How can I improve on my spiking and how can I improve team sprit?

Question

My spiking and tipping needs improvement. I always spike the ball out because i have no vision. Also, the ball will usually go up instead of down. When i am tipping, I either touch the net or get the ball out. My team are falling out in terms of communication. Most of the members are quitting next year as there is an important exam. The defensive members are not willing to set up an attack and always give the opposition an easy ball. HELP ME!

Answer 1

Make sure that you're snapping your wrist, and you have to have that desire. you need to want blood, that's the only way to be succesfull on the court. Off the court you can be the best of friends, but on the court you need to have that hate.

Answer 2

You never say what grade you are in and that usually changes what answers are but I'll pretend you are a freshman in HS as it's about middle of the road in girl's volleyball:

You spike the ball out, and the ball goes up instead of down, because you are hitting either behind, or below the middle, of the ball. How is a ball supposed to go down when you hit it on the bottom?

The net is a mind freak. Many young people see the net and think they have to hit the ball up over the net to spike it. They don't realize that when they jump up and raise their arm, they are almost always able to reach above the net about 6 inches  (Even if you are a 5'2 girl). If not, then they must work on their vertical because, honestly, attacking is about height.

You must keep the ball in front of you (about 1 o'clock, if you consider straight above your head 12 o'clock) and reach as high as you can and try to hit the top of the ball with your open hand.

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When you tip, you only need to tip the ball over the blocker's outreached hands. This is good enough that you'll either get an inexperienced blocker reaching back and eventually shanking the pass, or an inexperienced defender not covering correctly. Most people think they have to tip to a spot on the court, this isn't necessarily true and causes people to think too much and net or hit the ball out.

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You can improve team spirit by not being such a critical teammate. Bare with me here: It sounds like you want others to play better so you can enjoy a better experience and you want to know how you can help them. This makes it seem like subconsciously, you feel others are inferior or aren't trying as hard as you. This is truly what it sounds like in your words. You say things like, "members are not willing" etc.

Teammates quitting an entire season because of one exam doesn't seem real to me, but whatever. You can't control what others do. It may be a team thing that you are not privy too. Almost like a walk out due to something those players or parents don't like about the coach, whatever. Just worry about yourself and get better at spiking and tipping and things will all work out on their own.

Even so, last year my step-daughter (she does not play) was telling me that all the girl's on her school's varsity team were not trying out because they hated the coach, guess what, they all tried out this past year.

A lot of my players last year told me they probably weren't going to play, guess what? They are calling me to see when we are having our off season meeting.

People always say things like that at the end of the season, but the volleyball bug bites them after a while of not playing and things change.