There's actually a few more rules to note. Serving - 1 foot has to remain on the floor if the ball touches the net, you can have an extra touch (4 touches) ball can only be played between the elbow to the hands. anywhere else is consider "bodied" and cannot be played
There is no front row or back row. If you notice Connex plays 5 in the front 3 back and 1 called the suicide position. They back grab all the tips, dunks, rolls and random balls that goes behind the block.
The "dunk" play is called a hook. The hitter basically grabs and chucks the ball wherever he can in a singular motion. A good example of this is if the player grabs the ball from behind or under his shoulders, he'd have to do it in a swinging motion and that would be considered a lift Also a key thing to note, if the ball is in the neutral plane and 2 opposing players get to the ball and they "joust", that will be a replay
Any player can set, any player can hit but only 3 designated servers (not necessarily limited to the 3 backrow players). "Chai ball" is an open-hand pass that can be over the head, from the side or an underhand scoop as long as it's moving in one fluid motion.
There's no "backrow" attack! It's legal for any player to attack regardless of where they are on the court. Also, a ball touching the net counts as a "minus one" touch - which is why some of the plays you may have seen 4 touches total. In 9-man, there is no rotation; everybody stays in their specialized position throughout the game for as long as they like.
@@ErikShojivolleyball if you all look up more videos, you'll see that each city/club runs different combos and plays down the middle. there are some cities that run a shoot 3-1 fast, fast and back fast combo! insanely hard for blockers when a team is in system. with the "rules" all stripped out, you can run some pretty creative things on offense and defense.
you can also lift the ball where indoors u can't (even on the dig), also want to add from AndeeChung's post, the 4th touch is basically if the pass is too low for the setter to set it, the setter can use both hands, grab the ball and pushes into the net, then set after the ball bounce back from the net. At least that's when I played it in the pass tournaments. Forgot to mention the net is lower as well, if I remember correctly, it's only 2m35
Definitley a lot of different rules to learn but the mechanics of traditional 6s are there. A lot of us do play 6s in our "offseason" and it helps to translate to the 9man court in the summertime. Would love to see the Shoji brothers out there sometime!
I think a great video would be to reach out for a Q&A. Justin Lam would be a great person to talk to from Smash. He's #14 outside on Smash, great representative for the sport. He played at UCSC with a bunch of other guys on the team. Thanks for showing 9 man love!
if not for this vid, i would never know that there is such a thing as 9-man Volleyball, i'm also a vb player so when you said "this is a defender's dream", i really felt that haha
No ten foot line meaning that technically, you can have a 9man block on the net. I mean why would you want to do that? LOL. But yes, the 10ft line would eliminate a lot of necessary plays made by the back row.
I haven't read all the comments, but if it wasn't mentioned, nationals this year is in Oakland Chinatown during Columbus Day weekend.. I believe also the Canadians aren't able to come this year due to the lockdown.
@@ErikShojivolleyball esp since Connex took back the title in 2019. I've been lucky enough to play against Kevin W and bro and Mike Lambo, would be awesome to see you play!
There is no 10ft line so anyone can run up and attack. Also, there is no rotation rules except servers have to take turns serving between 3 players. Can only contact the ball from finger fo elbow. If you touch the ball anywhere else you lose the point. In 9man it’s called “body”
Erik come to the east coast some time and play! The only rotation is 3 players for serving. Typically it is the back 3, but if you have a guy that can rip a hard one and he is a net guy, he has a long way to get into position. I haven't played in a long time, but I think they still do "let" serves that if a ball hits the net during a serve and falls over to the opponent's side, then you can reserve the ball. I used to play "suicide" (if you can think of the telephone key pad it is the dead center spot) and the 4 and 6 spots are actually your outside hitters. Double quicks are more common for a 6-3 team, but you normally have a setter and your "tandem" hitter either doing inside/outside Xs. If the setter had a touch on the block, the suicide spot is the next back up to make the set. The game is so fast in comparison to traditional 6. Your eyes just have to keep up with the ball. Your blockers need to call touch so that your back row guys know to pick up and make the next ball high enough to make a swing out of it. It was definitely a change to learn how to dig up the "fast" (those dunk balls.. the motion has to be in one fluid motion.. you can't change the arm motion to do a fake to or something). It can be blocked, usually as a soft block.. I haven't seen too many jousts from them, but eventually someone will push too hard and get called for piking/penetrating over the net.
No 10 ft line. You can have all 9 front row if you want. Traditionally it was played 5 front, 3 back, and one “suicide” the played defense around the “10 ft” line. But lately more teams have transitioned to 6 front and 3 back. Subbing is pretty free as well.
You should watch Japanese 9-man as well! It has pretty similar rules minus the throwing spike part. However, bouncing the ball off the net and getting another touch has a lot more use in the Japanese version!
I don't even remember the rules but when I was a child and in middle school age we used to play 9men games and never heard of 6 men game till way later. I don't know when it started but it was like olympics or some other big league event when I first saw 6 men game.
one more rule you forgot is that if you hit it into the net you have one more contact. so you can have 4 contacts technically if the ball goes into the net
Eric, your more than welcome to come to any tournament and watch or play with us in NY. Yes, almost everyone that plays 9 Man plays regular 6 and the "Slam dunk" is call a "Hook" and also NO Ten Foot line.
@Erik Shoji here is the game of all them playing on the same team vs the legends of Connex. Feel free to analyze my video but make sure to give me a shout out if you do it lol 😂th-cam.com/video/NxrSWMty8JE/w-d-xo.html
@@ErikShojivolleyball Yeah! I'm looking forward to it. It was nice to see you live, Eric, playing for Zaksa last week (Zalasewo, Arek Gols Memoriał). Have a great upcoming season and Go Zaksa for gold!
Hey, i have a cuestion for you, how can you "win fame" if your town only has one volley team? (Cause this is my situation) (Edit) I forgot, great video dude👍
with team USA we practice 5-6 time a week for 2-3 hours a day. professionally overseas we practice 4-5 times a week for 90-150 minutes. we have matches 1-2 times a week. this doesn’t include weights.
@@ErikShojivolleyball since there are unlimited subs and no concept of rotations (except for the 3 servers rotating), the numbers on players don't really matter as much!
There are tons of ethnic specific leagues all over the place, this one just happened to grow quite large. There's also the jewish olympics thats only open to jewish athletes, and is the third largest sporting event in the world
@@Destamoon you are pretending that if the best people on a sport are of European decent, that is equivalent to no one else being allowed to play at all. That is incredibly disingenuous of you.
@@TheBacontarian really? Have you ever seen an "only white" rule for teams? Not in the 1920s, but current times. That's rethoric, I know you haven't. Yes I've seen "ethnic" leagues(never white ones), I disagree with all of them. There is literally no reason for that to ever exist. As for Jewish leagues, I'll point out that being Jewish is a faith, not a race. That example is thus ridiculous as anyone can be Jewish by choice. And with that said, I do not agree to a Jewish-only league either.
@@user-iu1ru1qz7u haha triggered much? What other whataboutisms you gonna pull out? The good ol' All lives matter? "White" isn't an ethnicity, I wanna see you even define a ruleset for a white only league. Remember Irish and Italians were considered minorities too. Even the term Aryan originated in Iran, love to see buncha Iranians in white only league 🤣
You need to understand the origins of this 9-man tournament. Because of the Chinese Exclusion Act, there were very few Chinese women and families in the US in the early 1900's. Labor Day was one of the only long weekends for laborers, laundrymen, & restaurant workers. Chinese men from Boston & Providence got together on Labor Day to play this game they learned from missionaries in their native Toisan. This let them see other Chinese from their home area that also spoke the same dialect. NY and DC joined in eventually, and now you have teams from all over the US and Canada. Having participated in 9-man for more decades than I'd like to admit, I can say that the Labor Day Tournament has allowed me to make lasting friendships from all over North America. Interest in 9-man has grown and I've seen non-Chinese players participate locally, however, the Labor Day tournament is our FUBU. There is a great documentary on the history called 9-man.
The context here is Chinese immigrants set up nets to play volleyball in the alley ways of Chinatowns after a long day in the sweat shops. The tournament is still held on the streets of Chinatowns to remind our past struggles to achieve the American dream. I agree this unique tournament will eventually open up to non-asians.
@@chenyitube And your dream has now been realized! Both DC Mini and Philly Mini (2 of the 4 major tournaments) along with other smaller tournaments are "Opens" which allow for anyone to play. However, NY Mini and NACIVT don't.
@@TheBacontarian that's a gross attempt at twisting reality to make it look better. Yes, I can make up/organize anything on my own at any point. *What I cannot do is make rules that discriminate people to participate solely because of their ethnic background.* The existence of that rule is disgusting, and an embarrassment to the free world.
@@user-iu1ru1qz7u 9man originated at a time where Chinese people were discriminated against. It was created as a safe space for Chinese Americans to play, avoid stereotypes and as a result of the Chinese exclusion act. This is why the rule was created . Yes it isn't inclusive and the rule could be changed but it also isn't as strict as it used to be about the ethnicity. There are teams out there that have people not of asian descent. The reality is discrimination and racism against asians still very much exists . This doesn't make it entirely right, but this is the reasoning for it.
@@truevoice1002 I know the origins and story of the organization, I have friends/teammates/coaches who played in it. Some of them have been called in to sub because during a match, the opposing team complained to the ref that they were playing a white/black player, who should be expelled from participating. Revolting behavior. If 9man rules were forced by the discrimination Chinese suffered when they created it, why do they still have these racist rules today? If the environment then was the cause, then the environment today makes them redundant. *Anyone can try out to play volleyball anywhere... except for 9man*. A crime in the past does not justify a crime in the present. Racism isn't a tradition to uphold.The world has moved on(for good), but the organizers of this event clearly haven't, and it's clearly by choice.
shut up you moron, you clearly don't understand the history behind Chinese 9-man volleyball. Try learning the history behind it before you make an idiotic comment such as this one
There's actually a few more rules to note.
Serving - 1 foot has to remain on the floor
if the ball touches the net, you can have an extra touch (4 touches)
ball can only be played between the elbow to the hands. anywhere else is consider "bodied" and cannot be played
another serving rule is that if the serve hits the white tape and goes in, its consider a re-serve and if it goes out, its consider fault.
and no double touches called
Thank you! I knew I didn’t get all the rules! My bad!
There is no front row or back row. If you notice Connex plays 5 in the front 3 back and 1 called the suicide position. They back grab all the tips, dunks, rolls and random balls that goes behind the block.
The "dunk" play is called a hook. The hitter basically grabs and chucks the ball wherever he can in a singular motion. A good example of this is if the player grabs the ball from behind or under his shoulders, he'd have to do it in a swinging motion and that would be considered a lift
Also a key thing to note, if the ball is in the neutral plane and 2 opposing players get to the ball and they "joust", that will be a replay
Just a heads up, if the ball touches the net the team gets an extra touch. Thats why all those rallies with 4 touches are actually legal
Thank you! Idk how I missed that rule!
Any player can set, any player can hit but only 3 designated servers (not necessarily limited to the 3 backrow players). "Chai ball" is an open-hand pass that can be over the head, from the side or an underhand scoop as long as it's moving in one fluid motion.
Come on guys let’s hit 100.000 subs this year
Thank you Erik for doing this so we can get a look from a professionals perspective 👍🙃
LOVE THE LOVE YOU'RE GIVING TO OUR 9-MAN COMMUNITY
There's no "backrow" attack! It's legal for any player to attack regardless of where they are on the court.
Also, a ball touching the net counts as a "minus one" touch - which is why some of the plays you may have seen 4 touches total.
In 9-man, there is no rotation; everybody stays in their specialized position throughout the game for as long as they like.
Thank you for helping me with no rules! Mad at myself for missing some! Thanks for watching!
Love the calendar! Welcome to Kędzierzyn! I am so excited you joined in. Good luck for the season
Always a good day when you post
It never gets better!
I think the setting out of the middle in combination with that lefty "middle" hitting the back 1 is sooooo cool
same!
@@ErikShojivolleyball if you all look up more videos, you'll see that each city/club runs different combos and plays down the middle. there are some cities that run a shoot 3-1 fast, fast and back fast combo! insanely hard for blockers when a team is in system. with the "rules" all stripped out, you can run some pretty creative things on offense and defense.
I know two VB olympians played on this Chinese 9-men VB. Mike Lambert and Kevin Wong. Maybe more but I can only remember them two so far.
you can also lift the ball where indoors u can't (even on the dig), also want to add from AndeeChung's post, the 4th touch is basically if the pass is too low for the setter to set it, the setter can use both hands, grab the ball and pushes into the net, then set after the ball bounce back from the net. At least that's when I played it in the pass tournaments. Forgot to mention the net is lower as well, if I remember correctly, it's only 2m35
Definitley a lot of different rules to learn but the mechanics of traditional 6s are there.
A lot of us do play 6s in our "offseason" and it helps to translate to the 9man court in the summertime. Would love to see the Shoji brothers out there sometime!
the speed in 9-man is craaazy. And I still can't get over that 6 person block 🤯🤯🤯
I think a great video would be to reach out for a Q&A. Justin Lam would be a great person to talk to from Smash. He's #14 outside on Smash, great representative for the sport. He played at UCSC with a bunch of other guys on the team. Thanks for showing 9 man love!
#14 is Justin Lam. Went to my high school and played at UCSC from 2006-2010.
We love you, Erik!
i just know erik would be SO hype playing this
i would be!
Thanks for covering this! With multiple combo plays at the same time, it would be difficult to defend against but super fun to play
if not for this vid, i would never know that there is such a thing as 9-man Volleyball, i'm also a vb player so when you said "this is a defender's dream", i really felt that haha
its such a cool game im glad you were able to watch it! and thanks for watching!
No ten foot line meaning that technically, you can have a 9man block on the net. I mean why would you want to do that? LOL. But yes, the 10ft line would eliminate a lot of necessary plays made by the back row.
I haven't read all the comments, but if it wasn't mentioned, nationals this year is in Oakland Chinatown during Columbus Day weekend.. I believe also the Canadians aren't able to come this year due to the lockdown.
bummer that the Canadians cant come! have fun and good luck!
@@ErikShojivolleyball esp since Connex took back the title in 2019. I've been lucky enough to play against Kevin W and bro and Mike Lambo, would be awesome to see you play!
Kevin Wong figured out he could just stop the dunker ("Hook") by blocking on the ground lol and then jump to block the 1 or 2 attacks
There is no 10ft line so anyone can run up and attack. Also, there is no rotation rules except servers have to take turns serving between 3 players. Can only contact the ball from finger fo elbow. If you touch the ball anywhere else you lose the point. In 9man it’s called “body”
Oh forgot to add. If the ball goes in to the net and stays on your side. You get 1 extra touch during that rally
love to see you reacting to 9man after commenting and asking about it a while ago! hope to see you maybe play one day 👀👀
i would loveeeeee to play!
Erik come to the east coast some time and play!
The only rotation is 3 players for serving. Typically it is the back 3, but if you have a guy that can rip a hard one and he is a net guy, he has a long way to get into position.
I haven't played in a long time, but I think they still do "let" serves that if a ball hits the net during a serve and falls over to the opponent's side, then you can reserve the ball. I used to play "suicide" (if you can think of the telephone key pad it is the dead center spot) and the 4 and 6 spots are actually your outside hitters. Double quicks are more common for a 6-3 team, but you normally have a setter and your "tandem" hitter either doing inside/outside Xs.
If the setter had a touch on the block, the suicide spot is the next back up to make the set. The game is so fast in comparison to traditional 6. Your eyes just have to keep up with the ball. Your blockers need to call touch so that your back row guys know to pick up and make the next ball high enough to make a swing out of it. It was definitely a change to learn how to dig up the "fast" (those dunk balls.. the motion has to be in one fluid motion.. you can't change the arm motion to do a fake to or something).
It can be blocked, usually as a soft block.. I haven't seen too many jousts from them, but eventually someone will push too hard and get called for piking/penetrating over the net.
I love how confused he is when he counts “4 touches” with the net play.
The middle quick throw attack is usually called a “fast ball.”
Yes! Coach got a shoutout!! Also Erik pls watch coach's tournament videos, they have intense and awesome plays
The court is larger as well. 32ft x 65ft
Did anyone else notice that there are two number 1’s and two number 2’s on the black team?
Another crazy match to watch is Connex A vs DC CYC A in the ny mini.
No 10 ft line. You can have all 9 front row if you want. Traditionally it was played 5 front, 3 back, and one “suicide” the played defense around the “10 ft” line. But lately more teams have transitioned to 6 front and 3 back. Subbing is pretty free as well.
There’s no front row or back row in 9man :) you just need three servers but if you wanted, the server could run up and hit in the front.
You should watch Japanese 9-man as well! It has pretty similar rules minus the throwing spike part. However, bouncing the ball off the net and getting another touch has a lot more use in the Japanese version!
I don't even remember the rules but when I was a child and in middle school age we used to play
9men games and never heard of 6 men game till way later. I don't know when it started but it was
like olympics or some other big league event when I first saw 6 men game.
I forgot to add I was born in 1947.
@@mikiohirata9627 that’s pretty neat
@@mikiohirata9627 9 man volleyball is essentially the version that was popularized in Asia by missionaries
can't wait for you to join us in 9man, you'll love the community! please react to the 2019 Toronto NACIVT finals!! :)
one more rule you forgot is that if you hit it into the net you have one more contact. so you can have 4 contacts technically if the ball goes into the net
We played 9 players volleyball in PE(Japan) This team's back logo... HAIKYUU 排球!
Eric, your more than welcome to come to any tournament and watch or play with us in NY. Yes, almost everyone that plays 9 Man plays regular 6 and the "Slam dunk" is call a "Hook" and also NO Ten Foot line.
If you’re ever in Chicago, Chicago United would love to have you join us!
Ohhh baby another one!!
I believe Connex uploaded a final match against MVP with Kevin Wong playing against them in Toronto. Connex had unstoppable defense
2019 NACIVT please! Nine man volleyball is finally getting more exposure!
You should watch Zhen Qi Black vs Connex A. That game was insane
you should watch the 2019 finals...Connex A vs Smash
@erik talk to Kevin Wong, Scott Wong, or Mike Lambert - they used to play
@Erik Shoji here is the game of all them playing on the same team vs the legends of Connex. Feel free to analyze my video but make sure to give me a shout out if you do it lol 😂th-cam.com/video/NxrSWMty8JE/w-d-xo.html
@@fezzle81 AND the RS on connex is the former team canada setter
@@christopherlee1514 Jeff Chung for sure!
@@fezzle81 the goat!
You definitely should play one day. Eric Sato and Gary Sato have played before.
What's the height of the net? It doesn't look like it is the same height as the regular men's net. Looks more like 235 cm?
You are spot on! It's 7' 8.5" or 235 cm.
Net height is also a bit lower at 7ft8.5inches (235cm) instead of 7ft11 5/8 inches (243cm).
Love this match! Four man block, love that!
Can you do a day in the life for your new club?
Yes I will!
@@ErikShojivolleyball Yeah! I'm looking forward to it.
It was nice to see you live, Eric, playing for Zaksa last week (Zalasewo, Arek Gols Memoriał). Have a great upcoming season and Go Zaksa for gold!
What happened if a team see the opposing team is out of system and has to take it to the pin? WOULD LOVE TO SEE A 5-man block! lol
genuine question. can you use the 'dunk' on a regular 6-man volleyball? is it different than a dump?
@Caiman Araújo ahh i see! Thanks!
love it shoj!
@7:45 Erik this is you!
hi Erik, can you do a video of strength and mobility training that you guys do?
Very in touch with his thoughts
Erik where can I buy your merch like jersey or the things you wear to game (with your name on it). I want to show it off when I play volleyball hehe
i will find out for here in Poland!
Hey, i have a cuestion for you, how can you "win fame" if your town only has one volley team? (Cause this is my situation)
(Edit) I forgot, great video dude👍
thank you! keep working to be your best and helping your team to win! then hopefully someone will see you and you can move forward! good luck!
I want to try this with the team I coach for a fun practice.
Hey everyone! Does anyone (including Erik) have any shoe recommendations for liberos on wood courts?
i wear Nike! :)
The refereeing team are University of Maryland Alumni.
Erik!! What happened to the video where u react to ur high school team punahou?? Did you delete it? Just curious
yes I had to take that one down. don’t worry...new one coming soon!
@@ErikShojivolleyball and we will be here waiting ❤️
Hey Erik, quick question about your trainings, How many days a week do you train and how long is each training?
with team USA we practice 5-6 time a week for 2-3 hours a day. professionally overseas we practice 4-5 times a week for 90-150 minutes. we have matches 1-2 times a week. this doesn’t include weights.
Slam dunk = fastball
#1 was greifing HARD
Kann you react to France vs USA 🙏
What is your highest hitting spot or block, i know you re a libero but im curious
oh gosh...i think the highest i ever touched for hitting is 10'5" or 317.5 cm???
React to “how to be a volleyball player”
lets go new vid
this is way too interesting
Please react to the 2019 finals too!! thanks Erik
Also please react to the 2019 finals also posted on elevate yourself's youtube channel!
hi! can you react on dawn macandili's highlights??
Sweet.
Richard Sun!
Anyone know why there’s 2 number 1
idk!
@@ErikShojivolleyball since there are unlimited subs and no concept of rotations (except for the 3 servers rotating), the numbers on players don't really matter as much!
Sometimes the front row numbers dont even matter. When they do lineup check, they only check the back 3 numbers
Done to watch italy vs Germany.. kindly react po
Here's a great movie on the game and its history by Ursula Liang th-cam.com/video/D6kbvIpQxUw/w-d-xo.html
Imagine a sport and a tournament where only the people of european descent could participate... What a shitstorm would that be
You mean regular life?
There are tons of ethnic specific leagues all over the place, this one just happened to grow quite large. There's also the jewish olympics thats only open to jewish athletes, and is the third largest sporting event in the world
@@Destamoon you are pretending that if the best people on a sport are of European decent, that is equivalent to no one else being allowed to play at all.
That is incredibly disingenuous of you.
@@TheBacontarian really? Have you ever seen an "only white" rule for teams? Not in the 1920s, but current times. That's rethoric, I know you haven't.
Yes I've seen "ethnic" leagues(never white ones), I disagree with all of them. There is literally no reason for that to ever exist.
As for Jewish leagues, I'll point out that being Jewish is a faith, not a race. That example is thus ridiculous as anyone can be Jewish by choice. And with that said, I do not agree to a Jewish-only league either.
@@user-iu1ru1qz7u haha triggered much? What other whataboutisms you gonna pull out? The good ol' All lives matter? "White" isn't an ethnicity, I wanna see you even define a ruleset for a white only league. Remember Irish and Italians were considered minorities too. Even the term Aryan originated in Iran, love to see buncha Iranians in white only league 🤣
Isn't this very non inclusive
You need to understand the origins of this 9-man tournament. Because of the Chinese Exclusion Act, there were very few Chinese women and families in the US in the early 1900's. Labor Day was one of the only long weekends for laborers, laundrymen, & restaurant workers. Chinese men from Boston & Providence got together on Labor Day to play this game they learned from missionaries in their native Toisan. This let them see other Chinese from their home area that also spoke the same dialect. NY and DC joined in eventually, and now you have teams from all over the US and Canada. Having participated in 9-man for more decades than I'd like to admit, I can say that the Labor Day Tournament has allowed me to make lasting friendships from all over North America. Interest in 9-man has grown and I've seen non-Chinese players participate locally, however, the Labor Day tournament is our FUBU.
There is a great documentary on the history called 9-man.
I would love to see the reaction to someone saying "6 out of 9 players have to be 100% white or your team isn't allowed to play".
Can we agree that "You have to be from X to play this sport" is something that humanity found to be something that we don't do anymore?
The context here is Chinese immigrants set up nets to play volleyball in the alley ways of Chinatowns after a long day in the sweat shops. The tournament is still held on the streets of Chinatowns to remind our past struggles to achieve the American dream. I agree this unique tournament will eventually open up to non-asians.
@@chenyitube And your dream has now been realized! Both DC Mini and Philly Mini (2 of the 4 major tournaments) along with other smaller tournaments are "Opens" which allow for anyone to play. However, NY Mini and NACIVT don't.
Doesnt sound like a very inclusive sport based off the first rule... sad
Anyone's free to start their own 9man tournament series if they so wish, same way there are multiple 6 man leagues all over the world
@@TheBacontarian that's a gross attempt at twisting reality to make it look better.
Yes, I can make up/organize anything on my own at any point. *What I cannot do is make rules that discriminate people to participate solely because of their ethnic background.*
The existence of that rule is disgusting, and an embarrassment to the free world.
@@user-iu1ru1qz7u 9man originated at a time where Chinese people were discriminated against. It was created as a safe space for Chinese Americans to play, avoid stereotypes and as a result of the Chinese exclusion act. This is why the rule was created . Yes it isn't inclusive and the rule could be changed but it also isn't as strict as it used to be about the ethnicity. There are teams out there that have people not of asian descent. The reality is discrimination and racism against asians still very much exists . This doesn't make it entirely right, but this is the reasoning for it.
@@truevoice1002 I know the origins and story of the organization, I have friends/teammates/coaches who played in it.
Some of them have been called in to sub because during a match, the opposing team complained to the ref that they were playing a white/black player, who should be expelled from participating. Revolting behavior.
If 9man rules were forced by the discrimination Chinese suffered when they created it, why do they still have these racist rules today? If the environment then was the cause, then the environment today makes them redundant. *Anyone can try out to play volleyball anywhere... except for 9man*.
A crime in the past does not justify a crime in the present. Racism isn't a tradition to uphold.The world has moved on(for good), but the organizers of this event clearly haven't, and it's clearly by choice.
Are there gay guys on the US MVT?
A rule enforcing racial makeup of the team is well... disgusting.
shut up you moron, you clearly don't understand the history behind Chinese 9-man volleyball. Try learning the history behind it before you make an idiotic comment such as this one
it’s because of its history and how the chinese were segregated and excluded by THE LAW back then. Ignorant comment
@@phallic3578 two bads don’t make a right. Neither are right, as both are racial segregation.
Bro wants to be oppressed so bad
What crap is that?
Fun, culturally diverse, high level volleyball.
@@danielmarquezvolleyball9814 lol
its really not that different from regular volleyball. And its definitely not any more silly than all sports.
@@viperstrike0 it is a crap of sports.