Blitzball is the workings of Satan on the minds of the poor, hapless game developers at Square. It's designed to slowly degenerate the minds of those who play it until they can do nothing except babble incessantly about how great blitzball is.

No, really.

Blitzball would be so much more fun if for one, it was 3-D instead of just 2-D, and two, if it weren't based almost entirely on stats. *sigh* ... maybe I just won't go for Wakka's celestial weapon.

As for dodging lightning, for me the easiest place was to go out the northern end of the screen with the travel agency place. You should end up on the left side of a fork. Right around just where the path converges worked very well. I believe it's a "3 bolt" area, but I'm not sure... it struck very frequently, anyways. Also, you're extremely close to the travel agency, which makes it nice.

Just count out loud how many bolts you've dodged, and it goes surprisingly fast. If you have to pause it, I'd recommend doing it as you're actually jumping back from a bolt, since that will give you the most time to get ready for the next one when you come back.

And good god, is it worth it. Lulu is the shiznit with Onion Knight, doublecast, and flare/ultima.

Riven