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Post by badgerbreath on Sept 2, 2024 23:19:04 GMT -5
As for smrek, she hits well in the middle, but she is a mess blocking the middle. I’d prefer her out on the right pin precisely because she doesn’t move that dynamically.
That said, I thought Devin looked great today on the RS - I just prefer her blocking in the middle and running slides. Booth looks slow on the block. She’s not doing us many favors defensively, though she gets a block or two. If I were to replace anyone it would be Booth rn, until they can figure out how to use her length which they should def do.
I just watched a match where it seemed there was a positive block touch on 2 of 3 swings. It actually surprises me when the badgers get such positive touches. Y
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Post by pepperjack on Sept 2, 2024 23:38:54 GMT -5
Who played the best this weekend? (removing Franklin from this convo, since that’s already a given.)
I’m going to say Devyn- she was a breath of fresh air. Totally put in work during the off season. Conditioned, and springy. Absolutely love when she runs a slide. And one critique, she served the ball out multiple times this weekend. If she can fix her serve, she’ll really be a force from the back line. Would give her the opportunity to hit BR for a rotation, before a DS comes in for her too.
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Post by honeybadger88 on Sept 2, 2024 23:58:30 GMT -5
Who played the best this weekend? (removing Franklin from this convo, since that’s already a given.) I’m going to say Devyn- she was a breath of fresh air. Totally put in work during the off season. Conditioned, and springy. Absolutely love when she runs a slide. And one critique, she served the ball out multiple times this weekend. If she can fix her serve, she’ll really be a force from the back line. Would give her the opportunity to hit BR for a rotation, before a DS comes in for her too. Devyn potential to be a first team AA but that maybe a stretch.
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Post by volleysunshine on Sept 3, 2024 6:49:42 GMT -5
The badgers improved every single game. They are coming off of a lot of injuries and it’s clear they had limited time to work out connectivity/communication. Even for the senior players it’s a whole new dynamic with a setter that can up the tempo. I was hoping we could build up to some of these tougher opponents, but schedule is what it is. We played all top ten teams. There’s no reason to throw the towel in. These ladies need to stay off the social media ignore the haters and get it done. The season is not over. Every single one of them has the potential to go far this a season! Let’s go!
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Post by Burly Ives on Sept 3, 2024 8:36:02 GMT -5
I'm not sure anything has been stated but did Smrek suffer an injury as to why she didn't play?
Also I am disappointed in the number of low IQ plays we are seeing from this years team.
We need to work considerably more on serve receive practice. My goodness were we outplayed in that aspect this weekend.
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Post by 25or624 on Sept 3, 2024 9:08:18 GMT -5
Should we be worried that Carter will enter the transfer portal after season? With this huge senior class graduating, and more youngsters joining it will be a major rebuild. Leaving just her GG and Saige as the “upperclassmen” Yup— can't see Booth sticking around. Carter Booth has a few things to say to the people who need to hear it:
So how are the Badgers holding up under this early season adversity?
“I don’t like the phrasing, ‘Holding up under it’,” junior middle blocker Carter Booth said. “It’s not something that we are on the verge of cracking from. The sky is not falling and we know that. We are all competitors and we know that it takes time. We haven’t had the time to work some of these things out.
“I recently did an interview going into the Louisville match and said this will be a great learning opportunity. That is what we’ve been approaching every match with, that it’s an opportunity to learn, an opportunity to get better. We’re not hanging our heads. We’re not beating ourselves up over it. We’re not contemplating quitting and disbanding as a team. We’re not ‘holding up’. We’re just fine. We’re excited to learn. We’re excited to get back in the gym and improve on this.”
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Post by BadgerAce42 on Sept 3, 2024 9:09:21 GMT -5
Yup— can't see Booth sticking around. Carter Booth has a few things to say to the people who need to hear it:
So how are the Badgers holding up under this early season adversity?
“I don’t like the phrasing, ‘Holding up under it’,” junior middle blocker Carter Booth said. “It’s not something that we are on the verge of cracking from. The sky is not falling and we know that. We are all competitors and we know that it takes time. We haven’t had the time to work some of these things out.
“I recently did an interview going into the Louisville match and said this will be a great learning opportunity. That is what we’ve been approaching every match with, that it’s an opportunity to learn, an opportunity to get better. We’re not hanging our heads. We’re not beating ourselves up over it. We’re not contemplating quitting and disbanding as a team. We’re not ‘holding up’. We’re just fine. We’re excited to learn. We’re excited to get back in the gym and improve on this.”
Get it, Carter!
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Post by badgerguru on Sept 3, 2024 9:12:04 GMT -5
This season is going to be special
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Post by savannahbadger on Sept 3, 2024 9:12:12 GMT -5
“I don’t like the phrasing, ‘Holding up under it’,” junior middle blocker Carter Booth said. “It’s not something that we are on the verge of cracking from. The sky is not falling and we know that. We are all competitors and we know that it takes time. We haven’t had the time to work some of these things out. “I recently did an interview going into the Louisville match and said this will be a great learning opportunity. That is what we’ve been approaching every match with, that it’s an opportunity to learn, an opportunity to get better. We’re not hanging our heads. We’re not beating ourselves up over it. We’re not contemplating quitting and disbanding as a team. We’re not ‘holding up’. We’re just fine. We’re excited to learn. We’re excited to get back in the gym and improve on this.” There was a point in between sets (against Texas) where Carter was VERY vocal to the team about where they were and what they needed to do. Sounds to me like one of our juniors is stepping up to be a leader of the team.
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Post by toomuchvb on Sept 3, 2024 9:33:26 GMT -5
Yup— can't see Booth sticking around. Carter Booth has a few things to say to the people who need to hear it: So how are the Badgers holding up under this early season adversity?
“I don’t like the phrasing, ‘Holding up under it’,” junior middle blocker Carter Booth said. “It’s not something that we are on the verge of cracking from. The sky is not falling and we know that. We are all competitors and we know that it takes time. We haven’t had the time to work some of these things out.
“I recently did an interview going into the Louisville match and said this will be a great learning opportunity. That is what we’ve been approaching every match with, that it’s an opportunity to learn, an opportunity to get better. We’re not hanging our heads. We’re not beating ourselves up over it. We’re not contemplating quitting and disbanding as a team. We’re not ‘holding up’. We’re just fine. We’re excited to learn. We’re excited to get back in the gym and improve on this.”
She’s on record now. 👍 Let’s see how it goes with her mindset at season end. Carter Booth left for a reason, and came to Wisconsin for a reason.
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Post by swaggyp on Sept 3, 2024 9:53:07 GMT -5
Yup— can't see Booth sticking around. Carter Booth has a few things to say to the people who need to hear it:
So how are the Badgers holding up under this early season adversity?
“I don’t like the phrasing, ‘Holding up under it’,” junior middle blocker Carter Booth said. “It’s not something that we are on the verge of cracking from. The sky is not falling and we know that. We are all competitors and we know that it takes time. We haven’t had the time to work some of these things out.
“I recently did an interview going into the Louisville match and said this will be a great learning opportunity. That is what we’ve been approaching every match with, that it’s an opportunity to learn, an opportunity to get better. We’re not hanging our heads. We’re not beating ourselves up over it. We’re not contemplating quitting and disbanding as a team. We’re not ‘holding up’. We’re just fine. We’re excited to learn. We’re excited to get back in the gym and improve on this.”
> We’re not ‘holding up’. We’re just fine. We’re excited to learn. We’re excited to get back in the gym and improve on this.” This is a very useful and practical response from someone who can actually take action to influence future events. I, however, am a clown on a volleyball forum and have no such useful outlet! The sky is in fact falling!
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Post by robtearle on Sept 3, 2024 10:08:04 GMT -5
Stanford match
Points scored during the serve of server:
Charlie: 7 points scored, 11 times serve lost Orzol: 12 points scored, 10 times serve lost GG: 7 points scored, 9 times serve lost Franklin: 2 points scored, 10 times serve lost Devyn: 4 points scored, 8 times serve lost CC: 2 points scored, 11 times serve lost
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Sideout percents by server for the year (lower number the better)
Charlie: 0.630 Orzol: 0.556 GG: 0.583 Smrek: 0.800 Franklin: 0.683 Devyn: 0.742 Schumacher: 0.846 CC: 0.765
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Post by robtearle on Sept 3, 2024 10:34:04 GMT -5
TSC just is not close. Let’s not pretend. I fully expect she will be great eventually but this is a huge step up and she is being thrown in the deep end because of circumstances. It will take months for her to get up to speed with this level of play. The badgers can’t afford that. There is literally no other option but Julia. Dev isn’t going to play OH, nor is smrek. Nor CC. It has to be Orzol. I don’t think the passing looks that hopeless. We should be able to put a good BR together with these parts without her being L. You could see pretty clearly in the 4th set that Julia is not jumping well, at all. She had one ball that sailed long because she didn't get on top of it, because her jump was just not there. No, I have no "inside" knowledge of her injury particularly. But a brief description/explanation of lower leg 'bone stress reactions' from a lifelong runner (67 years old) who has had to deal with them from time to time (if I get this a little wrong, medical people, please correct it): A long bone, like the tibia, has the hard bone part, and in places a softer 'spongy' outer layer called the periosteum. Tendons attach to the bone on the periosteum. Some muscles attch the the periosteum more directly, without a tendon playing a part. When a muscle fires and pulls on the tendon or directly on the bone, the tendon in turn pulls on the periostem of the bone, and we get motion. Sometimes that pulling will cause the periosteum to start to bruise, then start to pull away from the hard bone, maybe causing small cracks in the bone - a stress fracture - of varying degrees of severity. So this kind of injury can have a range of severity, a "bone stress reaction" is probably a better way to think about it, instead of a simple binary "fractured, not fractured". Assuming Julia has a lower leg 'bone stress reaction' of some degree, every time she moves those muscles, the tendon pulls on the injured periosteum, at least potentially worsening the injury. Obviously the doctors are telling her and Sheffield etal that the injury isn't severe enough to keep her off the floor altogether, but they are clearly trying to limit the amount of jumping she is doing, and the injury and lack of 'training' is affecting her when she does try to jump. So the dilemma with her is how much rest to let the injury fully heal, vs how much activity - jumping - that risks prolonging the current degree of injury, or risking further injury. I certainly don't know the answer. But there was a guy sitting near me yesterday over and over yelling about getting TSC out of there, and leaving Julia in. If it were that simple, of course Sheffield would do that; it clearly isn't that simple. Julia played the entire 4th set, and did as well as she could. And they still lost the set...
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Post by 200backer on Sept 3, 2024 12:30:49 GMT -5
I wasn’t able to watch the full game but there was a play where Chan came on and looked good. Any chance she’s the answer? Barnes was a walk on too (at Minnesota) if I remember
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Post by savannahbadger on Sept 3, 2024 13:03:50 GMT -5
I wasn’t able to watch the full game but there was a play where Chan came on and looked good. Any chance she’s the answer? Barnes was a walk on too (at Minnesota) if I remember Chan only has played in one set thus far, against Texas. I don’t recall anything about her play at all.
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