TOP 20 Craziest Saves by Volleyball Team Japan 

what has lacking in height doing with athleticism ? Japanese players aren't by no mean behind. I don't understand why "audience who have no athletic body" would relate to them. They literally are one of the most athletic team

@@NuneliiI think they meant having a body type suitable for the sport (athletic body = sports suiting body for the athlete). Kind of like how Micheal Phelps has the ideal structure (long torso, etc) for swimming, they’re probably saying Japan doesn’t have many players with the “ideal” body type for volleyball in comparison to taller teams.

@@strapkins4999 but body type has nothing to do with height. In volleyball, being taller is an advantage, it doesn't necessarily means being tall automatically makes you the ideal body type. Every tall people isn't suited for volleyball, if that was the case the Netherlands would be the no1 team. I do think japanese people are particularly suited for sports requiring speed and jumping powers (its the case in figure skating, where japanese are particularly good), and that's what volleyball is about. If they're very tall in addition to that it's even more perfect (even though being too tall reduces your speed and tonicity). Go tell Nishida and Ishikawa that they don't have the ideal body type. They're not very tall compared to other players, but they're as good if not better than them. Again, height =/= body type. In this regard, polish people aren't built like the brazilians, who aren't biult like the Iranians, who aren't built like the Chinese, who aren't built like the Japanese. Besides, according to the position you play at, "body type ideals" aren't the same at all.

@@Nunelii I think you arent getting the point here. I think he means that the Japanese team is so popular because they show the opposite of what most people think; that people need to be tall to play volleyball at a high level. They show that other aspects of the human body are important for this sport aswell.

@@ingcrafter And again, putting height and athletic body in the same sentence implies that since they are shorter, Japanese players are less athletic, what the first comment was about (because in their minds, apparently, height=athleticism). Maybe that's not what they meant, but how the sentenced is built, it looks like it's what they wanted to say. So my point is that, yes, Japanese players are on average *shorter* than western teams, but on the other hand, they are on average more *athletic*, to be able to compensate like they do. Athleticism doesn't make up for everything of course, there's also strategy, game intelligence, risk taking, etc...

As a "shorty" myself I couldn't agree more. 😂

I am a tall European woman, but I also agree with pleasure. 🤣🤣 These Japanese guys are simply great athletes. ❤️❤️🇯🇵❤️❤️❤️

Japan is a vollyball guenius team.. Amazing

Can't agree more!

I'm a fan of figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu for so long. 🇯🇵 Now this team is also in my heart. ❤️🇯🇵❤️

we love SEKITA 🙌🏻

Every first touch of Japan was…

Truly!! I love his play style. It's very endearing.

channels need to make dough, i guess 😂

They are popular -> people watch them. What is wrong with that? Their play style is unique and exciting.

This is like telling ESPN not to make videos about Luka Doncic or Nikola Jokic. Wack

Japan is more likable than France to fans. They’re exciting, more fun to watch and the players are handsome and the team works hard. There’s also the appeal of the two countries - Japan wins hands down. There’s no need to watch team Japan if you don’t like them. France won the VNL but so what? Team Japan is popular and what people want to see.

​@@Fink621yes I agree but if you look at their uploads for the past week or so it's all Japan related vids back to back. I counted like 6 vids already.

I don't agree with the double touch. It's clear that during the blocking, it was Miyaura-senshu's(4) hand that touched the ball after that you can see Sekita-senshu(8) saving it while stumbling then Kentaro-senshu(10) tossed it to the other court. If you slow down the video it's very clear that Kentaro-senshu did not touched the ball when blocking, so it wouldn't count as double touch Imo.