Matt Anderson | Tokyo 2020 Olympic Profile

Team USA volleyball player Matt Anderson explains how the game of Olympic volleyball has changed through the years and how Team USA has adapted to those changes.

Video transcript

MATT ANDERSON: I've been playing indoor volleyball since I was 15 years old. I've been playing professionally for 13 years and also 13 years with the national team. Went to two Olympics, winning a bronze in Rio. When I came into the international scene, the biggest upgrade from the previous Olympics was the Bic, the back row quick, out of the center of the court, and what that did was open up all fences to the pins. Now, what I believe has changed the most in that time has been the speed to the pins and the stress that puts on an opposing team. You've lost kind of those big muscular, powerful players like Clay Stanley that hit a higher slower ball, and so I think players themselves are adapting to the system. But overall the speed has just increased quite a bit.