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Post by gopherhim on Nov 18, 2021 20:48:20 GMT -5
If I had a team of only lefties I think I would just have the setter and opposite play on the left (i.e., setter back setting to the left/facing the right pin). Then your lefty middle could run a slide—to the left! Mirror image volleyball. Kinda fun/strange to picture that team playing against a “traditional” team. A coach I work with actually did this!! Had three left-handed middles, so they ran the setter from area 5 and area 4 That’s so cool! I suppose in this system you just hope your setter and opp can dig bombs from all the OOS sets that go to opposing left pins. Lefty libero could always play zone 5 when setter is front row.
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Post by wcdiggs on Nov 18, 2021 20:53:05 GMT -5
A coach I work with actually did this!! Had three left-handed middles, so they ran the setter from area 5 and area 4 That’s so cool! I suppose in this system you just hope your setter and opp can dig bombs from all the OOS sets that go to opposing left pins. Lefty libero could always play zone 5 when setter is front row. I wasn’t coaching when they did this so I may be wrong, but I think the L did play in 5 when the setter was front row, and the Opp played in 1 like normal
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Post by avid 2.0 on Nov 18, 2021 20:56:13 GMT -5
I looked up Wisconsin recruit Martha Anthouli. The Badgers say she is 6.85. Her profile lists say 202 cm or 6.62.? Block reach 9.3. off topic but she's not coming to Wisconsin anymore. She turned pro
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Post by hrothgar on Nov 18, 2021 22:39:53 GMT -5
I'm probably showing my complete ignorance, but why not run a slide step to the left with a left-hander? (Baseball infields are biased toward right-handers, bec. 1st base is to the right, but VB floors are neutral in layout, aren't they?) Has anyone ever put together a VB team of all left-handers? Would that discombobulate a team of right-handers, as it sometimes does to right-handers in tennis? I love VB, but I also wonder about possible revolutionary moves. Sorry to bore those knowledgeable about the sport. Fun questions. I've too thought about what an all-lefty team might be able to accomplish (with maybe having a righty playing on the left side as the "opposite.") But there are just so few L-handed middles that even if they did have a couple who were good enough to start on a DI team, for example, I expect it would be really discombobulating even for the team of lefties! It would be unlikely up to that point that they would have done anything similar (as far as getting lots of reps in a system like that) leading up to college. As far as running a slide on the left side with a left-handed middle, in theory it could work, but usually the setter lines up on the right side, and there is always outside hitter playing in the front row on the left. The reason a slide works usually is because when the setter is front row, the middle can run behind her and hit on the right. This splits the block nicely between right and left sides. The middle could technically run a slide with the right side hitter in the front row (when setter is back row), but then the R-sided hitter would have to run a crossing pattern or something and hit out of the middle. That's definitely something that gets tricky for opposing defenses, but generally when the right-sided hitter is in the front row, the middle hitter will tend to hit quicks out of the middle. I hope this doesn't confuse things for you further. Thanks. That helps, though, yes, it did confuse me further until I read it 3 times, but it confused me "less further" than some of the instructional books I tried reading about VB. Guess that's my punishment for growing up w/ the intricacies of baseball, not net sports. What confuses me most is why the Gophers' middles don't hit their kill attempts harder and slam them straight down to the floor with a vengeance, as middles do on other teams.
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Post by zero-rotation outside hitter on Nov 18, 2021 22:53:39 GMT -5
Fun questions. I've too thought about what an all-lefty team might be able to accomplish (with maybe having a righty playing on the left side as the "opposite.") But there are just so few L-handed middles that even if they did have a couple who were good enough to start on a DI team, for example, I expect it would be really discombobulating even for the team of lefties! It would be unlikely up to that point that they would have done anything similar (as far as getting lots of reps in a system like that) leading up to college. As far as running a slide on the left side with a left-handed middle, in theory it could work, but usually the setter lines up on the right side, and there is always outside hitter playing in the front row on the left. The reason a slide works usually is because when the setter is front row, the middle can run behind her and hit on the right. This splits the block nicely between right and left sides. The middle could technically run a slide with the right side hitter in the front row (when setter is back row), but then the R-sided hitter would have to run a crossing pattern or something and hit out of the middle. That's definitely something that gets tricky for opposing defenses, but generally when the right-sided hitter is in the front row, the middle hitter will tend to hit quicks out of the middle. I hope this doesn't confuse things for you further. Thanks. That helps, though, yes, it did confuse me further until I read it 3 times, but it confused me "less further" than some of the instructional books I tried reading about VB. Guess that's my punishment for growing up w/ the intricacies of baseball, not net sports. What confuses me most is why the Gophers' middles don't hit their kill attempts harder and slam them straight down to the floor with a vengeance, as middles do on other teams. I suspect the answer to this is that they simply do not possess the ability to do so.
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Post by lovebugsm on Nov 19, 2021 7:51:27 GMT -5
I am going to need this one to commit. Basketball definitely needs her, and she fits a need in vb too.
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Post by Snoopy on Nov 19, 2021 8:45:36 GMT -5
I am going to need this one to commit. Basketball definitely needs her, and she fits a need in vb too. Coach Whalen has a top 10 recruiting class for 2022 already. That can’t hurt...
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Post by lovebugsm on Nov 19, 2021 9:40:47 GMT -5
I am going to need this one to commit. Basketball definitely needs her, and she fits a need in vb too. Coach Whalen has a top 10 recruiting class for 2022 already. That can’t hurt... And a big post would make it so well rounded.
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Post by skiumahgopher on Nov 19, 2021 10:38:26 GMT -5
I am going to need this one to commit. Basketball definitely needs her, and she fits a need in vb too. Coach Whalen has a top 10 recruiting class for 2022 already. That can’t hurt... Braun is a combo guard, Battle is a point, Holloway & Heyer are small forwards. She could use a post player.
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Post by AmeriCanVBfan on Nov 19, 2021 11:58:56 GMT -5
Coach Whalen has a top 10 recruiting class for 2022 already. That can’t hurt... Holloway & Heyer are small forwards. Heyer is another one who could have played both sports in College. If she had gone to a top Volleyball Club during club season, she'd be the number two OH in the State. I'm excited to watch her play basketball.
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Post by vollem on Nov 19, 2021 14:18:25 GMT -5
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Post by lovebugsm on Nov 19, 2021 20:13:12 GMT -5
Ok now that work and practice is done for the day I was finally able to sit down and do some research on this Maggie Mendelson and Literally she is the perfect recruit for both teams. This will probably now be dangled in front of me just for her to pick some where else.
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Post by gophsstudent on Nov 19, 2021 20:56:41 GMT -5
Ok now that work and practice is done for the day I was finally able to sit down and do some research on this Maggie Mendelson and Literally she is the perfect recruit for both teams. This will probably now be dangled in front of me just for her to pick some where else. Get ready for the Texas commit lol
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Post by Snoopy on Nov 19, 2021 23:11:07 GMT -5
On scholarship or a walk-on?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2021 10:41:26 GMT -5
Maybe being a PWO was why it wasn't announced earlier?
Guessing they can come up with non-binding things for PWO's to "sign", to let them feel the same part of the class as the scholly athletes.
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