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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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Funny Volleyball T-Shirts With Dig Volleyball Quotes Made For Liberos

Volleybragswag's Got Balls collection of funny volleyball
t-shirts mix dig terms like gator, flipper, pancake with the plural of "ball" to make new definitions.

April Chapple, Launches a Hilarious Volleyball T-shirt Line With Fun Tongue-in-Cheek Designs sure to make players and enthusiasts laugh available on Etsy and Amazon in time for Cyber Monday and Christmas. In my new t-shirt line I chose basic volleyball terminology for digging since these terms like gator, jstroke, pancake, shank and nail have different definitions outside of volleyball but in volleyball they describe how to dig balls up.April Chapple, Launches a Hilarious Volleyball T-shirt Line With Fun Tongue-in-Cheek Designs sure to make players and enthusiasts laugh available on Etsy and Amazon in time for Cyber Monday and Christmas. In my new t-shirt line I chose basic volleyball terminology for digging since these terms like gator, jstroke, pancake and nail have different definitions outside of volleyball but in volleyball they describe how to dig balls up.


In my new line of funny volleyball t-shirts I chose to include volleyball terminology for digging since these terms like gator, jstroke, pancake, shank and nail have different definitions outside of volleyball but in volleyball they describe how to dig balls up.

Gator - when you clamp down on your balls with both hands volleyball shirt. April Chapple, Launches a Collection of Funny Volleyball Shirts With Fun Tongue-in-Cheek Designs sure to make players and enthusiasts laugh available on Etsy and Amazon. The 'gator" dig is used by advanced beach players who will hold the heels of their hands together to form the shape of an alligator's mouth to dig a hard driven hit back up into the air for their partner to make a play with.Gator - when you clamp down on your balls with both hands volleyball shirt. April Chapple, Launches a Collection of Funny Volleyball Shirts With Fun Tongue-in-Cheek Designs sure to make players and enthusiasts laugh available on Etsy and Amazon. The 'gator" dig is used by advanced beach players who will hold the heels of their hands together to form the shape of an alligator's mouth to dig a hard driven hit back up into the air for their partner to make a play with.

Funny Volleyball T-Shirts and Pillows Feature Dig Volleyball Quotes Like Gator: When You Clamp Down On Your Balls With Both Hands

Funny Volleyball T-Shirts and Pillows Feature Dig Volleyball Quotes Like Gator: When You Clamp Down On Your Balls With Both HandsFunny Volleyball T-Shirts and Pillows Feature Dig Volleyball Quotes Like Gator: When You Clamp Down On Your Balls With Both Hands


The 'gator" dig is used by advanced beach players who will hold the heels of their hands together to form the shape of an alligator's mouth to dig a hard driven hit back up into the air for their partner to make a play with. 


Funny Volleyball T-Shirts and Pillows Feature Dig Volleyball Quotes Like Gator: When You Clamp Down On Your Balls With Both HandsFunny Volleyball T-Shirts and Pillows Feature Dig Volleyball Quotes Like Gator: When You Clamp Down On Your Balls With Both Hands

Funny Volleyball T-Shirts and Pillows Feature Dig Volleyball Quotes Like Gator: When You Clamp Down On Your Balls With Both HandsFunny Volleyball T-Shirts and Pillows Feature Dig Volleyball Quotes Like Gator: When You Clamp Down On Your Balls With Both Hands
Funny Volleyball T-Shirts and Pillows Feature Dig Volleyball Quotes Like Gator: When You Clamp Down On Your Balls With Both HandsFunny Volleyball T-Shirts and Pillows Feature Dig Volleyball Quotes Like Gator: When You Clamp Down On Your Balls With Both Hands

Funny Volleyball T-Shirts and Pillows Feature Dig Volleyball Quotes Like Flipper: When You Backhand Your Balls So You Can Flick Them In The Air

Funny Volleyball T-Shirts and Pillows Feature Dig Volleyball Quotes Like Flipper: When You Backhand Your Balls So You Can Flick Them In The AirFunny Volleyball T-Shirts and Pillows Feature Dig Volleyball Quotes Like Flipper: When You Backhand Your Balls So You Can Flick Them In The Air
Funny Volleyball T-Shirts and Pillows Feature Dig Volleyball Quotes Like Flipper: When You Backhand Your Balls So You Can Flick Them In The AirFunny Volleyball T-Shirts and Pillows Feature Dig Volleyball Quotes Like Flipper: When You Backhand Your Balls So You Can Flick Them In The Air


The flipper is usually done while staying on your feet or running through the ball but many players, actually use the flipper motion when they are diving for a ball when their whole body hits the floor after their dig. 


Funny Volleyball T-Shirts and Pillows Feature Dig Volleyball Quotes Like Flipper: When You Backhand Your Balls So You Can Flick Them In The AirFunny Volleyball T-Shirts and Pillows Feature Dig Volleyball Quotes Like Flipper: When You Backhand Your Balls So You Can Flick Them In The Air

Funny Volleyball T-Shirts and Pillows Feature Dig Volleyball Quotes Like Pancake: When Your Balls Bounce Off Your Hand Instead Of Off The Floor 

Pancake - when your balls bounce off your hand instead of off the floor. April Chapple, Launches a collection of funny volleyball t-shirts With Fun Tongue-in-Cheek Designs sure to make players and enthusiasts laugh available on Etsy and Amazon. The pancake dig is used as the last possible option a digger has to keep the ball off the floor by placing their hand on the floor in the exact spot where the ball is going to land so that the ball hits their hand and bounces back into the air before it hits the floor and bounces back up into the air.Pancake - when your balls bounce off your hand instead of off the floor. April Chapple, Launches a collection of funny volleyball t-shirts With Fun Tongue-in-Cheek Designs sure to make players and enthusiasts laugh available on Etsy and Amazon. The pancake dig is used as the last possible option a digger has to keep the ball off the floor by placing their hand on the floor in the exact spot where the ball is going to land so that the ball hits their hand and bounces back into the air before it hits the floor and bounces back up into the air.


The pancake dig is used as the last possible option a digger has to keep the ball off the floor by placing their hand on the floor in the exact spot where the ball is going to land so that the ball hits their hand and bounces back into the air before it hits the floor and bounces back up into the air. 


Funny Volleyball T-Shirts and Pillows Feature Dig Volleyball Quotes Like J Stroke: When You Scoop Your Balls In Defense To Keep Them off The Floor

Funny Volleyball T-Shirts and Pillows Feature Dig Volleyball Quotes Like J Stroke: When You Scoop Your Balls In Defense To Keep Them off The FloorFunny Volleyball T-Shirts and Pillows Feature Dig Volleyball Quotes Like J Stroke: When You Scoop Your Balls In Defense To Keep Them off The Floor
j stroke (verb)when you scoop your balls in defense to keep them off the floor volleyball shirt. April Chapple, Launches a Hilarious Volleyball T-shirt Line With Fun Tongue-in-Cheek Designs sure to make players and enthusiasts laugh available on Etsy and Amazon in time for Cyber Monday and Christmas. The J-stroke is primarily used in mens and boys volleyball because they hit harder. The digger has a defensive starting position with their arms shaped like a J as if they're getting ready to scoop up a package with both arms from the floor.While watching the opposing hitters arm swing the digger will extend their arms towards the hard attacked hit so they extend the palms of their hands that're turned up towards the ceiling under the ball keeping their arms in the shape of the letter J (or the letter c depending on how you want to describe the shape) and their hands and arms apart while digging or scooping the ball up before it hits the floor.j stroke (verb)when you scoop your balls in defense to keep them off the floor volleyball shirt. April Chapple, Launches a Hilarious Volleyball T-shirt Line With Fun Tongue-in-Cheek Designs sure to make players and enthusiasts laugh available on Etsy and Amazon in time for Cyber Monday and Christmas.


This is different than the traditional dig where you're taught to keep both hands and arms together to form a straight armed platform to use to dig the ball back up into the air. 

Funny Volleyball T-Shirts and Pillows Feature Dig Volleyball Quotes Like J Stroke: When You Scoop Your Balls In Defense To Keep Them off The FloorFunny Volleyball T-Shirts and Pillows Feature Dig Volleyball Quotes Like J Stroke: When You Scoop Your Balls In Defense To Keep Them off The Floor
Funny Volleyball T-Shirts and Pillows Feature Dig Volleyball Quotes Like J Stroke: When You Scoop Your Balls In Defense To Keep Them off The FloorFunny Volleyball T-Shirts and Pillows Feature Dig Volleyball Quotes Like J Stroke: When You Scoop Your Balls In Defense To Keep Them off The Floor
Funny Volleyball T-Shirts and Pillows Feature Dig Volleyball Quotes Like J Stroke: When You Scoop Your Balls In Defense To Keep Them off The FloorFunny Volleyball T-Shirts and Pillows Feature Dig Volleyball Quotes Like J Stroke: When You Scoop Your Balls In Defense To Keep Them off The Floor

Funny Volleyball T-Shirts Feature Dig Volleyball Quotes Like Shank: When You Can't Control Your Balls

Shank - when you cant control your balls volleyball shirt. April Chapple, Launches a Hilarious Volleyball T-shirt Line With Fun Tongue-in-Cheek Designs sure to make players and enthusiasts laugh available on Etsy and Amazon in time for Cyber Monday and Christmas. A shank is actually a digging or passing error so its something you do not want to do in defense or serve receive. You shank a ball when you contact it while passing or digging in a way that no one can make a play out of the ball because it goes out of bounds or hits the floor.Shank - when you cant control your balls volleyball shirt. April Chapple, Launches a Hilarious Volleyball T-shirt Line With Fun Tongue-in-Cheek Designs sure to make players and enthusiasts laugh available on Etsy and Amazon in time for Cyber Monday and Christmas. A shank is actually a digging or passing error so its something you do not want to do in defense or serve receive. You shank a ball when you contact it while passing or digging in a way that no one can make a play out of the ball because it goes out of bounds or hits the floor.
SHANK - when you cant control your balls one of the dig quotes for hitters on Volleybragswag's funny volleyball shirts on Etsy.SHANK - when you cant control your balls one of the dig quotes for hitters on Volleybragswag's funny volleyball shirts on Etsy.


A shank is actually a digging or passing error so its something you do not want to do in defense or serve receive. 


SHANK - when you cant control your balls one of the dig quotes for hitters on Volleybragswag's funny volleyball shirts on Etsy.SHANK - when you cant control your balls one of the dig quotes for hitters on Volleybragswag's funny volleyball shirts on Etsy.


You know what happens when you're digging a ball and you think its coming at you pretty easily so instead of keeping your hips low and underneath the oncoming ball you rise up out of your squat and at the same time this action brings your platform digging arms up to a higher position too?

This is usually all it takes to shank a ball meaning the ball skips off your arms which are no longer low and angled towards your intended target so now the ball skids or skips off your arms and you watch it hurl its way off the court where no one can play it up or save it. 

That my friend is a digging error and goes down in the stat books as your defensive error, the other team gets rewarded a point and the right to serve...because they were able to sideout because of your error. 


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J Stroke

Shank


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