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Aug 31, 2025
Elite Volleyball Training: How I Produce Powerful Peaceful Players
Coach April's elite volleyball training in Las Vegas offers professional level techniques, college-prep skill analysis and proven results for serious athletes.
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Aug 30, 2025
Understanding the Let Serve Rule in Volleyball and Questions Answered
Learn basic let serve volleyball service rules and get your serving questions answered like can a libero serve? Where does a server serve from?
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Aug 29, 2025
Setter Volleyball Drills - How To Improve Your Setting Skills at Home
These setter volleyball drills are great for setters and non setters who need to work on getting soft setter hands and setting repetition touches.
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Aug 28, 2025
Mastering The Art Of How To Hit A Volleyball: A Comprehensive Guide
Learn how to hit a volleyball smarter and to score more points when the ball is close to the block by aiming for the seam between the volleyball blockers.
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Aug 28, 2025
Volleyball Setter Training: Techniques to Improve Your Setting Skills
This volleyball setter training reviews step-by-step each body part and what it does so you learn how to correct your mistakes and improve your setting skills.
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Aug 26, 2025
13 Ball Control Drills Volleyball Players Use Pepper To Help Defense
One of the first ball control drills volleyball players learn is the pepper drill a warmup drill used to increase and improve your ability to control the ball.
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Aug 23, 2025
Peace Love and Volleyball: Vegas Moms: Real MVPs Behind Every Player
Discover how Coach April's Peace Love and Volleyball revolution honors Vegas volleyball moms, unsung heroes transforming local volleyball one player at a time.
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Aug 23, 2025
Libero Volleyball Player Responsibilities, Roles, Qualities and Rules
The libero volleyball player has specific qualities and specialized responsibilities in their defensive roles along with special rules created just for them.
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Aug 23, 2025
Frequently Asked Questions About The Libero Position In Volleyball
Check out the answers to these frequently asked questions about the libero position in volleyball.
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From Lady Vol to Legend: Coach April Honored At UTK Champions Weekend
Lady Vol volleyball legend and record holder Coach April Chapple a University of Tennessee, Knoxville Hall of Fame Inductee, 3-time All American, 3-time SEC Champion, SEC Tournament MVP, 2-time All SEC Team is celebrated with her 1984 SEC champion teammates at Neyland Stadium during Champions Weekend on November 1-2, 2024.
- the first First Round Draft Pick for the first American pro indoor women's league
- named to the first First Team All-Pro team for Major League Volleyball in USA volleyball history
- former USA National team member
- one of the few American women players named as an Italian Pro League D-I Championship Finalist, Italian Cup Finalist and Cup of Cups Tournament Finalist
April Chapple The first First round Draft Pick For Major League Volleyball the first American Women's Pro League Honored At Athlete Unlimited Pro Volleyball Match
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Serving slang is not just about individual techniques; it also relates to overall game strategy. A coach might instruct a player to serve a "short serve" or a "deep serve" to target specific areas of the opponent's court or exploit weaknesses in their serve receive formation.
Ari, my private training client and I are working specifically on serving on jump float cross court serves ...short to Zone 2
There's so much we work on to get to this point where she can contact the ball with
- the same toss height and same toss location
- the same armswing speed
- the same timing for when her serving hand contacts the ball
- the middle of the hand contacting the middle of the ball every single time
- getting use to watching her serving hand contact the ball at the highest point of her jump ...before she starts to land
- and finally contacting the ball in the precise spot on the ball so it goes where the coach wants the player to put it so in this case ..a short serve in the farthest short right corner on the court also called Zone 2.
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From Lady Vol to Legend: Coach April Produces Powerful Passionate Players...is that you?
Congratulations to my seven Boys-18s Vegas Volley club players who played in two state championship finals yesterday, the 3A and 5A State champinship finals at Sunrise Mountain High School.
TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS!
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In It To Win It Tournament
May 2 - 4, 2025 Tournament
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Making A-1 Vegas Volleyball history as the very first TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS! In the In It To Win It Tournament,
May 2-4, 2025 Tournament,
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Gold Medalists, 18s Premier DivisionWhat Are You Looking For?
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Elite Volleyball Training: How I Produce Powerful Peaceful Players
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Coach April's elite volleyball training in Las Vegas offers professional level techniques, college-prep skill analysis and proven results for serious athletes. -
Understanding the Let Serve Rule in Volleyball and Questions Answered
Aug 30, 25 04:47 PM
Learn basic let serve volleyball service rules and get your serving questions answered like can a libero serve? Where does a server serve from? -
Setter Volleyball Drills - How To Improve Your Setting Skills at Home
Aug 29, 25 05:26 PM
These setter volleyball drills are great for setters and non setters who need to work on getting soft setter hands and setting repetition touches.
