Sakoda has by far the best flight form that we rarely see anymore. Probably only that short spiker from PFU. I think I might've seen Kubota do it once but she's top heavy. Sakoda uses her spine to full effect, very light and effortless. A lot of male players attack with her type of flight form meanwhile most female players look too stiff.
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EDIT Anika Brinkmann got injured in a domestic accident (whatever that means), but she'll be back soon.
I hope that's not what I think it means but I've never heard it used that way it sounds weird. I hope she's okay.
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I'm serious. I probably threw you off with the Uchiseto reference. Nabeya is wiggly and soft. Reception is very good. She's not playing much this year in league though.
Wiggly is the best description for her LOL. She almost looks deranged sometimes. It gives me anxiety just watching her play. She's not smooth and it's like you don't know if she's gonna hit it just right. I need to probably rewatch some old Denso matches
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Haha, I agree, but Nabeya might be the best receiver Japan has at this point. And Uchiseto might be next but let's not go there
Hayashi is poised to be a sleeper hit.
No really but is she? Nabeya I mean. I can't tell if you're being sarcastic. The only time I liked Nabeya's style was during her HS days where she packed a mean punch and then she got so flimsy I gave up rooting for her. It doesn't help that I haven't seen her play much during vleague
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Although I really admire and appreciate the defensive skills of the Japanese players, when most of their wing spikers are now below 1.8m (many are even below 1.75m...) and most MB are below 1.85m, sadly it’s really hard for them to be a real threat to the powerhouses in the world.
Another big problem of the current team JPN is their reception. They need extremely good reception to play a fast game to compensate their lack of height, but the fact is there’s no stable receiver in the team anymore. Look at the perfect reception line of Saori + Shinnabe vs the current one of Ishii/ Koga + Ishikawa/ Ai Kurogo...Kurogo is not a defensive player. Hayashi has improved more on defense than Kurogo. Mayu is doing well but we don't know if she can actually keep up at a beast pace
Maybe get rid of Nabeya
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Can't they just make all matches remote and available via livestream? Why does V.League insist on having an audience watch the matches live. It's still a huge risk regardless of how "limited" the crowd is and these hardcore fans will wait for the players after the match just to interact with them even though it's clearly not allowed.
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Damn. These dual citizenship corporate teams without a real home but with money for BCS™ shouldn't also get to draft all the best players coming out of school. My baby joins SAGA
Manami Mandai
What's her position?
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V.League hasn't announced anything yet regarding audience from what I understood but I saw Hisamitsu urging everyone to buy tickets for their homegame at the end of month which I thought was absurd because the rest of the teams are issuing refunds.
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Because that means current players will leaving the team. Specially vargas.
Well... I mean, change is inevitable and not something anyone can control. If not Arina another player will eventually take over Vargas. I find this opportunity a good one for Arina not that I want her to replace any other player.
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I'm super excited for Arina if it's true and I hope it is.
Why not though? Boskovic was transferred to Eczacıbasi at a similar age and it turned out a great deal for both sides
Yeah I don't get why people are being so negative about it. The girl clearly has potential. It's something that will mold her for the future. 5
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since the emperor's cup is done they should probably just cut this whole thing short. instead of holding it until march, maybe first week of feb will suffice or... just stop. there's no point in continuing further if everyone is being gripped with constant fear and threat of the virus and teams are withdrawing.
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Goncharova: Struggling lately but the starting OPP position is hers, regardless. Hope she can improve her form in Tokyo. It'll most probably be her last hurrah before she finally retires from NT so I hope she can give her best performance ever.
I think that she will eventually kickstart her performance once it's nearing the Olympics. I like to think it's her way of preserving herself, careful not to strain herself but yeah she's clearly past her prime. Still my favorite and she's always been reliable so a huge part of me wishes she'll do amazingly by the time they need her the most.
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Altough Drews is IMO way better than Murphy, 100% agree that JT deserve at least a chance, not just to be in roster, even to be a starter, but maybe instead of that Karch give to us Lowe because chemistry
I will never forget that attack error (by Karsta) in 5th set of rio semifinal between serbia and usa from zone 6 without block (TBH a bit low set, but still not for the middle of the net).
Drews is superior. Murphy is sloppy as hell. Once she loses her composure that's it, there's no regaining ground. When it's a bad day, it's definitely all the way down lol
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i can't open elevensports
it's working fine for me?
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sean1 their hype especially Nishida largely comes more from the anime community rather than from the volleyball community. Anime has an even wider reach than volleyball itself especially within Asia. It doesn't have anything to do with representation at all just otaku behaviour. The perfect example of representation hype is Iran. Marouf even confirms this in one of his interviews
I remember when Kimura was around nobody really cared about Ishikawa or Yanagida it was always about Saori and her spiker squad.
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V.League just sent out an announcement to the press tonight Japan time
*Google translated:
The Japan Volleyball League Organization (V League Organization) is adjusting to postpone all V League games scheduled for 8th to 11th, according to an interview with the people concerned on the 5th. Due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, it is highly likely that it will not be held, including games outside the four metropolitan prefectures where the government is expected to reissue the state of emergency.
The men's first division has 10 games at the Sumida Ward General Gymnasium in Tokyo, and the women's first division has 4 games at Zip Arena Okayama. There are also 2nd and 3rd division games for boys and 2nd division for girls.
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I don't any of us fans knows the extent of Sato's injury, but she's in street clothes now, after a very brief couple of appearances early in the season. It's too bad. I saw her as the one who was growing towards the main setter position.
What do you think of Aki Momii? I think she and Seki are both doing well for kids, but I think in a push coming to shove match like the Empress Cup final, Momii schooled the heck out of Seki. Sure, Momii had Drews , who btw took more swings in that match than the entire rest of JT combined , but she played it smart.
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I know Okayama fans are easily triggered but why are they more particularly mad about Iwasaka? It can't be a matter of Oikawa v Iwasaka is it?
we'll have to see once vnl starts but i think sato is still bound to be the main setter given her age and that BEST SETTER award still gleaming.
it's a nakada bias thing. not iwasaka in particular but basically having an excess of saga members in the NT and none chosen from okayama.
