But what about Otomo's daughter what makes her promising? have you seen her play? In the articles I've read it says she's participating in the upcoming Asian games
I watched her at last Haruko. I would say for say for a 15/16 y/old she seems to have a pretty good volleyball IQ, manifested in aim (of her hits). She's another one of these "tall" youngsters that plays everywhere. I've seen her listed as MB/S/OP and in the new NT Wide as OH. She also played the receiving line with Kyoei for a rotation or so -- what do we do with these tall players? Others have written Japan always tries to force them to the middle. Maybe that's changing
Anyway, so she's got all these around skills. The thing with her "aim" is that while she's called upon to hit from all over the court she seems to understand where to hit it to -- I know that's vague and subjective and she did make 15/16 year old mistakes. Also, like Furukawa, she seems very comfortable in her 16 y/old thin tall body** [edit] actually a lot more comfortable than Furukawa did at 16.
Another one of these tall youngsters to keep an eye on, and wait to find out what position she plays is Ayane Kitamado. She's signed to SAGA now. Came from SEIEI HS who lost to Furukawa Gakuen in the Haruka FINAL. A MB/OP type who also receives and back attacks
Then , of course , we have the wonderful Yuzuki Baba coming up You'll be hearing about her if you haven't already. She played in that U16 DOMOVIP Cup (Champions!) last month, and just entered first year HS at Kinrankai. Only 180cm so far. But she applied to play, and started in the recent Sakura Volley Tournament and looked like a senior. They won it