Posts by yourHIGHness

Quote from parrothawk

Yan Ni, 1st best middle blocker at the 2018 WCH, nicknamed the "Northern Great Wall of China" (the Southern being the retired Xu Yunli). She is 32 years old and has serious injuries all over her body, especially her shoulder, from years of playing. But if you observe, the tapes on her shoulder are getting fewer and she has gotten visibly fitter this year, thanks to the Chinese team's new fitness coach, who joined the team only this year and worked out training plans for everyone.

that’s good to hear, I was thinking maybe Bia can lend her shoulder strap to Yan Ni.

Quote from ossubtus

i just tuned in. who are the 2 commentators of CHN x TUR? they are good and knowledgeable.

It's Simon Golding !

Quote from samsara

Simon Golding is the better commentator, he knows volleyball. He even gave some foresights that eventually came true. Listen to him from Hong Kong to Jiangmen stations now (perhaps in Macau too). Believe Simon along with "Catherine Mary / Marie" (not sure about her name spelling) will do the commenting in Ningbo as well.

Some other FIVB commentators don't show the necessary knowledge in volleyball, just talking talking in general sense say the obvious things, Mr. Hilarious, Mr. Hyperbole…

Simon is very good!

Patch is embarrassing in set 3 and no subs.

I would bring K.Russell to week 2 rather than having Patch jogging and hopping in the court.

Marcia helped the team in crucial moments during the Olympic qualification in Tokyo.
Is nowakowski a more aggressive hitter compared to Modzonek?
I guess that Modzonek is a better blocker.

NED Final 12
OH: Buijs, Balkenstein, Plak, Schoot
MB: De Krujf, Belien, Steenbergen
OPP: Sloetjes, Pietersen
S: Djekema, Stoltenborg
L: Pillon

I don't think prize money is a factor particularly for team China.
They are super rich!

I think she has too much pressure being a captain and it affected her performance during World Cup.
But she is an all-rounded player and the coaches know her potentials well even though her performance since World Cup is not promising.
Her performance yesterday against USA proves that she deserves to be in the final 12 for Rio.

Shen is playing without passion and precision.
She has been playing a few years with the members already but the connection is still bad.
Enough damage has been done to the team and i hope just like what the others have hoped, to see the better setters going to Rio.

Karch knows what he is doing, he has been involved in Olympic Games so many times.
But if he doesn't, may the other team wins =)

USA Final 12 roster for Rio is announced.
Hagglund out.
OH: Larson, Robinson, Hill.
MB: Akinradewo, Dietzen, Adams
S: Glass, Lloyd, Thompson.
OPP: Lowe, Murphy
L: Banwarth

So I guess it will be CHN vs THA for fifth place, semis will be USA vs RUS and BRA vs NED.
THA with their home crowd cheering might even take the fifth place this year.

Very super duper unlikely they will go to the finale.
Not even very confident that they will reach final four as NED A team seems more cohesive and offensive.
But we will always want to see CHN team perform a shocker!

Thai NT players for F6:
OH: Wilawan, Ajcharaporn, Onuma, Chatchu-On
MB: Pleumjit (C), Thatdao, Hattaya
OPP: Malika, Pipimchaya
S: Nootsara, Pornpun, Soraya
L: Wanna, Piyanut.

I read somewhere that she might miss 'the first' match in Rio, I simply could not understand why they said that. Everyone knew she was injured but how could they be sure that if her condition is not allowing her to play the first match in Rio, she will eventually play for the rest of the tournament? She played the game of her life against Italy during WOQT just after she was injured. For me, it's indirectly implying South Korea is not worth for Saori to play and take risk, but the other matches do worth the pain.

Is Kosheleva going to Bangkok???

Chill bro, maybe Karch made a decision due to all the three OPPs performance throughout the training camp. Fawcette was blocked quite a few times during her last match in WGP.

Is Fawcette on her way back to Ohio?

Wei has played Beijing Olympics and London Olympics, a lot of people are hoping that she will make it to her third consecutive Olympics. Well, she definitely has the skill to be the setter for the team.
In my opinion, with her experience and her style of play, there is no need for her to join any tournament to prove that she is capable to be in the list. Her problem now is her current condition as she has been taking a very long time to recover since her surgery. If she can show that she is physically fit to jump (for blocking) and able to move swiftly (for defense and setting) she will be in the list eventually. If she is not athletic enough for the team before the date to finalize the list, Shen will take her place.

CHN lineup for final 6 WGP
OH: Hui, Liu XT, Liu YH
MB: Yuan, Yang, Zhang
S: Shen, Yao
OPP: Zeng, Gong
L: Lin, Chen