Improve With Volleyball Videos and Keys

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Serving Keys for Volleyball 

• Fastest way to score
• Best defense is a good offense

FLEAN Serve - Flat Float and Clean no spin

• Rock and Pop!
• Weight on back foot
• Open back foot, hips + shoulders
• Elbow back and hand high
• Low lift in front
• Step into ball. Explode.
• Pop high five to target, FLEAN, strong locked wrist, finish hand high
• Hit ball at Equator

Jump Flean Serve

• 3 or 4 step approach RL-RL or lefty LR-LR
• Elbow back, hand high
• Hold ball shoulder height
• Open hips
• Low lift on 2nd to last step
• Pop high five to target

Passing Keys for Volleyball

Focus Keys

• Go get it! Cut ball off on deep.
• Power of good. Pass middle and 4'-5' off net instead of trying to be perfect.
• Laser focused on the finish "ball to middle"
• Feel Simple and Quiet

Passing Key Words

• Wide base with push off 1-2-3 footwork
• Medium Posture (Pre-serve routine start hands on knees, then hands out, no up-and-down movements)
• Track Serve: Read angle of serve first, then depth next
• Go get it! Commit “My ball”
• Platform pick a side
• Shrug-Tilt-Hold platform to middle

Setting Keys for Volleyball

Concepts 

Make hitters successful:

• High
• Off net 3-6 feet (never close to net)
• In front of the hitter
• Inside court (never outside)

Keys

• Compact posture (hands at mid-body)
• Right foot forward
• Face front target
• Hands in the shape of the ball early. FOR BEGINNERS: Sign Language Moose for location.
• Push your feet through the floor
• Full extension (“Superman”)
• Freeze extension (hands high at finish) for Location (height, depth, zone)
• Back set looks and feels like front set

Hitting Keys for Volleyball

• Athletic posture
• Approach (Right)---LEFT---Right-Left
• STICKY LEFT step
• Slow directional sticky left-foot step
• Fast burst to right-foot plant step pointing at setter
• Open the door - hips and shoulders face setter
• Throw hands high and elbow back 
• Explode up to the ball. High point.
• Tilt and extend shoulder max reach
• Slam the door shut - finish facing net
• Hit ball hard (increase to 9 out-of 10) at 10 o'clock
• High wrist snap to target
• Land safely on two feet

Defense Keys for Volleyball

Concepts

• Read hitter: Angle of approach > shoulders > arm swing > hand
• Call what you see
• Be where ball will most likely go
• Be ready. Go get it! Ball UP!
• Pride ball off floor
• Dig “good” middle 5-10 feet off net,  setter to libero 10-15'

Keys

• Wide base push off 1-2-3 footwork
• Hips + Shoulders towards middle of court
• Low + forward posture (Arms under ball)
• Be balanced at hitter contact
• Shrug-Tilt-Hold platform to middle

Sprawls

• Shoulders low to floor
• Extend forward under ball
• Dig on feet

Blocking Keys for Volleyball

• Athletic posture
• Verbalize what you see
• Be Athletic. Get arms and hands in front of hitters.
• Higher hands for easier timing
• Penetrate wide rounded hands over net, surround ball to floor
• Take angle
• FINISH hands high

Outside blocker SETS BLOCK

• Read hitter 
• Front angle-of-approach, call “inside” or “outside”
• Line up arm swing (outside hand/angle, inside hand/line)

Middle Blocker CLOSE BLOCK

• Read setter extension
• Sprint left/right close block 

Off-blocker

• Tipper picker upper

Team Defense Keys for Volleyball

• Perimeter Defense positions (including off-blocker "Tipper picker Upper”
• Go get it! Commit “My ball” defense commitment
• Seamless defense
• Parallel lines (cross over like sliding glass door)
• Open up, point, and call

Transition Keys for Volleyball

Transition attack to block back to attack

• Block, turn and run, follow ball off net,
• Throw feet to pivot right foot 
• Three step approach (loaded right foot forward), slow to fast approach
• Back to base blocking position

Block > turn and run off net > hit, back to base block > repeat

Setter and Libero Dig or Release to Set Transition 

Serve Receive Keys for Volleyball

Serve receive considerations

1. Rotational order when serve is contacted
2. Put best passers in position to cover      court effectively and take most serves (3-person pass)
3. Put Setter in place close and easy to un (setter release) to net/setting position
4. Put hitters in place easiest to hit preferred set. Right-handed hitters stack left is easiest.

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