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Volleyball
Skills
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This section explains the basic volleyball
skills. It is for a starting volleyball player to get a clear
understanding of basic skills, or for a starting coach to learn how to
teach those skills. After explaining the basic skills, we will go into
deeper aspects of teaching volleyball and developing each skill.
Volleyball
Skills,
Techniques - the Key to Master in Volleyball
Practicing basic skills or techniques is the key
to master the game of volleyball. You must know the techniques in order
to play volleyball successfully and it takes lots of patience and many
repetitions to master them.
We say learning volleyball skills and fundamentals
is more important in volleyball than in many other ball games. In
volleyball the play is most often called off when player can't handle
the ball. In volleyball you have to play your part in the game and be
ready to help your teammates; you can not hide on the court.
The higher level of play, the more important it is to master various
volleyball techniques. When playing at high level, for example setting
skills are essential to all of the players, not only for the setter.
Volleyball Skills
- Important to Learn First
Before getting into each technical volleyball
skill, there are some important essentials that need to be addressed
and learned first.
- Basic position.
Basic position in volleyball is a comfortable, good balanced position.
A player has a basic position when her feet are slightly wider than
your shoulders, knees are bent (hips closer to ground) and body weight
is shifted on the ball of you feet. Volleyball players use basic
position as they prepare for serve receive or defense - when they are
getting ready to move to the ball.
- Shuffling
Shuffling is the correct way for volleyball players to move, it is the
basic footwork in volleyball. It can be described as “a player would
take multiple tiny little steps after another.” When shuffling a player
moves either forward, backward, left or right. The most important thing
in shuffling is feet should not cross-over. Shuffling is crucial when
moving to the ball, especially when a player has to do little
adjustments in the last moment when the ball approaches.
Volleyball Skills
- Basic Position and Shuffling - How to Practice?
Shuffling can be practiced simply by moving
different directions (left, right, forward and backward) by shuffling
and changing direction rapidly. Focus should be on
- moving the feet quickly and
- not crossing over with your feet.
A good idea is to integrate footwork drills,
including shuffling, into the practice. When practicing shuffling
coaches should pay extra attention that players stay low in their basic
position (hips closer to ground, knees bend, good balance, weight on
the toes).
Players get exhausted very quickly if it the
position is low and shuffling is done with a good speed. It is
important to run relatively short 10-15 second sets and give players
little rest between the sets. For example, coach can add 4-6 sets of
shuffling in the beginning of practice, and possibly repeating the sets
in the middle or end of practice again.
Coach can spread the players all over the court
having some distance between players. Then players will move
simultaneously around the court according the signs (left, right,
backwards or forward) of the coach, changing direction rapidly.
Coach can also add a dive into the shuffling
exercise. When certain signal is heard, the players need to dive to get
up as fast as they can to continue shuffling. When team progresses
other type of footwork, for example blocking footwork, approach
footwork or some short bursts of sprints, can be added to the mix of
footwork drills.
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- Overhead Volleyball Passing
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- Controversial Volleyball Serve Receive Technique
Read about controversial serve receive technique, which is widely used
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- Essentials of Volleyball Spike
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at hitting volleyball. Includes the most important tips for the
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- Essentials of Volleyball Serve
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