The Bump in Volleyball How To Bump A Volleyball A Step By Step Guide

Some of your passing problems happen when you bump in volleyball because you don't keep your eyes on the ball until it crosses the net to your court. 

The bump in volleyball is one of the ways you can hit a volleyball.

The bump also known as the pass is usually the first contact you make when your team receives the serve of the opposing team.  

While in serve receive some advanced and even collegiate players make the mistake of

• not watching the ball and
• tracking it early enough as it travels from the server's hands into their court,

So they get caught by surprise and move late to the ball once it crosses the net to their side. 

If you are an indoor middle school or high school player having a problem with your ability to bump a volleyball consistently to the target one thing you can do is 

• check to see if you get distracted by taking your eyes off the ball between the time the server serves it and the time the ball crosses the net.

Focus on the ball in the opposing server’s hand, not on the server’s face. 

• It's the ball you need to pass
• Focus on it as soon as the server gets it in their hands to serve

Keep your eyes on the ball.

• Focusing on the ball early lets you anticipate necessary minor adjustments you may need to make with your platform or with your feet to be able to control a late breaking float serve in volleyball 

If a server has a great float serve, that ball will

• float back and forth and
• dip and move all over the place

before it reaches you and then...it will drop right to the floor in front of you.

If you aren't tracking the ball closely, watching every move it makes..that ball will just drop right to the floor before you have a chance to make a move for it. 

You should get in the habit of keeping your eyes on the ball...visually tracking the ball all the way into your arms whenever possible.

Once the referee has blown the whistle to initiate the play and the server bounces the ball, before she serves it,... its at that moment  that players should focus on the ball ...keeping their eyes on the ball white it's still in the server’s hands.

Focusing on the ball while it’s in the server’s hands, then

• while it crosses the net and
• keying in on it all the way into your platform

will help you anticipate where you need to be in order to position yourself behind the ball in order to pass it.

You might be taking too long to begin visually tracking the ball, and if you start tracking it once the ball gets to your side of the net then, against a tough server... that's too late to react to it.

That's when you increase your chances of getting aced or shanking the ball because you've moved too late to it. 

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I share alot of individual, partner and easy-to-do volleyball serving drills we do in class with my followers.

Many of these volleyball practice drills you can do at home by yourself or try at your next practice with your teammates.

If you're a B team or JV player trying to make varsity next year...your goal should be to complete 1000 reps a day of at least three of the basic skills on your own...volleyball passing, serving and setting should be at the top of the list. 

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