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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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How To Receive Volleyball Passing Tips That Fix Your Bumping Skills

Learn how to receive! Here are 3 volleyball passing tips in this excerpt from my Active.com "11 Serve Receive Passing Tips article" that explain how to improve your pass.

Neutralizing your opponent's service game with accurate serve receive and passing skills is an important key to the success of your team's offensive game. (photo Marks KC Shaikes)How To Receive Volleyball Passing Tips That Fix Your Bumping Skills... in this excerpt from my popular passing tutorial "11 Ways To Sharpen Your Serve Receive Game" on the Active.com site. Neutralizing your opponent's service game with accurate serve receive and passing skills is an important key to the success of your team's offensive game. (photo Marks KC Shaikes)


In my article "11 Ways to Sharpen Your Serve Receive Game"  which made me a contributing author to the Active.com site I coach volleyball passing skills online to players who want to learn how to improve their passing skills while in serve receive.

 I reprinted an excerpt from that article so you can read three of my popular tips on this page. 

Here are 3 how to receive volleyball tips liberos, defensive specialists and back court passers can use to improve their serve reception and heighten the efficiency of their overall team's offense.

Neutralizing your opponent's service game is key to offensive point scoring success on the volleyball court. 


  Coach April Chapple's How To Receive Volleyball Passing Tips For Youth Volleyball Players

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How To Receive Volleyball Passing Tips That Will Fix Your Bumping Skills
Serve Receive Tip No.1: Keep Your Feet on the Floor


Pass with both feet on the volleyball court floor rather than doing the "jump-bump."

You can make small adjustments with your feet on the ground which you can't do with your feet in the air. 


In serve receive, pass with both feet on the court floor rather than doing the "jump-bump." You can make small adjustments with your feet on the ground which you can't do with your feet in the air.How To Receive Volleyball Passing Tips That Will Fix Your Bumping Skills: In serve receive, pass with both feet on the court floor rather than doing the "jump-bump." You can make small adjustments with your feet on the ground which you can't do with your feet in the air.

How To Receive Volleyball Passing Tips That Will Fix Your Bumping Skills
Serve-Receive Tip No.2: Be Fundamentally Sound 


Maintain good passing technique especially with the easy serves.

You've taught your body the proper serve receive positioning and will automatically react with the correct technique no matter how hard or fast the serve is. 

Discipline yourself to use proper passing technique ALL the time not just when the server serves tough serves but also on easy free balls that come to you. 



How To Receive Volleyball Passing Tips That Will Fix Your Bumping Skills
Serve Receive Tip No.3: Speed Up 


Work on foot speed and agility drills.

You'll be able to get behind each ball quickly with your feet first by increasing your short-distance speed, giving yourself plenty of time to present your platform and make the perfect pass.


A Volleyball Passing Guide On How To Improve Volleyball Bumping Skills




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What do you need to do now? You have three options: 

  1. Learn more about volleyball offense, attacking and serve receive in the Related Links below. 
  2. Follow the suggested reading on our Sitemap page    Learning How To Play (Sitemap)
  3. Or visit the pages in the How to Play Volleyball section in the drop down menu at the top of the page to get started. 
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Explore My Volleyball Player's Guide To Passing in the articles below.


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April Chapple is an elite private volleyball trainer, former USA National Team member, and University of Tennessee Hall of Fame inductee who has coached in Las Vegas for 15+ years, training hundreds of athletes and helping numerous players reach college volleyball, including Division I standouts.

She's also the head coach for girls and boys 18s at Squad VBC and offers coaches consulting on technical teaching and player development. Connect with April on LinkedIn or at ImproveYourVolley.com, where her eye for overlooked talent sets her apart.


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