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2007 Women’s World Championship
Haneef- Park “Fly” in
the World Cup Sky
 Sendai,
Japan, November 6, 2007- In Women’s Volleyball competition it is
rare to find a woman players exceeding the height of 2 meters,
but in the 2007 World Cup the USA attacker Tayyiba Haneef-Park
is the only player of the 144 eligible players in the
competition reaching this height to be the competition tallest
players.
Being tall is a great advantage in volleyball field and the big
contenders for the cup USA team but Haneef usually has her own
problems of finding a bed fitting for her anywhere she goes.
Actually Haneef is flying every match in the World Cup Sky with
her height of 200 cm and her high jump over all the facing
blocks. She is one of the big gums of the USA head Coach Lang
Ping, the only woman in this position in the World Cup. Although
many coaches use such kind of height for the position of middle
blocker but Lang Ping has a different view and she’s using the
player to spike from either the right or left side of net
(Positions 2 and 4) where she can fly freely above the opponent
block to score points for her team.
The other advantage in Haneef’s performance is that she is
considered one of the best receivers in her team so she had also
a great defensive role in her coach’s strategy.
“Haneef is a very important player to my team, she did a big
action in attack through her height and the good take off that
allow her to spike over any block.” Lang Ping said. “She’s also
prominent in our defense and can share well in our defensive
strategy” She added.
The USA star is happy with her height and considers well the
advantage of this in the field. “I think we play a lot of good
teams with tall players as well as good serves and blocking, and
I think in times when we struggle, as an outside hitter one of
my jobs is to hit over the blocks. We will have to face that
against Brazil, like we did against Poland and my job is to make
a good play out of something that isn't a perfect pass.” Haneef
said.
Photo Caption
Haneef- Park flying above the Kenyan block
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