In my opinion
Robertlandy Simon Aties
Gustavo Endres
Marcin Możdżonek
Andrija Gerić
Who are the best players in your opinion ..?
Robertlandy Simon Aties
Gustavo Endres
Marcin Możdżonek
Andrija Gerić
Who are the best players in your opinion ..?
Simon
Nowakowsky
Volkov
Podrascanin
Stankovic
Kjeldhor
I mean any position
And thank you for participating
Very hard to judge...
Volkov
Mastrangelo
no matter ?
Podrascanin
Hubner
Murilo Endres
Michal Winiarski
Maksim Mihaylov
We have very very good blockers with 'slow balls' that are easy to block, and we have very very fast blockers that block easily a 'fast ball' and there is a good difference, from a Fast and good blocker to a good blocker that blocks good slow balls.
I can mean a loot of Good middleblockers, but good good BLOCKERS aren't so much. And its not just the experience that counts, you earn it with a lot of cordenation work, and block work.
The stats can mean a lot and can just mean NOTHING, because a MB can do 6 blockes every game, and these 6 blocks be with TRIPLE BLOCKS and easy balls to block or can be 6 hard balls where he had to run and block a difficult ball. So I think the stats aren't the best way to judge a Player ?
Dont you agree?
One of the weakest MB if not the weakest in belgian league is currently ranked second in blocking category because every match he make one or two blocks on high balls but he is nowhere when the opponent setter is decent...
So pay attention to the stats but if you really wants to know who is the best you have to see it by yourself when watchnig a game in live =)
I said Hubner first!
If there was something like a Hall of Fame in volleyball, there are only few middles since 2000 that should be named: Gustavo, Hübner, Geric, Lebl, Mastrangelo and Simon. Maybe Rodrigao.
Before 2000, there were great middle blockers too, as pearl e.g. mentioned Gardini and Posthuma. In general, it's hard to compare the players from this time to those today, because the game became much faster.
In a few years we can talk about Muserskiy or Lucas.
Btw, honorable mentions go to José, Apalikov and Egortchev. Gotta love those undersized players, who rule by pure skill and volleyball IQ.
About the list of fame, where are Kazakov and Kuleshov?
For exemple Gustavo Endres, for me is an example of a good blocker, he couldnt be the best blocker in the world if he wouldnt study the other opponents Point by Point, Match by Match. And the coach and statistic coach tell him ' Gustavo, in P3 you stay in the middle, in P4 they play 50% of the balls with the opposite so you block directly the opposite etc etc' . Because this information and work is essential for his succes as a good blocker. And of course then he has to work a LOT in every practise with coordenation work and block work and always with a the maximum concentration.
It depends so much of your coaching team, of the statistic coach, if he gives you good information or not. And then of course you have to take it and you can be successfull or not, it doesn't depend only of you, it depends more of your team too.
So I keep my opinion here, and like Joachim7 said that in Belgium the worst middleblocker of the league is the second best blocker in the League ranking, its most of the times fake. Yes he can be good, but he can be the worst and be a very lucky Blocker with so easy balls that he can be the Best League blocker by far in the stats but in the reality he is a SHAME.
For some people, just because a middle blocker plays for the Italian or Polish or Brazilian national team, it means that they are one of the best?
I dont have to mean Volkov just because he's a good middleblocker and good Attacker or Lucas because he is World Champion and World League Champion.
The best are most of the times, in the 'weak' teams, and sometimes there comes a 'STAR' in a big team, who is the best of the best by far in his position. Like Robertlandy Simon in the moment who is by far the best in his poisition, and he shows it every single match, by blocking and attacking so quickly.
So but we are talking here about the Best Blockers, and NOT best Middleblockers.
ANd Im meaning the best blockers for me of the Middleblockers, of course there are good blockers of other Positions.
First, I know very well João José and if you say that Im sure you dont know him in nothing.
Second, he was in the World Championship 2002 in Argentina the Best Blocker of the tournament, second he won a lot of best blocker trophies and his skills are the best that one middleblocker needs. But unfortunately he's just 1,94m and if you see him playing or against Sisley Treviso or Zenit Kazan, he shows some respect, against Volkov or Gustavo. And Im not talking in the National team where he shows it every match against every Country, that he is one of the best.
I didnt mentioned nothing to you, so I dont know why you mentioned it now ?
So you think that Todorov and Podrascanin are among the top three blockers of all time or what? Podrascanin is very good and has the potential and the years to get even better. Stankovic is the better overall MB, but we're only talking about blocking and Marko has the advantage here.
Todorov... I know you guys think he is the next bulgarian star with his 527cm reach... sorry, Todorov might have talent and is on a streak in the Superliga at the moment, but so far he has proven nothing. Yes he is high and still young, but there are tons of young talented players. But not every country hypes his talents as Bulgaria and Poland. He has the physics, hopefully for Bulgaria he can add some technique in the future.
As for your list with outside hitters, it's hart to compare outside hitters in blocking, because teams design their block/defense differently. Some outside hitters observe the hits of the opponent and go for glory, reaching in the direction they anticipate the attack. Others just try to cover a certain space of their court, relying on their defense to come up with digs.
I'm surprised that nobody mentioned Kurek so far. I'm not his biggest fan, but his blocking is outstanding.
Don't know. Maybe they are still in the air trying to block the middle attack, while the pass is on the way to the outside, lol.
Murilo, Winiarski and Mihaylov are players I've seen blocking with great single blocks and they looked to me like masters of it. All 6 names are from my personal impression
About Lebl, I mentioned him long before Henrique appeared on this site, when he was project in his father's plan for dinner with his mother.
Still he is one of the best blockers in our team together with Winiarski (I'm not including here MB's right now).
Musersky is not the best of all times nor the best MB nowadays, but still with his height being not peace of wood but having very good coordination is outstanding.
Raylight why you so bother about minuses? Are you really so needy and desperate? Does it affect on your points on this website Mr Numer One? No.
@blokout_net - Minuses and pluses don't affect on self esteem, but for me logic is untouchable and when something like "2+2" gets a minus, I don't get minus, reality gets minus
2.Muserski
3.Mastrangelo
4.Todorov
Russia has great blockers, Modzonek is a great blocker, Holmes is up there as well and many others, but most definitely not those high jumping players that are mentioned.
One underestimated and possibly one of the best blockers is Plinsky, oh and btw I have numbers to back these statements up