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COACH APRIL’S MAY HITTING CLINICS AT ITS ALL VOLLEYBALL For serious players ages 11–17 who want to improve: - approach footwork - hitting mechanics - power - ball placement - attacking confidence Perfect for: NYS players newer club players club travel players who need more focused hitting work DATES May 2–3 May 16–17 May 30–31 TIMES 10am–11am ages 11–13 11am–12pm ages 13–15 12pm–1pm ages 15–16 1pm–2pm ages 16–17 $40 one session $80 two sessions $120 three sessions Email info@improveyourvolley.com to register today
COACH APRIL’S MAY HITTING CLINICS AT ITS ALL VOLLEYBALL For serious players ages 11–17 who want to improve: - approach footwork - hitting mechanics - power - ball placement - attacking confidence Perfect for: NYS players newer club players club travel players who need more focused hitting work DATES May 2–3 May 16–17 May 30–31 TIMES 10am–11am ages 11–13 11am–12pm ages 13–15 12pm–1pm ages 15–16 1pm–2pm ages 16–17 $40 one session $80 two sessions $120 three sessions Email info@improveyourvolley.com to register today
COACH APRIL’S MAY HITTING CLINICS AT ITS ALL VOLLEYBALL For serious players ages 11–17 who want to improve: - approach footwork - hitting mechanics - power - ball placement - attacking confidence Perfect for: NYS players newer club players club travel players who need more focused hitting work DATES May 2–3 May 16–17 May 30–31 TIMES 10am–11am ages 11–13 11am–12pm ages 13–15 12pm–1pm ages 15–16 1pm–2pm ages 16–17 $40 one session $80 two sessions $120 three sessions Email info@improveyourvolley.com to register today

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Improve Your Forearm Pass in Volleyball With My Two Receiving Tips

Two forearm pass in volleyball tips you should learn that will help you get the ball to your setter while on serve receive.

Improve Your Forearm Pass in Volleyball with My Five Ball Control Tips (Jaroslaw Popczyk)Improve Your Forearm Pass in Volleyball with My Five Ball Control Tips (Jaroslaw Popczyk)


The forearm pass in volleyball describes how a player on the receiving team contacts the first ball served over the net by the serving team on defense. 

To accurately pass a ball to the target is a key volleyball action needed to initiate your team's offense effectively.

Here are 5 "little" volleyball tips that will make a BIG difference in your passing performance.


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Improve how often, how accurately and how consistently you pass the ball to your setter by adopting these tips and techniques. 






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Keep A Straight Platform

To accurately pass a ball to the target is a key volleyball action needed to initiate your team's offense effectively. (Ralph Arvesen)To accurately pass a ball to the target is a key volleyball action needed to initiate your team's offense effectively. (Ralph Arvesen)


Good volleyball serve receive skills require a player to keep a straight platform by keeping  thumbs pointed to the ground.

One of the biggest mistakes volleyball players make is bending their elbows to pass the ball.


Big 12 Kansas passer keeps thumbs pointed to the found to maintain a straight armed platform (Shakes KC)Big 12 Kansas passer keeps thumbs pointed to the found to maintain a straight armed platform (Shakes KC)


If you review the photos of elite players both indoor volleyball and sand volleyball players when they serve receive you will notice that their forearm pass in volleyball "platforms" aka the inside of their forearms that they present... are so straight as a board you could use their arms as a flat table to eat on.


If you review the photos of elite players the inside of their forearms that they present... are so straight as a board you could use their arms as a flat table to eat on. (Jaroslaw Popczyk)If you review the photos of elite players the inside of their forearms that they present... are so straight as a board you could use their arms as a flat table to eat on. (Jaroslaw Popczyk)


Keeping your thumbs pointed to the ground while holding them together when you make contact with the ball...is the key to keeping your arms straight when pass a volleyball.


Forearm Pass in Volleyball Tips
Keep your Eyes On The Ball From Server To Platform 

To increase accuracy in your serve receive skills track the ball with your eyes while its in the server's hands. (Ralph Arvesen)To increase accuracy in your serve receive skills track the ball with your eyes while its in the server's hands. (Ralph Arvesen)


To increase accuracy in your serve receive skills track the ball with your eyes while its in the server's hands all the way into your platform arms.

There are alot of things to look at when the server has the ball just before the ref blows the whistle. 


There are alot of things to look at when the server has the ball just before the ref blows the whistle. (Ralph Arvesen)There are alot of things to look at when the server has the ball just before the ref blows the whistle. (Ralph Arvesen)


There can be alot of things to be distracted by if you don't learn to concentrate and narrow your focus.

What do you focus on?


From this point on your eyes and mind should see and focus on nothing but the ball ALL THE way INTO your arms. (Matt Pendleton)From this point on your eyes and mind should see and focus on nothing but the ball ALL THE way INTO your arms. (Matt Pendleton)


Once the server takes the volleyball in their hands and positions themselves to indicate where and how they are going to serve and then they start bouncing the ball in anticipation of serving it...it's at this point most elite athletes I know focus 125% ONLY on the ball in the server's hands.

From this point on, your eyes and mind and self talk and concentration should see and focus on nothing but the ball ALL THE way as it travels towards you across the net and  INTO your platform arms.


From this point on your eyes and mind should see and focus on nothing but the ball ALL THE way INTO your arms. (Neon Tommy)From this point on your eyes and mind should see and focus on nothing but the ball ALL THE way INTO your arms. (Neon Tommy)


Track the ball all the way into your arms keeping your head up but with eyes on the ball...so that you can see your straight platform.


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