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Volleyball Drills For Hitting Faster Quicker Sets Like Go's Huts, 31s
In these volleyball drills for hitting we are working on taking a three-step, four-step or even a two-step approach in order to get to quicker faster sets.
Outside hitters need to be the most versatile athletes on the team which why we work on specific volleyball drills for hitting faster sets along the net.
Three-time Boulder City HS state champion Kate Prior and Adlai Rodriguez work with me on speeding up their timing for the quick set in the middle.
Different types of sets delivered at different speeds and different heights make outside hitters unpredictable, versatile and able to score points from different areas on the court along the net.
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Volleyball Drills For Hitting Faster Quicker Sets Like 3's and 31's
Being able to transition from defense to offense with specific footwork and consistently quick speed and technique makes it harder for the opposing team's blockers to know when and where you are going to attack next in a rally.
Need Volleyball Drills For Hitting Power? Improve Your Volleyball Spike Approach For Faster Sets With
The Three-Step Volleyball Spike Approach
Use these volleyball drills for hitting to improve your attacking power which begins with a strong three step or four step spike approach.
Watch as Cal Poly outside hitter, Tommi Stockham works with me in private training.
The Three-step approach
The three-step approach is used more often for faster sets that are set lower to the net that quick athletic hitters use with a quick arm swing and fast swing to beat the block.
Two time state champion and Gatorade Player of the Year Tommi Stockham works on volleyball drills for hitting power
These faster and lower sets are used to beat the block with speed.
The faster, the hitter can jump, and the faster they can swing...the better.
This means the ball is contacted at a lower point in the air above the net, but is contacted at a faster speed where hopefully the block cannot reach.
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Hitting Power? Learning How To Improve Your Spike Approach
Watch as Arkansas Tech middle/opposite hitter Sisi spikes the ball over the net after Faith Lutheran varsity setter Ella Rustand sets her a 3 also called a 31 set, her goal being to spike the ball past the block and to the floor before a back row defensive player can get it up during one of our Breakfast Club for College Player training sessions.
You will then spike the ball over the net, past the block and to the floor before a back row defensive player can get it up.
The speed and length of a spike approach can change depending on what play and what kind of set a player receives.
Your spike approach length can also change if you are playing in a crowded volleyball tournament that doesn't have a lot of space between courts.
In this situation you may be forced to change from a four step to a three step approach.
Volleyball Drills For Hitting: Working On A Fast High Reaching Armswing With Tommi, Kate and Carmela
Watch as Cal Poly starting sophomore outside hitter Tommi Stockham and BYU oppo/middle Kate Prior and Boot Camp class vet Carmela Ferrence work on the Hit and Dig drill to work on armswing speed and accuracy.
What should never change for a spiker is the aggressiveness of and speed of the last two steps of the spike approach.
I tell them to treat the floor as if its a trampoline and be aggressive in attacking the last two steps..the more aggressive, the more you increase your vertical jump.
The higher your vertical and the higher you reach..the better chance you have of outreaching and beating the block.
How To Play Volleyball: Where Do you Go From Here?
No need to guess where you need to go now? Here are three options:
- Learn more about Spiking by clicking the related links below.
- Follow the suggested reading on our Sitemap page Learning How To Play (Sitemap)
- 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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Lion and Ouside Hitter on VolleyBragSwag's All Beast Team
Volleyball Drills For Hitting Faster Quicker Sets Like Go's Huts, 31s
In these volleyball drills for hitting we are working on taking a three-step, four-step or even a two-step approach in order to get to quicker faster sets.You will really like these volleyball hitting pages!
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.
Volleyball Serving Drills For Beginners Learning To Underhand Serve
Beginner players learn how to improve your serve with these volleyball serving drills for the underhand serve so you consistently get the ball over the net.
The Volleyball Pepper Drill: Partner and Three Player Pepper Drills
The volleyball pepper drill is a ball control drill using setting, digging and hitting skills usually done as a partner or three player person drill in warmup.
Best Volleyball Drills For Setters, Hitters, Liberos, Passers Blockers
Best volleyball drills are essential exercises in the learning process for players to improve your serving, hitting, passing, spiking, setting, blocking skills.
Serving Volleyball Drills For Beginners Who Want To Be On Varsity
Looking to make the varsity volleyball team? Discover essential serving volleyball drills for beginners that will elevate your skills and help you score points.
7 Youth Volleyball Drills How To Improve Ball Control Skills At Home
I have a series of youth volleyball drills you can use to improve your basic ball control skills like passing, setting and controlled hitting.
What're 5 Passing Volleyball Drills For Beginners To Be Better Passers
These 5 passing volleyball drills for beginners to improve their ball control, while reading the server's body and moving to beat the ball before it lands.
The Dig Volleyball Drills We Do In Training on Pinterest and Youtube
I gathered a collection of the dig volleyball drills we do in training that I explain how to do at home or in practice to my Pinterest and Youtube followers.
Four Types of Volleyball Drills For Digging Balls Up Under Pressure
These four types of volleyball drills for digging turn up the heat and puts the digger under pressure to dig a playable ball that the setter can run a play with
If your athlete struggles with consistent serve receive, gets subbed out, or is overlooked for playing time—this is the fix you’ve been looking for.
Struggling with passing consistency?
I help talented passers tired of getting pulled from games because of inconsistent serve receive skills BUILD passing confidence without expensive private lessons using the same 3-step system that's helped dozens of my athletes get recruited.
Download my eBook for $7.99 and start building the passing confidence that keeps you on the court—and gets you seen by college coaches.
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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