Fact or fiction
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Some of both... Volleyball is more focused on leaping, so it's more evident. Women's bball is played below the rim, so leaping is not as evident except on shot blocking and rebounding, neither of which do we have some one that excels at. Also it would seen we don't have anyone athletically gifted on our team with great leaping ability so the disperity is even more pronounced.
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I think you are right On the money! VB as a sport trains the footwork, the approach, the arm motion to get high off the ground. Most of volleyball jumping is off of two feet and is converting horizontal momentum into vertical lift. Eva Hudson’s footwork to get into hitting position is super, Maddy Chin’s blocking footwork is super. Colvin is Colvin. Only real 1 footed approach is the slide attack. The amount of box jumping that a VB player trains with has to be 2x what a BB player does.
in BB, the only two footed jump Is rebounding and that does not have any approach. The one footed jump for layups is as much focused on speed and broad jump as it is for height since very few can dunk. Height on jump shots is less important for women as many take more of a set/push shot than a true jump shot.
Having watched a ton of volleyball, there is a body type for athletic vball players that is very conducive to jumping.
Finally, vball has unopposed and non-contact jumping where basketball is more physical and in a crowd.
Purdue younger womens BBall players are starting to look more athletic but I bet the vball players and especially the hitters have 25% more standing vertical jump and 50-60% more with an approach.
Also women's volleyball plays with a net height of 7' 4 & 1/8" which gives the visual image of them playing higher than bball players with a 10' rim
Shondell says that Colvin at ~6’ touches near 11’. I am certain Danielle Cutino could easily touch 11’
i wonder how many bball players we have had in the last 10 years could touch the rim? A lot would struggle to touch the net.
i wonder how many bball players we have had in the last 10 years could touch the rim? A lot would struggle to touch the net.
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Ostarello, Harris and Poston come to mind when I think about the recent major leapers we've had in the program. There's not a ton out there and if they have any skill whatsoever to go along with it they are usually Burger Girls and are off to the elites, something we haven't been over the last 10 or so years. Currently in WBB there are only a couple players that can dunk - I know there's a girl at Stanford and one at South Carolina - and those happen to be the 2 best teams in the country. We lost out on on Patterson who has major leaping ability. There's just not many out there - and you have to constantly worry about injuries with them.
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