Fw: Fw: [Husker] Nebraska Falls in Five to Texas

[Monty Perry]

Thank you Jon and Derek for the info. It is much appreciated!

I do understand blocking, but now the kill, ace and dig are clear.

How refreshing to have another Husker discussion while we football freaks 
wait for the bowls!!

Thanks again,

Monty


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <jonlists
To: "Monty Perry"
Cc: "husker list" <husker at tssi.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 9:00 AM
Subject: Re: Fw: [Husker] Nebraska Falls in Five to Texas


> An "ace" is when the serve is not returned.
>
> A "kill" is when someone hits a spike that scores. A "dig" is when someone
> gets under a spike and keeps it from being a kill, basically because it
> has to be dug out from the ground (or so it seems when you're watching).
>
> Most people understand blocking, yes?


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dr. Derek Ryter"
To: "Monty Perry"
Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 9:00 AM
Subject: RE: [Husker] Nebraska Falls in Five to Texas


> I'll be the first: a dig is when a spike or tip is hit successfully,
> possibly to generate a pass or set, you dig?  If you spike and they can't
> dig, then it's a kill.  Therefore if your kill percentage goes up that's
> good, and so is you dig percentage, or your digs versus your opponent's.
> There's also the number of blocks, as Elmer is chasing the record for 
> blocks
> and may have broken, I haven't heard, is also a defense against a kill, 
> and
> decreases the number of digs.
>
> Please correct me if I'm not up on this.
>
> So, the Huskers may have been out-dug, but that could be because they were
> blocking well, or it could be why they lost: their sets and passes weren't
> well timed and they were out of sync as we saw against Mizzou, causing
> swings that didn't generate kills.  It sounds like they went up 2-0 and 
> lsot
> their focus, and never got it back.  I'm glad this game happened now 
> instead
> of in the NCAA tournament.
>
> Derek