Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Championship Teams Make Winnng Plays

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Championship teams make winning plays. They keep the ball up and put the ball down. 

More "broken record" talk - score on serve, attack, and blocks. It's not enough to get a serve over the net against excellent teams. Create  "possession ending" plays. 

Here's a repost that matters:

1. Alyssa DiRaffaele delivered 'sliders' that moved down and away from receivers. She is partly the reason that Lincoln-Sudbury didn't return a home-and-away series. See the video at the end. 


2. Cassidy Barbaro served more like Leah Fowke...hard, with movement and often barely clearing the net.  

3. Brooke Bell was the Mike Cuellar (old-time Orioles southpaw) of volleyball, who delivered 'rotten grapefruit' over the net. Do you know how hard it is to return a rotten grapefruit? She was the mistress of the short serve. 

Study this video, especially Alyssa's serves. Melrose traveled to D1 power L-S and took them apart in 2011. 


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