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2 hours ago, Js1 said:

Stafford and AVW did the work yesterday with Cari having her first major off night as a freshman 

Stafford 14-0-23 (.609)

AVW 10-1-16 (.562)

Cari 9-7-20 (.100)

Harvey 8-1-9 (.778)

Bunton 2-1-4 (.250)

Ames didn’t record an attempt in set 1 and Devin didn’t play since we didn’t run the dub sub

Plus we needed Binney as an attacker out of the right side.

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Posted
11 hours ago, Js1 said:

 

Ames also got pulled after set 1 for Bunton - feels like Elliot is managing everyone against the less-than-good SEC programs we are going to face after the OOC gauntlet.  Ella likely sat as a precaution and Ames missed the final 2 sets and we didn't miss a beat. 

 

So to make sure I understand, Ames is still above Burton, right?   I hope so.

and since you are the coach, why no dub sub and no Devin?  I don’t know why but I enjoy her in game.

Posted (edited)
5 minutes ago, Hornbeliever said:

So to make sure I understand, Ames is still above Burton, right?   I hope so.

and since you are the coach, why no dub sub and no Devin?  I don’t know why but I enjoy her in game.

Yes. Ames is still the starting MB. Feels like Elliot is managing minutes now that we are in conf play or wanted a more athletic block in for the last 2 sets 

The dub sub happens when Binney comes in to set from the back row and Devin comes in to the front row as a bigger block and attacker. But no Swindle yesterday means you couldn’t sub in Devin bc there was no dub sub. Binney had to set in a traditional 5-1. Bringing in Devin means you’re benching Cari 

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Posted
1 minute ago, Js1 said:

Yes. Ames is still the starting MB. Feels like Elliot is managing minutes now that we are in conf play or wanted a more athletic block in for the last 2 sets 

The dub sub happens when Binney comes in to set from the back row and Devin comes in to the front row as a bigger block and attacker. But no Swindle yesterday means you couldn’t sub in Devin bc there was no dub sub. Binney had to set in a traditional 5-1. Bringing in Devin means you’re benching Cari 

I knew you were our coach posting here.

i do not know what my problem is with Buxton but I have one.

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It seems clear to me Bunton started the season as the #2 middle blocker but now the #2 middle blocker is Harvey. It also looks to me like Harvey could potentially become the #1 middle blocker, at least in terms of performance. She has a different level of twitchiness than Ames or Bunton. She simply explodes off the floor and stays up there for a while. And her lateral quickness is on a different level, too. She just needs reps, but it's not like Ames or Bunton have years of experience on her. 

There's a feature I saw somewhere where Elliott talks about needing to play all 3 middle blockers, so I'm sure we'll see a lot of combinations druing conference play including all 3 players. He specifically mentioned the importance of depth for the new SEC tournament. 

I'll also say I don't think this is going to be one of Texas' better blocking teams. I don't think we're going to be bad, per se, but the bar is pretty high at Texas. I remember the national championship season in 2022 when it felt like it took forever for the block to get going. But by the time the tournament rolled around Texas was blocking as well as anyone in the country. 2023 the season didn't start off great, but I felt like the block was in pretty good shape and stayed that way. Last year I don't like to talk about a whole lot.

The strengths of this team are going to be being so terminal, and the backcourt defense. I don't think the block is going to be as critical for this team to do well in the post season. 

It's interesting to me that we went years redshirting every middle blocker that came through the program, and now it's two years in a row with Ames and Harvey playing significant minutes. I think even if Singletary had stuck around Harvey might have found her way on the court. She looks special out there. 

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Harvey is legit. It didn’t take long for her to supplant Bunton.

But I do think all 3 will play because JE doesn’t want to end up in another situation like Singletary leaving us in a lurch 

Posted
21 minutes ago, Hornbeliever said:

So to make sure I understand, Ames is still above Burton, right?   I hope so.

and since you are the coach, why no dub sub and no Devin?  I don’t know why but I enjoy her in game.

 

11 minutes ago, Hornbeliever said:

I knew you were our coach posting here.

i do not know what my problem is with Buxton but I have one.

😂 I think I've identified one problem...

4 minutes ago, SL Xpress said:

 

I'll also say I don't think this is going to be one of Texas' better blocking teams. I don't think we're going to be bad, per se, but the bar is pretty high at Texas. I remember the national championship season in 2022 when it felt like it took forever for the block to get going. But by the time the tournament rolled around Texas was blocking as well as anyone in the country. 2023 the season didn't start off great, but I felt like the block was in pretty good shape and stayed that way. Last year I don't like to talk about a whole lot.

 

The way we started off against Creighton playing defense up front surprised me. We've backed off that performance a little since then but if that was closer to baseline than ceiling and we can manage to improve this will be a very good blocking group.

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5 minutes ago, gsoda3 said:

 

😂 I think I've identified one problem...

The way we started off against Creighton playing defense up front surprised me. We've backed off that performance a little since then but if that was closer to baseline than ceiling and we can manage to improve this will be a very good blocking group.

When you say the way we started off are you specifically referring to the 1st set? Because for the Creighton match as a whole Creighton outblocked us. Which is sort of a meme so far this season.

But no one is getting extra credit for winning the blocking battle. Which is good, because we're invariably losing them against most of our opponents.

Posted
1 minute ago, Js1 said:

Being out blocked on the season 78.5 to 69.5

But I still think Louisville skewed that by a lot 

The funny thing is, that was our best blocking performance, with 15 over 5 sets. 

Creighton, Stanford, Arizona State, TCU, and Baylor also out blocked us, although admittedly it was close in all of those matches. Arizona State was even competing without their star middle blocker. 

Posted
1 minute ago, SL Xpress said:

The funny thing is, that was our best blocking performance, with 15 over 5 sets. 

Creighton, Stanford, Arizona State, TCU, and Baylor also out blocked us, although admittedly it was close in all of those matches. Arizona State was even competing without their star middle blocker. 

As the babies (especially AVW) mature, they’ll stop hitting right into the block. AVW has gotten better about it, using more power tips and deep throws into the corner. 

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30 minutes ago, SL Xpress said:

When you say the way we started off are you specifically referring to the 1st set? Because for the Creighton match as a whole Creighton outblocked us. Which is sort of a meme so far this season.

But no one is getting extra credit for winning the blocking battle. Which is good, because we're invariably losing them against most of our opponents.

The whole match - what I liked is we were getting hands on the ball even if we weren't closing out completely or were late to a spot or we were going straight up instead of pressing the block. It showed we have the physical ability to be a presence at the net.  Ames last year was often late but has been noticeably better this season and as our chemistry with her/nya/harvey and our two freshman and transfer on the outsides develops we could have something special. Also I really love Devin on defense (and on offense).  She has an outsized impact on the match for how much she plays. 

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I’m no volleyball person but I assume the block has more ways to be effective than just registering blocks. Such as slowing shots down or having the attacker alter their shot to get around the block. Can those things be quantified?

Posted
7 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

I’m no volleyball person but I assume the block has more ways to be effective than just registering blocks. Such as slowing shots down or having the attacker alter their shot to get around the block. Can those things be quantified?

Block touches are quantified on Volley Metrics 

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