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Hitting the Ball Back in Volleyball

March 8th, 2010

Here the use of five of volley ball of ends athletes of elite when reception of service. Now you can easily carry out these qualifications of volley ball to improve your technique during plays and the tournaments of volley ball.

1. Read the position of the body of the Server » Read more: Hitting the Ball Back in Volleyball

Hitting the Ball Back in Volleyball

December 19th, 2009

Here the use of five of volley ball of ends athletes of elite when reception of service. Now you can easily carry out these qualifications of volley ball to improve your technique during plays and the tournaments of volley ball. 1. Read the position of the body of the Server When a waiter is ready to be useful – they give you usually a certain indication where they project to be useful. Checking their lower body, their feet and particularly their position of hip you obtain some indices to know if they want to serve the court transversely or to swallow the line. Check moreover where their shoulders are coatings and where there launching in the air of the arm is – this will give you additional indices. Alot of the waiters when they want to be used a short ball for the bruisers before line on the opposite side – MUCH OF time they as narrowly take a step to the line of portion as they can. It is a very good indication which a short service comes. Thus when you see who adjust yourselves consequently more by taking a measure close to the net that you cover all the short services which come in your sector. 2. Low stay Once that the referee whistle blows DONT SE RAISES! The stay in the shoulders that hunched/slightly is tapi position loan in order to be useful receive. Why? a) Since if the waiter is useful to you deep or short sound easier for you to move dispatches and backwards – if you are in position slightly tapie. b) With the stand upwards, the ball want more than probably struck you in the trunk. As the service crosses the Net remain Low – while preparing your position and platform of body to be useful receive. 3. Maintenance Be ready to take the responsability for the that’re of balls served you or in your sector – by calling MINE in a strong clear voice thus your teammmates know that you WANT this ball and only you pass this ball. It makes it possible your teammmates to early install for no matter what they must do afterwards. Communicate which service that you think comes. If I see that somebody toeing line by this I really mean the intensification close to the line of the server then I will say my associate of beach OR my team-members of interior in a Watch extremely of voice outside for the court are useful! This mentally helps you AND your team-members to be ready to move quickly if the short service comes. In this way everyone on the court of volley ball KNOWS and realizes probably coming of the short ball. You’ve also put at the current the waiter owing to the fact that you know what they are about to make thus it puts more presssure on them at the concentrate. 4. Hearth on volley ball Once that the you’ve checked the position of the body of the server and where they look at as they are useful and called him outside with your ounce of team-members. . . whistle the hearth of blows on the BALL while its inside the hand of launching in the air of the server . Once that the waiter thus throws the ball they really change of can’t much of anything else the WAY of I obviously which swell their hands when they come into contact with the ball through the net and I detect it right in my arms. I am to observe the ball with my eyes right in my service receive the platform. To really concentrate on the ball keeps to me to be astonishing and to move at the last minute once that the ball crosses the net at my side of the court. I am already obviously and mentally according to whether the ball out of the hands of the server thus when it obtains with the net volley ball and then crosses at my side its easy for me to move my feet and to obtain to place to make a great passage. 5. While Placing Early – Obtain Stopped! Don’t make two things immediately. Don’t is busy and running at the same time! Your won’t of passages usually goes to your layer BUT in the place will go immediately above the net. Obtain with the spot initially on the court where you see that the ball will cross the net and ground in your sector even if this means that you can only need side stage or two stages or can even have to run to obtain another with spot started from you obtain the first THERE OBTAIN then STOPPED – obtain your platform outside make the passage then. You ensure that you do this in 2 separate movements.

Girls Volleyball Tips: How you Use Pepper Warmup to Improve your Defense

November 26th, 2009

Many volleyball players don’t know how to use the Pepper Warm up Drill as a way to improve their volleyball game. Below are 5 ways elite volleyball players use “Pepper” as a way to improve their volleyball defensive game.

1. To Improve Ball Control.

2. To Improve Serve Receive Technique.

I think that Pepper is the number one way for indoor players to improve their ball control…if they know how to do it. You have to be aware of why you are Peppering in the first place. If not, then it just becomes a way to raise your body temperature…some.

a. When YOU set-whoever sets should be working on form and technique.

The Goal- the ball should go right to your partner without them taking more than one step in any direction to chase your ball.

b. When Your partner passes back-concentration should be on using excellent form for serve receive and free ball passing-especially now since this is an easy ball.

The Goal- first to pass the ball so she/he can hit the ball right back without taking more than one step. Secondly, bump setting practice for accuracy so each and every ball goes right back to above the hitters extended hititing arm.

c. When You hit. You hit a controlled 1/2 to 3/4 speed down ball right to your partner. In this instance you have a controlled situation in which to practice the finer points of your armswing. Concentrate -on “reaching” raising your elbow and hittng high while controlling the ball speed. Don’t hit by your ear just because there’s no net! Hit low in Pepper means you hit low in hitting warm ups and then in a game. Trust me-it all transfers. Your body is recording every movement you make it do-so pledge to yourself to do the movements right.

The Goal- To hit the spot you are aiming for-which in Pepper is right to your partner-so that she doesn’t have to move more than one step UNLESS you choose to mix up your attack and include a tip to your partner. Highly recommended after you have improved your ball control.

d. Your partner digs-focus on being down in your defensive position before your partner hits the ball meaning by the time they make contact. Because Pepper partners are relatively close together you will automatically be developing quick reflexes. Here is where you practice combining quick reflex with BALL CONTROL. React quickly…then control the ball. React quickly then c-o-n-t-r-o-l the ball.

The Goal- Learning to absorb a hard hit ball at a close distance and delivering that ball (softly, gently people) in control to your target without making them move more than one step. Fight to maintain control of the ball.

3. To Increase Your Range in Defense

Advanced players can challenge their partners (you both need to agree to make the drill work) by tipping the ball further and further out of reach – the more of these balls you get in pepper-the more you will get in the game. It all transfers. Or by hitting a 1/2 to 3/4 speed down ball a foot or 2 to the right or left of the defender will increase your range of harder hit defensive balls that you dig up around you.

4. To Narrow Your Focus and Concentration

Many times Pepper warm ups take place in a crowded environment. Either with 25 teammates on either side of you, or near that net divider that separates the courts in a tournament, fans that walk up and down th aisles, team benches, believe it or not this is a great practice oportunity- to narrow your focus and concentration so that it doesn’t matter what happens around you …the world can come to an end but your focus is only on the ball.

5. To Increase Your Reactions and Reduce Fear of the Ball

As your ball control gets better then you and your Pepper partner should agree to challenge each other to make each other better players. When you get to the point when you are exchanging 10-12 pass,set,hit combinations in a row Stop and both of you commit to hitting harder at each other. About 3/4 the speed of your regularly hit spike-BUT YOUR GOAL is to still work up to as many pass-set-hit exchanges as you can while Controlling the ball. Your digs should still be going right to each other.

Remember the ball is in Your hands!




By: april chapple