Any tips on Playing volleyball better????

Question

i feel like a really suck so does anybody have a link or something to show some advice on how to play volleyball well????? Or you can give me tips of your own!

Answer 1

uhh.. how bad are you?? you could start by doing some drills such as bumping the ball against the wall, doing some sets against a wall. gettin better forms on your arms. or get a coach to help you.

Answer 2

Here are some links that will help you learn how to play:

http://hubpages.com/hub/how_to_play_voll...

The Positions:

http://video.aol.com/video-detail/how-to...

Hitting:

http://video.aol.com/video-detail/how-to...

For serving:

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article...

hope this helps!

Answer 3

haha you sound like me!! i am horrible, but the more you play the better you get!!!

Answer 4

yooh need too be able too be truely commited and really try your hardest!!

Answer 5

well, it really depends on how bad you are...but mostly, you should just practice practice practice! if you have any trouble just ask your coach for help! THATS WHAT COACHES ARE FOR!!!!!

Answer 6

Sign up for Club volleyball somewhere close to your town. Concentrate really hard during practice. Practice at home.

(Club is only $ 100-200) it sounds expensive but its really worth it

Answer 7

watch these videos on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_qu...

they may seem boring, but all the info is correct and helpful. one thing is always stay positive and never get down on yourself or your team. focus before every play, and trust in your abilities, don't think you are better than you actually are. have fun with volleyball

Answer 8

The more practice time you spend on volleyball - the better you will be.

Purchase (or ask your parents to..) a cheap practice volleyball - these can take any kind of punishment on any outside surface - great for practising your spikes against a brick or concrete wall, etc.

Watch those instructional video clips - throw the ball up like as for a 'set' and then go forward and spike it, just as you would on a volleyball court, with net.  Get the kinda angle right, and practice this for 20 minutes or so.

What this will do for you - is give you the confidence to go forward at any set, and have a go at the spike.  Lots of practice with this, will make it natural for you to spike confidentally, and just do it - like as in the Nike ad (ooops that kinda gave my age away...).

You use a bent elbow, and straighten your elbow for your spiking. Adding a curling of your wrist when you make contact with the ball.  This adds spin - making it go over the net, and any blockers.

You can only practice setting and spiking by yourself (practice the 'set' technique against any wall [inside or out] or just straight up above you - it's the fingering you want to master - the ball control).

Anyway - to make this fun - you just need someone to practice with (the more the merrier).  Even if someone just catches the ball, and throws it back to you - you can now practice your digging.  With other volleyball players - you can dig, set and spike at each - doing saves, so that you start all over again.  You don't need a net - just use a backyard or park to practice in.  This is all to get your ball handling skills natural to you - and you'll come up with ways to deal with situations in which dig, set and spike cannot be used - there are alternative techniques for hard to reach balls, and for chasing the ball - to bring it back on court - or to set while chasing the ball.  A couple of months practising regularly, and soon it will be like - wow! You must have played volleyball at least a year already! With the skills you can now do...

Practice the weakest of your skills to turn it now into your strength. And if you think it gets to be too boring doing the same thing over and over - then add the left handed spike, and serve, start learning the windmill serve ...  Now, you'll be playing like some pro or oldtimer at this fun and funny sport.

Answer 9

Below are some tips that I give to beginners and those who need basics. Hope this will help.

No matter how much you play, FIRST learning the basic skills and using the right forms, motion, and posture is most importanat. If you don't do this, you'll never reach your full potential. I know people who have been playing volleyball for decades but still suck because they never picked up the basic skills. Once you pick up bad moves and it becomes habitual, you're in deep trouble because it's very hard to lose them. Basically, you would always use wrong techniques to pass, set, and hit.

Passing:

1. Contact point - Put your hands and forearms together with both arms straight.

You can use the whole forearms to pass but there's a sweet spot right above your wrists. Do not hit the ball with your wrists or fists.

2. Posture - Bend your knees and keep your arms up making arms and thighs parallel and 90 degrees to your body. It's all about eye-hand coordination. When you keep your arms up they're closer to your eyes.

3. Motion - Lean forward slightly standing on your forefoot when waiting for serves. This helps you react faster.

Chase the ball, position yourself, get in to 'the posture,' wait for the ball, and let the ball hit your forearms and bounce off.

Don't swing or jump at the ball. You should have the arms up and ready to pass before making the contact.

Setting:

Locate the ball, position yourself facing where you're setting not the ball, and place your hands above your head. Make a triangle with your hands without touching. See the ball through the triangle making your head, the triagle, and the ball in a straight line. Push up the ball by snapping your wrists and fingers while extending your arms and legs. Most important - Hands should be up before you make the contact. Also, use all five fingers with thumbs being the most important. Don't just use the fingertips but the whole lengths of your fingers for better control.

3. Hitting/Serving;

When you swing your arms up to hit, place your elbow, bent about 90 degrees, above and behind your shoulder. The palm should also face away from your head. Swing and fully staighten your arm when making the contact with the ball.

Tips on Serving:

ARM TOSS-

With firm wrist, arm toss the ball 18 inches - so that the ball falls to the spot just inside of the lead foot and in line with the hitting shoulder.

HAND UP AND BACK BEFORE THE TOSS-

Elbow and hand are at shoulder height or above throughout the entire serving motion.

SHIFT-

Shift weight to lead foot, or step forward, as you make contact with the ball.

SWING TO TARGET-

Wrist firm throughout serve.

Contact with heel of hand through middle back of ball.

The contact should sound like a "thud", not a "slap" sound.

Hand follows ball to target.

Finish with hand alongside or within body line.

Best way to master the basic skills is to pepper and when you do this, always use the correct posture and full motion. Just pepper a lot whenever you get chance. Repetition makes perfection. Build the right techniqes into your body. Good Luck

Answer 10

Try this site.  http://volleyball.about.com/

If you don't find what you're looking for you can type what you need in the search box, like "How to set" or "How to spike" and it'll show you step by step on what to do.

Some outside help from me, I think that calling out the ball is important, the louder you call it, the more confident you get.  That's how it is for me at least.  Another thing is to constantly keep talking and keep cheering your teammates on, even if it was a bad pass or hit or serve or whatever.  All that other good stuff people always talk about is important too.  Ex:  confidence, determination, etc.  That, I think is true.

I don't really know what to help you with, is it bumping or setting or what.  So if you don't find what you need on the site, feel free to ask me.

I hope you enjoy your time playing volleyball ;]