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

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

holy shit! you referenced coach donny, he is a great fan of you! he must been so happy! tanks shoji!

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.

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 calendar! Welcome to Kędzierzyn! I am so excited you joined in. Good luck for the season

LOVE THE LOVE YOU'RE GIVING TO OUR 9-MAN COMMUNITY

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.

Thanks for covering this! With multiple combo plays at the same time, it would be difficult to defend against but super fun to play

Always a good day when you post

#14 is Justin Lam. Went to my high school and played at UCSC from 2006-2010.

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!

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

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!

the speed in 9-man is craaazy. And I still can't get over that 6 person block 🤯🤯🤯

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.

love to see you reacting to 9man after commenting and asking about it a while ago! hope to see you maybe play one day 👀👀

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.

Yes! Coach got a shoutout!! Also Erik pls watch coach's tournament videos, they have intense and awesome plays

We love you, Erik!

I love how confused he is when he counts “4 touches” with the net play.

love it shoj!

can't wait for you to join us in 9man, you'll love the community! please react to the 2019 Toronto NACIVT finals!! :)

I think the setting out of the middle in combination with that lefty "middle" hitting the back 1 is sooooo cool

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

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

The middle quick throw attack is usually called a “fast ball.”

Did anyone else notice that there are two number 1’s and two number 2’s on the black team?

i just know erik would be SO hype playing this

Ohhh baby another one!!

Another crazy match to watch is Connex A vs DC CYC A in the ny mini.

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

If you’re ever in Chicago, Chicago United would love to have you join us!

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.

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.

I believe Connex uploaded a final match against MVP with Kevin Wong playing against them in Toronto. Connex had unstoppable defense

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 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.

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.

Love this match! Four man block, love that!

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?

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.

We played 9 players volleyball in PE(Japan) This team's back logo... HAIKYUU 排球!

The court is larger as well. 32ft x 65ft

hi Erik, can you do a video of strength and mobility training that you guys do?

You should watch Zhen Qi Black vs Connex A. That game was insane

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”

You definitely should play one day. Eric Sato and Gary Sato have played before.

genuine question. can you use the 'dunk' on a regular 6-man volleyball? is it different than a dump?

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

Very in touch with his thoughts

2019 NACIVT please! Nine man volleyball is finally getting more exposure!

you should watch the 2019 finals...Connex A vs Smash

Hey Erik, quick question about your trainings, How many days a week do you train and how long is each training?

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

What is your highest hitting spot or block, i know you re a libero but im curious

lets go new vid

Erik!! What happened to the video where u react to ur high school team punahou?? Did you delete it? Just curious

@7:45 Erik this is you!

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?

this is way too interesting

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👍

Please react to the 2019 finals too!! thanks Erik

Can you do a day in the life for your new club?

@erik talk to Kevin Wong, Scott Wong, or Mike Lambert - they used to play

Sweet.

Also please react to the 2019 finals also posted on elevate yourself's youtube channel!

Kann you react to France vs USA 🙏

Net height is also a bit lower at 7ft8.5inches (235cm) instead of 7ft11 5/8 inches (243cm).

#1 was greifing HARD

React to “how to be a volleyball player”

hi! can you react on dawn macandili's highlights??

Anyone know why there’s 2 number 1

Richard Sun!

Slam dunk = fastball

The refereeing team are University of Maryland Alumni.

Done to watch italy vs Germany.. kindly react po

Here's a great movie on the game and its history by Ursula Liang kzfaq.info/get/bejne/epybldl61bfchas.html

Imagine a sport and a tournament where only the people of european descent could participate... What a shitstorm would that be

Isn't this very non inclusive

Are there gay guys on the US MVT?

Doesnt sound like a very inclusive sport based off the first rule... sad

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?

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".

What crap is that?

A rule enforcing racial makeup of the team is well... disgusting.