Getting better at volleyball?

Question

I need to improve my vertical, how i handle tight balls when I'm back court setter, and my serving. Any advice? Any exersises that I can do at home, without a net that will help with this?

Answer 1

if you're talking vertical jump...then do squats..a lot of squats they help out, but if you're talking about popping the ball up in the air more then I suggest relaxing a little when the ball is coming towards you...a lot of times people will tense up and cause the ball to go where they don't want it to, but by relaxing the ball hits a softer area and you're follow through can allow it to pop up higher.  As for serving...everyone has their own technique but what works for me is not tossing the ball up so high...that way when I hit it it just clears the net, you can always measure how high the standard net is and the standard distance away from the net to serve, then draw a line on a wall and practice hitting the ball just over the line...or throw a football because the motion is similar.

Answer 2

i have the same problem with the oncoming serves and setting. just use strong fingers and concentrate on the serve. While serving i go to the middle of the court so if my serve is going out it has a better chance of staying in

Answer 3

practice

Answer 4

As far as serving goes, do some light weights at home to increase arm strength.  Once you can hit into back row, work on controlling your serves.  Hit lightly in practise (aim for front row) and ask your friends/team mates/coach to give you spots to serve at.  Good luck.

Answer 5

in volleyball im also asetter for 3 touch volleyball. when you're serving i suggest don't lean back, make sure the ball when you throw it up is above your head and when you hit it make sure your fingers are spread out so you spread the power.when setting if you cant set it high enough what i use to do was do pushups every day.eventually it will make your arms stronger to help you set and serve.

Answer 6

to improve your vert, do anything that strengthens your legs, like squats, lunges (or lunge-jumps, jumping off your front foot, green berets, doing quick lunges with weight), leg press, wall sits, calf raises, jumping over large boxes (24"-34") quickly, frog jumps over and over, and leg lifts. http://www.ultimatehandbook.com/Webpages... this is a good link for a jump training program.

when the pass is tight to the net and you are front row you can dump the ball (tip it over on the second touch), but when you are back row, this is illegal. so get under the pass, get down parallel to the net with your platform out, and when the ball drops to your platform, pass the ball out of the net to a back row player to put the ball over. sometimes, you can jump with your body parallel to the net, and set and outside or a back set. it is difficult to do and you are liable to be called on a double or lift so practice. when there is an overpass and the other teams middle is going up to smash the ball, stand straight up with your arms up and palms to the sky. stand in front of where the middle (or what ever hitter is going up) and hope the middle hits it into your hands so the ball goes up. this is called soft blocking and is used if you can barely get over the net when you jump. it pops the ball up so your passers can reach the ball.

for serving, follow these six steps:

1. do your preserve routine

2. stand with your arm extended and your non-hitting palm up with the ball on top

3. bring your hitting arm back, keeping your elbow up and your hand even higher

4. toss straight up

5. step with your foot opposite your hitting arm

6. hit the ball with your palm so it floats over the net.

to practice your serving, find an area of your house out doors that you can put a 7'4" tape up and stand about 30' away (this is probably near impossible). just practice serving over the tape. to practice getting volleyballs out of the net, stand close to the wall, toss the ball straight up and pass it out. when you get better at this, start 10' away and have a parter toss the ball toward the wall. if the toss is settable, set it, if it barely skims the wall anywhere 3' below the tape, pull it off the wall and if it hits the wall above the tape, practice the stand-and-hope-it-hits-your-hands technique.

Answer 7

A practice volleyball will help... purchase a cheap one, these can take punishment on any hard surfaces, like concrete, brick, etc.  You just need some kind of car park area with a wall - throw up the ball and spike it - for your spiking and serving practice. You should be adding the extra wrist movement upon contact with the ball, so that you are adding a great deal of spin, for your serves/spikes - which helps you a lot. Anytime the ball hits the top of the net, you should see it spinning over - same for blocks...

Develop a fast elbow flick - this can be practiced anytime anywhere.  So that you automatically do a fast spike/serve motion - that it's inituitive for you, because you've practiced it heaps...

Develop the windmill serve - this is a great serve to have, not only being able to put more spin on the ball, but also this does not tire you out, because you use your bodyweight with this one.

Practising with a practice ball, and even hanging out with friends, who can dig set and spike to, will get your skills up and up. What separates one player better than another, is because the amount of time playing/practicing volleyball.

Answer 8

i use to have dat same problem

just practice alot

also mai dad says that if you put a coin on your elbow and then try to catch it...try it

u  prob dont really nderstand  but it works

Answer 9

HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR...

#1  Vertical- get a tall doorway or entry way thing and do your approach to hit.  Set a goal heighth and once you meet the goal keep going as high as you can!!  I am short so I have tried and tried on improving my vertical and this works well.

#2  Handling Tight Balls- this is very hard to practice without a net but here are two different ways of going about it.

               With a net- practice beging patient for the dig.  Throw the ball into the net then get down and be patient for is to come to your arms and put your platform looking towards the court.  If the ball is tight and up high practice getting firm fingers and tipping it over the net.  This takes a lot of practice but you will get it soon.

                Without a Net- put your hands up like you are about to set then reach up high and push the hand closest to the "net" up and over. It sorta looks like an elephant trunk lol.  This is a hard skill to practice without a net sorry.

#3  Serving- Serving takes practice but I have learned to love it.  Here are my biggest tips.  The basic formation of a serve is lift (toss the ball), step (step with your not dominate foot) and then swing (swing your arm). Stop your arm at 11 o'clock to get a floater.  TOSS THE BALL TO SERVE WITH ONE HAND NOT TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  If you are right handed toss with your left if you are left handed toss with your right hand.  For a narrow serve make it a short toss and a very quick swing.  Short and quick will ticke time to perfect but it is well worth it.  If you do that technique you will get low serves and they are very very hard to return.  An exercise that you could do at home would be to practice your toss ( the most important part of the serve).  Get against a house wall or brick building/house and toss the ball and trap it with your hand on the wall.  I know it sounds dumb but it really improves your serve.  If you are allowed to one thing that i always do is serve against my roof.  Your roof is a bit higher than regulation nets are and so if you get it on to the roof you know it will get over the net in real life.  Indoor volleyball courts are 9m x 18m.  Well I am not sure but the website below says that.

http://www.vbref.org/ref/courtspecs.html

I really hope I helped you and good luck.

Answer 10

My Coach has us do Jump-Plyo Training every other day in the summer.

1. warm-up and run - 5 min.

2. Calf Stretches- flamingo's, etc.

3. 4 sprints- length of a basketball court

4. Stretch everything

5. Ankle hops 20 sec.

6. 8 block jumps - block, 2 steps right, and block

7. 15 pushups

8. 30 situps/crunches

9. Ankle hops 20 sec.

10. 8 block jumps - block, 2 steps left, and block

11. BREAK! 2 mins.

12. 30 situps/crunches

13. 15 pushups

14. 4 sprints

15. 50 controlled jumps - hit same elevated target (door frame, etc.)

16. Ankle hops 30 sec.

17. cool down stretches.

All of this takes about a half hour, as it gets easier to do increase the reps./time.

when you are the setter, and you are in the back row but the ball comes too tight for a proper set, try to punch it over, but don't jump, you can't jump in the front row if you are currently a back row player.

Do you have anything that you can hit over? like a swing set, clothes line, or shed. Something that is close or taller than net size could help you. A great thing you could do is that you can practice your control passing and setting to yourself. To work on setting control try going from standing to laying and back to standing all while setting the ball to your self.

To perfect your overhand try getting your toss perfect. if your right handed you want your left foot forward and you want your toss to land infront of your right foot and next to your left toes. then just practice hitting hard, hit the ball as hard and give it air so it could clear a net if it needed to, that way you can get  you serve almost perfect and then just adjust it for the real court. And this will give you the running you need :).

I stand on my front porch and set and pass the ball to my self using my roof... that is only if your parents are nice like mine. I haven't broken anything yet :D. It helps to because you have to guess where the ball will be next. Of course whether you house is one story or two will depend on whether you can do this lol.

Answer 11

#1 verticle

it's really hard to improve your verticle, mainly because many times its either there or its not. But there ways to improve a little.

When your at home, go outside and in blocking form just start jumping and tapping the wall each when you reach  the highest point.



   Round 1: jump for thirty seconds as high as you can

       REST FOR THRITY SECONDS

   Round 2: jump for fourty-five seconds

       REST FOR THIRTY SECONDS

   Round 3: jump for one minute

       REST FOR THIRTY SECONDS

   Round 4: jump for one minute and thirty seconds

       REST FOR TWO MINUTES

and then repeat the course about three to four times.

#2 Tight Balls

To handle the tight balls, try and make sure you get to  the net very fast, so you can beat the ball, before it can get tight. If the pass is just awful and you can't save it, try a drill where a partner throws the ball at the net and you wait for the ball to roll to the round, where you wait for the ball to hit your arms and then you pass it off the net.

#3. Serve

For at home, try wall traps. This is where you stand up to a wall, toss up the ball and trap it on the wall. Do about twenty at a time, as much as it takes. Also try drawing a straight line, possibly in chalk and work on your toss falling onto the line as you stand in propper serving posistion.

HOPE THIS HELPS :)

Answer 12

okayy, well peoplee sayy my servee is likee 'killer' andd too havee the 'perfect' servee, you have to have the perfect toss, so to improve your serve toss the ball up andd just practice contact on the ball until its up to yourr standards.