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The Volleyball Checklist: Skill Development Systems That Get Results
Master serving, passing, and every volleyball skill with step-by-step checklists from a Tennessee Hall of Famer who's trained dozens of college-recruited athletes
Click to Download Your Pre Serving Ritual Mastery Checklist pdf:
🎯Volleyball Pre Serving Ritual Guide - $7
Transform Your Serve from Weak to Weapon
Stop letting pressure situations destroy your serves?
You'll Get
- ✓3-bounce physical preparation setup system
- ✓Mental routine for target pre-selection and visualization
- ✓Technical execution checklist for automatic consistency
- ✓Proven tips for bulletproof toss consistency
- ✓Pressure-proof strategies that eliminate serving errors
Tired of searching for the perfect informative volleyball checklist and only finding packing lists?
You don't need another checklist telling you what gear to bring to tournaments.
You need systematic skill development that
- breaks down exactly where to position your body,
- how to execute techniques correctly, and
- what checkpoints separate good players from great ones that get recruited to play in college
After 25+ years playing professionally (Tennessee Hall of Fame, USA National Team, #2 career aces record) and 15+ years coaching college-recruited athletes in Las Vegas, I've created a full collection of some of the first volleyball checklists that focus on what actually matters: mastering the skills that earn playing time and college scholarships.
These aren't generic "remember to practice" lists.
These are detailed, body-part-specific breakdowns of serving, passing, and skill execution that only someone who's performed at the highest levels can teach.
From exactly where to position your elbow during serves to the precise platform angle for perfect passes, these volleyball checklists give you the systematic development that transforms technique into automatic performance.
SECTION 1:
FLAGSHIP BUNDLES
is in the Complete Serving Mastery System
You'll get:
1. The Foundation Volleyball checklist set
- Overhand Serve Fundamentals
- Consistent Toss Mastery
- Serving Mistakes
2. The Development Volleyball checklist set
- Pre-Serving Ritual
- Target Zones
3. The Advanced Volleyball checklist set
- Tactical Serving
- Ace Scoring
- Jump Float
- Strategic Intelligence
Complete Serving Mastery System
($97) - Everything You Need
You're tired of piecing together random serving tips from different sources.
You want systematic development that builds on itself and creates real results.
You need a complete system that works whether you're a nervous beginner or seeking college recruitment.
Here's the game-changing reality:
Champions aren't built through random advice—they're developed through systematic mastery that progresses from foundation to elite performance.
This comprehensive volleyball checklist system includes 9 detailed skill breakdowns covering beginner fundamentals through advanced tactical intelligence—the same methods that created Tennessee's #2 career aces record and developed multiple Gatorade Players of the Year.
This formula helped me set career and All-Time records that still exist today in the volleyball serve aces category at the University of Tennessee Knoxville.
Unlike generic volleyball checklists that tell you what to practice, these show you exactly HOW to execute each skill with body-part-specific positioning, technical checkpoints, and systematic progressions.
You'll get:
1. The Foundation Volleyball checklist set
- Overhand Serve Fundamentals
- Consistent Toss Mastery
- Serving Mistakes
2. The Development Volleyball checklist set
- Pre-Serving Ritual
- Target Zones
3. The Advanced Volleyball checklist set
- Tactical Serving
- Ace Scoring
- Jump Float
- Strategic Intelligence
that build on each other systematically.
SECTION 2:
SKILL-LEVEL BUNDLES
Targeted Volleyball Checklist Bundles by Skill Level ($27 each)
Bundle #1:
Complete Beginner Serving System - $27
Complete Beginner Serving System: The Ultimate Support System for Beginners
The perfect volleyball checklist bundle for middle school players (ages 11-14) and high school freshmen learning proper serving technique.
Get four (4) systematic checklists covering
- Overhand Serve Fundamentals
- Consistent Toss Mastery (the "Two Up, One Forward" formula),
- Serving Mistakes to avoid, and
- Pre-Serving Ritual development
This volleyball checklist collection breaks down exactly
- where to position your feet,
- how high to toss (with specific measurements),
- proper elbow height, and
- ball contact points and
- the detailed body-part positioning that only 40+ years of elite experience can teach
Transform from nervous beginner to confident server in 30 days with systematic progressions that build proper habits from the start.
Bundle #2:
Advanced Player Serving Arsenal - $27
Advanced Player Serving Arsenal: The College Recruitment Prep Serving System
Elite volleyball checklist bundle for JV/Varsity players seeking college recruitment attention.
Get 4 advanced checklists covering
- Tactical Serving Strategy
- Ace Scoring methods
- Jump Float technique (with 4-step approach breakdown)
- Serving Target Zones that exploit opponent weaknesses.
These volleyball checklists reveal the
- strategic intelligence and advanced techniques that separate solid high school players from college prospects—
- court zone targeting
- opponent analysis during warm-ups
- seam serving that forces "divorce maker" balls, and
- tactical positioning using geometry.
This formula helped me set career and All-Time records that still exist today in the volleyball serve aces category at the University of Tennessee Knoxville.
Same methods that helped develop USA National Team members, set multi-year ace scoring records and multiple college-recruited athletes.
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Proud of my starting senior libero Athena Zhen who at the beginning of her last club season was undecided on going to play volleyball in college and restored her love for the game and hopes in playing in college by the end of our 2024-2025 season.
Athena trained with me all summer of 2025 to prep for her freshman season at Molloy University.
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Bundle #3:
Complete Coaching & Parent System - $27
The Complete Coaching & Parent System: The Ultimate Support System for Volleyball Families
Get four (4) support-focused checklists covering
- Coach's Serving development methods
- Parent's Guide (no volleyball experience needed)
- Tactical Serving Strategy for teams
- Pre-Serving Ritual for mental training
These volleyball checklists provide practice organization with
- 100+ serve minimums
- competitive games that maintain engagement
- visual recognition training for parents, and
- intelligent coach communication methods.
Perfect for first-generation volleyball families and coaches wanting proven systematic development that transforms teams into tactical serving units.
SECTION 3:
INDIVIDUAL SKILL BUNDLES
Individual Volleyball
Serving Checklists
($7 each)
Advanced Volleyball Serving Tactics Checklist - $7
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This advanced checklist reveals court zone targeting that exploits formation weaknesses, opponent analysis techniques that identify vulnerable passers, and strategic positioning that maximizes your serving effectiveness. |
Master strategic volleyball checklist covering court zone targeting, opponent analysis, and tactical disruption.
Learn seam serving between Zone 5/6 and Zone 6/1 passers, strategic baseline positioning, and "divorce maker" ball placement—the tactical intelligence that separates smart servers from predictable ones.
Volleyball Ace Scoring Checklist - $7
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This strategic checklist reveals the positioning secrets, target analysis, and mental approach that separate ace machines from players who just serve hard. |
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Inside, discover how to serve from optimal baseline positions that maximize power while minimizing opponent reaction time.
You'll learn to identify weak passers during warm-ups, target the seams between Zone 5/6 and Zone 6/1 that create passing confusion, and exploit gaps in serve receive formations that most players never notice.
Systematic volleyball checklist for scoring points directly from service line.
Covers strategic positioning for shortest distance advantages, target selection identifying weak passers, mental approach attacking weaknesses, and pressure-situation serving maintaining aggression when matches matter most.
Jump Float Volleyball Serve Checklist - $7
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This step-by-step checklist reveals the approach timing, contact techniques, and landing mechanics that separate struggling servers from jump float specialists. |
Inside, discover how to execute proper 3-step and 4-step approaches that build momentum like an airplane on takeoff, master the slow-to-fast acceleration that maximizes your vertical jump, and perfect the "high five" ball contact that creates the devastating float effect opponents struggle to pass.
Advanced technique volleyball checklist with 4-step approach breakdown, "airplane takeoff" timing, ball contact precision creating unpredictable flight, and landing mechanics preventing injury.
Master the serve that dominates at higher competitive levels with body-part-specific positioning only elite experience can teach.
Overhand Serve Fundamentals Checklist - $7
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This fundamental checklist reveals the body positioning, toss technique, and contact methods that separate struggling beginners from players who serve with confidence and power. |
Inside, discover how to create the balanced stance that eliminates serving errors, master the "two up, one forward" toss formula that ensures consistent ball placement, and perfect the high-five contact method that generates power while maintaining accuracy.
Foundation volleyball checklist covering perfect stance, body positioning for consistent power, proper arm swing mechanics, and ball contact techniques.
Essential for beginners learning correct technique from the start—detailed positioning that prevents bad habits and builds systematic skill development.
Consistent Toss Mastery Checklist - $7
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This mastery checklist reveals the setup techniques, consistency formulas, and daily training methods that separate struggling servers from players who control every aspect of their serve. |
Inside, discover how to perfect the "two up, one forward" formula that eliminates toss errors, master the starting position fundamentals that create consistent trajectory, and develop the daily training methods that build unshakeable muscle memory.
Critical volleyball checklist teaching the "Two Up, One Forward" formula that creates automatic consistency.
Includes daily 100-toss training progression, error correction system, and muscle memory building—the foundation skill that makes or breaks every serve, with specific measurements and checkpoints.
Volleyball Serving Mistakes Checklist - $7
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You're putting in the work, but your serves still aren't improving. The problem isn't your effort—it's the hidden technical, mental, and strategic mistakes that are undermining every rep you take. |
This comprehensive error-prevention guide identifies the most common serving mistakes that keep dedicated players stuck at the same level, from technical flaws that reduce power and accuracy to mental errors that create inconsistency under pressure.
Error-prevention volleyball checklist identifying technical mistakes destroying power/accuracy, mental errors creating inconsistency, strategic mistakes making you predictable, and practice problems wasting training time.
Fix problems before they become habits with systematic correction methods from 40+ years of elite experience.
Volleyball Pre-Serving Ritual Checklist - $7
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This battle-tested ritual system transforms inconsistent servers into players who thrive when the game is on the line—using the exact sequence I teach my scholarship-earning private clients. |
Unlike generic serving advice, this checklist breaks down the specific
-physical preparation (3-bounce setup, weight transfer, arm positioning),
-mental routine (target pre-selection, aggressive mindset, ace visualization), and
-technical execution that creates automatic consistency.
You'll learn to maintain perfect form whether you're serving in an empty gym or with college scouts watching.
Mental game volleyball checklist with 3-step physical preparation, visualization techniques programming success, pressure protocols making big moments feel normal, and confidence-building progressions.
Develop the consistent routine that eliminates variables and creates automatic performance under any pressure.
Serving Target Volleyball Zones Checklist - $7
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This zone-targeting checklist reveals the court positioning secrets and opponent analysis techniques that separate strategic servers from players who just "get the ball over." |
Inside, discover the high-percentage target zones that create immediate problems for opponents: seam serves that force passers to make split-second decisions, strategic positioning that shortens your serving distance, and tactical placements that disrupt setter timing.
Precision targeting volleyball checklist covering high-percentage seam zones forcing passer confusion, strategic court positioning using geometry, formation gap analysis identifying weaknesses during warm-ups, and real-time tactical adjustments based on opponent reactions.
Tactical Serving Strategy Checklist - $7
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This tactical checklist reveals the intelligence gathering, target selection, and situational serving that separate reactive players from strategic servers who control matches. |
Inside, discover how to identify technical weaknesses during opponent warm-ups that most players miss, target seams between Zone 5/6 and Zone 6/1 passers that create confusion, and adjust your serving strategy based on score situations and game momentum.
Match-winning volleyball checklist with pre-game opponent analysis revealing patterns, formation communication eliminating seam confusion, tactical adjustments neutralizing advantages, and pressure situation protocols maintaining excellence in crucial moments.
Strategic team intelligence that controls matches.
SECTION 4:
INDIVIDUAL PASSING CHECKLISTS
Individual Volleyball
Passing Checklists ($7 each)
Beginner Passing Fundamentals Checklist - $7
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This fundamental checklist reveals the platform creation, body positioning, and movement techniques that separate struggling beginners from players who pass with confidence and accuracy. |
Inside, discover how to create the perfect platform by wrapping your left hand around your right fist with thumbs pointing down, master the shoulder-width stance that allows quick movement in any direction, and learn to track the ball from the server's hands all the way to your platform
Foundation volleyball checklist teaching perfect platform formation with fist-wrapping technique, athletic body positioning with ready stance, ball tracking and consistent contact, and movement patterns getting feet to ball first.
Essential for new players learning proper passing from the start with detailed body-part positioning.
Advanced Passing Technique Checklist - $7
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This advanced checklist reveals the pre-contact preparation, platform angling, and training methods that separate good passers from elite players who control every aspect of serve receive. |
Inside, discover how to read servers' body language for early positioning advantage, master the inside shoulder angling that directs balls precisely to your setter, and develop the leg-driven power transfer that creates consistent passes under pressure.
Elite volleyball checklist covering pre-contact intelligence reading servers, precision platform angling for surgical ball placement, advanced ball control under pressure, and systematic consistency training building automatic muscle memory.
Recruitment-worthy skills that separate good passers from college prospects.
Serve Receive Strategy Checklist - $7
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This strategic checklist reveals the pre-game intelligence, formation communication, and tactical adjustments that separate reactive passers from strategic players who control matches. |
Inside, discover how to identify server tendencies during warm-ups that most players miss, master the communication systems that eliminate seam confusion, and develop the tactical adjustments that handle different serve types with confidence.
Team intelligence volleyball checklist with
- pre-game opponent analysis,
- formation communication systems eliminating confusion,
- tactical adjustments neutralizing serving advantages, and
- pressure protocols maintaining excellence.
Transform individual passers into strategic championship units through coordinated intelligence.
Wall Passing Training Checklist - $7
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Inside, discover how to create the optimal wall training environment with proper target marking, develop the progressive training system that builds from 250 to 500 daily repetitions, and master the advanced drills that challenge your movement and timing under controlled conditions.
Solo training volleyball checklist with progressive rep system (250-500+ daily), optimal training setup methods, technical focus progressions perfecting platform, and advanced movement challenges.
Accelerate passing development 5x faster than team-practice-only athletes through systematic solo work.
Passing Error Correction Checklist - $6
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This error-correction checklist reveals the technical causes, systematic fixes, and practice methods that eliminate the five most common passing mistakes that sabotage dedicated players. |
Inside, discover
- why your passes go over the net (platform too close to body) and exactly how to fix it
- learn the root cause of inconsistent pass direction (shoulders not squared to net)
- the specific correction method
- understand why weak passes don't reach the setter (not using legs for power) with the targeted solution.
This systematic approach includes technical error identification that most players miss, fix methods that address root causes rather than symptoms, and practice solutions that create permanent improvements.
Problem-solving volleyball checklist identifying passes going over net (platform too close), inconsistent direction (shoulders not squared), weak passes (no leg power), unpredictable flight (inconsistent contact), and movement issues (poor ready position).
Systematic fixes eliminating chronic problems permanently.
Perfect Platform Mastery Checklist - $7
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This platform mastery checklist reveals the hand positioning, angle control, and stability training that separate struggling passers from players who control every aspect of their platform technique. |
Inside, discover
- how to perfect the fist-wrapping technique that creates maximum forearm surface area
- master the thumb positioning that keeps elbows straight and platform stable
- develop the angle control that directs balls precisely to your target every time.
This systematic approach includes hand position fundamentals that most players get wrong, platform angle techniques that eliminate guesswork, and stability training that builds unshakeable platform strength under pressure.
Technical foundation volleyball checklist covering perfect hand position with fist-wrapping, unshakeable platform stability maintaining shape under pressure, precision angle control directing balls exactly, consistent contact points creating predictable flight, and daily training building automatic muscle memory.
Why Are These Volleyball
Checklists Different?
You won't find these anywhere else because they're not created by someone reading coaching manuals—they're created by someone who's actually performed these skills at the highest levels of volleyball.
These volleyball checklists break down the exact body positioning, timing, and execution that created championship success and now develops college-recruited athletes.
Stop searching for volleyball checklists that only tell you what gear to pack.
Start using volleyball checklists that teach you HOW to master the skills that earn playing time and college scholarships.
Your systematic volleyball development starts with the right checklist.
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- former USA National team member
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Targeted Volleyball Checklist Bundles by Skill Level ($27 each)
Bundle #1:
Complete Beginner Serving System - $27
Complete Beginner Serving System: The Ultimate Support System for Beginners
Click to Download Your Pre Serving Ritual Mastery Checklist pdf:
🎯Volleyball Pre Serving Ritual Guide - $7
Transform Your Serve from Weak to Weapon
Stop letting pressure situations destroy your serves?
You'll Get
- ✓3-bounce physical preparation setup system
- ✓Mental routine for target pre-selection and visualization
- ✓Technical execution checklist for automatic consistency
- ✓Proven tips for bulletproof toss consistency
- ✓Pressure-proof strategies that eliminate serving errors
Click to Download Your Parent's Volleyball Serving Guide Help Your Player Develop Championship Serves (Even If You've Never Played) Checklist pdf:
🎯Parent's Volleyball Serving Guide Help Your Player Develop Championship Serves Guide - $7
You'll Get:
✓Learn exactly what to look for in your player's serving form so you can provide meaningful feedback.
✓Discover how to provide encouragement that actually improves performance and mental toughness.
✓Know exactly what to ask coaches to show you're engaged and help your player develop properly.
✓Simple, effective drills that don't require a gym or expensive equipment.
✓Understand the language coaches use so you can better support your player's development.
✓Help your player develop the psychological aspects of serving that many coaches don't have time to address.
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🎯Parent's Volleyball Serving Checklist Guide
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