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Apr 24, 2016
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Ryan M
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Good thoughts. .. shout out to my Antelope Valley natives
Which high school did you go to? Quartz Hill is now the money school instead of highland
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Why is BYU so good for so long in volleyball?
Borg
4/23/16 7:40pm
Really good players
JOPE
4/23/16 7:42pm
So..how do we get better players than the Cali teams?
Borg
4/23/16 7:45pm
RE: Why is BYU so good for so long in volleyball?
The Board Idiot
4/23/16 7:42pm
Not buying this one
Borg
4/23/16 7:44pm
Mutual!!
lemonademan
4/23/16 8:33pm
But could this be why so many teams have high # of service errors in Provo?
Tricky
4/25/16 9:28am
Altitude.
bretonnia
4/25/16 9:36am
BYU isn't THAT high above sea level?
Borg
4/25/16 9:49am
I know for a fact that it's a big enough issue that teams prepare for it.
bretonnia
4/27/16 10:40am
No kidding! Had no idea there was much of a difference. Wow
Borg
4/27/16 12:30pm
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cvd6262
4/27/16 1:05pm
Talented HS players are LDS players
Heinz57
4/23/16 7:53pm
Millar, Futi, Stowell, Lambourne, Coach Carl Mcgowen. List goes on.
wok your dog
4/23/16 10:55pm
Look at the racial make up of volleyball teams and basketball teams
RC Vikings
4/23/16 11:00pm
We had a pretty good international pipeline back in the day
jomo
4/23/16 8:09pm
Also the LDS church is strong in Vball areas
SaturdaySpecialDay
4/23/16 8:20pm
The team only has 4 1/2 scholarships. BYU's inexpensive tuition is a key
scott715
4/23/16 10:00pm
One reason is that there's only like 12 schools with resources that play men's vb.
Cochise Cat
4/23/16 10:27pm
Allow me to explain as an LDS guy from SoCal who played high school volleyball.
Mojave
4/24/16 12:50am
But if BYU weren't in the MPSF they would still go elsewhere
lbmango
4/24/16 5:44am
Great post but let me add, Carl "the wall" McGown. Yes, BYU has an
Coogar2
4/24/16 9:20am
Great Point About McGown, and some meaningless trivia
lbmango
4/24/16 2:40pm
Yep, great points. I thought about including something about coaching in my post
Mojave
4/24/16 7:22pm
Thought I'd missed an Olympics after reading this, as my recollection is that
KRuffian
4/25/16 8:12pm
Amen - My kids OC high school of 3,000 is maybe 3% LDS, the boys Vball program is 30-40% LDS, truly is amazing
OC Coug
4/24/16 9:43am
Great post. Especially if you read it out loud in the voice of Fred Armisen's character from The Californians. "Stewart,
byuTX
4/24/16 11:57am
Awesome analysis! Thank you! ...and I love it!
Borg
4/24/16 12:05pm
Good thoughts. .. shout out to my Antelope Valley natives
Ryan M
4/24/16 8:38pm
I played for Lancaster High.
Mojave
4/24/16 9:59pm
Cool, I played for Highland
Ryan M
4/25/16 8:20pm
why couldn't this have happened with football
Y05
4/25/16 4:52am
I graduated from high school in 1971 but we played volleyball on a Ward team.
oldrugger
4/25/16 9:01am
That was Malcolm Gladwell-ish. Thank you for the insights.
Big Daddy D
4/25/16 9:43am
And reputation attracts nonLDS
trueblueinarizona
4/25/16 11:46am
Southern Cal church ball
Skysthelimit
4/24/16 2:21am
These days I think most of the young men don't own baseball/softball gloves
Tricky
4/25/16 10:58am
Two words...Scott Sterling!
bluecheese
4/24/16 12:24pm
Once we won a title many West coast
pappabear246
4/24/16 12:37pm
Carl McGown
Texan
4/24/16 8:03pm
A side effect of all those YM/YW joint volleyball activities
CougarThug
4/25/16 8:42am
So...all the wards/stakes in Texas
Borg
4/25/16 9:19am
might help with missionary work too!
ryebrye
4/25/16 11:10am
We finally figured out what to do with tall white guys that cant play b-ball
LasVegasBlue
4/25/16 10:40am
Does anyone know what percent of the BYU team are LDS?
tarmstrong
4/25/16 2:36pm
Around 70%
KRuffian
4/25/16 8:22pm
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