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Analysis of Live Volleyball Serve Receive Technique

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Serve Receive Basic Tips and Positioning 

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Serve Receive Basic Tips and Positioning 

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Volleyball Tutorial: HOW TO SERVE RECEIVE w/ Lynda

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https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/setting-and-core-drill/
Be slow and controlled. It is okay to pause after each set and adjust your legs/hands. Just make sure to keep good form and use your wrists to set.

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Use this fun core and setting sequence to work both endurance and ball control!

How it works: Perform the first sequence. If your athletes are able to do that, challenge them to the second sequence!

Sequence #1: Start in a Russian twist position, with just the glutes on the ground. Using just the middle finger and the thumb, flick the ball up two feet in the air. Without resting, reach your left hand underneath the left leg and perform another rep. Perform one more flick in the middle, and then loop the right hand under the right leg and flick again. Perform one more flick in the middle, then hold the ball and perform a sit-up. Repeat at least 10 sequences before resting.

Sequence #2: For this net sequence, use a traditional setting hand position. Start laying back with your feet in a scissor kick position. Perform a small set with your left hand looped behind your left leg, then switch legs and perform a rep with your right hand looped around the right leg. Try to get a good rhythm and only stop when control is lost. Have fun with these!

Requirements: A ball and a floor (or any surface).

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Use this fun core and setting sequence to work both endurance and ball control! How it works: Perform the first sequence. If your athletes are able to do that, challenge them to the second sequence! Sequence #1: Start in a Russian twist position, with just the glutes on the ground.

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Try coin flip on both hands and master 1 coin before moving onto 2 coins.

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Volleyball - Hand-Eye Coordination Challenge

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AVCA Video Tip of the Week - Defensive Positioning

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Arm Swing Mechanics : 3 Motions (part 1/2) - How to SPIKE a Volleyball Tutorial

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Arm Swing Mechanics : Top Spin + Solid Contact (part 2/2) - How to SPIKE a Volleyball Tutorial

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***We have done all of these drills at practice. I want you to focus on linear passing (not the side passing shown in the video).

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https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/ball-handling-progression/
***She uses her fists in the video—I want you to start with forearms, and you can progress to fists ONLY if your forearms are controlled.

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Sometimes practice gets cancelled due to unforeseeable circumstances. But that doesn't mean you can't get valuable reps in at home! Here's a simple ball handling progression drill to get your players lots of touches.

How it works: Perform as many of the following touches as you're able to! The reps get increasingly more advanced, so adapt to the level of your athletes.

Use just the right hand fist to pop the ball up and down, staying as controlled as possible. After 20-30 reps, switch to the left fist. Then, alternate between the right and left fists.
Bump with the right fist, then the left fist, then with your platform, and then perform a set. Catch the ball after every sequence.
Perform the same sequence as described in #2, but perform a back set in front of a front set and catch it behind the back with both hands.

Requirements: Just a ball

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Ball handling progression for all levels

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Sometimes practice gets cancelled due to unforeseeable circumstances. But that doesn't mean you can't get valuable reps in at home! Here's a simple ball handling progression drill to get your players lots of touches. How it works: Perform as many of the following touches as you're able to!

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Make sure to stay low in an athletic position.

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AVCA Video Tip of the Week: Driveway Handball to Improve Footwork

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100 in a row 2 feet, then 50 in a row on one foot.

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How To Jump Rope | The Right Way | Well+Good

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BACK Set - How to SET a Volleyball Tutorial (part 3/5)

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Timing + Hand Sensitivity - How to SET a Volleyball Tutorial (part 2/5)

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Learn how to improve your setting touch by working on your timing and hand sensitivity! This video will teach you the fundamentals of how to set a volleyball. Also, watch these 3 additional setting videos that will teach you how to back set, set passes that are off the set, and a proper setting stance and footwork.

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Setting FUNDAMENTALS - How to SET Volleyball Tutorial (part 1/5)

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Art of Coaching Volleyball - Setting (Portland Clinic)

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To Overhand Serve

1. Pull your dominant arm back at a 90 degree angle and stretch out your non dominant hand in a horizontal line with the ball in your hand.

2. Toss the ball straight up, slightly in front of you with the less dominant hand.

3. Take a two/three step approach and use your palm of your dominant hand to hit the ball over the net while it's in the air.

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To Overhand Serve Pull your dominant arm back at a 90 degree angle and stretch out your non dominant hand in a horizontal line with the ball in your hand. Toss the ball straight up, slightly in front of you with the less dominant hand.

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Passing is the foundation of volleyball as it is how you will deliver an effective attack and it is one of the most important skills of volleyball. The bump is the method of passing that is used when the ball is below the head and is typically the first touch of the three contacts. When the ball is above the head, most players will pass with a set. When it comes to passing or bumping the ball, The form and positioning of your body is a very important factor.

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Passing is the foundation of volleyball as it is how you will deliver an effective attack and it is one of the most important skills of volleyball. The bump is the method of passing that is used when the ball is below the head and is typically the first touch of the three contacts.

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***Mindset is a big factor in ALL sports. I personally like the fearless motivation series, but all motivational speeches are a useful tool.

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Discipline | Motivational Speech by Fearless Motivation

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***Watch any game film! See how the players move, communicate, and react. This is also helpful for visualization.

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Top 50 Plays of the Year | 2019 B1G Volleyball

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DEFENSE - Terry Liskevych Coaching Tips:  Episode 3

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5-1 Rotation Video with defense and serve receive

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How To Run A 5-1 Volleyball Rotation (ANIMATED GUIDE)

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The phrases for offensive systems used in volleyball aren't exactly beginner friendly. If you're here because you've been wondering, "what the heck is a "5-1" and what does that even mean...?" you're in the right place!

While volleyball terms can be tough to grasp for new coaches, some of the most difficult to handle are when someone asks you if you're going to run a "5-1", a "6-2", or a "4-2". Once you understand the basics of what these numbers mean, you'll feel confident in talking shop with other coaches in your program.

One of the most popular systems is a 5-1. This system, along with a 6-2, are the most commonly used systems in intermediate to advanced middle school teams, most high school teams, and most club programs.

Today I'm going to break down a 5-1 offensive system for you, which is basically a fancy way of saying what your players do when they're standing in different spots on the court.

Since this is a fairly difficult concept to understand through words alone, I created some images (which I shared on the Instagram account for @getthepancake) and will share those here! Click through and read at your own pace for a basic explanation, and then we'll dive into a few more details after you're done.

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Volleyball Basics Explained: What Is A "5-2" In Volleyball?

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We run 5 and 4 balls on the outside, 2s in the middle (we will move to 1s as the season progresses), and 9s to the right side. However, it is good to know all of these sets!

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***Visualization is a very useful tool/technique, and you should all learn and practice how to visualize.

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The most famous story on the effects of visualization tells of a soldier held captive during the Vietnam War. While he was in captivity, he maintained his sanity and passed the time by mentally playing 18 holes of golf every day.

He walked a familiar golf course every day, feeling the sun on his back and the wind moving across the course. Each day, he played a long, perfect game of golf.

When he was eventually released and returned home, he visited the same golf course he had used in his visualization sessions. He plays 18 holes and puts down the best score of his life, having not touched a club for years.

This anecdote has long been used to tout the benefits of visualization, and while it's truthfulness is questionable, mentally imagery training has since become accepted as common practice among athletes.

What Is Visualization?

Visualization is the practice of mentally imagining yourself performing various tasks or actions the way you would like to perform them in real-life. It's a mental rehearsal of skills, specific gameday scenarios, racing in new venues, or performing at the top of your ability while under pressure. The idea is that if you consistently mentally rehearse sports scenarios or specific actions, physical performance of those scenarios and actions will improve.

If it sounds too good to be true, it is. But only kind of. The effects of visualization are real, but the greatest impact comes when visualization is used in conjunction with a disciplined, sport-specific training schedule.

If you're new to the idea of mental training, or want a few ideas on how to update your visualization-game, read on. We're about to break it all down.

Reasons/Purported Benefits

Beginning in the 1980s, visualization started to gain traction among the public thanks to sports psychologists and coaches, as well as motivational speakers and life coaches for non-athletic applications. The benefits of visualization run the gamut from physical performance improvements to mental resilience and will change depending on which athlete or psychologist you ask.

Team athletes can practice new plays mentally or match themselves up against new and changing opponents. When an athlete has run through a game scenario in their head before meeting it on the court, their brain is already primed to respond optimally. They've started to build reactions even though it's a new situation. This visualization focus is commonly employed by athletes who directly interact with a variety of competitors - think basketball or football players meeting a different team every week, or an MMA fighter engaging with ever-evolving opponents.

For "solo" athletes like runners and triathletes, visualization allows them to see (and even "run") a course before they get there. That way, there are minimal surprises on race day. The same goes for athletes heading to new stadiums; if they can run their pre-play routine in the new environment in their head, they're not dealing with as much new stimulus when they want to be focusing on performance.

Many athletes have also reported benefits to their mental state - they're less nervous and anxious approaching events because they've already been there and seen themselves performing the way they want to. For athletes with performance anxiety, their focus and ability to "shut out" the crowd improves, along with their confidence in their ability to perform.

While it may seem like a "woo-woo" mental practice, visualization is widely accepted among high-caliber athletes. At this point, you'd be hard-pressed to find a famous, successful athlete who doesn't employ visualization at some level.

Olympians across many disciplines tout the benefits of mental imagery in their training. When stakes are that high and you only get a shot once every four years, the pressure is on - and it can take its toll on an athlete's mental state.

Michael Phelps is a huge proponent of visualization (and hard work, of course). LeBron James attributes much of his success to his mental game. Arnold Schwarzenegger envisioned his future and made it a reality. No matter the sport, visualization and mental imagery can have a massive impact on an athlete's focus and overall performance.

The Link Between Visualization and Learning

All those benefits sound great, but let's be honest: the proof is in the science. While visualization is somewhat hard to measure (thought and focus are not observable, measurable actions in the traditional sense), there have been several insightful research projects. Supporting the more direct studies, there's plenty or research into the motor cortex of the brain and its function in movement and learning.

Mirror Neurons

Though the science is, to date, somewhat murky, the idea of visualization necessitates at least mentioning mirror neurons.

Mirror neurons were initially observed in macaque monkey populations. Scientists were investigating the role of individual neurons in the functions of hand and mouth actions - that is, what specific segments of the motor cortex are firing while the monkeys were grabbing or eating food. While observing brain activity, the researchers identified neurons that fired when a monkey grabbed food as well as firing when they merely watched someone grab food. Essentially, the brain was able to "mirror" the physical act being observed.

Similar neurons have been mapped in the human brain through a series of fMRI studies. Research has been somewhat limited, but there is strong evidence to suggest that several areas of the brain work as part of a "mirror network." The purpose of this neural network is subject to hypothesis at this point, though various theories include granting humans the ability to learn through imitation, mimic other people's movements for social reasons, infer the meaning behind actions, and to empathize with other people.

While the many explanations of mirror neurons are fascinating, it could easily become its own article. For the purpose of visualization, it is merely relevant to understand that humans have a neural system that allows neurons to fire and the brain to build connections both when observing actions and while performing them.

Motor Cortex Activation

Imagining yourself performing an action and actually moving both activate the motor cortex. While that may seem preposterous, it's actually quite simple.

In order to send the signal needed to contract a muscle from the brain all the way down to the muscle, a certain threshold of activation needs to be achieved. Prior to reaching that activation level, you're still calling on the same neurons in the motor cortex - just at a lower intensity. The same area of the brain is lit up, but no muscles contract as a result.

So, even when you're pretending to perform an action (or watching someone else do it as with mirror neurons), your brain is working in the background, quietly stimulating the same areas of the motor cortex and building connections.

Research Studies on Visualization

It's all well-and-good in theory, but what does the research say? (Brace yourself, it's about to get a little wordy.)

The original study heralding visualization was performed by Dr. Blaslatto at the University of Chicago. He measured the level of improvement in free throw shooting in 3 groups of players. For 30 days, one group did not practice, one group spent 30 minutes daily practicing free throws, and the last spent 30 minutes each day visualizing successful free throws. The group with no practice showed no improvement, the physical practice group improved 24%, and the group who visualized improved by 23%. While this particular study has not been re-created, there are a number of others that show the effectiveness in visualization in basketball.

A small study performed at the Cleveland Clinic studied the strength gains made through physical or mental training over a course of 12 weeks. Participants either physically performed finger abduction (spreading the fingers) and elbow flexion (bicep curls) or mentally envisioned themselves going through the actions.

While the group training physically saw larger gains in strength, the group performing visualization exercises saw a 35 percent increase in finger abduction strength and a 13.5 percent increase in elbow flexion strength. Researchers hypothesize that mental training increased the motor cortex signal output, creating higher levels of muscle activation and, consequently, creating more powerful muscle contractions.

How to Practice Visualization

Now that the value of visualization has been thoroughly espoused, it would probably be helpful to actually tell you how to do it. As with most things, there are several ways to approach this, and there's an efficient way and an effective way. If you have questions after this explanation, sports psychologists and coaches are typically great resources on how to apply visualization to your sport specifically.

Outline Your Focus

As with physical practice, you need a purpose. Exercises are much more effective (and easier to plan) when you know what the end goal is. This allows you to work backwards and outline the best plan of attack.

Among competitive athletes, it's common to envision their next big event, whether that's a race day, a big game, or a performance. Working on a specific event means that you have a venue and an environment that can be worked in to the picture, and you can envision a particular outcome - success is fairly black and white when you're looking at obtaining a PR, getting on the podium, or hitting a certain score.

Outside of prepping for a big event, athletes may choose to focus on a particularly challenge aspect of training or a difficult new skill. For runners, this may be a challenging hill on a local trail. For dancers, this may be a new turn combination. For basketball players, it might be a new technique for shooting three pointers. It's different for everyone.

The easiest way to decide what to work on is to look at your current training and event schedule, and look at what makes you most nervous or gives you the most trouble, as well as any large goals you're working towards. Once you've narrowed down what you want to focus on, you're ready to dive in.

Get in the Mindset

To start, find a quiet space free from distractions. This can be anything from laying on your couch in the dark to taking a moment in your car at lunch time. Some athletes choose to wear earplugs or put headphones in (without music playing) to block out sound.

Take a moment to connect with your body. Check in with all your limbs and feel how you're doing. Take a few deep breaths and close your eyes. Aim to be in a relaxed state and aware of your body.

Engage Your Senses

Despite the name, visualization actually requires lot more than just picturing something in your mind's eye. To properly engage in visualization, you need to pull more of your senses in to the equation. It's like your imagination, on steroids - you're aiming for a fully immersive experience.

Start by building your environment; this part is primarily visual. What color are the walls? What does the floor look like? Picture the lighting, the decorations, the colors, and any details you can muster. If you've never been to a venue before, you can usually get a decent idea from Youtube or pictures.

From there, work into your other senses.

What does it sound like? Does it echo, or are sounds muted? If you're outdoors, can you hear birds? Cars? Water? Is there a crowd? Do they yell? Is there polite applause?

What does it smell like? Are you in a city, with exhaust and concrete? Are you in an arena with concessions? How about a trail, with dust and dirt? Does your competition gear have a specific smell?

Taste is somewhat looped into smell - most of us don't eat while competing. However, if you can incorporate the smell of the atmosphere, or you fuel during breaks (or while running), take time to taste the food and identify the textures.

Finally, what does it feel like? Both in a physical and a metaphorical sense. Address your physical traits first. What feedback do you get from the ground? Is it springy, or unyielding? Is there a breeze on your arms or sun on your back, or is it cold? Do you feel a helmet on your head, a ball in your hand, or a running belt around your waist?

Then, address your touchy-feely feelings. Are you excited? Nervous? Calm and collected? Amped up? You decide how you feel based on the attitude you want on game day. Visualizing the event in the mindset you want to be in can help create that reality - you're teaching your brain how you'd like to feel when you're in that environment.

Work Through Your Routine

Now, you start the real work. Using the focus or event you've already picked out as a guide, run through the entire event.

If you're shooting free throws, enter the gym. Find your basketball (pay attention to how it feels in your hand). Walk to the line. Do you pass other players? Do you greet them? Set up for your first shot. Set your feet. Dribble if you prefer. Get the ball positioned correctly in your hand. Line your shot up. Flex into the legs. Push up and release the ball. Watch it travel through the air, and watch the swish. Now retrieve the ball, go back to the line, and repeat. At the end of practice, put the ball away as close to how you would in real life, and leave the gym.

If you're practicing for an upcoming race, go through all of the race day events. Maybe you start when you're parking at the event. Go through your entire pre-race routine, including standing in line for the porta-potty (though maybe mentally fast forward that a little). Find your pace group. Get lined up. Listen to the announcement, hear the gun, and run the whole race. Focus in on seeing and feeling the course, and acknowledge the hard parts - if it's a marathon, see yourself pushing through the wall.

No matter what you're visualizing, find a natural start and end point that helps you set the stage. It creates context and makes the experience more "real."

Practice Consistently

It's worth mentioning that, like any valuable skill, visualization takes practice. It's difficult at first. Similar to when people learn to meditate, you'll find your mind wandering or notice that you're thinking about your grocery list without understanding how you got from the basketball court to the frozen food aisle.

The important thing is to not get discouraged. If you find your mind wandering, bring it back. Reset your visualization at a good "save point;" you don't have to start over every time. As you become more disciplined and continue practicing, you'll find that you need to reset less frequently.

To help with this process, set a schedule for your visualization. Just like outlining your focus, you must be diligent and deliberate with your visualization practice to reap the rewards. Many athletes spend at least 10 minutes a day visualizing, though you can set any schedule that works for you.

Review and Modify as Needed

Remember, you won't see the results immediately. Similar to physical practice, it's going to take time to feel the impact of visualization. Don't immediately change things if you aren't seeing results. However, over time, there are some considerations and tweaks you can make:

1. Mix up the perspective. While the inclination for most athletes is to perform visualization from the first-person perspective (in your own body), there is a definite benefit to visualizing in the third-person. Especially for those in aesthetic sports (dance, gymnastics, cheer, etc.), seeing yourself perform the motions perfectly from outside your body may help eliminate imposter syndrome, or an internal belief that you're not as good as other athletes. Even for those in more traditional sports, seeing yourself hit the perfect three or cross the finish line can make that moment feel more real.

2. Change the speed. As mentioned in outlining your focus, not everyone has the luxury of running their visualizations in real-time. Most of the time, we perform visualization in "fast-forward." Occasionally, it's worth picking a particular section of a race or a specific play that's challenging, and running it in real-time. This allows you to slow down and engage with the environment in intimate detail, creating a more realistic model to draw on when it's game time.

3. Consider guided visualization. Being able to put yourself through your paces is invaluable and doesn't make you reliant on a coach or friend to perform visualization. However, you can also get in ruts or mentally gloss over certain parts of the activity. Having a coach run you through your events, races, or game day scenarios can benefit you in multiple ways. They'll likely focus on slightly different aspects of the narrative, which helps you create a more thorough mental picture. It also gives your brain a break from guiding itself, allowing you to pay more attention to the feeling and focus of each movement.

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Use volleyball passing tips to improve your serve reception.

Passing techniques for serve receive involve passing the ball in such a way that the setter will have time to get there to set any of the available attackers.

In a match of evenly matched teams, the team that passes serves more accurately, often will win. Strategies for passing play an important role to team success.

Get in position early
Every player should be ready to react and move to the ball. The sooner a volleyball passer is able to make a good judgment on the ball, the easier it will be to pass.

Making good volleyball passes is all about making good judgments and communicating with your teammates.
Height of the pass
To run a quick offense, the pass should go no higher than the top of the antennae. Passing to the same height will allow a team to develop a rhythm to their offense.

This will also force the opponents to react quicker to prepare to defend the attack hit.

A less skilled team may need to pass higher to allow their setter time to get to the ball.

Volleyball Passing Tips for Communication

Communicating before serve
Establish ahead of time who your primary passers are going to be for that particular rotation.

Decide who is going to call the ball and what teammates are going to help calling the ball "in" or "out".

The whole team should be watching the server and be ready to move.

Communicating during serve
Players should make calls to one another such as "in", "out", "play it", "me", or "mine" as the ball is coming across the court.

It's best to call the ball loud at least 3 times quickly. Mine! Mine! Mine!

When calling the ball for your passer, it may be easier for teammates to not make an "in" or "out" call on balls they are unsure of.

If the ball is yours and your teammates don't make a call, then play the ball, unless of course you think it's out.

It's best to make calls to one another as soon as you can read the serve.

Volleyball Passing Tips for Anticipation

Stable staggered ready position
It is best to be in a ready position for quick starts and quick stops. Knees should be flexed enough to spring in any direction, yet not too much to take away from your agility.

Weight is on the balls of the feet with one foot slightly in front of the other in a balanced stance leaning forward.

Expect the Ball to Be Yours

Focus on the ball and expect to be the one that plays the ball. Players should focus on their opponents and adjust their court positioning every time their opponents touch the ball.

Once movement habits improve, coaches can train their players at faster speeds than a normal game tempo. It's important to train at faster speeds improves player ability to anticipate and meet the ball earlier.

Anticipate the need to pursue a ball
The whole team, especially backrow defensive players, should track the trajectory of the ball, after every opponent contact, anticipating having to move to play the ball.

When pursuing the ball, if a player can't get there early enough to stop and get in position, she should do a run through technique for playing the ball.

Sometimes you may get a bad read on a ball. In these instances, it may be necessary to perform defensive techniques such as sprawls and pancakes.

Being off balance in anticipation
It's important to train being off-balance and leaning in the right direction early.

The reason this may be better than being in a balanced position is because the player is going to get in that off-balance position anyway when they take the first step in anticipation.

For example, leaning forward in anticipation of a ball dropping in front of you gives you more time to get there to play the ball.
Anticipate the Ball Coming to Your Way
Read the Server

Watching the server is critical to getting a good read on the ball.

By paying attention to where the server is standing and watching their toss, you can predict where they are going to serve. Servers often like to serve the same spots every time they go back to serve.

Be aware of what serving strategies a server has used in the past to help anticipate what serve may be coming.

Get a good read on the three most popular types of serves...

1. The float serve
Players that have good float serves may toss the ball fairly low. The server usually tosses low then hits the ball with a nice firm quick contact.

2. The spot serve
When serving spots, getting the ball to float isn't usually a big concern, so the toss and contact may not be as important to the server. Teams that try to serve short are often easier to read. The server usually stands closer to the end line. The contact of the ball is usually higher and a little farther back (directly above or slightly behind the servers head). The flight of the ball is usually a higher arc in order to get the ball to drop short over the net.When serving deep, the contact of the ball may be more in front the server. The ball is usually served quicker and harder.

3. The jump serve
When watching a jump server, you can pick up a lot of info from their approach and toss. Jump servers that have inconsistent timing are easier to read.If the toss is too low and they are late getting there to hit, the serve usually goes low and short.If the toss is too high or they approach early, the serve usually goes up and deep.

Volleyball Passing Tips for Playing the Ball

Cushion hard driven balls
Passers can use the technique of relaxing the shoulders to absorb the contact of hard driven balls. You can even slowly take steps back and lean backwards to help absorb contact.

Whether you prefer to pass with your forearms or hands, all players should developing various skills for passing. Often players will have to react at the last second and quickly decide how they are going to play the ball.

Passing the seams
Deciding on who passes balls served between two players can be difficult.

Passing "the between ball" can be broken down into two parts.

1. The short seam pass
The volleyball passer closest to the server is responsible for passing the short ball between the two players.

2. The deep seam pass
The passer farther away from the server is responsible for the ball served deep between the two players.

Volleyball passing tips for seam passing are particularly important for teams using 2 or 3 person serve receive patterns.

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