Short characterization

ARGENTINA

PLAYERS

STARTING SIX - SUBSTITUTES

5	Uriarte Nicolás (C)
6	Sole Sebastian Rodrigo
7	Conte Facundo
9	Poglajen Cristian
11	Hruby Pablo
14	Crer Pablo
18	Lopez Franco (L)
1	Maccio Juan
3	Ronda Rodrigo
4	Bruno Nicolas
8	Ferreiro Ricardo
10	Aschemacher Rodrigo

11	14	7
9/4	6/10	5/1

General remarks about the team and about the playing-style

• Good performance in Complex 1 and 2.
• Athletic good developed players.
• Some players are very tall.
• Good application of modern scouting information.
• Technical and tactical adaptation in playing actions.
• Very good (quick) attacking and defending performance
• Efficient and fluent playing.
• Combination of universal playing abilities and individual strength.
• Effective playing structures with quick setting.

Serve

• Technical precision and tactical efficiency adapted to opponent.
• Mix of actual techniques from varying positions (powerful floats, jump spin power serve, float serve).
• Good tactical adaptation to subsequent block/defence situation.
• No player in top 10 individual players‘ ranking.
• Major goals are: tactical effect and try to score direct point.

Serve reception

• Stable and secure reception, no. 3 in teams ranking.
• Three players in reception formation.
• Good performance of the libero Franco Lopez in service reception, 1 fault in tournament.
• Before the ball passes the net players are in good position.
• Jump serve by opponent: the arms of the service-passer move to the floor; when the ball is played, often 3-point-reception is used.
• Much use of overhead reception on float serve.

Set/Attack - Complex 1 and Complex 2

• The setter Nicolas Uriarte is no. 3 in best setter individual players ranking.
• Easy and quick steps from starting position to target. During the steps moving with back in the direction of the net. From pos. 1 he runs mostly the shortest way to the net on the left side of the position 2 passer.
• Adjustment by little steps from target to playing position.
• Strategy is to play quick attack and jump sets. Jump sets with take off of both feet or running and take off  by one, the right, foot. When the setter must go to the left side of the net position (position 3, 4), he backsets the ball to position 2.
• Always taking the ball as high as possible by both hands, sometimes one hand.
• Quick and precise sets from nearly all the positions in the court.
• Effective variation of setting: tempo and positions. Incorporating back row attack in most of the combinations.
• Simply structured attacks in Complex 1: effective set-distribution, with high per-centage 1st tempo in the middle of the net, and to player in position 2 and an standard used incorporated back row attack (“pipe”).
• In Complex 2, based on good blocking and defense performance, effective variation of quick and high attacks.
• Secure quick sets to pos. 4 and 2.

Block and defense

• Good organization of team blocking. No. 4 in team ranking.
• In individual ranking the best blockers are only in place 9 and 10.
• Tactical adaptation of blocking based on statistics and tactical analysis of opponent.
• Different step combinations, blocking position adapted to the play situation.
• Good cooperation and synchrony in movement of the blockers.
• Good level of block performance: kill blocks and rebounds.
• No. 1 in teams ranking best diggers.
• Franco Lopez was the best libero of the tournament.