Re: Can we keep experimenting with scoring changes please?

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bruno Wolff
III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I suspect that subtle serving strategies don't get taught a lot to players.
> Having coaches make zone calls to servers doesn't help players learn
> some nice tricks.
> 
> Over the years I have learned some tricks that were never formerly taught.
> In addition to trying to serve near (but generally not diurectly at) poor or
> slow passers, I have found that serving into players switching or short
> serves at the middle hitter can be very effective at messing up a teams
> offensive timing even though the serve usually gets passed OK. When playing
> with fewer players you can influence what hitter gets set based on which
> side of the court you serve to (some setters like to generally front or
> back set without regard to disparities in their hitters' skills). Also
> some hitters are lazy about getting to their approach spot after passing,
> and serving them deep can often take them out of plays.


All good stuff...

I especially like the last one.  Seems to me that serving the big
hitter can break concentration a bit.

> My original point was that you should be going through essentially the same
> decision process under either scoring system.

I've always thought the difference with RPS was not that dramatic.  You
still have to put the ball on the floor.  The biggest difference to me
seems to be when one team has an especially powerful rotation.  In SOS,
they could think about playing defensively, to side out and tread water
to get back to the strong lineup.  With RPS, doing this progressing
both teams toward game point.