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Post by c4ndlelight on Jun 20, 2020 23:08:55 GMT -5
She’ll be amazing at the next level.... once she starts showing she can hit slides You can be an elite international middle hitting off of 2 feet only and it can arguably be more valuable.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2020 11:23:33 GMT -5
She’ll be amazing at the next level.... once she starts showing she can hit slides I don’t remember if it was a scrimmage, spring or just straight up hitting lines. I watched her hit the slide and I thought she was pretty good! I just don’t know why she doesn’t do more in games. Maybe not green lit by coaches? Especially this past season with the injury, two feet may have been best for getting up and landing.
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Post by jengal on Jun 21, 2020 15:19:03 GMT -5
She’ll be amazing at the next level.... once she starts showing she can hit slides Inky would have been great...don’t know if she is playing pro or retired due to medical issues?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2020 23:00:59 GMT -5
Inky is 4 years out and didn't even get to compete in a single pr\o match I believe): I think she's living in New York now.
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Post by stanfordvb on Jun 22, 2020 0:29:45 GMT -5
She’ll be amazing at the next level.... once she starts showing she can hit slides You can be an elite international middle hitting off of 2 feet only and it can arguably be more valuable. I don’t think hitting primarily off two feet would be considered “more valuable” than hitting off of two feet and one foot as well. Being able to hit the two most common middle sets in certainly more valuable than just one. Especially if she’s in the front row for 2 Rotations with the setter... creates a lot more oppurtunity for the OH to hit at seams and be one on one, if she’s only going infront of the setter, the opposing middle doesn’t have to worry too much about the back set considering D balls are typically slower, higher balls that aren’t difficult to get to
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Post by Murina on Jun 22, 2020 0:54:01 GMT -5
I don’t think hitting primarily off two feet would be considered “more valuable” than hitting off of two feet and one foot as well. Being able to hit the two most common middle sets in certainly more valuable than just one. Especially if she’s in the front row for 2 Rotations with the setter... creates a lot more oppurtunity for the OH to hit at seams and be one on one, if she’s only going infront of the setter, the opposing middle doesn’t have to worry too much about the back set considering D balls are typically slower, higher balls that aren’t difficult to get to Among the best pro/national teams the slide is indeed going the way of the standing float serve - you can still see them from time to time, but not as often as you did 5-10 years ago. And the back row sets to zone 1 are the same tempo as the sets to zone 2 now. Teams that are quick to the right side are quick both front & back row (see Poulter's Chieri team last year for an average example).
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2020 8:34:44 GMT -5
Julianne Faucette (Johnson) is coming out of retirement and is playing for Bergamo! Just announced on IG!
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Post by c4ndlelight on Jun 22, 2020 10:32:29 GMT -5
You can be an elite international middle hitting off of 2 feet only and it can arguably be more valuable. I don’t think hitting primarily off two feet would be considered “more valuable” than hitting off of two feet and one foot as well. Being able to hit the two most common middle sets in certainly more valuable than just one. Especially if she’s in the front row for 2 Rotations with the setter... creates a lot more oppurtunity for the OH to hit at seams and be one on one, if she’s only going infront of the setter, the opposing middle doesn’t have to worry too much about the back set considering D balls are typically slower, higher balls that aren’t difficult to get to * more valuable than a player who can hit only the slide. And there really aren't many middles who are good at both. Team USA has had Foluke and Scott-Arruda..and that's about it. You'd also clearly put this player at M2, but even then for one rotation with a D ball you can easily spread the court. I also don't think the helping-the-OH explanation holds up for the slide, depending on how the other team is defending it and what their blocking scheme is giving. However, with an effective quick attacker you ALWAYS get the opposing middle committed in the air, which helps everyone else out.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2020 16:30:32 GMT -5
Turns out it was Juliann Faucette coming out of retirement!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2020 16:36:58 GMT -5
Megan Courtney officially follows Barbollini to Scandicci. www.volleyball.it/mercato/a1-femminile-2020-21/She will have plenty of competition for the starting spot with Lucia Bosetti, Elena Pietrini and Srna Marković as the other OH's on the roster. The rest of the roster is solid though: Malinov, Stysiak, M. Popovic, Lubian, Samadan, Drewniok and Merlo. I wonder if they will be in Champions League again this year or if they will be in the CEV Cup since they finished fourth in the league last year before things shut down?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2020 17:51:52 GMT -5
Not a whole lot of American's landing in Poland this season. I wonder why?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2020 20:23:56 GMT -5
I don’t think hitting primarily off two feet would be considered “more valuable” than hitting off of two feet and one foot as well. Being able to hit the two most common middle sets in certainly more valuable than just one. Especially if she’s in the front row for 2 Rotations with the setter... creates a lot more oppurtunity for the OH to hit at seams and be one on one, if she’s only going infront of the setter, the opposing middle doesn’t have to worry too much about the back set considering D balls are typically slower, higher balls that aren’t difficult to get to Among the best pro/national teams the slide is indeed going the way of the standing float serve - you can still see them from time to time, but not as often as you did 5-10 years ago. And the back row sets to zone 1 are the same tempo as the sets to zone 2 now. Teams that are quick to the right side are quick both front & back row (see Poulter's Chieri team last year for an average example). I miss Lo Bianco to Gioli.
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Post by northwoods on Jun 22, 2020 22:15:57 GMT -5
I don’t think hitting primarily off two feet would be considered “more valuable” than hitting off of two feet and one foot as well. Being able to hit the two most common middle sets in certainly more valuable than just one. Especially if she’s in the front row for 2 Rotations with the setter... creates a lot more oppurtunity for the OH to hit at seams and be one on one, if she’s only going infront of the setter, the opposing middle doesn’t have to worry too much about the back set considering D balls are typically slower, higher balls that aren’t difficult to get to * more valuable than a player who can hit only the slide. And there really aren't many middles who are good at both. Team USA has had Foluke and Scott-Arruda..and that's about it. You'd also clearly put this player at M2, but even then for one rotation with a D ball you can easily spread the court. I also don't think the helping-the-OH explanation holds up for the slide, depending on how the other team is defending it and what their blocking scheme is giving. However, with an effective quick attacker you ALWAYS get the opposing middle committed in the air, which helps everyone else out.
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Post by northwoods on Jun 22, 2020 22:18:49 GMT -5
I don’t think hitting primarily off two feet would be considered “more valuable” than hitting off of two feet and one foot as well. Being able to hit the two most common middle sets in certainly more valuable than just one. Especially if she’s in the front row for 2 Rotations with the setter... creates a lot more oppurtunity for the OH to hit at seams and be one on one, if she’s only going infront of the setter, the opposing middle doesn’t have to worry too much about the back set considering D balls are typically slower, higher balls that aren’t difficult to get to * more valuable than a player who can hit only the slide. And there really aren't many middles who are good at both. Team USA has had Foluke and Scott-Arruda..and that's about it. You'd also clearly put this player at M2, but even then for one rotation with a D ball you can easily spread the court. I also don't think the helping-the-OH explanation holds up for the slide, depending on how the other team is defending it and what their blocking scheme is giving. However, with an effective quick attacker you ALWAYS get the opposing middle committed in the air, which helps everyone else out. What interest would Rettke garner assuming she is available to pro leagues after the NCAA season wraps up in December?
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