There's a concept in baseball of the "out pitch." Watch top pitchers and they have a pitch that gets guys out - even when they know it's coming. Mariano Rivera had the cutter. Pedro Martinez a blazing fastball and a vicious changeup. Ron Guidry had a slider.
In every sport, every field you need something to 'separate yourself' from ordinary. In the NBA pregame show, Charles Barkley would ask, "what's your NBA skill?"
An outside hitter might have a full repertoire of attacks, but she has a "special delivery" when she absolutely has to have it.
If you're a setter, maybe it's a quick set, a shoot, or a setter dump. Alyssa DiRaffaele had that deadly topspin-sidespin 'slider' of a serve.
Bad teams beat themselves. Exceptional teams beat their opponents with combinations of service, attacks, and block kills. Winning more points is a sine qua non of excellence. What's your MVB skill? What's your 'out pitch'?
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