Altitude.

Apr 25, 2016
9:36:02am

bretonnia All-American

Altitude.

The ball goes farther with less resistance. Many California teams will tape a new end line inside the court to help them adjust to the elevation. Big advantage for BYU.

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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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