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Post by horns1 on Oct 23, 2021 13:20:08 GMT -5
It is kind of funny how critical some are when Gabriel setting to Butler is lacking; but, when they're connecting, it gets just a slight pat on the back here. That's proof how it's just so much easier to focus on the negative, and glance over the positive. We should praise Gabriel for.. wait for it… setting the middle?😱 Or, be fair. For those who complain when the connection/frequency isn't to their liking in some matches, it's not against the rules to comment about it when it's going well in other matches. |
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Post by dl3ww on Oct 23, 2021 13:56:12 GMT -5
We should praise Gabriel for.. wait for it… setting the middle?😱 Or, be fair. For those who complain when the connection/frequency isn't to their liking in some matches, it's not against the rules to comment about it when it's going well in other matches. Ohh that’s for other posters, bc I call out SKT as well… |
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Post by stevehorn on Oct 23, 2021 19:58:44 GMT -5
Iowa State. We are all counting on you. Do it for Lindsay Ruddins. Nope. |
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Post by slxpress on Oct 24, 2021 1:18:00 GMT -5
While that's true, there's also the tendency to take the comments of one or two people, and then project it on to a swath of folks. So it's not just the focus from the critic on the negative - it's also the focus of the listener. There's something genetically ingrained about it, from the beginning of the human race. I always say we don't tune into the news to hear about how many planes landed safely that day. It's something about the focus on survival when resources were extremely difficult to acquire. Threats were prioritized over blessings. Those that did passed on their genetic material. Plus, having a way to transfer information learned in the thousands of years between the advent of homo sapiens and the development of writing to the next generation. Oral history was the only way to do it, which focused on the dramatic. We're evolutionarily inclined to speak and hear the dramatic. I used the word "some". Pretty self-explanatory. And yet you're choosing to focus on the very few people who have at most soft pedaled comments about Gabriel. It's not an attack. It's an observation. |
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Post by horns1 on Oct 24, 2021 10:00:30 GMT -5
I used the word "some". Pretty self-explanatory. And yet you're choosing to focus on the very few people who have at most soft pedaled comments about Gabriel. It's not an attack. It's an observation. I stated what I stated. Those who know it pertains to them, know it. I don't need to go quote from prior threads to call out specific posters. But, there were several to whom it is applicable. |
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Post by eotexas5 on Oct 24, 2021 10:18:55 GMT -5
It's also interesting to talk about the blocking. I wasn't too concerned about the blocking numbers because this is obviously a team that can turn it on with a snap of a finger. They had 17 blocks? That's insane! Let's keep up the tough serving to let these numbers grow.
They're now #3 in the conference for blocking when they started the weekend towards the bottom!
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Post by txvbcoach on Oct 24, 2021 10:26:34 GMT -5
It's also interesting to talk about the blocking. I wasn't too concerned about the blocking numbers because this is obviously a team that can turn it on with a snap of a finger. They had 17 blocks? That's insane! Let's keep up the tough serving to let these numbers grow. They're now #3 in the conference for blocking when they started the weekend towards the bottom! It's not about the numbers for me. I put in one of my posts HOW they're blocking. It's one thing to just jump high and press over. but I gave 2 examples where the blocking didn't seem like a response to the attack. it was just jump in a predetermined spot. when they're blocking is superior you will see them reading the attack approach- angle, speed and setting up the block to stop that specific set of parameters. Because they're so big and athletic it fixes a lot of the problems. Texas is real good and you see that with them being undefeated. But if they read attacks I think they could be devastating with their blocks. |
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Post by eotexas5 on Oct 24, 2021 10:36:05 GMT -5
It's also interesting to talk about the blocking. I wasn't too concerned about the blocking numbers because this is obviously a team that can turn it on with a snap of a finger. They had 17 blocks? That's insane! Let's keep up the tough serving to let these numbers grow. They're now #3 in the conference for blocking when they started the weekend towards the bottom! It's not about the numbers for me. I put in one of my posts HOW they're blocking. It's one thing to just jump high and press over. but I gave 2 examples where the blocking didn't seem like a response to the attack. it was just jump in a predetermined spot. when they're blocking is superior you will see them reading the attack approach- angle, speed and setting up the block to stop that specific set of parameters. Because they're so big and athletic it fixes a lot of the problems. Texas is real good and you see that with them being undefeated. But if they read attacks I think they could be devastating with their blocks. I absolutely agree! There are several times when Phillips and Butler go up and I'm like how in the world is the hitter able to hit through or around you? Y'alls arms are way to long not to at least get a good touch. Then, there are times when a ball is set and I look at Butler's arms and you already know there's no way that ball will make it over the net, even before it's hit. Butler and Phillips need to go up with more intention, as well as have the awareness to know when you need to make an adjustment on the hitter. I thought Eggleston made an adjustment against Holthaus in the third set on Friday, which resulted in a few blocks. She kept hitting on the left side of Logan, down the line (Iosia needs to make a better read on that as well). |
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Post by txvbcoach on Oct 24, 2021 10:45:33 GMT -5
It's not about the numbers for me. I put in one of my posts HOW they're blocking. It's one thing to just jump high and press over. but I gave 2 examples where the blocking didn't seem like a response to the attack. it was just jump in a predetermined spot. when they're blocking is superior you will see them reading the attack approach- angle, speed and setting up the block to stop that specific set of parameters. Because they're so big and athletic it fixes a lot of the problems. Texas is real good and you see that with them being undefeated. But if they read attacks I think they could be devastating with their blocks. I absolutely agree! There are several times when Phillips and Butler go up and I'm like how in the world is the hitter able to hit through or around you? Y'alls arms are way to long not to at least get a good touch. Then, there are times when a ball is set and I look at Butler's arms and you already know there's no way that ball will make it over the net, even before it's hit. Butler and Phillips need to go up with more intention, as well as have the awareness to know when you need to make an adjustment on the hitter. I thought Eggleston made an adjustment against Holthaus in the third set on Friday, which resulted in a few blocks. She kept hitting on the left side of Logan, down the line (Iosia needs to make a better read on that as well). blocking holthaus was the example I think I made. the other one was the kid from Kansas who they couldn't stop. when they get to the playoffs each of the top 10 teams has 1 or 2 hitters who can hit around a block. But you can reduce their ability if you set up correctly and know their tendencies. I know blocking is also in conjunction with what/where the coaches want the attack to funnel to. Sometimes protecting a certain area (like after O'Neal serves they block hard cross because O'Neal is digging that area) so that the attack can go to a better defender. There's a lot more to it than I can explain in a post. But I think Texas can improve and make themselves that more dominating. It's scary how good a team they could be with just improving blocking. |
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Post by diggerdive on Oct 24, 2021 14:27:29 GMT -5
I have a naive question (are all questions naive?); but is it possible Texas employs different blocking strategies against different teams and that explains the seesaw blocking stats? For example, might they utilize a funnel scheme to a defender for one team versus a “block the ball” scheme for another?
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Post by txvbcoach on Oct 24, 2021 14:36:57 GMT -5
I have a naive question (are all questions naive?); but is it possible Texas employs different blocking strategies against different teams and that explains the seesaw blocking stats? For example, might they utilize a funnel scheme to a defender for one team versus a “block the ball” scheme for another? I would hope they employ a variety of schemes in each game vs. different attackers. I just hope the blockers have the ability to think for themselves within a point to see through the net and block according to what's developing. It looked like they were just blocking a spot a couple of times and the hitter easily hit around them for a kill. |
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Post by dl3ww on Oct 24, 2021 16:36:29 GMT -5
Also with the up and down blocking I feel like that affects our backrow’s ability to dig balls, bc they don’t know wether or not the balls going around/through the seam, or off the top of the block.. I feel like so many times in games where our blockers got a good touch on the ball but then our defenders are just too shallow and the ball goes off the block and over them..
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