On 2:06 (and 5:54 ) we have insane example of "how we should not learn" kids and young players to do "footwork" in last step, for any type of attack, not even crosscourt. Foots and hips pointed to players Zone 1 (on his side of the court!).......really!?!?!? It is "awaiting bomb"...promising a knee injury...He is mentioning shoulder injuries right after that :):), and this is how knees are hurt so often! So much torque/twist in the knees, and we know that knee is joint with so many limitations...In this case, injury will come to (jumping) knee, or other joints next to knee (hip or ankle) will compensate all the time and cause lot of other problems and injuries...Keep doing this...you have a lot of players and kids to waste... Doing this kind of last step (close step) and explaining it under the excuse of "stoping players of jumping into the net, and preventing their jump to be "long" rather to be pointed upward...it is really silly. Close step, and front foot in last step should be pointed toward oponents side line (not even toward pole, that is also too much) , that is only way our legs can articulate and use all muscles and biomechanical levers proper way, with minimal harm and minimal negative torques and forces to joints and muscles...Please analyze top 50 male and top 50 female national team players in entire world, and you will find that 90% of them do not close last step/front foot this way and so drastically, not even close. That says a lot about this topic.
I gotta say looking at that outside 4 move to hit a powerful angle shot sure looked like a knee injury waiting to happen. So much twist and power on those knees. Anyone have thoughts on that?
Hi folks, thanks for the feedback to my inquiry. I watched a RUclips video that shows coach Dunning’s top recruit, Kathryn Plummer’s 83 best tournament kills. I watched her first 15 attacks and only 1 of 15 had her plant and block step even remotely close to what coach is showing here. Granted they weren’t all sets to the left side... But i do like the idea of getting players focused away from middle back and Libero.
On 2:06 (and 5:54 ) we have insane example of "how we should not learn" kids and young players to do "footwork" in last step, for any type of attack, not even crosscourt. Foots and hips pointed to players Zone 1 (on his side of the court!).......really!?!?!? It is "awaiting bomb"...promising a knee injury...He is mentioning shoulder injuries right after that :):), and this is how knees are hurt so often! So much torque/twist in the knees, and we know that knee is joint with so many limitations...In this case, injury will come to (jumping) knee, or other joints next to knee (hip or ankle) will compensate all the time and cause lot of other problems and injuries...Keep doing this...you have a lot of players and kids to waste...
Doing this kind of last step (close step) and explaining it under the excuse of "stoping players of jumping into the net, and preventing their jump to be "long" rather to be pointed upward...it is really silly. Close step, and front foot in last step should be pointed toward oponents side line (not even toward pole, that is also too much) , that is only way our legs can articulate and use all muscles and biomechanical levers proper way, with minimal harm and minimal negative torques and forces to joints and muscles...Please analyze top 50 male and top 50 female national team players in entire world, and you will find that 90% of them do not close last step/front foot this way and so drastically, not even close. That says a lot about this topic.
Thanks Coach. A very useful video for kids .
I gotta say looking at that outside 4 move to hit a powerful angle shot sure looked like a knee injury waiting to happen. So much twist and power on those knees. Anyone have thoughts on that?
Not at all...it’s an exaggeration to illustrate a point
@@PostWokeSocialCLub no that is not an exaggeration at all. A lot of USA coaches insist on closing step and this kind of rotation of foot(s)...
understood....whatever helps send the ball somewhere other than middle back
Hi folks, thanks for the feedback to my inquiry. I watched a RUclips video that shows coach Dunning’s top recruit, Kathryn Plummer’s 83 best tournament kills. I watched her first 15 attacks and only 1 of 15 had her plant and block step even remotely close to what coach is showing here. Granted they weren’t all sets to the left side... But i do like the idea of getting players focused away from middle back and Libero.
exactly...no one is doing this....it's an exaggeration to make you understand....HIT ANGLE!!!