GO USA

To : marshmellow and All

[ What do you mean with fake attack? ]
Sorry...My English POOR
It means [ feint shot ] Am I making any sense
Logan's feint shot is improve so much after beach VB career.

Ah, you mean off-speed shots. Thanks.

you mean tip?

Yes! Thank you It means [ tip ]

Official guide : We can get it at the stadium!!
Hisamitsu : http://www5b.biglobe.ne.jp/~kin_chan/naa/hisamitsu.pdf
Pioneer : http://www5b.biglobe.ne.jp/~kin_chan/naa/pioneer.pdf

do you guys talk about this kind of attack?

yes, i think so.

Naa, is there any media report on Logan's V-League debut?

Unfortunately, Japanese media didn’t focus foreign players, not just Logan or Tay.
This year's highlight player are Megumi Kurihara from Pioneer and Ai Yamamoto(Ootomo) from Hisamitsu. Megumi Kurihara is one of ace players in Team Japan. And Ai Yamamoto returned VB after a two-year absence. She got married and now has one daughter. Kurihara and Yamamoto are Athens Olympian, Kurihara is Beijing Olympian. But, I watched Kurihara on Sport TV and the reporter said her teammate Tay is Siler-Medalist in Beijing OG, so Tay could be inspired player for her.

What a pity!!
She definitely is one of the best players V-League have ever had.
I look forward to her official report by the Japanese media soon.

i saw JJ facebook, Tayyiba Haneef-Park wrote:
I am off to play hisamitsu (with logan and gen) this weekend

2008.11.8 match result

HISAMITSU(Logan)-OKAYAMA :HISAMITSU( 11 is Logan )
0-3(18-25,23-25,20-25)
http://www.vleague.or.jp/printtable/ind ... eason/2008
ATTACK
Total 38 , Pts 15 , Err 4 , Hit 39.5 % , Avarage-1set 5.00
BACKROW ATTACK
Total 11 , Pts : 3 , Err 1 , Secc-rate 27.3 %
BLOCK
none
SERVE
Total 7 , Pts 0 , Err 2 , Direct Ace 0 , Ace 0
Opp Err ( OPP reception Err ) : 2
[(Direct Ace x 100) + (Ace x 80) + (Opp Err x 25)] / Total Serve : 7.1 %
RECEPTION
Total 14 , Secc 11 , Secc-rate 78.6 %

PIONEER(Tay)-TAKEFUJI:PIONEER( 3 is Tay)
1-3(19-25,17-25,25-19,27-29)
http://www.vleague.or.jp/printtable/ind ... eason/2008
ATTACK
Total 53 , Pts 17 , Err 5 , Hit 32.1 % , Avarage-1set 4.25
BACKROW ATTACK
Total 13 , Pts : 3 , Err 2 , Secc-rate 23.1 %
BLOCK
none
SERVE
Total 14 , Pts 0 , Err 1 , Direct Ace 0 , Ace 0
Opp Err ( OPP reception Err ) : 4
[(Direct Ace x 100) + (Ace x 80) + (Opp Err x 25)] / Total Serve : 7.1 %
RECEPTION
none

I saw the match of Hisamitsu vs. Okayama.

[Impression]
In the 1st set, Okayama had collected serving to libero(Sano).
Therefore, Logan was possible to freely attack.
However, since 2nd set, Okayama had collected serving to Logan.
Therefore, Logan was impossible to freely attack, so her hit percentage was down.

2008.11.9 match result

HISAMITSU(Logan)-PIONEER(Tay)
3-1(22-25,25-15,30-28,25-22)
http://www.vleague.or.jp/printtable/ind ... eason/2008
Logan(HISAMITSU 11)
ATTACK
Total 46 , Pts 10 , Err 4 , Hit 21.7 % , Avarage-1set 2.5
BACKROW ATTACK
Total 2 , Pts : 1 , Err 0 , Secc-rate 50 %
BLOCK
Pts 4 , Average-1set 1
SERVE
Total 12 , Pts 0 , Err 4 , Direct Ace 0 , Ace 0
Opp Err ( OPP reception Err ) : 0
[(Direct Ace x 100) + (Ace x 80) + (Opp Err x 25)] / Total Serve : 0 %
RECEPTION
Total 22 , Secc 12 , Secc-rate 54.5 %

Tay(PIONEER 3)
ATTACK
Total 64 , Pts 19 , Err 7 , Hit 29.7 % , Avarage-1set 4.75
BACKROW ATTACK
Total 6 , Pts : 4 , Err 1 , Secc-rate 66.7 %
BLOCK
Pts 3 , Average-1set 0.75
SERVE
Total 11 , Pts 0 , Err 1 , Direct Ace 0 , Ace 0
Opp Err ( OPP reception Err ) : 5
[(Direct Ace x 100) + (Ace x 80) + (Opp Err x 25)] / Total Serve : 11.4 %
RECEPTION
none

[Impression ]
Both of Logan and Tay were not good performance today.
In particular Logan.
She is attack and attack, but almost attacks were received by player of Pioneer.
However, this match was Logan vs. Tay.
It excited for USA fan.

[ 2008.11.8 ]
Hisamistu has bad chemistry with Okayama. Hisamitsu lost all 3 games by Okayama in regular last season. 4 consecutive defeats since 2007-08 season.
Actually, the members are different from last season but how can I say... [ Play-style problem ]
Hisamitsu DID spike and spike, but Okayama reserving was really good, and turn to " Tip " and Hisamitsu can not reweaving and digs very well. Especially 2set, 3set, Okayama serving targets Logan, so she can not play free spike. I think sometimes V-league seems [ foreign player vs. foreign player ] So Logan has to spike many times ( sometimes felling TOO MUCH ).

[ 2008.11.9 ]
It was Amazing game for me!! I could not cheer only one team, just FUN FUN FUN!!! LT's spikes after Tay's digs, and Tay's spikes after LT's digs. I think toss isn't fit for her yet She changed her serving style jumping serve to floater serve during the match. The match was really exciting match

( Q )
Am I making any sense the floater serve Not jump! Dani, Tay, Heather from Team USA DID the serve.
How to say the play in English Pls help me English speaker

I heard LT and Tay had BIG BIG HUG after the match.
( I had an airplane departure time problem, so I couldn't watch the game till last )

This weekend Logan doesn't have matches! Take a rest! and Go Tay!

was this change of serving style an emergency? I hope she just wanted to try it out and not to risk much.. because I love her jump serve and really want her to continue serving like that..

don't have anything against floating serve, but Logan's jump-serving is just amasing to watch

oh, God... I want to see Hisamitsu matches

i guess logan use float server because she may felt her jump serve not very stable. If u remember olympics USA vs CHN. Logan use jump server first. But she made 4 errors. afterward, she change server style to float serve.