Can someone give me a paragraph or so on volleyball blocking?!?!?

Question

I am printing all my need to know stuff for v.b. tryouts. and i dont have anything on blocking. PLEASE HELP ASAP!!!!!

Answer 1

First, give yourself some distance from the net when blocking. About a hand's length is enough. This will make sure you stay tight enough to close the block, but not so tight that you hit the net. Make sure that when you are preparing to block, you already have your knees bent. You want to be waiting in a position that will let you immediately explode upward. You don't want to have to bend down and then jump. Be bent down in the first place. Then when you actually go up to block, make sure you spread your hands wide. This will improve the area you can cover. You want your thumbs to point almost straight up (slightly inward) and spread your hands as wide as you can. Remember to press to the net as well. If you block straight up and down, you will get tooled or powered through every time. Close onto the net by going up and shrugging your shoulders forward. When moving to a hitter, don't watch the ball. Watch the hitter. Your goal isn't to block the ball directly, it's to block the hitter. Follow their approach. Most hitters prior to the varsity level cannot disguise their hits. This means the angle they approach at is exactly the angle they will hit to. Also remember you want to usually want to jump just slightly after the hitter. However, if they are very tall, or have a very impressive vertical, then wait longer before blocking.  When you block on the outside (either left front [area 4] or right front [area 2]) turn your outside hand slightly inward. This will help you prevent people from tooling you. Hope this helps!

Answer 2

well you need to make sure you have strong leg muscles. because the stronger your leg muscles the higher you can jump. so lift weights with your legs. and make sure your vertical jump is high. lilke higher than twenty-three inches is pretty good. jump without getting a step or a running start. Make your hands as big and wide as they go, and put your thumbs together. The person you're blocking won't always hit straight at you so make sure you're lined up with their swinging arm so that you can block the ball

Answer 3

Okay, well what I do when I am getting ready to block is have my hands about face level at the net. When the middle hitter comes over to help me block, we say, "Ready, UP!" so that we both go up at the same time. Make sure that when you go up, you have your arms extended all the way. Your hands should be as big as you can make them (fingers spread). Make sure that when you get your hands over the net, you bend at the wrist so that your hands are reaching slightly over the net. If you are an outside hitter, you should face your left palm towards the court so that the ball deflects onto the court, not out-of-bounds. If you are a right hitter, face your right hand in. If you are a middle hitter, you need to help the outside and right hitters block. Use an "open-cross-close" move for this, which is two steps, then a little hop, which, at the ending position, your feet will be perpendicular to the net.

Answer 4

The blocking itself (disregarding what position it is) comes down to a few things. You need to go straight up on your block so that you dont A) float into your teammate which causes injury's B) becuase your block will drift and the hitter can go around it easier. After the opposing teams setter sets and you know where the ball is going you need to focus on your hitter and go up when they go up to hit, that way you are timing the hitter and not the ball itself which is a lot easier and it makes it harder to get fooled by "trick" sets. When your arms are over the net you need to do two things. A) "Pike" your body so that you hands are leaning over the net so they are not straight up so the ball goes down off the block B) angle you hands towards the middle of the court so that the hitter cannot "tool" you and make it go out of bounds of your block. Also go up having faith that your team behind you will get any balls that get through the block or bounce of the block. Never try and reach behind you if you get tipped over becuase your teammates should be there to back them up and it is their ball.

Hope i helped and good luck

Answer 5

First also keep your arms up at the net, use cross overs if you are middle but if you are power or offside just get inline with the hitter. Plant your feet shoulder width apart. Feet straight. Make sure your feet are before the line. Bend slightly make sure knees come over your toes and jump straight up. Stetch your fingers wide apart. At this point your arms should be straight up. When you are at the net and the ball is about to be hit bend your upper back and go for the ball. Keep your hands on a slight angle. DO NOT slam down with your arms. This way you are most likely to get a net violation. After the blocking is done pull your arms back and land. Simple. Well kinda...

Answer 6

Well it depends on if you're middle blocker, right, or outside. But I'll just give you some info on all around blocking.

Don't be too close or too far from the net. If you're too close the ball might be too fast for you to get it in time, and if you're too far the other team can just tip it and it'll go right in front of you. I'd say maybe two feet from the net is good enough.

Also you need to be able to jump high. So for a workout you should try things like jump rope, or wall sits, or even squats.

Always remember that you're not the only one blocking. You always have at least one person at your side to back you up, so don't feel like you need to kill yourself to stop a ball.

Keep your arms at about chest height. You need to be ready to bump it or hit it overhead. And always stand on your toes because it'll make you move faster.

Hope that helped

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Answer 7

I'm not a blocker or anything, but I know that basically what everyone else said will definitely help you. Here's a certain type of block that my team has found to be really usefull. Works very well as long as you know your footwork!

A Swing block: Stand in your base blocking position with hands up and knees bent facing the net. To move towards your right to block an outside attack, make a step with your right foot, having your toes pointing parallel with the net. As you make the second step with your left foot, turn your body in the direction of your feet so that now you are also facing parallel with the net and swing your arms back behind you for momentum. Your third step should be with your right foot again and it should now be perpendicular with the net while you start bringing your hands up getting ready to jump. And the last step is with your left, doing the same thing that your right foot just did so that you are now facing the net again. By this time, your hands should be coming up, bringing momentum to your jump so you can get higher. If you need to block a right side attack, do the exact same thing, only switch up your feet so that you do the right instead of left or vice versa. This is just a way to help you get to the ball faster and get a better block up. Good luck and best wishes.