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Post by mcmike on Oct 16, 2022 1:27:45 GMT -5
3 consecutive SEs in set 3 gave MN points 22, 23, & 24
Down 1 at 23 -24 in set 2 their SE ended the set.
This is beyond the boundary of understandable VB.
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Post by GoGophs on Oct 16, 2022 8:06:13 GMT -5
When Booth figures things out when hitting and blocking.....watch out She’s improved so much already from preseason to now! Watching her at the high school UA match I didn’t have high hopes but damn, girl has proven she’s very coachable. Her movement looks far less awkward/lanky and more controlled. She’s starting to look more confident as well. What impressed me the most this match is that she effectively drew the block multiple times and it was beautiful. |
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Post by courtwatchers on Oct 16, 2022 10:11:10 GMT -5
When Booth figures things out when hitting and blocking.....watch out She’s improved so much already from preseason to now! Watching her at the high school UA match I didn’t have high hopes but damn, girl has proven she’s very coachable. Her movement looks far less awkward/lanky and more controlled. She’s starting to look more confident as well. What impressed me the most this match is that she effectively drew the block multiple times and it was beautiful. Exactly!! I don't know all that much about Gros when she was at Michigan State. Her slide when executed is OFF THE CHARTS! However, I thought she would be better at blocking. If both middles can improve on their blocking, it would help our back court. |
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Post by hrothgar on Oct 16, 2022 11:50:00 GMT -5
3 consecutive SEs in set 3 gave MN points 22, 23, & 24 Down 1 at 23 -24 in set 2 their SE ended the set. This is beyond the boundary of understandable VB. Illini r.12 (can't remember her name), who had 15 kills, had SE on each or her last 3 serves, which pretty much sealed the loss for her Illinois. Each SE was about 3 feet or more too long. |
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Post by ilalum92 on Oct 16, 2022 16:40:12 GMT -5
As I said in the ILLINOIS thread, giving away an entire games worth of points in SE & HE is unacceptable.
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Post by mcmike on Oct 16, 2022 17:02:36 GMT -5
The picture of gift giving
I noticed the abnormally low kills and lack of blocks by MN particularly in set 2
set1 set2 set3
Kills 14 10 14
Blocks 1
Ace 3 1 1
IL SE 2 7 5
IL HE 5 7 3
IL BHE 2 I really don't know what can be said
It is hard to win a match when you aren't making lots of errors
MN can certainly attest to that from the tOSU match when they hit an unimaginable .097
IL hit .239 Saturday not that bad. Were they coached to not allow blocks and ended up missing high hands or going wide?
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Post by B1Gminnesotafan on Oct 16, 2022 17:10:43 GMT -5
I said it before, stats are just numbers. Sometimes, when you look again at a match, you will see that the hitting errors are being caused by the block even though there are not high block numbers. A 6'4" or 6'8" blocker can be intimidating and Illinois did pick up some of Minnesota's blocks. Its not like the players weren't even there. Well, OK at least a couple of times the block was not there - but I don't remember those times being the ones where Illinois hit out. What ever was causing the errors, I don't think it was the setting. Brown put up some amazingly good sets off passes that were not that good. I was very impressed by her.
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Post by JHAM on Oct 16, 2022 17:28:02 GMT -5
Hugh's low error philosophy is often criticized on this forum--including by me--but I guess there is a method to his madness/boring play. Thank you for stating what I was thinking. I'm attempting to be a positive Illini fan with few critical posts  That strategy does work against teams like Illinois that make their own errors but not so much against teams like Nebraska and Ohio St where you need to terminate or they will. |
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