Everything posted by TexasDPT
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2018 Texas Volleyball
Freshman wall or getting what's made her successful coached out of her???
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2018 Texas Volleyball
Why Sydney, why?!?!
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2018 Texas Volleyball
14 Service errors....
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2018 Texas Volleyball
Shook hates Butler...only has set her ONE time in 2 sets!
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2018 Texas Volleyball
Nice block by Brionne...Tied up at 18.
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2018 Texas Volleyball
Yaazie looking to be more vocal and showing some emotion on the court...that's the kind of presence and leadership that needs to be on the court all the time.
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2018 Texas Volleyball
This team likes to play down to its competition.
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2018 Texas Volleyball
My understanding is that Tonya works with the Outside hitters, while Erik works with the MB blocking, back row defenders, and overall defensive schemes/scouting reports. Jerritt runs the overall offensive scheme, and I believe setter coaching duties were deferred back to him when Salima Rockwell returned to Penn State. With Salima in charge of setting, players like Engle, Kocher, Allison, Dalton (when she physically able to) and Collins developed into pretty good setters. Some may argue that Hannah was a terrible setter, but I think a lot of that had to with the high-jumping players at the time who liked hitting high, slow balls like Haley, Bailey, and Khat. Even when Salima left Collins' Jr year, she was coached by Evan Sanders (a setter coach), who was a volunteer assistant at the time (and now an Asst. Coach at Colorado). By her senior season, Chloe already knew what system Elliott wanted to run and was comfortable doing it without needing much technical guidance. Unfortunately, we are now seeing what the setting looks like without a coach with technical setting experience. I really do think Shook has the talent, but she appears to be the type of player that NEEDS someone consistently coaching her up. SPVB (her club) is known to put out great setters because they are technically drilled and get an obscene amount of reps with their intense training...literally, setters coming out of that club are often called 'SPRI robots'...but it's obvious Shook's training hasn't translated well to the college game. Even though it seems we get whoever we want (because we're Texas), that wasn't the case when Jim Moore took over for Mick Haley in the late 90's. Texas Volleyball was abysmal during the Moore years and it wasn't until several years after Elliott arrived that the program began to prosper again with his recruiting classes. But I do agree that Elliott needs to rethink about upgrading his current staff with individuals who can coach setting and improve the defense and ball-control/passing...because those continue to be areas of weakness.
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2018 Texas Volleyball
Really miss Chloe Collins....everyone ragged on her 5'7 height...but she could locate the ball and put it where the hitters needed it...even with out-of-system passing. We went to the National Championship match her last 2 years even with opponents hitting over her block...that's how good the setting was. Yes, passing was shitastic last year but it's been like that every year....but look at the drop-off Ebony and Micaya had last year because the setting was terrible. Two 1st-team All-Americans that get demoted because their numbers suck because they had to tip sooo much. Overall this year, serve-receive passing actually hasn't been that bad but setting still sucks. Until we get a setting coach or a setter transfer comes in, this team will never succeed with Shook at the helm.
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2018 Texas Volleyball
Fucking shitty set by Shook and Micaya can only tip it over and Brionne barely tries to block it....really shows the will of this team.
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2018 Texas Volleyball
Elliott is stupid....all the Freshmen middle blockers on other teams are playing and playing well while our #2 MB recruit is sitting on the bench... Morgan is average at best....Asjia should be playing.
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2018 Texas Volleyball
Brionne was in nowhere land...can't close the block
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2018 Texas Volleyball
I think the players low key hate Shook setting... they never know where the fucking ball is going to be....
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2018 Texas Volleyball
Micaya is ALWAYS a step slow covering right back line.
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2018 Texas Volleyball
Ashley's setting is breaking down again...
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2018 Texas Volleyball
Tonya seems worthless as a coach....Elliott needs to get an assistant that can coach SETTING.... Ashley Engle, Michele Kocher, Hannah Allison, and Chloe Collins all improved when Salima Rockwell was here....Chloe was lucky to have Evan Sanders (who was a volunteer assistant coach) and is now an assistant at Colorado as a setter coach...Ashley definitely needs one!
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2018 Texas Volleyball
Seems like she is hitting the ball harder tonight....probably heard me say she doesn't have the arm to play at this level....
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2018 Texas Volleyball
Still forgetting that we are playing 4 Freshmen... but upper classmen aren't playing consistent enough to overcome that.
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2018 Texas Volleyball
Micaya needs to stay after each practice and get 100 serves in before going home....
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2018 Texas Volleyball
That might work....we would need Logan to play all the way around or we would run out of subs.
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2018 Texas Volleyball
Bri's blocking technique is worsening as the season progresses. Actually, Morgan's too.
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2018 Texas Volleyball
Serving whoas from the beginning of the season are coming back....
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2018 Texas Volleyball
those set's to Johnson are so predictable...
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2018 Texas Volleyball
Yep, good observation!