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There’s no perfect solution, especially when you take into account the serve and your personnel. We do have to prioritize the pass quality over a couple feet of approach though. If you have a libero next to the OH you can have the lib take more. Or if the OH isn’t a very good passer, you can hide them closer to the line and make them pass on their body and to the sideline while the passer to their right takes more.

@@ballwbj hahaha we are biased but feel the same way 🤣

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Without seeing it, you'll likely need to toss the ball in front and try to treat the serve like an attack. If you have space in your gym, try to create a 4 step approach, toss the ball so it lands 5 feet in the court and try to hit it hard to the last 3 feet of the opponent's court. Some players, like me (haha), don't have a super strong arm to really crush it, so moving the ball around into spots with good pace can also be successful.

Good question! I think having great location and good connection with your hitters is more important than serving, blocking and defense. You'll see small setters on the court because setting up the attackers is more important for coaches than a big block. So I would work on your location from all around zone 3 (perfect passes to passes on the 10ft/3m line). Then if you're playing more because of your good setting.... you'll get better at block/defense/serve. Good luck!

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Tricky question: if a beginner is setting fast they are likely using their fingers too much. I would spend a lot of time on feeling the ball come in and out of your hands. As the wrists gets better, I would speed up the ball and lower the trajectory. The wrists are the most important and they should dictate the speed and height. Plus.. If you’re a beginner then you’re probably playing with beginners. So they wouldn’t be able to hit your fast sets if you did.

No, not necessarily. Your ability to hit the ball at different levels, with different body positions and different arm speeds is the key. This drill allows you to make those decisions quickly like you would when you react to a set, the block and the situation.

Yup. Some teams now are even just setting a “bad Go set” on purpose. A set that looks like a Go but dies in and the hitter is ready for it

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We’ll look into it! Glad you like them!

Your eyes should be in soft focus around their head. The eyes leave the ball after the set has come out 3 feet and then they lock into the hitter. Then you’re looking at their head with awareness on the shoulders, the body, the ball coming in. All of those cues will show where they’re likely to go. Don’t stare at a specific thing… start seeing the whole thing with a soft focus

The fingers need to lack tension. I’ve seen jammed fingers mostly when they are tight/stiff. So blockers need to learn how to jump high and reach THEN relax the arms and and hands so they can make subtle moves to get more blocks and touches

Great question! Your eyes need to start seeing the cues. It’s called “chunking” Imagine hitting/returning a good tennis serve for the first time. It will be hard to know how much speed and spin is coming off the ball. So it will take time but I always say to do these… - get to a consistent place so you’re ready to adjust to anything. Watch our Blue Paint step video. - read the setter. If they’re moving forward, backing up, moving tight to the net.. those are all signs that the ball is going to do something different. The more you notice those signs and understand what’s likely to happen, the more you can anticipate and be ready - go with the set. If it’s inside, go with it and it hit cross. If it’s outside go hit line. There’s countless ways to hit line or cross like flat, deep, down, tip, throw… it’ll be obvious for the blocker that you’re going in that direction but then you beat them by the shot you choose to hit

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And middles need some practice haha

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Haha time to make some changes, Coach 🤣 you got this!

@@fourathletes4 would never make changes. The high school varsity teams I coached were exceedingly successful using a defense opposite of that in the video. 50-6 in league play over 5 years winning 4 league championships. The same school hasn't won a league championship in the last 3 years after the current coaches changed back to the defense in the video.

At the HS level there’s a lot of tips over the block and weaker shots so the opposite probably works great. Don’t change a thing!

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The blocker has to be smart and disciplined. If they think it’s tight tonight their body, they should try to play it. If they think it’s moving faster/farther they should leave it. No communication in the heat of the moment is going to solve that. If I have a good libero behind me I’ll be more cautious and let them take it. It’s more of a teamwork and chemistry between the players instead of communication

Thanks! Appreciate the encouragement! Good luck!

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1) repair that relationship. It’s hard to do it on your own. Possible but really tough 2) for every video you should get 100 reps of that skill 3) we’ll work on those videos! 4) good luck!

@fourathletes4 thanks for the heads up I'll do my best

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Its a lot of knowledge out there but as a fellow short at 5'5 who touches 10 feet isaha Rivera and the whole thp team has fantastic free viedos on that topic you should join their skool group

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We’re here for volleyball. Not strength and conditioning. A lot of great people out there doing jump training

We have some in the mix!

I think it’s just what you were exposed to from coaches early on. Maybe instead of gender it’s by country. I think you’re gonna start seeing any footwork given the set type/play. These videos are a start or another tool… then it’s up to the players to use whatever works for them and the situation. More problem solving focus and less technical focus

Thanks! It’s called sport court. Easy to install and very versatile

Shoulders flat means they are horizontal to the ground. Dropping the shoulder makes it point towards the ground so the arms can angle the ball across the court.

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Not always. Similar to golf… there’s a time and place for every combination

If they do serve from zone 5 you would flip it. The common rule is face the server/hitter, use your platform to angle.

The ball shouldn’t get into your palm. It should stay in the fingers. Just like a basketball shot, using a soft hand that will allow for more touch and accuracy as you flick or spring the fingers through the ball. A lot of that motion comes from the wrists but the fingers get the credit

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@@fourathletes4 thanks allot for the video i appreciate it a ton!

Haha it does perfectly. Probably hard to tell with no passers. Plus, if she served it a little slower it would have moved more. The ideal goal is to have it come fast but still move rather than slow and move a lot

@fourathletes4 oh I saw it had little spin but it didn't move much