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Four Volleyball Blocking Tips These're Basic Rules for Better Blocking

To learn what is legal and what common fouls and faults are allowed in the game read this article about volleyball blocking tips.

4 Volleyball Blocking Tips and block rules are established so players, teams and coaches compete fairly in their quest to win a match. (Ralph Aversen)

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Blocking is the first line of defense.

To block well you are required to

have good footwork
have great body control while moving laterally and vertically
read your hitter to anticipate where and how she plans to attack
penetrate your hands over the net to block the ball by deflecting it back into your opponents court

1. You can jump and place your arms, hands and shoulders over the net to stop a hitter or setter from attacking the ball into your court. But...

a volleyball player can't touch the net on the way up or on the way down with any parts of the body while the ball is in play.

While blocking in volleyball a player can't touch the net on the way up or on the way down with any parts of the body while the ball is in play. (Neon Tommy)

2. While blocking, your feet may come in contact with the centerline also known as the halfcourt line. But...

a player can't step over the half court line during a rally in a way that keeps the opposing team from safely playing the ball.

3. While your team is on defense you can block any attacked ball but...

Only front row players in defense are allowed to block a volleyball.

Volleyball blocking tips: Texas Longhorns double blockers are front row players in defense who are allowed to block a volleyball. (Ralph Aversen)

4. While on defense in the front row, you can come off the court on the opposing team's side to retrieve a ball back into your court but...

while in pursuit of a ball a player, (usually its a blocker) is permitted to enter into the free zone of the opponent's court as long as doing so doesn't interfere with the action going on.

This usually occurs when a blocker steps over the center line and for some reason, often in transition, lands and steps outside of the sideline (but into the free zone) of the opponent's court.

Volleyball blocking tips: Make sure when you get to the front row, you know what you can do and what you can't do while blocking a ball. (Ralph Aversen)

Because the free zone is considered the playing area of the court, this is legal and one of the few times a player is permitted to step across the center court line during a rally.

In some middle school competition around the country, players can't touch the net or step across the half court line at all.

Volleyball block rules are established so players, teams and coaches compete fairly in their quest to win a match.

Volleyball blocking tips: Blocking is the first line of defense. You can jump and place your arms, hands and shoulders over the net to stop a hitter or setter from attacking the ball.

Volleyball blocking tip: Blocking is the first line of defense. You can jump and place your arms, hands and shoulders over the net to stop a hitter or setter from attacking the ball.

This page is written to provide you with important information that should help you improve your defensive skills in volleyball.

Make sure when you get to the front row, you know what you can do and what you can't do while blocking a ball.

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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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