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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Oct 13, 2014 14:46:40 GMT -5
i had posted this on cindy's blog ...
maybe it's time to invest in the 6-2 … setting is a weakness, and i would have hoped that higgins would have found a consistency by now. but if she and koelsch shared duties, it might help both setters to find focus (as well as give koelsch some meaningful playing time). they’d only need to be consistent for 3 rotations, rather than 6.
in a 6-2, i’d switch taylor and olevao. put taylor on the left, and olevao at opposite — a passing opposite. again the limited time as a passer might allow olevao to focus more on only the 3 rotations she’s asked to pass.
taylor is more comfortable on the left anyway. higgins’ sets to the left are more consistent than her backsets to the right pin and to the D set. give taylor more of the quality sets to swing on. and the D set isn’t quite the weapon that it can be yet, with taylor still coming back from injury.
i’m just trying to figure out some adjustments that might work. i don’t know if these are the answer. but this weekend proved that adjustments need to be made. and these might help to emphasize the team’s strengths, while limiting the weaknesses that opposing teams can exploit.
if not anything along these lines, then i hope the coaching staff comes up with something that will propel the team forward.
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Post by hapaguy on Oct 13, 2014 15:14:18 GMT -5
i had posted this on cindy's blog ... maybe it's time to invest in the 6-2 … setting is a weakness, and i would have hoped that higgins would have found a consistency by now. but if she and koelsch shared duties, it might help both setters to find focus (as well as give koelsch some meaningful playing time). they’d only need to be consistent for 3 rotations, rather than 6. in a 6-2, i’d switch taylor and olevao. put taylor on the left, and olevao at opposite — a passing opposite. again the limited time as a passer might allow olevao to focus more on only the 3 rotations she’s asked to pass. taylor is more comfortable on the left anyway. higgins’ sets to the left are more consistent than her backsets to the right pin and to the D set. give taylor more of the quality sets to swing on. and the D set isn’t quite the weapon that it can be yet, with taylor still coming back from injury. i’m just trying to figure out some adjustments that might work. i don’t know if these are the answer. but this weekend proved that adjustments need to be made. and these might help to emphasize the team’s strengths, while limiting the weaknesses that opposing teams can exploit. if not anything along these lines, then i hope the coaching staff comes up with something that will propel the team forward. IMHO they can't switch to a 6-2 because of their passing problems. The 6-2 only works well if you have good passing because basically your passing with 2 players most of the time. Their passing is the root of this teams problems as evidenced by the low number of sets going to the middle. If they fix their passing problems and are able to set the middle more often not only will that generate more points in middle, it will open up our OH and you will see they will hit for a higher percentage than they are now...
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Oct 13, 2014 15:57:04 GMT -5
i had posted this on cindy's blog ... maybe it's time to invest in the 6-2 … setting is a weakness, and i would have hoped that higgins would have found a consistency by now. but if she and koelsch shared duties, it might help both setters to find focus (as well as give koelsch some meaningful playing time). they’d only need to be consistent for 3 rotations, rather than 6. in a 6-2, i’d switch taylor and olevao. put taylor on the left, and olevao at opposite — a passing opposite. again the limited time as a passer might allow olevao to focus more on only the 3 rotations she’s asked to pass. taylor is more comfortable on the left anyway. higgins’ sets to the left are more consistent than her backsets to the right pin and to the D set. give taylor more of the quality sets to swing on. and the D set isn’t quite the weapon that it can be yet, with taylor still coming back from injury. i’m just trying to figure out some adjustments that might work. i don’t know if these are the answer. but this weekend proved that adjustments need to be made. and these might help to emphasize the team’s strengths, while limiting the weaknesses that opposing teams can exploit. if not anything along these lines, then i hope the coaching staff comes up with something that will propel the team forward. IMHO they can't switch to a 6-2 because of their passing problems. The 6-2 only works well if you have good passing because basically your passing with 2 players most of the time. Their passing is the root of this teams problems as evidenced by the low number of sets going to the middle. If they fix their passing problems and are able to set the middle more often not only will that generate more points in middle, it will open up our OH and you will see they will hit for a higher percentage than they are now... i think a 6-2 is still do-able. and i agree a root problem is passing. that's the kicker right there... i've been trying to think of what adjustments can be made in that department. one was what i mentioned above -- give olevao a more defined/limited role as a passer. get her to focus on being a crisp passer for just 3 rotations, instead of the greater burden of passing for 6 rotations. a limited role might help in that regard. when kahakai returns then she could take back row duties for taylor, whose back-row attacks don't have that extra heat on them yet, at least not while she's still coming back from injury. and then the 6-2 allows them to have 3 front row attackers at all times ... lessening the need to have a back row attack as an outlet. (at the moment, taylor and olevao are used as options out of the back row.) again, my thinking is that if the team simplifies things a little -- and i know, ironically going to a 6-2 doesn't "sound" like it's simplifying things -- but going this route allows some players a breather. give players like olevao, higgins and taylor fewer duties on the court (while allowing players like passi/koelsh/kahakai, when she returns to take on more), and it may allow them all to better focuse on the responsibilities that they are still tasked with. share and spread out the responsibilities on the court, and maybe, just maybe, it gives opposing teams fewer things to exploit.
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Post by volleyballfan99 on Oct 13, 2014 18:28:32 GMT -5
What I would like to see is a variation to the 6-2, where Higgins and Koelsch switch off. Koelsch plays the front row and Higgins the back row. Also, have Koelsch positioned next to Magill. Koelsch seems to give Magill higher sets, which Magill likes, then the low sets that Higgins gives Magill. On the other hand, Higgins seems to set Adolpho better, then Koelsch does. From what I have seen, they both set the pins about the same. The one advantage Koelsch gives the Wahine playing the front row, is a bigger blocker.
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Post by vb4me on Oct 14, 2014 18:05:35 GMT -5
Koelsch has a total of 18 assists for the season so it's hard to see what people are basing her skills on. Against Northridge she set one ball exactly on top of the net and then she was tooled. A bigger block is not always a better block. Her biggest asset seems to be dumping the overpass.
Solve the passing problem first...most of the passes are 2's at best so expecting much out of the setter is unrealistic. You can "better" the ball but you can't run an offense when you're setting every ball from behind the 10' line.
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Post by Wolfgang on Oct 14, 2014 18:11:06 GMT -5
I don't think the various positions were hotly contested during the summer. The current crop of starters are starting because they are far better than the reserves. The only reason I might start the reserves is to get them more experience in preparation for the future. And I'm talking about three players in particular -- Maglio, Huff, and Koelsch. But this means that you're conceding that this season is a bust. I'm not sure Shoji is willing to do that.
Yeah, Shoji blows smoke all the time.
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