Whether it's performed for the indoor volleyball or beach
volleyball game, the forearm pass is an offensive skill that requires
technique, a gentle touch and finesse, instead of power or force and is
one of the most critical individual skills to master in either forms of
the game. Quite frankly, if you can't forearm pass then you can't play.
forearm
pass - Forearm passing is the skill of making contact with the
volleyball using one's forearms so it travels either from one player to
another or across the net from one team to another team. The actual
forearm pass is performed by a player who clasps their hands together in
a way that forces their forearms to create a platform which is used to
contact and guide the ball to its intended target.
The way a player clasps their hands or grips their hands together to form the platform varies among players who may choose to
a) place the fingers of their right hand into the palm of their left so their fingers are turned upward towards them and are crisscrossed. Then all they do is close their hands together so the thumbs meet, and remain touching side by side and are pointed to the ground when attempting to contact the ball, or
b) make a fist with their right hand and turn it sideways so they see their thumb on top of their fist. Then they place that fist into the palm of the opposite hand until the two thumbs meet and are lined up side-by-side. Then they point both thumbs down towards the ground in order to create a nice wide straight-elbowed platform when contacting the ball or
c) they may not have a real hand grip at all but manage to keep their wrists together so they still are able to create the required table-top platform with their forearms, keeping them as close as possible when they bump the ball.
The most important element of the forearm pass is that the your grip allows you to create as wide and as straight a platform by keeping your wrists, forearms and elbows as close together when contacting the ball.
bump - The bump is a slang term and offers another way to describe the skill or act of forearm passing.
ready position - The ready position is the stance or body positioning that a player assumes before the start of a rally. Ready position styles may differ slightly among players but for the most part the serve receive ready position is with a player's feet placed a little wider than shoulder width apart and knees slightly bent in a way that the player is ready to move in any direction, forward, backward, sideways or diagonally, to serve receive a ball. For the upper body ready position a player's shoulders, chest and torso should be parallel and square to the net and facing the server.
Typically, the ready position women professional players use for their arms is to extend them in front of their body, towards the net, elbows bent at around a 45 degree angle with the palms of the hand facing upwards towards the sky, as if they were holding an invisible baby but with their arms down by their waist line.
The way a player clasps their hands or grips their hands together to form the platform varies among players who may choose to
a) place the fingers of their right hand into the palm of their left so their fingers are turned upward towards them and are crisscrossed. Then all they do is close their hands together so the thumbs meet, and remain touching side by side and are pointed to the ground when attempting to contact the ball, or
b) make a fist with their right hand and turn it sideways so they see their thumb on top of their fist. Then they place that fist into the palm of the opposite hand until the two thumbs meet and are lined up side-by-side. Then they point both thumbs down towards the ground in order to create a nice wide straight-elbowed platform when contacting the ball or
c) they may not have a real hand grip at all but manage to keep their wrists together so they still are able to create the required table-top platform with their forearms, keeping them as close as possible when they bump the ball.
The most important element of the forearm pass is that the your grip allows you to create as wide and as straight a platform by keeping your wrists, forearms and elbows as close together when contacting the ball.
bump - The bump is a slang term and offers another way to describe the skill or act of forearm passing.
ready position - The ready position is the stance or body positioning that a player assumes before the start of a rally. Ready position styles may differ slightly among players but for the most part the serve receive ready position is with a player's feet placed a little wider than shoulder width apart and knees slightly bent in a way that the player is ready to move in any direction, forward, backward, sideways or diagonally, to serve receive a ball. For the upper body ready position a player's shoulders, chest and torso should be parallel and square to the net and facing the server.
Typically, the ready position women professional players use for their arms is to extend them in front of their body, towards the net, elbows bent at around a 45 degree angle with the palms of the hand facing upwards towards the sky, as if they were holding an invisible baby but with their arms down by their waist line.
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