OK i am a volleyball player and i want to play libero so i can be on the Senior team but how can i be better?

Question

OK i am a volleyball player and i want to play libero so i can be on the Senior team but how can i be better?

Answer 1

All you can do is practice, practice, practice.♥ Also during practices you need 2 call out all of balls that come to you and if no1 else is gettin the ball do not be afraid to get in there and go get it. well good luck.

Answer 2

Good Choice! In my opinion libero is one of the bast positions out there. I may be a bit biased because ever since my freshman year i've started as libero and this will be my third year playing libero on a state team. So, i'll try and tell you what i do.

The first main thing was already mentioned, and that's your mentality. As a libero, you can't be afraid of the hitters. You have to make them be afraid to hit at you! Show them that when they hit at you that they make a mistake, everytime. You have to want to get everyball that comes near you too. If it's a hard hit, dig it, if it's a free ball, pass it, if it's a shanked pass dig it. The one thing about being a libero is that while our main goal is to always pass it to the setter, other things that we do are to clean up everybody elses mistakes and to always make the ball playable. What i mean by the first one is that when, like mentioned before, someone shanks a pass, you had better be ready to sprint after it. For the second one, when it's a hard hit, or a hard dig, nobody expects you to pass it perfect... just make it playable. Also, as a libero, you must be able to read the hitters shoulders. This will take a lot of practice! When they are going in to hit you must focus on these things...

1) Where the ball is set.... if it's an outside set and near to the anttena the only way the hitter can go is cross court, otherwise if they try to hit it line it will go out of the anntenea therefore out of bounds. If once again it is an outside hit, but this time they have to run in closer to the setter to hit it, it will most likely be another cross court shot. If they are a talented hitter, they may be able to turn in mid air and crank it down the line, but believe me you WILL see this.

2) Where the block is.... i usually go off of the person furthest to the right in the blocks inside shoulder. That is where i start off, the whole time i'm watching the hitters shoulder, but also our block. If there is a hole in the block, or known as a split, the stay where you are! The ball may bounce off one of the blockers inside hands, so be prepared to dive. If the block is pulled in towards the middle of the net, hurry to cover line. If the block is pulled out towards the outside of the net, cover cross hits.

3) This one may seem obvious, but you must talk to the other backrow players... yell "line line line" if they're going to hit it down the line. With my team, whenever i go to cover line, they always pull in and cover cross for me just in case. The main rule is to always yell. Tell them that the ball on the other side is being set, tell them if it's an outside hit, a middle hit, or a back hit. Tell them where the hit is going, if you got it or whose got it.

Being a libero involves a lot of things, as i've tried to state most of them above.... sorry if some of them are confusing, but i tried to simplify them as best as i could. So when playing, always believe you can get every ball, yell as much as you can, and never get down on yourself.

Good Luck!

Answer 3

I played on a club team for 4 years and the one thing that our coach did to improve our back row play was to stand on a chair on the opposite side of the net and slam it at us as hard as he could and in different places.  This taught us to be on our toes and get on the floor more.  Also, when a player goes to hit, watch the shoulder and where it is angled.

Answer 4

what can you do?

Answer 5

to be an awesome libero u have to be aggresive and call the ball. coaches love it when u go after the ball, but u do it right, run with ur hands appart, lock ur elbows, then put ur hands together, square up to the target (setter), which ever side of the court ur on, put that foot foward, know where to go like release points on free balls and hits, follow the ball if u think its out, dont look at some else when its ur ball espesaliy if ur libero!

Answer 6

The most important thing about the Libero position is their attitude.  You have to have the attitude that NO ball is going to land around YOU.  You have to go 100% ALL of the time!  

You also have to be a vocal leader on the floor.  The libero is the only one who is in the backrow the whole time, so you should always be talking about the ball. Ex)  Setter's up, watch the dump, I got 1st ball over, 2 hitters up, watch #9 on the quickhit...

You also have to have a positive attitude and be very coachable.  

If you have all of those things, the only other important thing to work on is passing passing passing!

Answer 7

1) be the person who tries the hardest on the floor

2) be the smartest person on the floor -- ie read the opponent

3) have fun

Answer 8

practice and stay in the back court

Answer 9

I couldn't agree with the person above me anymore, I played libero in high school and Ive coached 2 teams for the last 4 years. The most important thing is communication. Being back row you see more of the court than most people, you need to communicate what is going on. Just as important though is your attitude, You need to be able to mentally believe you can dig anything of the floor, but also be able to pick yourself up if you miss the dig. ALWAYS WANT THE BALL!!! There is nothing worse than a timid libero. Skill wise i would say have somebody hit at you, HARD. If you consistently get hard balls hit toward you the game will slow down dramatically.