Japan - V.League V1 (Division 1, Women) 2021-2022

    Looks like NEC took that loss personally

    first character is hit and the second is point, where you are hitting/contacting the ball. In order to have better control in spiking (straight hits) you need to hit on the top of the ball.


    scoring points are 得点　(tokuten)

    Quote from brahmin

    first character is hit and the second is point, where you are hitting/contacting the ball. In order to have better control in spiking (straight hits) you need to hit on the top of the ball.


    scoring points are 得点　(tokuten)

    oh, contact point of the ball


    why does translate as this RBI acronym I wonder

    NEC looks seriously pissed, which is pretty cool


    Aika Hayashida got in a serve sub for Toyota. I forgot about her serve. She's a gentle creature, lets out a heavy sigh and looks like she's going to lollypop it over. Then bang! It goes fast and low. She's a cool player with a 314cm spike point

    Koga and Shimamura especially are relentless. It's beautiful


    I want my NEC back :(

    Quote from sitenoise

    oh, contact point of the ball


    why does translate as this RBI acronym I wonder

    it is a correct translation as well. In baseball hit the ball and a run scored by the hit, would of course be RBI.


    here is a Japanese baseball box score from the Japan Series last year.


    above the line are the batting stats, below pitching


    from left to right

    Inside the parenthesis, position played

    Player name

    At bats 打数

    Hits 安打

    RBI 打点

    Walk 四球

    Hit by pitch (dead ball is the direct translation) 死球

    Strikeout 三振


    Pitching from left to right

    Dot winning pitcher (white), losing (black)

    Player name

    Innings pitched 投回

    Batters faced 打者

    next four are same as above
    earned runs 自責 (should have 点 added as well, but limited to two characters)


    2022.01.30 Results

    Home [-] Away
    		 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Stats Highlights

    Toray – Kurobe






    Postponed


    JT – SAGA






    Postponed


    Himeji – Saitama






    Postponed


    Okayama – Denso






    Postponed


    Hitachi 1–3 PFU

    25-20

    14-25

    22-25

    24-26


    85–96

    		 YT

    NEC 3–0 Toyota

    25-10

    25-18

    26-24



    76–52

    YT


    I give Toyota props for going from 10 to 18 to 24 against this brutal onslaught from NEC. An epic smackdown

    Speaking of that uber thin Toyota libero, Yukako Yasui, she's taking a break to rest for a while:

    Quote

    Yukako Yasui, who belongs to our team, is treating her illness.

    We would like to inform you that we will be taking a rest for a while.

    We apologize for the inconvenience to our fans and all concerned.

    We would appreciate it if you could watch over us warmly.

    That makes four players this year 'taking a rest' from/for an unnamed illness who are to be 'watched over warmly':

    • Ai Kurogo
    • Yurika Mizoguchi
    • Rina Sasaki
    • Yukako Yasui

    Other players may have done this in the past but I don't recall any actual announcements about anyone. These are different than announcements about players with injuries like Shiori Aratani and Sakurako Shimada

    The two PFU v JT matches scheduled for this weekend are canceled :(


    No V.League Division 1 matches at all this weekend ;(

    This weekend would have been the end of the ambiguous Second Round, based on it being 2/3 of the matches everyone was scheduled to have played. Since there are no matches being played this weekend, here's the star chart at the end of Round 2


    # Team Games
    Played    		 W L Pts Win
    Rate    		 Sets
    Won
    		 Sets
    Lost
    		 Set
    Rate    		 Pts
    Won
    		 Pts
    Lost
    		 Pts
    Rate

    1

    JT

    16

    15

    1

    44

    0.94

    46

    11

    4.18

    1379

    1170

    1.18

    2

    Toray

    18

    14

    4

    43

    0.78

    46

    18

    2.56

    1514

    1382

    1.10

    3

    NEC

    16

    12

    4

    34

    0.75

    37

    21

    1.76

    1348

    1179

    1.14

    4

    PFU

    19

    11

    8

    32

    0.58

    37

    32

    1.16

    1537

    1492

    1.03

    5

    Denso

    16

    11

    5

    31

    0.69

    37

    24

    1.54

    1424

    1317

    1.08

    6

    SAGA

    15

    10

    5

    31

    0.67

    35

    22

    1.59

    1321

    1230

    1.07

    7

    Saitama

    16

    10

    6

    31

    0.62

    35

    25

    1.40

    1403

    1289

    1.09

    8

    Hitachi

    20

    7

    13

    21

    0.35

    31

    48

    0.65

    1674

    1827

    0.92

    9

    Okayama

    18

    5

    13

    17

    0.28

    25

    40

    0.62

    1425

    1527

    0.93

    10

    Himeji

    17

    4

    13

    14

    0.24

    28

    45

    0.62

    1538

    1663

    0.92

    11

    KUROBE

    17

    3

    14

    7

    0.18

    14

    46

    0.30

    1172

    1417

    0.83

    12

    Toyota

    20

    2

    18

    7

    0.10

    16

    55

    0.29

    1460

    1702

    0.86

    Saga recruited someone from Okayama. I can't translate it on my phone and I can't remember her name either from when she played for Ok. Saga is way too crowded right now but I guess that's how they've always been. I understand a lot of people have huge expectation for that HS twin star plus Mandai who hasn't been able to play yet.


    I think the ones to exit will be Sakae (considering she already reached the 230 games milestone like Nana when she retired), Nomoto and Nagaoka all the same age and maybe Imamura. I don't know with Foluke but I don't see her continuing by next season also it's about time they make full use of Araki and Shion.

    Quote from sean1

    Saga recruited someone from Okayama. I can't translate it on my phone and I can't remember her name either from when she played for Ok. Saga is way too crowded right now but I guess that's how they've always been. I understand a lot of people have huge expectation for that HS twin star plus Mandai who hasn't been able to play yet.


    I think the ones to exit will be Sakae (considering she already reached the 230 games milestone like Nana when she retired), Nomoto and Nagaoka all the same age and maybe Imamura. I don't know with Foluke but I don't see her continuing by next season also it's about time they make full use of Araki and Shion.

    Minami Nishimura - 6th man of the year. The Andre Iguodala of volleyball . great pickup. I knew she wasn't going to retire even though she seemed to have settled into a job with Coca Cola or something weird-ass


    She and Watanabe both did this "I'm retiring" thing, and then ...


    Both of them also did not come to the NoSmilers from their farm team at Osaka International Takaii

    Quote from sitenoise

    Minami Nishimura - 6th man of the year. The Andre Iguodala of volleyball . great pickup. I knew she wasn't going to retire even though she seemed to have settled into a job with Coca Cola or something weird-ass


    She and Watanabe both did this "I'm retiring" thing, and then ...


    Both of them also did not come to the NoSmilers from their farm team at Osaka International Takaii

    You left me curious about the comparison... :/

    Quote from Postyates

    You left me curious about the comparison... :/

    Sorry, what comparison? Watanabe and Nishimura?


    If so, it isn't a comparison. It's that they both ditched Okayama under never to be known gossip-y conditions



    [Edit] oh :) I see the bold now. Andre, 6th man of the year, played wherever was needed , was happy about it and kicked ass. Nishimura is a libero, defense specialist, OH, serve sub, whatever it takes. She's short but good at everything and has a very solid mentality

    Ah, ok! :thumbup:

    (I watch some NBA, but not a whole lot, so I know he's an important player, but I don't really know him... But, anyway, those types of players are always fun to watch...)