Hitting
Terry Liskevych (USA Women’s Team Coach)
Wait
• Wait and identify height, speed and location of set
Accelerate
• Once you start,
don't stop until you hit the ball
Reach
• Contact the ball high and in front of your hitting
shoulder
Topspin
• Back of the ball topspin. Top of the ball topspin what you
are above the net
Diane Flick-Williams
( Western Washington University)
• Checkmark approach
• Step close to the ball that is there, not where you think
the ball will be
• Use your arms for
lift
• High elbow to the
ball
Chris Catanach
(University of Tampa)
Arm swing:
• The Swing is similar to the throwing motion
• Draw arms in a bow and arrow like fashion
• Keep the attack-arm elbow above the shoulder through the
action
• Whip the arm and wrist through the ball
Approach:
• The goal is to align your approach with your feet behind
the ball and the ball in line with your head or between your head and your
hitting shoulder
• Slow to fast approach (attacker will accelerate into the
attack)
• Final steps are a
right-left for a right handed player and left-right for a left handed player
• Approach timing will depend on the height of the set. The
goal of the attacker is to make contact at the peak of their jump
Courtney Draper (St. Pete Volleyball Club)
• Slow to fast approach, digging heels into the ground (net
jumping off the toes) and hips being open to the setter when attacking in front
of the setter.
• Shoulders and hips open on contact and rotating to the
court on contact.
• Emphasis on the backswing (longer for pin attackers, and
shorter for middles) and finishing with our hips back and shoulders forward on
the finish.
Russ Rose (Penn State
University)
• Slow to
fast and small to big in looking at your approach (3-4 step)
• Accelerate
into the attack with a big double arm lift with non-hitting shoulder forward
• Rotate
with non-hitting arm leading the way so hitting shoulder forward now
Mike Lingenfelter (Munciana
Volleyball Club)
• "Hit downhill" and "Slow to Fast"
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