Based on the true story of Iowa City West High School student and volleyball star Caroline Found's tragic death the week before her senior year began.
The real coach, Kathy Bresnahan, can be seen shaking hands and hugging her counterpart, Helen Hunt, during the prelude to the state final game. She is wearing a Live Like Line t-shirt, with her glasses on in the front of the arena.
The girl who plays Ruby is Helen Hunts real life daughter.
The actual Ernie Found is in the beginning of the movie. He is a fan in the stands that "Line" slaps hands with.
In several moments of the final game, it is seen as the team libero (wearing white tshirt) makes a couple of serves. A libero is not allowed to serve, according to international rules, with the exception of the NCAA women's volleyball games, where a 2004 rule change allows the libero to serve, but only in a specific rotation. That is, the libero can only serve for one person, not for all of the people for whom she goes in. That rule change was also applied to high school and junior high play soon after.