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Volleyball
Strategies for
Skills Training - How to Improve Skills?
Volleyball strategies for skills training. Read
about training methods
to improve your skill level.
Volleyball
Strategies for Skills Training
What is Three Point Serve Receive in Volleyball?
Recently when discussing about volleyball strategies and “how to play
volleyball” we had a debate over a controversial topic which always
divides opinions.
We were discussing about the common passing technique
in which you set up your other knee on the floor when passing a low
ball. Coaches may call it 3 point serve receive technique (right foot +
left foot + knee =3).
This three point serve receive technique has become a very common
passing technique in high level
international volleyball matches. Despite the fact that top players are
using it, there are some coaches and players who criticize this passing
technique.
Which side you belong to? Could you pass your
knee on the ground?
Many coaches feel you should never put other knee on the ground when
passing. Some agree it is useful - to bail you out in some
situations - but still you definitely
shouldn’t practice it.
 Volleyball people who support the technique say
it will make passing
position more stable and help players to keep better balance. Passers
suppose to use the three point passing technique when they are forced
to pass the low ball
– when the ball is near the floor.
There may not be a clear right or wrong answer in this issue. Both
sides have good arguments.
However, the fact is this technique is widely used in volleyball.
Advantages and Disadvantages of Three Point
Volleyball Passing Technique
 Clearly staying
on both feet is more advantageous, if the player needs to prepare to
swing a fast tempo set after the pass.
On the other hand, if the ball is extremely low and near the floor
level, “knee on the ground” gives a stable and more balanced position
to the passer.
To read more about this 3 point serve receive
technique, go to the volleyball skills section and
controversial serve receive technique.
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Technical Skills?
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Play Volleyball?
As you probably
figured out, we are in favor of the 3 point passing technique above.
We
do think the passer should use the “standard” passing
form whenever
possible – but in the training we practice other techniques also
because those are used in the matches regularly.
In volleyball training our goal is to increase
players’ skill levels by
practicing
techniques far beyond what is considered “the norm”.
Volleyball
Strategies - How to Use Untraditional Volleyball Training
Strategies To Learn Skills?
Volleyball Training
Strategies - How To Improve Passing Skills?
Passing two feet on the ground and keeping the ball directly in front
of the player is "the standard" passing form. In addition to
it, we think it is beneficial to train other techniques also, because
players need to use those in the matches constantly.
 If the ball is constantly
contacted on the left or right side of the
body in the match, we should also practice it, right?
When we practice passing, we do lots of repetitions in which
players
contact the ball on the side of the body – in opposition to pass the
ball in front, which is the norm.
We have experienced this clearly improves ball control and passing
skills.
Volleyball
Training Strategies - How To Improve
Spiking Skills?
Another example of this untraditional training would be “tooling” the
block, in other words "swiping" the block or “using the block” to score
a point.
 Volleyball players are
usually trained to hit powerful spikes straight
down to the court or off the defenders arms - while "using the block"
won't get trained very much at all.
We train "tooling" very heavily - just because it occurs in the match
as often as other spikes. Often we make up drills in which players are
required to get a kill by "using the block" – other kills are not
allowed.
Volleyball
Strategies - Why do We Use Untraditional Training Methods?
There are coaches who want to teach players only the “standard
techniques”, “the norm”.
We think it is the best practice to train all the techniques
which are used in matches – not just the perfect, standard ways of
doing things.
The
science of learning also supports this fact. We build motor
skills as we repeat specific skills. For example outside hitting
requires different motor skills than right side hitting. If we
learn one of them, we don't automatically learn the other one.
So
if you want to learn i.e. open hand digging above your head, you have
to practice it. We believe you got to practice all the techniques
players use in the matches – no matter how untraditional those are.
Conclusion for Volleyball Strategies in Skills
Training
Every coach develops his/her own training style and training methods –
depending on the team they coach. We have experienced a great
progress with the drills above when the primary goal has been to
develop skill levels of the players. More conventional coaching methods
could work well for other coaching goals.
If the coach uses conventional coaching methods, it should not mean
resisting
change and denying trying anything new.
It is good to remember the common denominator for the
most
successful coaches is they are constantly willing to learn new - they
feel they are students of the game all the time, no matter how
experienced they are.
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