Six High School Varsity Volleyball Skills That Top Prep Players Crush

If you're on your high school volleyball varsity team these six skills you need to do well to make the starting team: set, pass, block, dig, serve, and hit.

If you're on your high school volleyball varsity team these six skills you need to do well to make the starting team: set, pass, block, dig, serve, and hit. high school varsity volleyball girl passing a ball photo by herald post1

Let's review these six super important skills 

• serving
• passing
• hitting
• digging
• blocking
• setting

you need to know if you intend to try out for your guys or girls varsity volleyball team.

Super Important High School Varsity Volleyball Skills: What is Serving in Volleyball? When the ball is sent over the net by a player in the service area with an overhead contact after tossing the ball in the air or with an underhand serve. female volleyball player jump serving photo by The Armstrongs

What is the serve?

The serve is your first opportunity to score a point against the opposing team. Its the only skill out of the 6 basic skills that you perform by yourself and don't depend on anyone else to help you score a point. 

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The volleyball jump serve is designed to create alot of speed and pace so the ball hits the ground before the passers in serve receive on the opposing team can get to it.

In order to serve more aces in volleyball for your team, there are two versions of the jump serve that you can learn to do 

• the jump float serve 
• the jump topspin serve 

Extremely Necessary High School Varsity Volleyball Skills You need To Be Good At Doing Like Passing in Volleyball The pass or the bump is used to describe the most commonly used technique to transfer the ball from one player to another or over the net. High school volleyball libero (Ralph Arvesen passing)

Volleyball passing is the way to contact the ball with your forearms to guide it to your setter or over the net so developing a good forearm pass is crucial. 

How can you get better at volleyball passing? 

You can start building better passing skills by paying  attention to the body positioning of the server on the opposing team.

Crucial High School Varsity Volleyball Skills You Better Know Better Than Your Competition Like What is Setting? A set is a way you contact the ball over your head to get the ball to travel from you to another person or over the net . Volleyball girl setting a volleyball (photo by sdaw2161)

Different sets have different heights and are delivered to different locations along the net.

A combination of sets that are directed to various zones along the net are called volleyball plays. 

For example a four set is a very high ball that's delivered outside to Zone 4 and the five set is a high ball that's delivered backwards over the head of the setter to Zone 2. 

The setter holds up four fingers to the left side hitter, then one forefinger to her middle hitter then all five fingers they'll hold up to her right side hitter to call the 4-1-5 offensive volleyball play. 

Six Must Have High School Varsity Volleyball Skills Like What is an Attack Hit? A spike starts with an approach of 3/4 steps to lift you above the top of the net so you contact the ball at its highest height to attack with power. Volleyball attack contacting the ball with arm in front of shoulder Al Case photo

Hitting Attack Strategies High School Varsity Volleyball Hitters Need To Know

"Using the block" is one of the most important attacking skills a high school varsity volleyball hitter uses against big blockers to score points in the front row. 

When a hitter decides to

• use the block
• use the blockers hands
• wipe the block

these volleyball phrases all mean that they will wipe the outside hand of the blocker with the ball in order to score a point.

Six Indispensable High School Varsity Volleyball Skills Like What Is A Block? A block is the first opportunity for a team on defense to keep the team on offense from hitting into their court. Varsity high school blocker watches the hitter (Ralph Arvesen)

What is blocking in volleyball?

When the serving team's on defense with 3 front row blockers who try to stop opposing hitters from hitting into their court.

My blocking advice starts with the correct ready position at the net. 

When learning how to block a ball correctly, you want to be in a "ready position" at the net before the rally starts.

The "ready position in volleyball blocking" starts with your feet at shoulder width apart and parallel to each other and both feet are perpendicular to the net.

If the block stops the ball at the net and the ball goes back to the opposing teams floor, that's a point for the block, your team, your team gets to rotate and serve. 

If the block does not stop the ball, then your three players in the back row have to dig the ball up to keep the rally going. 

6 Indispensable High School Varsity Volleyball Skills Top Prep Players Crush Like Digging To "dig a ball" you are in a defensive position, with wrists and thumbs clasped tightly together creating a platform with forearms which contacts the underside of the ball. Denis Wright photo of libero passing a ball . Creative Commons

The dig is the last line of defense for a team to keep an attacked ball from hitting the floor and scoring a point or sideout.

Learn the 8 technical aspects of how to dig in volleyball in the backcourt while your high school varsity volleyball  team is on defense so you can dig hard hitters on opposing teams. 

What you just read was just  a warmup!

Just like in volleyball practice, you do a little stretching to warm up your muscles before getting into the real meaty part of practice.

Here you go through a light review of everything before you really begin to dig deep and take each rule, each position, each skill and really explore it.  

Learn to do tons of reps and go over each drill repeatedly until you get it right. 

Where do you need to go now? Here are two options: 

1. Learn more about High School Varsity Volleyball Skills by exploring the Related Links below. 
2. Follow the suggested reading on our Sitemap page  Learning How To Play (Sitemap)

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