Everything posted by TexasDPT
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2018 Texas Volleyball
Texas needs to see where Stanford's DS and Libero are at and hit away from them, even if they have a huge block in front of them.
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2018 Texas Volleyball
Just set Butler a high ball and let her go to work....
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2018 Texas Volleyball
Our block is getting abused.
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2018 Texas Volleyball
Yaazie wants to blast through the block and if she can't, she just tips....she needs to learn to hit off the block.
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2018 Texas Volleyball
Not sure why Shook went to Yaazie there when you have Butler in the middle.....
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2018 Texas Volleyball
Stoooopid service errors
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2018 Texas Volleyball
Passing is actually decent....Stanford is just reading the sets and putting up decent blocks against our hitters.
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2018 Texas Volleyball
Not even worth tipping against Stanford....just hit high hands and hope it rebounds off the block.
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2018 Texas Volleyball
Still seeing that Claire can't defend right back very well.
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2018 Texas Volleyball
They need to put a triple block up on Plummer, especially when it's an OOS play.
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2018 Texas Volleyball
Getting blocked off the court
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2018 Texas Volleyball
Get Claire out of there...aced and then shanked pass.
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2018 Texas Volleyball
Passing starting off pretty good...
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2018 Texas Volleyball
I agree with your statement that most players come into college with the ability to pass and play defensively. Mira Topic, Alyson Jennings, Ashley Engle, Heather Kisner, Cat McCoy, and now Sydney Petersen are a few names that I think came in ready to play at the collegiate level (since Jerritt's tenure). Kiley Hall, Sydney Yogi, Sarah Palmer, Sha'Dare McNeil, Kat Brooks, and Amy Neal are the ones that had the ability but REALLY had to develop and refine those abilities to play at a high level. If the coaches are not able to develop the passing/ball control/floor defense that's needed to be a consistent Championship-caliber team, then they need to focus on getting players that already have those skills and offer them a scholarship, instead of hoping that these walk-on DS's will develop. WIth 12 scholarships, I think 2 need to be given to Libero/DS players; 1 definitely for a libero and maybe offer a 2-year deal to a DS player that comes in as a walk-on and if she is the first DS to come off the bench by her JR year, then she earns the other scholarship. I mean, I would gladly trade-in Orie's scholarship for a DS that could actually be a consistent force in the back row. I think there is a large pool of 5'8-5'10 High school OHs in Texas with great ball control skills that could transition nicely to a DS role if they were at least offered a 2-year scholarship at Texas.
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2018 Texas Volleyball
I agree. At some point, something needs to change. Elliott actually coaches his passers to pass the ball up to the 10' line. He'd rather them err on the side of caution and pass the ball somewhere in the court to at least get an out-of-system swing on the ball. Watch them in warm-ups. They actually practice out of system passing and train to throw it up high to the pins....which is fine if you have players like Destinee Hooker, Bailey Webster, and Haley Eckerman who can hit over the block. Watch any other elite team. The passes (whether on serve-receive or in the transition game) are 2-3 feet off the net, where the setter doesn't have to chase after every ball... And it all falls on Elliott...Erik Sullivan coached at Nebraska and his players at that time weren't consistently passing out-of-system...and the same for Salima Rockwell and the system she coached at Penn State. Elliott's system has only won 1 NC in 17 years...and that's with all the bad-ass players he has had...players who have become National Team members and Olympians...
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2018 Texas Volleyball
Exactly! We lost on a blocking error by Autumn! Why even try to block a 6'7 hitter...LOL
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2018 Texas Volleyball
Stupid coaching...keep track of your substitutions especially at the end of a set... That's why you train 6 rotation players....and sub in those DS's when those players are struggling... And WTF do they work on in practice? It's not Serving...it's not passing... Elliott and his staff should be embarrassed for putting that shit show out there!
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2018 Texas Volleyball
Why Challenge! We have a 5'4 player in the front row
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2018 Texas Volleyball
Fucking stupid
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2018 Texas Volleyball
We are out of rotations..
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2018 Texas Volleyball
The story of Jerritt Elliott's tenure at Texas.
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2018 Texas Volleyball
Another SE...FML
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2018 Texas Volleyball
Service Errors killing any kind of momentum for the team
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2018 Texas Volleyball
Seriously, put Jhenna Gabriel in for Claire. We've seen 3 years of this and she cracks under pressure.
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2018 Texas Volleyball
Stupid Claire Hahn can't get her serve in. Set point Stanford.