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Got it. Interesting strategy, who knew a service error was better than putting the ball in play. Perhaps we can employ it continuously all the way to a national championship. Wisconsin's.

You seem not to get it.  Let me put it in football terms.   If you want your receiver to catch the football, you throw it right to his chest, and slow enough for him to catch it.  Why in the world would you throw a bullet and  to where he has to jump to catch it, or really stretch to get it?   Doing so makes it more likely that you'll be off just enough so he doesn't catch it.  So, your completion rate goes down.  If all one cared about was missed passes, that would be a bad strategy.   But the number of missed passes isn't what counts in the long run.

Neither does the number of aces & service errors.

No. I get it just fine. Thanks for your tolerance of my ignorance, though.

Farm93 posited that a service error was better than hitting it in play and allowing the other team a chance for a momentum building kill. I found that to be a ludicrous statement. Stunned that you and others support that conjecture. Funny, I thought Morgan Hentz to be one of the best defensive specialists in the country and our blockers really, really good. Clearly my ignorance to trust our defense is showing. Thanks for clearing that up.

Not that it matters, but our ace to service error last night was about the worst we've had all season. If you don't see that as something to improve for the championship match, fine. As for a football analogy, lets run four straight plays into the heart of MSU's defense, cause that's what we do.

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Also, we often serve “knuckleballs” that can move unpredictability and make it difficult to receive and pass. Sometimes that movement is down and can move into the net.

Understand, though I didn't see a lot of float serves last night. The key is no spin, either on the toss or after the hit. Also, the best are when the ball valve hole is down. . . .

[cardcrimson]

Got it. Interesting strategy, who knew a service error was better than putting the ball in play. Perhaps we can employ it continuously all the way to a national championship. Wisconsin's.

You seem not to get it.  Let me put it in football terms.   If you want your receiver to catch the football, you throw it right to his chest, and slow enough for him to catch it.  Why in the world would you throw a bullet and  to where he has to jump to catch it, or really stretch to get it?   Doing so makes it more likely that you'll be off just enough so he doesn't catch it.  So, your completion rate goes down.  If all one cared about was missed passes, that would be a bad strategy.   But the number of missed passes isn't what counts in the long run.

Neither does the number of aces & service errors.

No. I get it just fine. Thanks for your tolerance of my ignorance, though.

Farm93 posited that a service error was better than hitting it in play and allowing the other team a chance for a momentum building kill. I found that to be a ludicrous statement. Stunned that you and others support that conjecture. Funny, I thought Morgan Hentz to be one of the best defensive specialists in the country and our blockers really, really good. Clearly my ignorance to trust our defense is showing. Thanks for clearing that up.

Not that it matters, but our ace to service error last night was about the worst we've had all season. If you don't see that as something to improve for the championship match, fine. As for a football analogy, lets run four straight plays into the heart of MSU's defense, cause that's what we do.

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Also, we often serve “knuckleballs” that can move unpredictability and make it difficult to receive and pass. Sometimes that movement is down and can move into the net.

Understand, though I didn't see a lot of float serves last night. The key is no spin, either on the toss or after the hit. Also, the best are when the ball valve hole is down. . . .