Posts by KVB

Lavarini is the best option. He has proven himself on international level, and more importantly, with different style of plays. From the fast system of Minas, to the Korean NT with both the twins & KYK, and even with only KYK left. He managed to achieve great results in all these teams with completely different style of plays. In Novara, he has yet to achieve the best results he’d have wished due to the dominance of Imoco and some weak positions in previous roaster. But overall speaking the team is still very competitive and seems to be doing better this season so far.

For Santarelli, his biggest advantage is his successful cooperation with Wolosz, who will be very important for the NT in the Paris OG cycle. But one big question mark is whether he can build a team that isn’t Imoco style, as the MBs of the Polish team aren’t as quick nor as dominant in attack as the MBs of Imoco. The Polish NT also lacks an OH like Hill or Courtney.

Still, I will be very excited for the Polish girls if either one of these two Italians becomes the head coach. They are the best options you can have right now and it’s nice to see the Polish NT finally seems to be on the right track. I’ll be looking forward to seeing the Polish girls to finally have a chance to reach their full potential and to achieve something great on international level.

How many errors has Kaziyski had?

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Oh come on. It is like Trentino dissolved after tie at 11-11. Kaziyski seems annoyed. I mean setting doesn’t look good but shouldn’t he be the one to motivate his young teammates?

And he passed that free ball to sky high and super tight to the net that simply impossible for his setter to set

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wait… is queenseis such a mess that Kelsey isn’t even passing? 😳

She was free from passing in some points in that highlight video. Hopefully just an experiment in that match as sitenoise explained.

Have a look if you’re interested:

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You're right, ... they changed up after the first set.

#8 and #17 have been trading OP duties for the season so far, with kRob on the left. I guess they are still working on who's best over there

#8 is Cherry Blossom Girl and this has been the rotation when she's in the front and at the beginning of the match on 11/27 for the first set

You can't see this very well but this is how they lined up for set three. kRob is opposite the setter #18, and #8 and #17 are opposite one another as OH. And kRob does indeed play right side. This is new!

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Thanks!!
But just hope their coach can give up the idea of putting Robinson on the right side and even free her from reception. It’s not gonna be working

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No. She played right side when Cherry Blossom Girl (OP) went back to serve

But why did Robinson play at position 2 & 1 in most part of the highlight video? After she served, she would stay at position 1. While her team was serving and she was in the front row, she would immediately go to position 2.

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2021.11.28 Results

Home [-] Away	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Stats	Highlights
Saitama 3–0 Toyota	25-21	25-21	25-23			75–65	YT
Toray 3–0 SAGA	25-23	25-22	25-16			75–61	YT
JT 3–0 NEC	25-19	25-18	25-23			75–60	YT
PFU 3–2 Himeji	25-14	25-16	19-25	18-25	15-11	102–91	YT
Okayama 3–0 Hitachi	28-26	25-20	25-18			78–64	YT
Denso 3–1 Kurobe	22-25	25-17	25-12	25-14		97–68	YT

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I just watched the highlights of Saitama vs Toyota, was Robinson actually playing as Opp for the whole match??

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Man that clip really makes my heart melt. I have been a Roberta die hard fan. When the roster list released for Tokyo I was literally screaming in happiness.

I hope she will be better. I want to see her play in Turkey or Italy. But I don’t know which team will suit her.

IMO she can go to any team that has a spot for foreign setter. She’d be a great addition to any team no matter in the Italian or Turkish league.

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Kadochkina is terrible in Position 2, she herself stated a couple of times she is uncomfortable playing in this position. Also have you seen the digs by Goncha? Goncha > Lazareva in almost all elements, maybe except serving. Goncharova will retire soon, I expect WCH would be her last stint in NT she has played over a decade now let's show her some love

From the few matches of Kazan I watched, I wouldn’t say her pos 2 attack is terrible. But if she isn’t willing to play as Opp, then that’s it.

I’d say it again I do love Goncha, but if Russia targets a medal in Paris, they need a new Opp and it will be too late to look for one after the WCH. After the WCH there will be very little time left before the OG qualification.

Podlesnykh!!

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Yeah, but he seems kinda out of shape .

BTW, the whole Moscow team is failing a lot of services

The whole team was a mess From serve & reception to setting, nothing was working…

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Russia has also Kadochkina as the 4th OH! and yeah, it's amazing the plenty of options they have (considering Smirnova as 5th, Kuznetsova 6th, etc). As for the Opposite, Goncharova could be good as a sub (for her experience), but it's time to test other options: Lazareva (she's an average player, but inspired could be useful), Akimova (she's new and has potential), Antropova (if she wants to ofc).

At this moment I’d go to try Kadochkina as Opp, as she seems to be comfortable at hitting on the right side of the net, and her reception is an issue, esp. another starting OH must be Arina. Lazareva can be a good sub while for Goncharova I think it’s time to move on. I do love Goncha but considering her age and her inability to defend, Lazareva would be a better option as back up Opp.

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He always gets injured in important matches

He’s playing in 2nd set

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she's a liability on blocking and hardly a threat on offense.

This sentence can be applied exactly to Hande as well unfortunately.

I just had time to watch the replay of the match on YT, it’s a miracle for Ecz to win the match when one of their OHs was playing that bad and she was still on the court for most of the time.

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It’s a tactic used when the OPP can’t hit on the left.. Murphy, Lowe, Drews have been doing it with the USA for years

There’s a little bit of difference. Drews & co. would run super fast to all the way to the back and rush back to the front row, Haak just run beside the net that looked a lot more easier.

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Interesting tactic by Gui. When Gabi is in position 4, she will often receive inside the court while the other OH on the back court will receive on the outside. This is the first match I saw them do this. Any explanation why?

That’s the rotation when Haak just turned to the front row at position 4, and Gabi has to receive at pos 2. In normal situations Haak would therefore attack on the left and Gabi on the right, which aren’t their most comfortable positions.
You can notice in the new tactic you mentioned, when Gabi received in the middle of the court, Haak would immediately run to pos 2 from the middle of the court, while Gabi would run to pos 4 right after serve reception. This can allow them to attack in the most natural and comfortable positions. I saw this strategy being used in some men’s teams in the Italian league as well.

Normal situation of this rotation:

Haak MB Gabi

MBH L Cansu

This tactic:

MBH (Haak MB Gabi) L Cansu

*The three players in bracket were front row attackers

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Regardless, Vibo Valentia with an absence of Nishida is in really difficult spot, they're 2-6 as for now, and in next four games they'll play against Monza, Perugia, Padova and Piacenza to finish the 1st phase of regular season, until they find a decent replacement, only this game against Padova would be winnable, and Padova so far has played much better this season than VV with Nishida.

Agree, even with Nishida they can only be competitive in some sets of these matches but I don’t see any chance for them to win against these teams. Vibo has no reliable hitter to kill the balls. Nishida wasn’t that effective in kill% (but can’t really blame him as other hitters in the team were nearly invisible other than Douglas, who is just… fine but I expected more from him)

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Good move for him, although Bottolo is a leader of Padova and one OH spot is probably reserved for him, both Loeppky and Petrov are very inconsistent, and Padova as a team struggles in reception (Bottolo is their best receiver, and he's definitely not a great receiver, lol), so he may find some playing time very early despite his young age.

On the other hand, Nishida's injury is more serious than it was anticipated earlier and it is possible he'll stay away from playing for a month.

Is Nishida’s injury related to the old one he had before?

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They should start with finding 3 strong locals and then transfer 3 solid foreigners next to them.

It would be the ideal situation, but even the Turkish NT has difficulty to find 3 strong locals in each position, it’s nearly an impossible task for all the clubs in the top 4 to do so. Especially many of the strong locals are locked by Vakif & FB already.

After the match Arina went to Kazan side to chat and take photos with her former teammates But I was kinda surprised that Lazareva didn’t follow but went straight back to the locker room! I thought there are some NT teammates of her in Kazan so she may go together with Arina.