RE: Man Named 'Tiffany' Is Dominating Women's Pro Volleyball in Brazil
February 28, 2018 at 12:21 pm
(February 28, 2018 at 11:56 am)Lutrinae Wrote: I'm certain It's already been mentioned, but here it is again: how can a single person dominate in a team sport? A team wins due to the efforts of the entire team, not due merely to one single team member.
In most team sports, you can almost always funnel your play through one player. You can also use matchups to use your best player to negate their best player.
An extreme example: If I'm playing basketball with 6 year olds, I can stand under the basket on offense and shoot, and there's nothing any kids can do about it. And on defense, I can do the same thing, and block every shot.
In volleyball, if you have some tall super athletic net presence, you set them up for the kills, and use them to block the other teams best attempts at spiking the ball. It's not as extreme as me vs. 6yo's in basketball, but it's in the same vein.
Typically, if you have the best player in the league in a sport, you will be at or near the top of the league.
Baseball would be an example of that being less the case, because you can't have your best hitter hit more than 4 times a game. And the best pitcher only pitches once every 5 games. But having them is still a big advantage.
