Lang ping was silver medal at olympic with USA . How she was not brilliant outside China?
What I love about her is her imprevisibility, she can read the other team really well and do the necessary changes. Ze is trying to understand what she did in Rio yet
silver medal for the USA wasn't a breakthrough for the US, kinda expected i'd say. to each their own i guess.
silver medal for the USA wasn't a breakthrough for the US, kinda expected i'd say. to each their own i guess.
before 2008,how many years usa didnt get a silver medal in OG?how is the situation when Jenny began to train team US? is it easy to get a silver medal for a team or coach?
The last time USA had won Olympic medal before Lang Ping came is in 1992. So youre gonna tell me that 16 years of medal drought was not expected and Silver in Beijing didn't mean a thing.
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silver medal for the USA wasn't a breakthrough for the US, kinda expected i'd say. to each their own i guess.
What are you talking about? Silver medal in Beijing was overachievement for that team. Silver in London was not
silver medal for the USA wasn't a breakthrough for the US, kinda expected i'd say. to each their own i guess.
I don't know what happened to you atm, but in 2008 USA wasn't the favorite for medal, it was China (host), Brazil, Cuba, and Russia. Come on don't be so arrogant. Lang Ping did a great things, and I still remember how Lang Ping scouted Akin from freshman year which is rare case in USWNT. Not only Akin was really a talented young player, but Lang Ping had an intention to build young players by giving them a lot of experiences in international stage. And this is what Kiraly lacks on. He didn't give a f*** on NCAA talented players.
im back...i was out of the city .thats why i wasnt on-line (poor internet connection) .i checked the results at best (from the second round on)
i was able to watch a few matches from first round (from trt spor).i couldnt watch any of second round matches
by the way, im disapponted by the Turkish team performance..
i watched the first round matches and...many mistakes,poor reception ,etc..especialy the experienced players couldnt play well enough
e.g. i didnt expect a 3-0 defeat against that Russian team ! that shouldnt have happened that way
anyway.i hope they can play better in the next tournaments
i like the Italian team and if they keep playing their good game (if Sylla keeps playing that way) then they can achieve the unexpected ..the Italian team especially Sylla has been another player at this tournament .Italian block is pretty effective..generally i didnt use to like MB Chiricella's offensive game (this could have been the insufficient sets she was having) but she is having a good tournament together with Danesi..Bosetti and De gennaro are doing a very good job on the back court..Egonu is the most "dangerous" OPP in the world atm..Malinov is a good setter and good at blocking. that is a good ad.v for her team just ike Naz Aydemir's blocking skills being an adv. to her team and the NT.
Chinese team isnt having a superb tournament but they are doing well as well...i like MB Yan Ni's performance in the both part of this game..it seems to me the Chinese team lacks another realiable attacker other than Zhu Ting..i believe still they can play better
i havent watched The Serbian and American teams..
i like that the Japenese team is in the final 6 ..good job
they can play extra well at home and they can suprise us at the third round who knows!
i support the Serbian and Italian teams..i want a new champion at this tournament
im guessing one of these three teams could win the gold : Italy,Serbia and China..
Bujis can not pass at a high level during a whole game usually, so as long as they target her from the service line they can take her out of the game... Plak comes in and it is the same thing if not worst. Maret can not score against high block. And they don't have the mentality to win a tournament ...they simply does not have what it takes to beat teams like China and USA.
I don't agree with this. Of course Anne Buijs is not world best receiver BUT:
She has the image that her pass is not good and every opponent knows it, so in total they tried to serve on her for 157 times this tournament. Only Bricio got more serves to handle (163). Buijs' is still ranked 38th, all according to FIVB statistics. (http://japan2018.fivb.com/en/competition/statistics)
Besides the Anne Buijs thing, NED is missing De Kruijf and Daalderop really but I still believe they can surprise us.. we will see 
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Welcome back! You missed all the fun 
I don't agree with this. Of course Anne Buijs is not world best receiver BUT:
She has the image that her pass is not good and every opponent knows it, so in total they tried to serve on her for 157 times this tournament. Only Bricio got more serves to handle (163). Buijs' is still ranked 38th, all according to FIVB statistics. (http://japan2018.fivb.com/en/competition/statistics)
The FIVB stats only rank players who have received a high % of serves. Buijs is actually 38th out of 39 players officially ranked (only higher than Gong). As you can see, no player below Gong in this list even has a number in the efficiency % column, that’s because they haven’t received enough serves. If you look at the numbers, you can see Balkestein for example has better numbers than Buijs even though she is lower in the list.
Brazil - 30.39%
Thanks. I didn't realize I was asking you to do math I missed this first time through in the avalanche of posts from people enjoying the tournament. Glad I searched your profile for it.
Thanks. I didn't realize I was asking you to do math
Ah, it’s OK. I like playing around with numbers anyway.
everybody knows the gold will be one of those three: China, Serbia and Italy. 100%.
Welcome back! You missed all the fun
how are you doing my friend ..i know i did it 
what about the matches tomorrow ?
my prediction :
China - Usa : 3-1
Japan - Serbia : 1-3 (maybe 2-3/3-2 ??)
I'd love to see the face of Terzic after a 3:2 Japan 
i know nobody cares now that we are in the final 6 phase, but here's the exciting match between GER x PUR.
interesting that when receiving serve and the setter is in front row, vanyak (MB) moves over to 2 and attacks like an OPP. like rachel sanchez or other cubans...
i don't know, people, i would not count the US out yet. they had no answers for superior teams like ITA and CHN, but if they can figure out their issues (as to why bartsch couldn't get a kill against ITA), they might still be in the mix. i still think the final will be ITA x CHN , but the US can get a bronze.
i certainly don't want either JPN or SRB to get a medal...
i know nobody cares now that we are in the final 6 phase, but here's the exciting match between GER x PUR.
interesting that when receiving serve and the setter is in front row, vanyak (MB) moves over to 2 and attacks like an OPP. like rachel sanchez or other cubans...
That's because Vanjak actually is an outside hitter in her club and has also played as OPP at times. She just played MB in her NCAA team for a few months some years ago and Koslowski put her to MB position because our "real" MBs are too weak plus Schölzel got injured before WCH, and Vanjak is a too weak receiver to play as OH on international level and at OPP she'd be 3rd choice in NT right now. She'll be back to playing OH in her club because her club coach thinks that this is where she belongs and it's also what she likes the most, but I'm really not sure if this is the best career choice for her...