https://padlet.com/blackstocke03s/md0jpk7stk02bkb1 Made with good vibes en-us 2022-01-18 10:33:05 UTC 2023-01-23 08:14:44 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4d1.png blackstocke03s https://padlet.com/blackstocke03s/md0jpk7stk02bkb1/wish/1997583292 I began my training block today. Week 1 of 12 to try and improve my volleyball spiking. It was good today but a bit embarrassing. Good because we got to play a game and completed a match analysis sheet. So the game was fun. 

But also not so good as it was a bit embarrassing in the game because I hit all of my spikes into the net or just missed the ball completely. But I am looking forward to making my spike better. ]]> 2022-01-18 10:37:22 UTC https://padlet.com/blackstocke03s/md0jpk7stk02bkb1/wish/1997583292 blackstocke03s https://padlet.com/blackstocke03s/md0jpk7stk02bkb1/wish/1997585114 I was really looking forward to my session today. I took the first 10 minutes to practice a warm up with my partner. I worked with Holly and we did a pepper practice. But Holly is really good at spiking so she found it easy. Every time I had a spike I couldnt hit it to her arms and the ball would hit the floor. I didn't feel very warm after the warm up because of this. 

The rest of the session was good. The shadow practice was boring but I actually think it helped me improve my footwork a lot. It meant I could think about the rhythm I took my three steps in when preparing to hit the ball. ]]> 2022-01-18 10:38:30 UTC https://padlet.com/blackstocke03s/md0jpk7stk02bkb1/wish/1997585114 blackstocke03s https://padlet.com/blackstocke03s/md0jpk7stk02bkb1/wish/1997968960 For my warm up today I decided to change to working with Eilidh for the pepper. This worked much better. It was a lot slower than working with Holly so I managed to keep the pepper going for longer.  

I repeated the shadow practice which was good. But it got boring after 3 minutes so I didnt do it for the full 5. I also cut it short because I did the same shadow practice yesterday I could easily do it today. 

The repetition practice was my favourite. It was fun as I got to hit some of the balls in the spike. My partner stood on a bench and I practiced my footwork approaching the bench to hit the ball. My footwork was good but I didn't always strike the ball well.


]]> 2022-01-18 14:01:44 UTC https://padlet.com/blackstocke03s/md0jpk7stk02bkb1/wish/1997968960 blackstocke03s https://padlet.com/blackstocke03s/md0jpk7stk02bkb1/wish/1998101744 This session was good, however, the repetition practice got too easy and boring really quickly. I decided to make it a bit harder by giving myself a target to hit 4 out of 10 spikes over the net. I managed to get 5 over the net so I felt good that I reached my target! Next time I think I will aim for 6. 

The conditioned game was fun. I like ending the sessions on these as I am very competitive. We played the game spikeball where you earn points by spiking the ball against the other team. I managed to earn half of the points for my team so I think my speak is getting better. I can connect with the ball better now. ]]> 2022-01-18 14:46:51 UTC https://padlet.com/blackstocke03s/md0jpk7stk02bkb1/wish/1998101744 blackstocke03s https://padlet.com/blackstocke03s/md0jpk7stk02bkb1/wish/1998105434 2022-01-18 14:48:09 UTC https://padlet.com/blackstocke03s/md0jpk7stk02bkb1/wish/1998105434 blackstocke03s https://padlet.com/blackstocke03s/md0jpk7stk02bkb1/wish/1998110621 2022-01-18 14:49:53 UTC https://padlet.com/blackstocke03s/md0jpk7stk02bkb1/wish/1998110621 blackstocke03s https://padlet.com/blackstocke03s/md0jpk7stk02bkb1/wish/1998135406 I decided to retest myself in training today. I recompleted my match analysis sheet and recorded the scores beside the original ones. 

In my retest I got 60% successful spikes whereas I had 0% successful in my initial test. ]]> 2022-01-18 14:58:02 UTC https://padlet.com/blackstocke03s/md0jpk7stk02bkb1/wish/1998135406