Team USA Libero Reacts to Japan vs. Canada 2019 FIVB World Cup 

Nishida actually has a youtube channel of his own and he did talk about this service run on his channel. He mentioned that when he serves, he usually aims for a specific player instead of a seam, mainly to get that player out of system, which was quite apparent here. He also mentioned that he was particularly motivated by Shimizu throughout the match when he was on the bench and wasn't aiming for aces with his serves, but rather to put his team in a good mood (something along those lines if I remember correctly). He was particularly fired up after seeing the block from Yamauchi as well. The whole video was pretty interesting and worth the time to check out.

Even though Nishida destroyed my country's team with his serves I was still rooting for the Japan Team.

The way he did a sigh when Nishida served meant that every team winces a little when he serves lol

I just wanted to point how awesome of a guy Erik is. Dude is easily one of the best liberos in the world, but he is always so humble, giving credit where credit is due and never dissing or talking down others when they make mistakes. I love how he only has positive things to say about every play. Keep up the good content!

I’m so excited that you’re going to play in the Olympics again because now I will know who you are when Canada plays against you!!

as a Canadian, this moment in volleyball history will forever haunt me.

“Ends the world cup on an ace” 😭 that was one of my favourite videos of nishida! I’m glad to see it from another angle. I also appreciate that you took time to explain the serves. I didnt know a lefty serve would have a different result! 😳 But honestly, I’d be scared to receive Nishida’s serves. Too powerful!

why are volleyball players so nice like it’s so nice to see people bringing up other instead of saying wow they sync because they couldn’t receive one of the best serves

Can’t believe how good nishida is at serving

3:57 that libero doing rolling thunder. So sad he didn't make it

When things are pointed out angle by angle. 🔥 and his compliments. 😊

Nishida is basically ushijima in the flesh.

Nishida floating more than a plastic bottle in the Pacific Ocean.

I hope you get other usa team mates to react as well.

I wish i Learnt how to play volleyball ball back then in High school 😔.. i would have been making cool cash now

That serving run...absolutely 🔥🔥🔥 I always enjoy watching Japan play at home with that crowd! Looking forward to some behind the scenes with Team USA! 😁

Nishida's serves are godly. Holy crap...freaking southpaws

yuji nishida is sooo cool. thank you so much for providing commentary on this game!

Japan's plays are very interesting and fun to watch.

Japan's number 17 is Tsubasa Hisehara.

I remember watching this on TV, it was just before I went to school in the morning here. It got me so pumped up, it was freakin' amazing!!!

Enjoyed watching this with you as I appreciate the insight from someone who has had direct experience. I'm a big Canadian volleyball fan but also love both Nishida and Ishikawa as both are giant talents. I hope to be in the crowd the next time the teams meet in Toronto. Please make it soon!!

I live in Hawaii and am so proud of you and your brother Kawika. I am rooting for Team USA to win although I just watched the loss to ROC. I have always loved volleyball because of course Hawaii fans love volleyball. I am glad that I found your RU-vid site. Have to check out your other videos.

Love the commentary! This video makes me want to see a game live with Nishida!

2:39 This reminds me that Haku Lee is a shorter middle blocker at 193 cm but the guys so good at blocking and attacking that makes up for his lack of height.

0:58 He is Hisahara, not Ishikawa. Hisahara is super technical player.

Japan is easily my favorite team to watch, no offense to USA

I love the japanese crowd

Love your insights!! Quality content

Finally, someone speaks up about passing on the right - it's really not easy, doable but not easy. Thanks Erik

I want JPN team to rise again as a Japanese. The dark age of JPN men's volleyball is just too long. Btw, I was a huge fan of William Priddy. And now, I am a fan of Micah and YOU.

It would be awesome to hear your commentary on a Canada v. USA match! Always a fun matchup!

4:02 the canada libero rlly tried a rolling thunder

This was one of the first volleyball clips I saw not thru your channel first and I feel so validated for all the yelling I did on the first watch. On god I’ve watched this match like 5 times it’s so fucking wild. Ugh. Iconic

This video pains me because I LOVE the Japanese team and have so many inspirations from their players but I’m from Canada. Nishida delivering those aces is bitter sweet

Good luck w USA Volleyball at the Olympics!!! It's gonna be so hype seeing you and all the other monster athletes compete!!

Excited for you that you get to practice w/ the US team again! Also good that you got to visit your hometown and family, too!

Nishdas serves are wild I am hoping to serve like that one day

Ohhh so this is the service run everyone was talking about :O that was so cool!

Glad to see u back to train for the Olympics. Cant wait to watch you and Team USA in Tokyo, as well as Japan team on home turf

Oh I was just watching this game! And was awesome >< . . . . Btw I love your videos Erik!

Yep, I remember spotting in a video, both team USA and Brazil watching this game somewhere near the entrance of the gym.

Love your vids thank posting you have inspired me train a play to become like you though it will take a long long to to become the fraction of you but I love your vids and look up to you so much keep up the amazing work both vids and being the Liborio ever thank you

Can't wait to see you and Nishida in the olympics! Best of luck for you two!!

It took you so long to do this one 😁 this is so famous I've seen the match back when I wasn't even into volleyball (so cool with ace serves to wrap it up)

Great video Erik!

Hi Erik I hope you're doing good! I just wanted to thank you so much for all of your advices they really helped me a lot and my technique in passing is way better now bcuz of my coach and you ofc! My coach even said to me that you're the best in passing in my team so I'm really happy and again keep going with great quality vb & again thank you so much! +this match was insane! ✌👍👏👌

Happy to see you idol!

Good luck at training! I'll be rooting for y'all come 24'!!!

This vid made me subscribe 😍😍

I love this t-shirt !

Hey Erik! Love watching your videos and all your plays for Team USA. I was wondering if you have any tips on how to become a better libero. Currently playing as a libero for my high school and I do plan to play for college. Thanks Erik! Can't wait to see you back in action! -Trung

My country (ireland) is still in lockdown so I think it would be a great idea if you could do some at home training videos with and without a ball. Obviously if your too busy preparing for the national team just thought it would be cool to see 😁

wow! Nishida! but Ishikawa is still my volleyball crush 🤣

I am early So excited to watch USA and Japan play

I am early So excited to see USA and Japan play

Me watching this because I just watched you play Canada and crush them- (im from canada btw lol hii)

17 isn’t ishikawa that’s tsubasa hisahara he plays for Panasonic panthers in japan

Looking back at 6:05 yeah that was odd but that was only because in their scout reports.. They said to target no.17 because he's the weakest out of them, is what their coach said during time out.

Back in the USA. Welcome back!!!!

Do you have any games against Nishida? I'd love to see you fight that serve.

Erik wearing Nike, not Adidas? Mind blown ahah. Evans is one of my personal favorites from TC, so it was awesome to see this match! ps. Love your content, and you're one of the many players who've inspired me to play! Have a nice one Erik!

No. 17 is Hisahara :) Thank you for this🥳

Blown away!

I think he called ishikawa the wrong name and the actual name of that player is hisahara in no. 17

Yukiii ❤️❤️❤️❤️

A US team avid fan here ... all the way from the Philippines

Eric?? Im venus a fan of usa team Hope to have a video greetings from you guys 🥰

Hangtime for days.

It’s not Ishikawa, it’s Tsubasa Hisahara (OH from Panasonic) :)

Hey Erik I hope your having a wonderful day and wish u luck for next week and I hope u will wish me and my team luck for our game tomorrow 😁

Who else is just laughing about how the cleaners are running so much XD

Nishida really got us at the end there. But Canada will have its chance at the olympics in a couple months!

saludos Erik, me suscribí hoy a tu canal, Nishida es un excelente jugador y esos ases lo hemos visto en otros encuentros internacionales, creo que uno de los mas repetidos fue con Bulgaria de seis puntos con su saque. Ishikawa (14) y shimizu (1) también son muy buenos jugadores.

8:09 if im going to be honest the best choice for canada was there opposite the japanese blocker yamauchi shifted to the left a little which made blocking hough easier. I know that the setter for canada use hand single to tell their spikers who they are setting first. But if i were the setter i would be risky and went for the opposite hitter sharone even if he wasnt expecting it . Dont get me wrong ishikawa is a good blocker but a dink form sharone would be better than a shutdown block ishikawa is a good. Im not sure if this is a good substitution or not but i would also use the double substition to make the opposite hitter in the front row and setter in the back row so the opposite can drop back. Correct me if im wrong though i dont really know canadas team well. Yes i do realize the setter dont expect their spikers to be blocked hard

Please react with Rivan Nurmulki in the Thai-Denmark league in the semifinals where he also gets a lot of aces set to 3

How about the match of japan against bulgaria He did more aces in that i think 6 or 7 🤔

Hey Erik could you react to Higashiyama Highschool vs Panasonic Panthers? It’s a great, fast paced matchup.

5:08 this set was famous during college and we called it "quickie" lol it's a sneaky feint when blockers tend to jump earlier than the smash that when the ball gets in

Hey Eric, I'm trying out for high performance in just 2 days! You definitely gave me that final push to try out when I commented lol

After literally 3 years of playing I’m finally getting my spikes and Juno serves good, otherwise I’m good at setting and receiving

Omg I want your tee shirt so bad

You could do exactly this type of video as a livestream and upload it later on yt.

5:28 just watch the guy on the far right

Has japan ever versed USA before. If so. Hey Erik shoji have you ever successfully received nishidas spike or serve.

Can't believe that I'm one year older than Nishida 😭 I'm not really a good receiver but do you mean to adjust the left shoulder a bit higher when you said "you have to block that ball"?

HIII ERIKKK!!!

It’s been a while since national teams played. I hope Marr and Vernon-Evans show us how they improved! After the season he had I am sure will see Loeppky on court. Also I can’t wait to see Vigrass reminding us why he is one of the best middles in the world! Unfortunately, we don’t have a roster that will lead to a medal but I am confident we can beat Japan, Argentina, Iran, and Tunisia but will still be cheering my heart out at every match they play 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

...Wow...5 aces...that's serving right there. I don't know what it feels like to receive from a left handed player or any handed player for that matter but how low these serves go are nasty.

isnt the first point scored by hisahara and not ishikawa?

Do you watch women's volleyball bc the Texas vs Kentucky game was awesome. My coach and the other girls in the club bet suicides on who was going to win. I think I will be running tmr.

Hey Erik where do u watch these replays?

Where did you get your shirt it’s so nice

Nishida all the way. My favourite player.

Please react to the recent match of China and Japan 😁

who are your favorite players to watch?(non-teammates)

Is no one gonna talk about the rolling thunder at 3:56? Seriously?

wish me luck for my qualifiers or nationals this weekend yall i’m gonna need it 😂😂

can you make a first person video with usa team

When are the olympics starting