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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2020 18:23:47 GMT -5
For some reason, I always felt like Plummer was one of those players who was more comfortable receiving overhand she was a setter so it makes sense
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2020 20:11:28 GMT -5
Karch has the same problem with defense that I do. It isn't moving per se. It's moving around before the defender sees what's happening. Look at some film of Hentz. She rarely moves too early except to take a new position. I always thought he was mostly bothered by how much she HAS to move, but that's a function of team strategy, not Hentz's technique. On a team with several solid passers and defenders, she would still rely on reading, but not have to make such dramatic moves. In terms of team strategy, she's playing base-to-corner read which allows the defender in area 6 to stay neutral & gives Hentz the bulk of the reading responsibilities. She is only able to do that BECAUSE of her footwork. Karch knows this. He's playing to the peanut gallery when he complains about her movement during broadcasts. He never bothers to explain why she uses the outside in technique and only highlights it when she makes a bad read or gets caught. Meanwhile he'll give her credit for her defense but omit the fact that it's her footwork that sets her apart. I said right at the start of this thread that it's still an unknown whether she can translate her defense to the Olympic level, and unless get SR improves she won't get the chance, but to say it's a product of the system isn't true. It's entirely about her technique, which allows her to play that way.
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Post by gibbyb1 on Apr 24, 2020 20:28:14 GMT -5
For some reason, I always felt like Plummer was one of those players who was more comfortable receiving overhand Well she’s not a great mover, so that stands to reason.
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Post by Disc808 on Apr 24, 2020 20:44:40 GMT -5
For some reason, I always felt like Plummer was one of those players who was more comfortable receiving overhand Well she’s not a great mover, so that stands to reason. Well of course she's not a mover, she's a Plummer. Lol k im cringe I know
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Post by libro on Apr 24, 2020 20:57:10 GMT -5
For some reason, I always felt like Plummer was one of those players who was more comfortable receiving overhand I’ve heard that taller players in general can just hand pass more efficiently than the smalls.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2020 21:28:17 GMT -5
For some reason, I always felt like Plummer was one of those players who was more comfortable receiving overhand I’ve heard that taller players in general can just hand pass more efficiently than the smalls. Hand size and wrist strength.
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Post by libro on Apr 24, 2020 21:30:43 GMT -5
I’ve heard that taller players in general can just hand pass more efficiently than the smalls. Hand size and wrist strength. Unfair. I would like to be small and can hand pass lol. Tall ppl don’t need that skill
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Post by Disc808 on Apr 24, 2020 21:32:12 GMT -5
Hand size and wrist strength. Unfair. I would like to be small and can hand pass lol. Tall ppl don’t need that skill She hardly used it past 2016 I seem to remember
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2020 21:34:53 GMT -5
Hand size and wrist strength. Unfair. I would like to be small and can hand pass lol. Tall ppl don’t need that skill That's why it's far more common in the men's game. Larger hands allows them a greater margin for error if they miss time the ball.
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Post by libro on Apr 24, 2020 21:35:43 GMT -5
Unfair. I would like to be small and can hand pass lol. Tall ppl don’t need that skill She hardly used it past 2016 I seem to remember She used it I think anytime she was in Ro1 and just in position 1 in general. Which, to be fair, is a great way to get out of passing in the 1
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Post by stanfordvb on Apr 24, 2020 23:00:33 GMT -5
Sorry I just found this thread and didn’t feel like reading through 39 pages lol.
What’s the consensus on Maloney? Is she gonna continue to train and try for Tokyo or does anyone know if she’s retired again due to the postponing?
This isn’t a question, but I think a couple of players on the brink may have a better shot at the team now. If hentz gets to play a pro season who knows what could end up happening, she certainly has the athletic ability to one day earn that spot, but who knows how fast she’ll develop at that level. Another question is Plummer, I’d say she had a pretty solid first season in the toughest league in the world, she showed she can handle the speed at the highest level which, at least for me, was the biggest question surrounding her.
I agree that Robinson is the best libero we have, but I also think she is the best OH we have and I’d rather have her there. She hit a new level this past year. Someone mentioned that she tends to struggle against the best teams but if I remember that match against China’s A squad at vnls she was on fire. I think her court vision is really setting her apart and she belongs at OH.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2020 23:34:14 GMT -5
If this years VNL happens, even in abbreviated form....I think most teams, those who even participate, will either send players on the bubble, new talent, workhorse players OR they will send everything they have since everyone has been stuck in quarantine around the world and will be itching to get back to playing.
I ask this because if I were Karch, and this tournament happens, I would send all the new talent that no longer has any collegiate eligibility and/or who ever has something to prove/is getting back in shape (Rachael and Foluke).
What do you all think?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2020 23:35:21 GMT -5
Terrific thread BTW....tons of amazing content!
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Post by jay on Apr 25, 2020 1:04:09 GMT -5
When it came to this years pro-season no OH2 was playing better then Kim Hill right up to the cancellation point.
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Post by n00b on Apr 25, 2020 1:12:48 GMT -5
When it came to this years pro-season no OH2 was playing better then Kim Hill right up to the cancellation point. It's a shame she doesn't fit the USA system.
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