Wednesday, August 28, 2024

Second Scrimmage Today

Melrose hosts a second scrimmage today at 5:00. 

Coaches use a "body of work" to make decisions - player size, athleticism, skill, VB IQ, and performance. Scrimmages help confirm or refute impressions as players in the "competitive cauldron" go full Missouri - the "Show Me" state. 

Melrose has abundant strength up the middle - Sabine, Sofia - and either Gigi or Maggie at libero. They're interchangeable. Leah is an elite setter, so the only question there is identifying a backup. 

There's healthy competition at 'the pins' among a host of competitors. Ideally the scrimmages reveal attackers creating more points via higher attack efficiency.* And today and Saturday's "PlayDay" help sort that. 

*Attack efficiency: (Kills - Errors)/Attacks

Speculating who leads as the third primary defender adds nothing. We'll know in six days. 

Most advances in the world and sport derive from statistical metrics. If something is true, show me. 

Lagniappe. Using blockers - 

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