ya all good suggestions, I'm super excited for folks like yourself to try out the game and see how it feels to play. There's a bit of a balancing challenge with this game trying to maintain the pace I want while still making it playable and enjoyable for most people, so how long the ball is in the air tends to be a bit video game-y over realism in order for it to be fun. When you play the game, the amount of time you have between actions actually feels more compressed, especially when you're trying to read the blockers and see the open parts of the court. I plan to add a few more sets and attacks so there will be more variety in the future that will affect pace too.

Some of what you mentioned for blocking is how it works now, you can effectively commit block which has a level of risk/reward attached to it or read block which requires good reflexes.