Why do women's teams use slides more than men's?

Question

High level men's teams almost never do slides. Why? Why do women's teams use them?

Answer 1

because most women's teams can't send 100mph bombs from their outside hitters every play.

Answer 2

women are generally slower and less athletic than men. not that it's bad, that's the way it is. so female middles use the slide sometimes when they are late for the quick, or since at the higher levels, quicks are easier to block, to move the middles around. another purpose of the slide is to draw the opposing middle blocker away from the middle, giving the setter more room to dump, and giving the outside a one-on-one situation. my club team runs the slide often because no one at our level knows how to block it, so it is almost always a kill. the last reason i know is that male blockers can read a hitter (know where they are going to hit), and since the slide is easy to read, men can block it easier.

Answer 3

Actually I would agree with some of the answers on here concerning the athleticism of men's teams where you have faster plays and more options. The slide for me generates a great degree of lift from the momentum of the take off allowing the middle to get higher. In addition a good slide is actually hard to read because of attack angles. Most blockers at high school and even college in many instances move with the flight of the ball - which means it's harder to get established on the block. The MH can then cut back against the block or down the line usually against a moving block. The slide also allows the middle more options - especially when you have smaller RS hitters. In the men's game the RS or opposite attackers are often tall and fast unlike many especially in HS girls VB. The slide allows one of your better and often taller hitters to hit out of that position. Also helps immensely with the 5-1 rotation when the setter is on the front row. Most men's teams can use a backrow player to the same effect as a front row player in that situation.

Answer 4

because we're cooler

Answer 5

men tend to move a bit quicker than women do. the women's teams use slides a lot so they can get to the ball and pop it up to get the set and spike. women are just as great at volleyball as men, its just that men are mostly faster than women, so women slide alot. i personally find watching women's higher level volleyball more intertaining because it isn't as predictable as men's higher lever volleyball is. hope this helps!