What's a stuff block?
A stuff block is a volleyball block that was so efficiently performed that it didn't allow the hitter enough time to really finish his or her full hit to the ball so that it crosses the plane of the net... so the ball when its blocked stays on the hitter's side of the net.
The blocker was able to penetrate their hands so far over the net that they literally "stuffed" the ball back into the opposing team's court leaving the hitter no opposing court to hit to.
Don't miss this volleyball blocking clinic that the BYU women's volleyball team puts on in one of their matches which ends in a stuff block and a point for BYU.
Read blocking occurs when a blocker has been assigned a particular hitter to block and as the play develops they follow, or read where their assigned hitter is going to attack the ball and the read how their assigned hitter is going to contact the ball.
The blocker's job now is to follow that player no matter where she is and to block her based on what she thinks she sees the hitter doing.
The read block in volleyball occurs most often in higher levels of competition and in beach volleyball where a blocker will read the hitter in an attempt to anticipate how to block them or to decide what area of the court they will take away from that hitter.
As a blocker it takes a combination of timing, anticipation, and quick reflexes to be able to read the hitter's body language and then position yourself in the right spot at the right time to stop a hitter by blocking them.
Keeping your eyes open while you are block jumping is another secret to good read blocking because if you watch the ball for too long then you can't see until its too late where the hitter intends to hit the ball.
Above, in the picture of Iowa volleyball players blocking, no. 17 has her eyes open throughout the whole blocking process watching and reading her hitter to see where she goes and where her hitting arm is angled so that she can get clues as to how she needs to angle her blocking hands and arms so that she can block her.
What does “BSBH” mean?
it means Ball- Setter-Ball-Hitter and is one of the volleyball blocking strategies used by players to block a ball.
As a defensive player at the net, which is what a blocker is, you will block a ball by
* watching the ball while the opposing team's passer passes it to their setter
* then you'll watch the setter to see where she sets the ball from, how fast she sets it, and who she intends to set the ball to
* once the setter sets the ball you'll watch the ball, tracking the set as it leaves the setters hands and travels to the hitter
* finally you'll watch the hitter to quickly determine where her spike approach is taking her to meet the ball and see where her arm is swinging so you pick up clues on where she intends to spike the ball
This eye sequence pattern is called “BSBH” or Ball - Setter- Ball - Hitter.
Its what both, the diggers. in the back row and blockers in the front row do or better yet 'how they watch the offense' in order to try and be in the right place at the right time in order to stop a ball at the net..or keep the ball from hitting their court floor.
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