Art of Coaching Blocking Tips

Terry Liskevych   (USA Women’s Team Coach)

Front

 • Position body in front of hitter's striking arm

Penetrate

 • Go directly over the net

• Press (extend with arms and shoulders)

Hands

• Block the ball with your hands, spread your fingers 415

Clamp

• Surround tight sets

Diane Flick-Williams ( Western Washington University)

• See the ball longer

• Different than most people on this one

• Hitter will go to the ball

• Small adjustments up top - 1 inch = 3 feet

• When learning, better to be late and right than guess and b@ wrong

• Ball - Setter - Ball – Hitter

 • Big first step / hurdle step

Chris Catanach (University of Tampa)

 • Goal of your block: Time the block so you are at max jump and ram' your arms are over the net and locked

 • Arms are shoulder width apart and they penetrate the plane of the net before contact ▪

• Hands are big and arms are locked straight at the time of contact

•Keep the arms extended through the landing

• The final steps leading to the jump are a left, right plant when blocking to your right and a right, left plant when blocking to Ire your left

• The block motion is dynamic when adding the arm drive and the footwork 

Russ Rose (Penn State University)

• Read the play hall-setter-ball-hitter (turn outside hands in)

• Face the attacker and lead with the hands - better to be over than high

• Press to the middle of the court and better to be wide than too narrow  

Mike Lingenfelter  (Munciana Volleyball Club)

• "Take away option 1" and "Take away vision"

Art of Coaching Attacking Tips

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"

Art of Coaching Setting Tips

Terry Liskevych   (USA Women’s Team Coach)

Face

• Knees, hips, shoulders to target

Forehead

• Ball set from forehead

Extend

• Follow through to the target

Hands

 • Shaped around the ball

 • Hands around a pitcher of water

Diane Flick-Williams ( Western Washington University)

 • Quiet lower body

 • Be patient so you can use all your levers

• Follow through the apex

Chris Catanach (University of Tampa)

• Medium body level, feet shoulder-width apart

• Shuffle or short run to pass point, maintain a lead foot

• Hands up early

• Make big hands for your platform, maintain the ball in the window

• Face target, transfer weight if possible

• Follow through with arms and palms to target

Courtney Draper (St. Pete Volleyball Club)

• The most important piece to setting is seeing the ball off of the passer's platform so that the setter can get their feet to the ball

• We want all 10 fingers on the ball and a smooth finish to the target.

• I see young players drop their hands too quickly. We teach to hold for a second to help direct the ball a little longer and a focus on a balanced finish with the hands.

Russ Rose (Penn State University)

•             High contact at forehead with ball shaped hands - see the ball in the window

•             Face the target with balanced feet - keep ball off the net

•             Extend through the release with both hands looking the same

Mike Lingenfelter  (Munciana Volleyball Club)

• "Trust your eyes" and " Neutral Hands"

Art of Coaching Passing Tips

Passing

Terry Liskevych   (USA Women’s Team Coach)

Platform

 • Thumbs together

• Arms away from the body

• Arms tilted to target

Track

• Follow the ball from server's toss to contact with your arms

Diane Flick-Williams ( Western Washington University)

• Platform angle is where the ball is going fit

• Create the angle, then put your hands together and hold

• Staggered feet give you the most flexibility in movement

Chris Catanach (University of Tampa)

• Medium body level, feet shoulder-width apart

• Platform extended at 45, arms locked

• Shuffle to pass point, maintain a lead foot

• Face where the ball is coming from

• Quiet (very little movement) platform BEFORE, DURING arid AFTER the pass

• Weight transfer from back foot to lead foot

Courtney Draper (St. Pete Volleyball Club)

 • Strong and straight arms and creating a good angle to the target, with the athlete's arms away from their body.

• Turn and face where the ball is coming from. Then, once th@ ball has contacted our arms, we ask them to hold for one to two seconds.

• Use the "less is more" theory here, as too much movement of arms OR feet creates a less control.

 • Call the ball "MINE" two times (an initial call and then g confirm), if they do not say mine, the pass is worth no point§ (no matter how perfect the pass was)!

Russ Rose (Penn State University)

Forearm pass

 • See and face the server - assess the spin, trajectory and WOO location at contact ire

 • Thumbs parallel with arms together and elbows straight liPse

• Angle the platform to your target while staying level

Mike Lingenfelter  (Munciana Volleyball Club)

• "Beat the ball, don't meet the ball" and "Trust your tilt"

General Volleyball Tips

General Volleyball Tips

Terry Liskevych   (USA Women’s Team Coach)

Anticipate

• Never be surprised

• Expect every ball to come to you

Focus

• Keep eyes on the ball

• Maintain focus for the entire play, practice, match

Feet

• Beat the ball to the spot

• Stay on feet as much as possible

Ready

• Balanced, to move in any direction

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Coming next week.

Next week

• Monday, February 3 from 9-10 we have space for two private lessons in Basketball or Volleyball
• Tuesday, February 4 from 6-7 Special Youth session called Everything Volleyball
• Wednesday, February 5 from 7-9 Basketball Defense session
• Thursday, February 6 from 7-10 Learning to Draw on the Tablet session
• Friday, February 7 from 7:30-8:30 Basic Serve volleyball session
• Friday, February 7 from 8:30-10:30 Volleyball Pickup Game