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Post by guidomn on Aug 20, 2016 22:43:28 GMT -5
if Lan ping stays China will be very difficult to beat, mind you thats its avery young AND very tall team that won the olympic gold as some kind of training and psycholigical tests thats it. Zhu is unstopable, if you dont open a large point advantage over China, Zhu will keep hammering missiles after missiles
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2016 22:51:16 GMT -5
China will always be young their players always retire earlier than most countries!
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Post by Hookemhasbeen on Aug 20, 2016 23:13:00 GMT -5
Just got back to our Airbnb in Rio from the game and wow was I impressed. After seeing Serbia Beat us, I was really impressed and thought after that first set they might come out with the gold but China and Zhu had other plans. That shot down the line where she absolutely crushed the Serbian setter in the face was one of the most intense hits I've ever seen in person. My jaw hit the floor, it was incredible and the angle where we were setting gave some great views to the movement her cross court shots have on it as well. I don't know her name, but #9 from Serbia had a horrible match and I hate that it happened for her in the gold medal game. Boskovic was phenomenal, at 19 she is a stud! Maybe my favorite player of the game was the China setter. She had some mind blowing saves, I love that spike on 2 she had in game 3, and she just really kept feeding the hot hand. I was upset coming into this game that we werent going to see USA in the gold medal match but I was up and screaming the whole time with this game. So much fun and really happy for China for pulling off the victory!
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Post by guidomn on Aug 20, 2016 23:25:50 GMT -5
Highest Score: Ting Zhu 179 Points
Best Spiker: Ting Zhu 42.27%
Best blocker: Milena Rasíc
Best serve: Milena Rasíc
Best defensor: Debby Stam-Pilon
Bst setter: Alisha Glass
Best digs statistics: Silvija Popovic 45,32%
MVP: Ting Zhu
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Post by audiovol on Aug 20, 2016 23:33:07 GMT -5
China played their best match at the right time. Serbia played their best match in the semis. China looked pretty inconsistent in many matches leading up to this but were definitely firing on all cylinders tonight. As someone else posted, scary to think how good they might be in a few years.
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Post by guidomn on Aug 20, 2016 23:46:55 GMT -5
olmpic team
Oposite hiter: Sloetjes
setter: Alisha Glass
Middle: Rasic e Akirandewo
outside hiter: Zhu e Mihajlovic
Líbero: Li
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Post by HappyVolley on Aug 20, 2016 23:56:33 GMT -5
Alisha Glass could not possibly have been named the best setter. Everyone knows she is far inferior to Cheesehead Jesus, who will take Alisha's job as soon as she enters the USAV gym. Never mind that Cheesehead Jesus lost her starting job in the first match of the Pan Am Cup.
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Post by guidomn on Aug 21, 2016 0:09:05 GMT -5
Alisha Glass could not possibly have been named the best setter. Everyone knows she is far inferior to Cheesehead Jesus, who will take Alisha's job as soon as she enters the USAV gym. Never mind that Cheesehead Jesus lost her starting job in the first match of the Pan Am Cup. I agree with you, but that was the official list, and the "dream team" list I just posted was just posted by FIVB |
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Post by midnightblue on Aug 21, 2016 4:15:43 GMT -5
I'm really happy for China. HUGE fan of JLP. China caught fire and confidence at exactly the right time.
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Post by rogero1 on Aug 21, 2016 4:58:40 GMT -5
Man, I can't imagine how good China will be 4 years from now. A silver in World Champs, a gold medal in Olympics. All achieving these with a bunch of teenagers. lol The US women are 4-5 years behind because of the American collegiate system. By the time they graduate, the Chinese and the rest of the world have about 4 years of solid international experience as opposed to the USA's meager exposure (even if they are in the USAV HP pipeline). The US will not win gold in 2020 (even with Carlini) unless they can make up this experience gap. Putting a college coach in this position hurts the team (unless that coach already has international experience). The international game is at another level above the US collegiate game. The men are able to keep up internationally because they play by FIVB rules. IMHO, the NCAA & NFSHS prevents the US from getting the gold with all their rule modifications for the coaches. |
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Post by jna on Aug 21, 2016 7:08:23 GMT -5
Man, I can't imagine how good China will be 4 years from now. A silver in World Champs, a gold medal in Olympics. All achieving these with a bunch of teenagers. lol The US women are 4-5 years behind because of the American collegiate system. By the time they graduate, the Chinese and the rest of the world have about 4 years of solid international experience as opposed to the USA's meager exposure (even if they are in the USAV HP pipeline). The US will not win gold in 2020 (even with Carlini) unless they can make up this experience gap. Putting a college coach in this position hurts the team (unless that coach already has international experience). The international game is at another level above the US collegiate game. The men are able to keep up internationally because they play by FIVB rules. IMHO, the NCAA & NFSHS prevents the US from getting the gold with all their rule modifications for the coaches. Most of those chinese players were junior and youth players till summer 2014 and Lang Ping could still prepare them very well for the olympics. Why would Karch not be able to do the same with our college girls?.  |
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Post by Disc808 on Aug 21, 2016 7:33:28 GMT -5
The US women are 4-5 years behind because of the American collegiate system. By the time they graduate, the Chinese and the rest of the world have about 4 years of solid international experience as opposed to the USA's meager exposure (even if they are in the USAV HP pipeline). The US will not win gold in 2020 (even with Carlini) unless they can make up this experience gap. Putting a college coach in this position hurts the team (unless that coach already has international experience). The international game is at another level above the US collegiate game. The men are able to keep up internationally because they play by FIVB rules. IMHO, the NCAA & NFSHS prevents the US from getting the gold with all their rule modifications for the coaches. Most of those chinese players were junior and youth players till summer 2014 and Lang Ping could still prepare them very well for the olympics. Why would Karch not be able to do the same with our college girls?. And most of those players also got exposure to professional volleyball and probably have more time to train. I'm not saying the USA can't catch up, but China and other foreign countries have a lot of opportunities to play high level volleyball. Not to mention that some of the most athletic players in those countries may not be interested in sports other than volleyball, unlike the US (which has a plethora of sports for women). |
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Post by ironhammer on Aug 21, 2016 9:21:07 GMT -5
I notice that China often loses the first set, to Brazil, Netherlands and Serbia. But then, they always come back afterwards.
Its like they observe the strength and weaknesses of their opponent in the first set, playing atrociously while doing so. Then they devised a strategy to counter their opponent and wins.
Of course, I'm not suggesting that is really their actual strategy. But on could be forgiven for contemplating that.
But I think the really important player for China isn't on the court, but on the sidelines. Yes, it is Lang Ping. She was decisive here. Which key point do you think China has seized the momentum?
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Post by ironhammer on Aug 21, 2016 9:39:27 GMT -5
Btw, anyone know where I can watch a replay of this (and other indoor) volleyball match(es)?
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Post by Disc808 on Aug 21, 2016 14:45:31 GMT -5
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