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  1. So either one of you is Jerritt or Erik or one of you knows them.  The two things we've been talking about here were drastically improved (for at least 1 match) on Saturday.  11 aces vs. 9 errors and the middles hitting a combined .444!   Jhenna is really starting to get some good timing with O'Neal and Butler.  I'm now convinced Hahn has a filthy floater that she can put different movements on at will.  Now let's see if we can take that show on the road once before getting Baylor at home.

  2. 1 hour ago, Hard Times said:

    Texas was winning a higher % of points with Claire serving than anyone else. Yet her serve is almost a free ball and she still has some aces too.

     

    30 minutes ago, texfan11 said:

    Always find it interesting that our best serving rotation is with Hahn at the line because, even if she has a tough serve, that rotation is with Gabriel at the net blocking and only 2 hitters - which I would say is where we are weaker

    I remember Sunderland talking about this as well, and I don't get it either.  Unless she has some wicked floater that you just can't tell how good it is on tv.

  3. There's no question that we need to get better from the service line.  I just don't think it's realistic to hope we get significantly better.

    Just for kicks, what do teams who know they are playing the best of the best do?  The answer is they press.  A LOT!

    On the season, our opponents are at 118 errors vs. 45 aces on the season for a 2.6 ratio.  Stanford's opponents are at 84/24 = 3.5 ratio.  Baylor's are at 113/42 = 2.7 ratio.  Nebraska's are at 120/47 = 2.55 ratio.  All of those are worse than our ratio.

    Okay, I found the stat that says we suck.  I might have just made it up - points gained serving = your aces + opponent errors - (your errors + opponent aces)

    Points gained serving for the 2019 season so far:

    Texas: -8    Stanford:  +11   Nebraska:  +15     Baylor:  +25     Aggy:  +55     Rice:  +10

    Ouch!  That is going to be a problem if we don't clean it up.

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  4. Agreed.  Setting the middles and communication in general is what caused the first set to last as long as it did.  Then Butler, O'Neal, and Fields ha 10 of our last 11 kills to finally put away the first set.

  5. Here's the thing about serving - if you eliminate all the errors, you eliminate all the aces.  The receiving team gets first shot at winning the point.  If you serve underhand and get rid of all service errors (and aces), the opponent's side-out percentage is going to go way up because you're just giving them nothing but free balls.  Do tennis players do this at the elite level?  NO.  They serve aggressively to try to get ahead in the point as soon as possible.  This is the state of the game these days when you have a bunch of DSs and Liberos receiving every serve.  You have to make them work for it.

    Don't get me wrong.  It's frustrating as shit watching Micaya/Logan pound serves into the net.  The reason Elloitt is okay with those is 3-fold:  1) she's going to get an ace for every couple of errors;  2) a non-ace non-error serve is highly likely to put the opponent out of system immediately;  3)  one good pass after a service error and we side-out and are serving again.

    Would you believe me if I said Micaya and Logan are much better than they were last season and Peterson (who commits fewer errors) is the one who is serving poorly?  Here are the numbers:

    2018:  Micaya - 71 errors vs. 21 aces for a 3.4 ratio        Logan - 49 errors vs. 22 aces for a 2.2 ratio      Sydney - 31 errors vs. 23 aces for a 1.2 ratio

    2019:  Micaya - 28 errors vs. 13 aces for a 2.1 ratio        Logan - 38 errors vs. 21 aces for a 1.8 ratio      Sydney - 20 errors vs. 3 aces for a 6.7 ratio

    As a team, were at 139 errors vs. 58 aces on the season for a 2.4 ratio.  By comparison, Stanford is at 103/54 = 1.9 ratio.  Baylor is at 92/46 = 2.0 ratio.  Nebraska is at 108/50 = 2.16 ratio.  The aggies might one of the best serving teams in the country.  They're at 137/84 = 1.6 ratio

    These numbers show that we're one of the more aggressive serving teams, but we are not by any means as bad as we fans seem to think.

    TL/DR:  we don't suck that bad; don't shoot the messenger

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  6. Serving and passing were a little better than they were against aggy.  Blocking wasn't.  Playing Shook in the 1st set (even with a big lead) is JE's way of telling Jhenna that she's close to getting benched.  Wouldn't surprise me if Shook plays a lot more against Tech.

  7. When Jhenna left the game, LHN cameras showed her holding her arm.  She might have hurt it.  Shook's first 2 sets were horrible (bad timing and off the net).  She was money after that.

    Our entire team needs to watch video of aggy #9 serving and take copious notes.

  8. 4 hours ago, utee94 said:

    That was a fine rant.  And I agree.

    There are 8 months of the year known as the "off-season" and this is when you should schedule your weddings, child-births, and funerals.

     

    Yeah.  You and I really nailed it when it came to "scheduling" our children.  0 for 4!

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  9. On 8/26/2019 at 6:00 AM, BigDHornfan said:

    Driving to dinner the other night with my wife, MIL, and the 7 yr old boy.
    Boy says something I didn’t quite hear so I asked him “What did you say?”
    He response:
    “Motherfucker, I said...”

    I still don’t know what he said.

    Awesome!  How many times has he heard you say that?

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