Reverse Coed Blocking

mycena · 11:32 PM

The tournament I just attended this past Sunday was a reverse coed tournament with skill levels Open through BB. While I didn't watch too many nets other than the BB, I didn't really notice anyone blocking on any of the nets. So, my question for all you reverse coed players is, does anyone ever block? And if so at what level do people usually start blocking?

Outta Town · 09-13-2006, 08:56 AM

In all coed reverse that I have played in, men can not block at all, but women can at all times.

BHitterDPasser · 09-13-2006, 10:17 AM

That's prety much a given that the guys can't block in revese coed but there are the women on the court. Do they typically not block in reverse? I haven't seen too many straight women's doubles tourneys where a lot of blocking was going on either.

(Mycena is all proud of herself because she was throwing up the big hands in a men's triples on a mens net and then this past sunday she got the sole block on her net on sunday!)

strazzere · 09-13-2006, 11:40 AM

I think she means, at what level do people start blocking at... Not when do men block - cause they never can.

AA's is usually half and half, your dumb if your not blocking in open.

A's you block sometimes - it's more dependant on your opponent.

coachmanzi · 09-13-2006, 11:42 AM

I dunno, that's a slippery slope...

When I was out in Long Island, I tried blocking a couple times against the other man. I got some touches, but nothing too effective. Overall, I'd say that your digging will be best in reverse coed instead of blocking.

mycena · 09-13-2006, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by strazzere

I think she means, at what level do people start blocking at... Not when do men block - cause they never can.

AA's is usually half and half, your dumb if your not blocking in open.

A's you block sometimes - it's more dependant on your opponent.

Yes, I meant at what level do the women start to actually block. I was surprised not to see more woman blocking at least their female opponents. Blocking the men would be tougher because they are hitting from the 10 foot line. Obviously your partners defense is part of the equation too. And that is why I was curious when people start to see the women block. I guess going along with this question is, When are the woman hitting hard enough to make blocking cost effective?

BHitterDPasser · 09-13-2006, 01:23 PM

I played in a Men's A tourney against a AA woman and her partner who was a very good lefty A player. Once he started going up for blocks on me, she looked a little confused on the court. After the game we talked and she said that she wasn't used to defending behind a block because it doesn't happen too much on women's nets. That was just one player and not a statistical study.

strazzere · 09-13-2006, 01:50 PM

Just to make sure we're all talking about the same thing...

REVERSE CO-ED doubles, means that men CANNOT contact the ball infront the of ten foot line above the height of the net, which is set at a women's height.

CO-ED doubles, is a men's height net, with a woman on the court.

Sooo... I'm not sure when you guys are saying you where blocking - we are all talking about the same stuff?

Also - blocking a guy in reverse coed is soooo nessicary if it's open, not so much if it's AA. Most open male hitters hit the ball in the same spot a woman would. Making them able to hit inside the 10 line or either corner; too much space to cover.

If your playing open, AA (or even A sometimes), the woman should be blocking the woman almost every time. If the woman is not getting set on the net - the guy isn't doing his job. The woman should be putting the ball DOWN if there is no block.

BHitterDPasser · 07:04 AM

My last post refers to a AA women playing in a Men's A pool. She was saying that in her experience there wasn't much blocking on women's nets so she wasn't sure how to defend.

Mycena's original post refrred to her not seeing much/any blocking at the reverse co-ed tourney last weekend.

I was guessing (that in this area at least) women don't block much at AA or lower so that might account for the lack of blocking that she saw.

kvb · 09-13-2006, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by BHitterDPasser

My last email refers to a AA women playing ... She was saying that in her experience there wasn't much blocking on women's nets so she wasn't sure how to defend.

That answer is easy - she's not a AA level woman player then.

Unless they play regularly (2's especially), there's a lot of people that really don't know their own level and I find most overstate their level, which is what sounds like happened there.