Volleyball Drills - Listen Up - This Is Important

I believe that one of the most important skills in volleyball is PASSING - it's your first line of defence against the incoming serve - and if you DON'T get it right - both your setter and hitter need to adjust their timing and approach to compensate.

So - It's safe to say that without a well executed pass the rest of the rally suffers...
If you want your team to have a chance at reaching those FINALS -- *every* player on the team needs to develop a strong passing technique... and that's exactly what I'm going to help you with today!
To be an efficient and effective passer, you need to start out low. Bend at the knees and have you arms floating at your side around your waist.
You don't want to start with your arms in their platform position because if the ball comes at your chest or head, you won't be ready to set pass the ball.
When you're putting together your platform, you don't want to interlock your fingers. This limits your movement and slows down your reaction speed.
Instead, curl your four fingers into your hand like a fist. Now place your fists together, fingers on fingers, and put your thumbs side by side on top. You'll want to slightly tilt your hands forward to give your platform a flatter surface.
When you are making contact with the ball, you never want to drastically swing your arms up. If you are digging a hit or passing a serve, the velocity of the ball will be enough power to get the ball to the setter.
The movement you should be making when passing the ball is more like a shoulder shrug, twisting your elbows together and moving your shoulders up.
This movement presses your arms together more and makes your platform even flatter. So don't jerk or swing your arms when trying to control the path of your pass, but use the shrugging motion to loft the ball up toward the setter's position.
Make sure when you are passing that you get your arms underneath the ball. Passing an attack attempt is called a 'dig' because you are getting your arms underneath the ball and 'digging' it off the ground.
Usually you want your passes to end up somewhere just below the top of the net, but this differs with each setter, so make sure you communicate with your teammates.
The more loft your passes take, the more time your hitters will have to get off the net and make their approaches, but too much height on the pass will allow the defense to read your offense and prepare their block.

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