This guy is six foot one, and apparently has some hops, so allowing him to play on a seven foot four net is fucking criminal. If he has any hitting skill at all he can essentially hit straight down, even from the 10m line, and can most likely hit over the top of any block the opposing team can put up. His spikes are apparently clocked somewhere in the vicinity of 80 mph, which for an Olympic competition level man is respectable, for a female is unheard of.
It's like they have a MLB pitcher pitching to collegiate level women softball players.
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Oh, and the school can make the players go to the match, but the school can't make them play, that is up to them, and there isn't a damned thing the school can do about it, except maybe threaten any scholarships, but they'll get sued about mach 20 if the school tries that.
True, but they don't have the arm strength, or the leaping ability, of men. Women just can't hit as hard. You will find numerous examples of very long rallies in womens games, but you rarely see that in men, just because of the power men can put into their spikes.
I know they be spiking it. When I was a kid, we considered you a pussy if you complained about getting hit by a volleyball.
Which sounds bad, you know 80mph and bullshit, until you realize I was getting hit by baseballs at that speed (or probably a little faster) -- not every day but it happens. Little kids have no accuracy in case no one noticed.
This guy is six foot one, and apparently has some hops, so allowing him to play on a seven foot four net is fucking criminal. If he has any hitting skill at all he can essentially hit straight down, even from the 10m line, and can most likely hit over the top of any block the opposing team can put up. His spikes are apparently clocked somewhere in the vicinity of 80 mph, which for an Olympic competition level man is respectable, for a female is unheard of.
It's like they have a MLB pitcher pitching to collegiate level women softball players.
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Oh, and the school can make the players go to the match, but the school can't make them play, that is up to them, and there isn't a damned thing the school can do about it, except maybe threaten any scholarships, but they'll get sued about mach 20 if the school tries that.
I don't think the height is really it. Lots of women are 6'1" especially amongst volleyball players.
True, but they don't have the arm strength, or the leaping ability, of men. Women just can't hit as hard. You will find numerous examples of very long rallies in womens games, but you rarely see that in men, just because of the power men can put into their spikes.
I know they be spiking it. When I was a kid, we considered you a pussy if you complained about getting hit by a volleyball.
Which sounds bad, you know 80mph and bullshit, until you realize I was getting hit by baseballs at that speed (or probably a little faster) -- not every day but it happens. Little kids have no accuracy in case no one noticed.