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BYU volleyball: Sterling Silva — Cougar spiker is hoping to go gold with Venezuela
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My Spanish teacher, originally from Argentina, told me basketball was slow in taking hold in Argentina because men there felt it was also a sport for girls. Guys there thought using one's hands for a sport was a women's thing, and that "real men" do a sport that mainly involves using one's feet.
This would be consistent with Silva's initial view of volleyball.
We Americans are generally speaking quite ignorant about different cultures thinking and behaving differently than we do.
Sorry to burst your bubble, but men's volleyball is very effeminate. It's not like clogging or tap dance, but still, it is very effeminate. My daughters will not be allowed to date anyone who Riverdances or plays men's volleyball.
Granny did not say in 2008 or even 90's or 80's, it said "basketball was slow in taking hold in Argentina" it could have been the 1930's he was referring to. do you know the history of Argentinean Basketball and how fast it spread in the country?
Nowhere did it mention that basketball is not a popular sport in Argentina NOW, or that Argentina is bad at basketball.
Read and understand before you start bashing people.
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BYU volleyball player Joel Silva has taken the long road to playing in the Olympics. He is on Venezuela's national team.
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