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Post by vergyltantor on Sept 26, 2022 17:57:34 GMT -5
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Post by rjaege on Sept 26, 2022 18:56:28 GMT -5
It looks to me like Whit has taken a little bit of heat off her swing in last 2 games. It’s made her less effective, as her stats were lower this past week. Think she’s best when she’s going full bore…her power is Foecke-esque. Mix in some off speed placement shots, sure, but the power shot needs to be her bread and butter. I noticed that too. I think 2 factors play into that. 1.) setting 2.) Stanford block may have gotten in her head, so maybe a mental thing? I suspect other teams are developing blocking schemes for Whitney. Against OSU Madi had a big night, suspect that may have been due to more defensive emphasis being put on Whitney.
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Post by rjaege on Sept 26, 2022 19:13:50 GMT -5
NE blocked an incredible number of OSU hits that did not show in the stats because OSU dug them. Obviously NE was well prepared to block OSU. Interesting to see how this carries into this week's games.
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Post by B1GHuskerGuy on Sept 26, 2022 20:48:00 GMT -5
I noticed that too. I think 2 factors play into that. 1.) setting 2.) Stanford block may have gotten in her head, so maybe a mental thing? I suspect other teams are developing blocking schemes for Whitney. Against OSU Madi had a big night, suspect that may have been due to more defensive emphasis being put on Whitney. Great point. She is earning the respect of other teams and they are prepping for her. Will be interested if she raises her play, and to see what else that does for her teammates!
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Post by scarletandcream on Sept 26, 2022 21:36:24 GMT -5
I really want to see Lauenstein hit the super sharp cross court shot like Sarah Franklin last night in the loss vs. Minnesota, anybody else? With the heat Whitney puts on the ball that could be unstoppable. It looks to me like Whit has taken a little bit of heat off her swing in last 2 games. It’s made her less effective, as her stats were lower this past week. Think she’s best when she’s going full bore…her power is Foecke-esque. Mix in some off speed placement shots, sure, but the power shot needs to be her bread and butter. Agreed. She did start to heat up in the fifth set though, which makes me think it was probably more mental.
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Post by lvcalum on Sept 26, 2022 23:16:20 GMT -5
It looks to me like Whit has taken a little bit of heat off her swing in last 2 games. It’s made her less effective, as her stats were lower this past week. Think she’s best when she’s going full bore…her power is Foecke-esque. Mix in some off speed placement shots, sure, but the power shot needs to be her bread and butter. Agreed. She did start to heat up in the fifth set though, which makes me think it was probably more mental. I agree with this. However, let’s not forget that the setting was horrendous until about halfway through the 4th set. Not surprisingly, everybody (including Whit) started hitting better after that point. When most of the sets are unhittable, it’s pretty tough for a hitter to get any rhythm and have confidence.
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Post by knapplc on Sept 27, 2022 12:30:29 GMT -5
Good news.
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Post by stanfordvb on Sept 27, 2022 14:28:18 GMT -5
two weeks is a long time to not be touching the ball, hopefully she comes back quick
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Post by brickred on Sept 27, 2022 14:44:45 GMT -5
Do we know what injury Nicklin is dealing with?
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Post by knapplc on Sept 27, 2022 14:50:42 GMT -5
Do we know what injury Nicklin is dealing with? She has a back injury.
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Post by edu14 on Sept 27, 2022 15:12:27 GMT -5
Agreed. She did start to heat up in the fifth set though, which makes me think it was probably more mental. I agree with this. However, let’s not forget that the setting was horrendous until about halfway through the 4th set. Not surprisingly, everybody (including Whit) started hitting better after that point. When most of the sets are unhittable, it’s pretty tough for a hitter to get any rhythm and have confidence. Let's add to this that they are not setting the middles as much as they should--once that begins to happen Whitney is gonna get a lot of easy kills
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Post by avid 2.0 on Sept 27, 2022 16:44:10 GMT -5
sir/ma'am this is a wendys.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2022 16:55:00 GMT -5
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Post by bonetalks on Sept 27, 2022 17:00:45 GMT -5
is this satire?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2022 17:01:53 GMT -5
I mean look at Jaylens insta. Disclaimer that I have no inside knowledge about this but hit and run posts like these generally do have some truth to them in my experience on here.
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