loyola is a better passing team than OSU, but I am not sure how they would compare to other schools. The Loyola gym is also quite small and has a low ceiling. It felt like that a lot of times, balls would have been saved if it was not for the ball hitting the ceiling and altering the trajectory of the ball.

Were both teams not playing at their full capability? If memory serves me right, Loyola took UCLA to 5 before being defeated right? Is this the really that same team?

Please comment. Thanks!

[vbfan4life]

Oh yeah...thanks for all of your work cyber...completely forgot to thank you for all of your dedication. BTW, what video equipment do you use to tape your matches and how do you post them on the net? If I ever have time/money, I might consider buying a camcorder of some type and forwarding the games to you so you can post it.

[cyberVBmidwest]

vbfan4life said:

BTW, what video equipment do you use to tape your matches and how do you post them on the net? If I ever have time/money, I might consider buying a camcorder of some type and forwarding the games to you so you can post it.

I use an older Digital 8 camcorder with a tripod for taping. Then, I connect the camcorder to my PC with a firewire cable, import with either Roxio VideoWave or MS MovieMaker, cut out major dead space, add a text box or so and burn in a 1.5 MB/sec .wmv file format. The import, burning and upload take 1 to 4 hours each.

I could make the files smaller but the video would suffer.