Basic Volleyball Passing Tips – Overhead Pass

How?

• Keep the fingers "more tighten up", more stift and hands maybe slightly closer together compared to regular setting. The ball travels faster on volleyball serve, therefore the adjustment is necessary.

Volleyball Drills Passing

• Player should use overhead passing especially on the short serves since the ball is not traveling that fast with them



• The player should use overhead passing when the ball travels above the head. Just notice that hard jump serves can be impossible to pass with overhead pass
  



• When performing overhead pass, the passer have to get directly under the ball. It is very difficult trying to perform overhead pass unless the ball is directly above your forehead.

• usually more accurate and easier method to pass a high flying ball to the setter



• a little bit faster way to get the ball from the passer to the setter



• helps to receive the serves that are traveling high above the passers shoulders or head.

Volleyball Serve Receive

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