Aggressive serving is more important in boys. Passing is a skill that seems harder for boys to develop so I think aggressive serving can be more of a tool. |
It leaves us vulnerable to tips, but boys go down the lines so well, I felt we needed to adjust. |
It was a good opportunity to get everyone some playing time. |
It was nice to win against Mountain View — they're definitely in a rebuilding mode like we are. Our chemistry as a team has gotten much better, we're really hustling down balls. |
One of our biggest concerns is blocking. So we'll play a rotation defense. |
One of the major things for us was we were playing a 5-1 offense. We normally play a 4-2 offense. That changed the complexion of the game. |
She's a tremendous middle blocker. You can't teach instinct and she has it. |
That's one thing I would like to see us improve on, is serving more aggressively. Brenna Redmond does a good job coming off the bench and putting some spin on serves, but that's something we don't do enough. |
The down official wasn't on the correct side of the net. It sucks momentum from your kids. It hurt our morale. Our defense improved tremendously. |
The last thing I told them (Monday) at practice was to come out strong in the second game. We have a really bad habit of letting other teams dominate us for the first 10-12 points at the start of the second game … Tonight, they met the goal. |
Tonight was not a great match. There was no intensity. The kids were so flat. Last night they were so excited. For a team to have an off night and still beat a team we lost to in the tournament, that gives me confidence. |
We definitely want to make it to state. I see us second or third in our region. (The power points) make our preseason more important than in the past. |
We get caught so many times when we're not penetrating with our hands to block. |
We had way too many freeballs, |
We've got those four key players. Other than that, it's tough — we've got a lot of new faces. |