Geez... I haven;t watched the full match. only provide link..:D
From the match stats, it's like Lee JY is the only one who seriously playing...Her points are more than double of all the other players on the court....
I think she's more and more like KYK back then... She really should going abroad when she's FA next year... She won't improve much if she stays in SK, unless she's already satisfied with her condition now....
next match : Kixx v KGC: battle of 2+ meter foreigners...
Pink Spider v Altos... few hours ago.
Altos still haven't improved... Pink Spider won them faster than in the 1st round....
Hillstate made so many errors... Yang HJ even made 3 times net-touch while blocking ,that I can recall.. Lee DY beside made service errors, her settings were also not good, many missed timing and position.. Without those errors, it could've been almost one-sided match like their first encounter in round 1...
Luckily for Hillstate, Hi-Pass couldn't make advantage of those errors...
No Bae YN, Moon JW and Taylor, Hi-Pass attack were not good either...
OOT: GS Kixx also have their own YT channel
This is my favorite thing, when a rookie/youngster gets a chance and delivers. She was so happy and delighted. It was beautiful
Yup... and I just watch full replay of the last match Hillstate v Hi-Pass, she voted as the MVP of the match... She substituted Jung Ji-Hyun in the early 2nd set and didn't subtitute back. She keep playing till the end of the match.....
I just watch abit of the highlights on hipass vs hyundai. park jeongah and ha hyejin is playing middle? weird. didnt see taylor play. did she get some play time at all? seems like hipass is trying to figure out position still. no bae yoona, anyone knows? the long rally was awesome between both teams hahaha
No.. I didn't see Taylor at all.. Looks like she wasn't even in the roster... PJA mainly as MB, Ha Hye-Jin played mainly as OPP...
The long rallies happened in the end of 3rd set... They were really good rallies...
Same here, I think this might be the season that she will not be number 1 in block ranking at the end of the season. I think the match against Heungkuk also stuffed up her stats too. .
This is definitely her worst season so far (blocking-wise)
If I'm not mistaken last season Hillstate didn't won a single match in the first 2 rounds (0-10), but she still topped the block list each round... ....She even on the spike list.... at the end of the season she still got the top MB award....
So yeah, it will need her much hardwork to be the top blocker this season....harder than the usual....
wow... I think It's the first time Yang Hyo Jin is not on Top 5 Block list, Lee Da Young is in instead... I think the last match vs Kixx ruined YHJ stats, where she performed poorly
Kixx attacking players dominate the spike, serve, and block lists.
Round 2 will be more interesting, I hope....
End of the 1st round.... GS seems superior...
What happen to Hi-Pass and Altos?
hi-Pass seems have trouble with setter... Lee Hyo Hee is getting lower in performance, and her backup is not much help... They keep rotate the two setters back and forth even in 1 set....Park Jeong-Ah, Moon Jung-Woon, Jung Do Young, Bae Yoo-Na can't help their form....
Altos new coach haven't got a good formation....
Thank you for HYJ info.. I hope I will see her in a match...
I have always said she was Korea best blocking setter, she is even better than some of the other middle blockers in the other teams at blocking. What a performance from Lee Da-Yeong in yesterday match
. First female setter to reach double-digit points in a single match in the Korean league. Apparently, Yang Hyo-Jin commented after the match that it like having six attackers on the court with Da-Yeong around.
Yup, That was great performance of LDY, especially in the last 2 sets...
In international level, her performance in VNL 2019 is recognized by official FIVB YT channel: Volleyball World.. She was dedicated a 2+ minutes video titled: Lee Dayoung best Plays ... I think in that channel she's the 2nd Korean player (after KYK) who is dedicated individual video for their performance...
I'm looking forward for her performance in club and NT. I hope she can keep improving...
I just notice something interesting from IBK. Baek Mokhwa a libero? Wasn't she always an OH before? Even called to NT...
But her performance was not good in the match vs Hillstate, she was subbed in 2nd set and never play again....
Hyundai E&C MB Yang Hyo-Jin have been top scorer for her team many times before. This is one of the reason she get the biggest paycheck in the league. Hyo-Jin is 2nd overall for career points (regular season) in the V-League with 5,168 points behind Hwang Youn-Joo. I think the highest she has scored in a league match is in the 40 points in 12/13 season against Expressway (YHJ highlights and stats).
Thx for the info.... turn out I had watched that highlight (even saved it in my YT playlist).. I forgot about it...:)
I'm a big fan of the Lee twins .. I like Lee Da Young style of play... I think among setters so far she got the most points.. Her blocking is very good for a setter and she spikes too a couple of times (She was played as OP subbing Hwang Yoon Joo a couple of times few seasons ago)....
While other setters got rotated in a match, she play full time all the time even when she got minor injury like last match vs Hi-Pass... I don't know it's a good thing or not for Hillstate. Definitely bad for the reserve setter..
With Maya as OP, Hwang Yoon Joo hasn't played a minute.... Is there news about her? Maybe she's considering retired in the end of the season? or change club? She's one of my fave player...It's sad to see her in the bench most of the time since Maya came....
I just watched replay of Hillstate v Hi-Pass.. It's almost one-sided match... Hi-Pass looks weak, despite have PJA (who was not having a good day) ....
It's first time I see an MB the top scorer on a match anywhere.... also it's kind of odd the libero is the MVP of the match....
Anyway, I hope Hillstate can keep improving their performance...
on GS win: watching Lutz , I remember watching Polina Rohimova when she was in Hillstate.. Both are 2+ meter tall.. Lutz can be like Polina: high power spiking and nobody can block her....
Which team do you guys think has the best Korean OH/s pairing?
I agree with you. Lee So-Young and Kang So-Hwi is the best Korean OH pair this season so far...
Only 2 team that can be close to GS pair: Hillstate, with Go Ye-Rim n Hwang Min-Kyoung... . And KGC with Choi Eun-Ji and Chae Son-Ah....
Pink Spiders only have LJY takes all the points, her pair don't get points (Who's her pair? :D)..
Hi-Pass: PJA with the foreigner...
IBK: Pyo Seung-Ju with foreigner.
It seems Altos with new coach haven't found their winning form...
For unexplainable reason I find Altos not interesting team to watch, even when they won league..I only interested to watch Kim Su Ji n Kim Hee Jin due their performance in NT...
I find Pyo Seung Ju just so-so from watching her previous seasons... She's bad in this game (according the match stats, haven't watch the replay)....I'm surprised she was in Lavarini's NT, while previous NT coaches seems not interested in her....
I'm glad Hyundai Hillstate won the tournament... It's a good start.. I hope they won't be like last season with all the losing streak in 1st and 2nd round, though they came back in 3rd round..
It seems the new players made an impact to their performance...
I was wondering why I read they lost 3 out of 3 games with only win 1 set in the 1st week...
Turn out because No KYK, Lee JY, Yang Hyo Jin, Park JA , and no Lee SooYoung as well.. basically no hitter.. no wonder....
With new coach team, young players, I hope they get better in week 2 and move up from the bottom rank....
I'm really surprise that Hillstate can rise from the bottom of the league with 9 wins.... Pink Spiders must win the champion after dominating the regular....
From the players stat, I can say Yang Hyo Jin is too domineering in SK... She's "everywhere".. She's topping the spike , blocking, n open spike success rate list... added in top 5 in 2 other categories...
From that list, I also think that SK is having lack of younger players in MB and OPP position in their national team.... all 5 blockers in the blocking stats are seniors that Yang Hyo Jin is the youngest! Talk about no regeneration...:)
At least the twins Lee Jae Young and Lee Da Yeong are in their top game... They are the leaders for the next generation national team...I hope they can also shine in the national team....
- Spanish OP Milagros Collar (Maya) made her debut for Hyundai E&C. She did well for her first match with the exception of her 4 service faults and she got blocked 6 times. As Maya is playing as OP that mean Hwang Youn-Joo get sidelined.
I really don't get how the coach thinking... Hwang YJ is 1 of 2 Hillstate players that consistently scoring... Than she transferred another OP when what she needs is an OH, to add players who can score...
It's hard not blaming the coach... I don't see hope that they will win a game until the end of this season with the way they currently play....
Thanks for the info about the positioning in K-league , @loneracer
Display MoreIf you look at the image from my previous post showing the draft result, The image show Jeong Ji-Yun with position (R, C, L) and Sim Mi-Og with position (L, C). You may have already noticed that Korean refer OH as Left (L), OP as Right (R), and MB as Center (C). Despite being classed as MB, the first two players Hyundai picked in the draft, can also play on the wings too. I haven't watch them play in high school volleyball but from what I remember of them during AVC junior tournament they play as OH/OP. So don't worry too much about position too much, I have seen players chance position often in the Korean league. With the retirement of HYM, thats why I think Hyundai using Kim Ju-Hyang as OH toward the end of last year.
I'm sure if GS Caltex didn't pick OH Park Hye-Min in Round 1, my guess is Hyundai would have definitely have selected her. Hye-Min was label as the best receiver out of all the rookie. Also during Round 2, if I was Hyundai and OP Lee Ye-Sol (drafted by KGC in Round 2, 2nd pick) was still available, then I might have chosen her. Ye-Sol kind of remind me of Hwang Youn-Joo, in her final year in high school she start receiving. The only other noticeable OH was KO Ui-Jeong (drafted by KGC in Round 2, 5th pick).
Yeah Park Jeong-Ah was the top scorer but Yoo Seo-Yeun also play well too. Seo-Yeun had less of the ball but had slightly better success rate, plus she also got 3 service aces.
From the new article regarding Ivana leaving, it also look like Hyundai are also trying to find a player to replace Becky too.
I saw the article about Ivana before the yesterday match too but I wasn't sure if it was correct at the time as there was only that one article. I thought Hi-pass would have given her at least up to the end of Round 2 to get her form back, after all she help bring them their first championship.
Both Heungkuk new recruits OH Kim Mi-Youn and Kim Se-Young have been disappointing. Both are struggling in attack with poor success rate plus Mi-youn is kind of shaky in reception too.
Thanks for the info...
Changing from MB to OH/OP seems as not "easy" as from OH/OP to MB, (i.e: Han Song Yi KGC and Bae Yoo Na Hi-pass)... I hope the rookie can improve...
If Elizabeth still play, maybe they can try to reach out to her... It's very important on who the foreigner will be for Hillstate,...
News Update:
- Korea Expressway Corp. Hi-pass have announced that Senegalese OP Fatou Diouck will replaced Ivana Nesovic as their foreign player. In the previous V-League season, Diouck was playing for GS Caltex where she was 3rd highest point score with 811 points with the 2nd best success rate of 43.20% and was awarded Round 6 MVP. Diouck was currently playing in Thailand for Supreme Chonburi but she will join up with Hi-pass once all relevant paperwork have been completed. Source: 1, 2, 3
If Diouck doesn't suffer like Ivana (low performance), Hi-Pass has a chance to be champion again...especially if Park JA can keep her performance...
Kixx v Pink Spiders:
Lee Jae Young is improve on her attack/scoring but suffer her receiving...
Aliona has improve for Kixx, for she got 80+ swings.. I think it's the first time she got lot more swings then Lee So Young ...
It's not the first time Park Jeong Ah not MVP, despite most scoring....
Hillstate in danger to become the team that have 0 win in the league in the end of this season with their performance...they need a major change....
Both team have no foreigner, but Hillstate is the one that most affected...
Hillstate:
The coach is not that bad.. I don't understand why she didn't pick an OH from the draft.. She picked 2 MB on the draft.. She knew she lacks OH after HYM retirement.. Were there no good OH prospects on draft pick? She's already got MB when they traded with Pink Spiders...Too many MB already..
Now Becky is injured... so no no OH scoring at all...
Pink Spiders:
- Their performance is really depending on Lee Jae Young performance... She haven't performed well this season..
- I don't know about domination, but they have a better team compare to last season... at least in MB position..
Hi-Pass v KGC:
- Ivana didn't play at all, again.. Is she really that bad? MVP last season, now an unused sub? That's sad...
- PArk JA become favorite setter target... She performed well...
Kixx v Hillstate:
- Very bad reception stats for Hillstate... Add with no OH scoring, they deserve their lost....
- With 0 win, and no improvement in their performance, instead it's getting worse, I have to say Hillstate should change their coach ...
