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Post by badgerbreath on Jul 24, 2022 22:34:50 GMT -5
I’m sure the Superfan’s book is a nice read for Badger fans, but I’m more interested in the future. Who runs this team after nine years of precision like setting and Tom Brady like leadership. There are literally 137 pages where this issue has already been discussed. Also, the "Superfan's book" apparently has a bit about players at the center of the future badgers, so you might learn something if you read it, presuming you are serious. We don't know who will run the team. Most would guess we will run a 5-1 with Hammill. She set a match in Spring 2021 against the gophers and did well, and she is theoretically a bigger block at 6'2". But Ashburn has been working in the system longer, has won state championships as a setter in the past and looked neck and neck in spring. Or we could run a 6-2 or a 5-2. Who leads depends on the system we run and the collection of personalities in the squad. Usually leadership comes from several places and takes different forms. Outside of the two possible setters - I am guessing Hart will play a big role, but Franklin is a really big personality. I believe Orzol will also play her part. But who knows who else might step up. Sheffield's philosophy is to train everyone as a leader. But in the end, few of us have seen them play, and no one has seen them play with Hart, Franklin, Guctekin, McCaa, and Wrobel in the mix - at least three probable (not certain!) starters in that group. Heck, Orzol played only some of the spring. There is no way to answer your question until we see this team in action. |
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Post by rainbowbadger on Jul 25, 2022 7:56:17 GMT -5
I heard that single game tix go on sale to the general public Tuesday 8/16.
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Post by skinny on Jul 25, 2022 8:50:42 GMT -5
I need to hear more about this team camping trip that they may still be on, im not sure, ha. Who fixed the flat tire?
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Post by savannahbadger on Jul 25, 2022 13:04:19 GMT -5
I don’t know about anyone else, but the ending of the Point Wisconsin book really bothers me. Yeah, Hilley and Rettke get all the glory, but Nebraska attacked Grace and she had a perfect pass to Hilley that led to the winning point.
Loberg to Hilley to Rettke should be to Badger Volleyball what Tinkers to Evers to Chance was in baseball.
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Post by badgerbreath on Jul 25, 2022 13:31:30 GMT -5
Loberg doesn't get enough credit for her performance in the finals. She probably should have got the winning kill, were it not for crazy D from Nebraska. One thing we had been missing from Loberg in past years was even a decent performance compared to what she was capable of. She put in a steady shift in the final so that they had to respect her on the left pin. That opened up everything else and the badgers predictably got the result.
Nebraska and Louisville tried to exploit her and Orzol, especially that seam between them. They bent at times, but they did not break. Without that resilience, the badgers don't win those matches.
The Hilley to Rettke thing is just poetic. That's why people harp on it. I get it.
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Post by robtearle on Jul 25, 2022 13:43:16 GMT -5
Loberg doesn't get enough credit for her performance in the finals. She probably should have got the winning kill, were it not for crazy D from Nebraska. One thing we had been missing from Loberg in past years was even a decent performance compared to what she was capable of. She put in a steady shift in the final so that they had to respect her on the left pin. That opened up everything else and the badgers predictably got the result. Nebraska and Louisville tried to exploit her and Orzol, especially that seam between them. They bent at times, but they did not break. Without that resilience, the badgers don't win those matches. The Hilley to Rettke thing is just poetic. That's why people harp on it. I get it. The week after the final, Sheffield did a zoom interview with the regular VolleyTalk 'panel', and one them asked him something about 'turning points' in the match. He answered something to the effect of there were any number of them, and then proceeded to talk about the sequence at the end of the second set, 27-27, when Loberg badly shanked a Knuckles serve such that UW was facing set point and being down two sets to none. Everybody in the building knows where the next serve is going. But Loberg put the serve receive right on the top of Hilley, who set it right back to Loberg, who hits it *deep* into the cross court corner. Set point saved, set subsequently won, etc etc. Loberg make not get credit other places, but the team and the coaches are all very much aware. And that's what really matters, isn't it? ---------------- volleyballmag.com/sheffield-salima-jenny-emily-lee-122021/Adding later, I might have mixed together the VT zoom conversation with Sheffield on podcast with Jon Aria, where he also brings up Loberg's cross court shot. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e24-kelly-sheffield-sports-coaching/id1588964558?i=1000545947003 |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2022 15:14:19 GMT -5
Besides the Red vs White scrimmage, which preseason Wisconsin volleyball practices, events, etc. are open for attendance?
I know about the upcoming book signing but was wondering if there was anything else?
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Post by basil on Jul 25, 2022 15:48:42 GMT -5
So Sheffield is having Zoom calls with the Wisconsin crowd on Volleytalk? How does he know who they are? no lol the VolleyballMag panel that they had going |
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Post by robtearle on Jul 25, 2022 15:55:50 GMT -5
So Sheffield is having Zoom calls with the Wisconsin crowd on Volleytalk? How does he know who they are? If that's in reference to the link I posted earlier... no. The link is to a zoom conversation from last December, the Monday after the national championship, with a 'regular' group consisting of Volleyball Mag editor Lee Feinswog, ESPN analyst and now Notre Dame head coach Salima Rockwell, BTN on-air analyst Emily Ehman and former Mississippi St head coach and now Southern Miss head coach Jenny Hazelwood. Those four had regular zoom conversations that were available for viewing throughout the season. (I wonder what will replace it this year?) The reason I posted to was in context to the conversation about how much or little credit Grace Loberg was getting for her performance in the national final. (Maybe the problem is my referring to it as a "VT group"; that's isn't really accurate, is it. Sorry about that.) |
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Post by greatlakesvballer on Jul 25, 2022 17:51:44 GMT -5
The week after the final, Sheffield did a zoom interview with the regular VolleyTalk 'panel', and one them asked him something about 'turning points' in the match. He answered something to the effect of there were any number of them, and then proceeded to talk about the sequence at the end of the second set, 27-27, when Loberg badly shanked a Knuckles serve such that UW was facing set point and being down two sets to none. Everybody in the building knows where the next serve is going. But Loberg put the serve receive right on the top of Hilley, who set it right back to Loberg, who hits it *deep* into the cross court corner. Set point saved, set subsequently won, etc etc. Loberg make not get credit other places, but the team and the coaches are all very much aware. And that's what really matters, isn't it? ---------------- volleyballmag.com/sheffield-salima-jenny-emily-lee-122021/Adding later, I might have mixed together the VT zoom conversation with Sheffield on podcast with Jon Aria, where he also brings up Loberg's cross court shot. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e24-kelly-sheffield-sports-coaching/id1588964558?i=1000545947003Salima commented/comments on her steely response during the broadcast. She got credit in the moment. It really WAS a fantastic response to getting aced just seconds before. |
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Post by badgerbreath on Jul 25, 2022 19:40:42 GMT -5
Yeah, that was one key moment Loberg got credit for, but she played a strong resilient match throughout. I think that's what goes under the radar. That meant they had they had to respect her, which opened up attack lanes for Demps. Through she didn't score, her attacks on match point really put Nebraska out of system, and set up the final Hilley to Rettke moment. It was a far cry from her performance in the last two final fours.
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Post by vbfamily on Jul 25, 2022 21:10:46 GMT -5
(Past of Wisconsin) :-)
Interview with Dana Rettke about pro volleyball and media coverage/equity.
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Post by savannahbadger on Jul 25, 2022 21:11:34 GMT -5
Besides the Red vs White scrimmage, which preseason Wisconsin volleyball practices, events, etc. are open for attendance? I know about the upcoming book signing but was wondering if there was anything else? I don’t think anything is open, and that seems fairly typical of most Wisconsin sports. Gary Andersen had some open pre-season fall practices for the public in his brief tenure as FB coach, and that was outside the norm AFAIK. |
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Post by skinny on Jul 25, 2022 21:17:10 GMT -5
Appears Badger volleyball is still camping, ha. Looks like they are somewhere in driftless region of WI by the looks of the woods and the water. I love this kind of stuff. You dont see teams doing this anymore. Roughing it out in the woods for a couple days. Thats team bonding 101 right there. Thats old school stuff. Gonna guess a few beers have been consumed around a campfire and a lot of loud talk about Nebraska and Minnesota, lol.
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Post by ndodge on Jul 25, 2022 22:27:56 GMT -5
I've noted that Loberg pass in my mind many times rewatching the end of that match.
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