Volleyball Videos

SERVE VOLLEYBALL VIDEO by Peak Volleyball Camps

Float Serve

• Weight on back foot
• Open hips (back foot open) and shoulders
• Elbow and hand back and high
• Low (toss) lift in front
• Step into ball
• Float serve no spin. Finish pop high five to target, hand high towards target

Jump Float Serve

• Three step approach (LRL, or RLR if lefty) 
• Start elbow and hand back and high
• Start with tossing hand holding ball shoulder height
• Open hips and shoulders
• Low (toss) lift on last step
• Pop high five to target, hand high towards target

SET VOLLEYBALL VIDEO by Peak Volleyball Camps

Set Key Words

• Compact posture (hands at mid-body)
• Right foot forward
• Square (face) front target
• Hands in the shape of the ball early. FOR BEGINNERS: Sign Language Moose for location.
• Full extension (“Superman”)
• Freeze extension (hands high at finish) for Location (height, depth, zone) 

BLOCK VOLLEYBALL VIDEO

Block Key Words

• Compact posture
• Hands high and wide (before & after block)
• Penetrate hands over net quickly, wide hands, surround ball, ball to floor
• Hands in shape of ball, drop in to angle
• FINISH with 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)
• Call “Ready, Block” to MB

Middle blocker CLOSES BLOCK

• Read setter extension
• Sprint left/right close block 

Off-blocker

• Tipper picker upper 

TEAM SYSTEMS: TEAM DEFENSE and TRANSITION VOLLEYBALL VIDEO

Team Defense Key Words

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

Transition 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

BEACH: PASS VOLLEYBALL VIDEO

BEACH RULE NOTES: No overhead passing (hands apart like setting) in Serve Receive. Hands must be together.

Beach Pass Keys

• Up and down passing
• Keep pass off net
• Play a small game (short passes)

BEACH: ATTACK / HIT VOLLEYBALL VIDEO

• Hit from Left AND Right sides
• Power
• Rainbow to deep corners
• Split middle
• Cut shot hard angles
• Pokey short or deep corners

BEACH: TEAM DEFENSE, BLOCK AND TRANSITION ON THE BEACH VOLLEYBALL VIDEO

Block signals

• 1 = Block or pull off line
• 2 = Block or pull off cross court
• Fist = NO block, pull off to my side of the court
• Flat hand = Block ball. Go for it on blocking.

Digger "i" formation

• Digger waits behind block, then breaks to either non-blocked zone or read

Transition

• Dig to hig
• Block to set