Now you'll see specialties, putting people in for certain purposes. It's changed quite a bit. Club volleyball teams helped the state's superpowers gain their footholds in the 1980s. Today, clubs such as the Lowcountry Volleyball Club sprout up in this area to help the high school teams reach that same level. The clubs provide more players who already know the basics of the sport.
More players try out for the high school teams.
They play in a system and understand the importance of a role in that system. Eventually, an underdog overpowers one of the state's finest teams. Every coach remembers that moment, said Marist coach Sergio Stadler. His young team rose out of several losing seasons in a row before beating Westminster. It's an incredible feeling to have a team capable of beating Westminster, which had a long tradition of success.