Practicing volleyball by yourself?

Question

How can you practice volleyball by yourself?

I need to learn how to set the right way, with the thrusting like your throwing something. Right now I'm doing it like I'm bumping.

I also need to learn how to spike. I'm 5'6" This one guy says I'm too early on my approach.

I also need to learn how to overhand serve and I think I want go to into jump serving.

I think setting is my main problem.

Answer 1

If you are 5'6" you will not be doing a whole lot of spiking work on your setting.  that is easy just keep volleying the ball up in the air to yourself until youi get the hiegth right.  The next step is easy because now that you have the height all youi have to do is angle one of your hands a bit so when you volley up in the air the ball travels a bit sideways for the Spiker.

Over hand serve is simple just practice up against a wall draw an imaginary or real line for height of net and concentrate on just clearing it.  However unless you can spike serve with efficency overhand serve is over rated.  Son't even consider windmill serve as it is ineffective although looks pretty cool.

Answer 2

You can practice setting agaisnt a wall. The other things I'm not sure how to practice completely on you own, I haven't played volleyball in about 5 years. lol

Answer 3

the way i practice is against a wall. when you want to practice setting or bumping, see how many times you can bump or set the ball to yourself without having to move.here are some tips for over hand serving:

hold the ball in their left hand.

Backswing, step and hit

    * Keep your hand stiff and firm when you make contact with the ball

    * Maybe take a couple of steps before you hit the ball to gain momentum

    * Contact the ball at as high as you can reach

    * Don't let your arm be bent when you contact the ball, have it fully extended and straight

    * Practice as much as you can, even if it's just practicing the motions

Answer 4

for starters it helps if you practice setting to yourself or to a wall and you need to strengthen your fingers so do some exercises that would help. as for spiking timing is everything although your only 5'6 you should know the correct way to spike and be able to do it. when the setter sets the ball wait until the ball hits its highest peak in the air then do your appraoch. most people do the three step make sure you get in your arm swing. it takes alot of practice especially where to start so you wouln't run into the net which used to be my problem since im 6'1 i have to start farther back from the ten foot line than anyone else it just takes timing and alot of judgement. as of overhand serving its also a three step approach "lift, step, swing" if your a right hander start with your left foot out and shift all your weight on your right leg, hold out the ball and lower it no more than your belly button then its all about the ball toss. step into the ball as you swing!!! sorry but its really hard to explain this "online"lol. im not really sure about the jump serve yet because im just learning how to do it but i do know that you should master overhand serving before you go into jump serving.  HoPe I hElPeD feel free to contact me for more advice and tips GooD LucK :))))

Answer 5

Play against a Wall. Before I made the University Team I spent HOURS practicing against my house.

Answer 6

What you can do for the setting is get a volleyball and do about 20 sets to yourself make sure that your hands are about the same distance apart when you getting ready to set. Dont get off your feet all the way just use your legs and arch your back a bit. For hitting you can practice the approach a couple times. And WAIT till the ball is at the top of its peak to start your approach. 2 overhand serve place the ball on your left hand if you r right handed throw it in front of your right hand at about a foot above yur head and then with ur right hand bring it around your head and wait till the ball gets right infront of your eyes and let ur hand go. Dnt start jump serving till u got over handed serving down

Answer 7

When your setting make sure its not your fingers or hands pushing up make sure its just a flock of your wrists

if you need practice just buy a volleyball and bump/volley to yuor self

and serve

Answer 8

Well for me we have those attic things like you pull it down so I do my approach and hit that and sometimes I close my eyes and video tape myself:)

Bump against a wall

Watch videos on youtube!!!!!!

Watch videos on serving but practice your toss with the ball!

Answer 9

a wall is good to use but it tends to change your swing so you need to be careful. For me it's better to hang the ball that way you're able to pratice your approach, swing and jumps.

my tip for practicing setting alone is to hang a marker 3 - 5 feet above your head, position yourself under it then try to set/release the ball just barely touching the marker. always be wary of your foot work and the way you release the ball. after you've master this, take a couple of steps away from the marker then try to aim it again.

my coach taught me this to be able to control the ball and be able to estimate every mark i need to hit.

Answer 10

practice *bump*set*spike* against a wall.

and in over hand serve to me i just pretend im throwing a baseball.

Answer 11

Walls are great practice points.

If you can, measure the wall and place a line where the net would be for your age/gender.

You can use this to practice your approach and spike attempt. DO NOT listen to those that see a number like 5'6 and say you will not be spiking much. Height isn't as important as vertical leap. The only way to improve vertical leap is to jump, constantly and work your calf muscles. Place a soccer goal, or something similar off the wall so you don't have to chase too many balls. Keep the ball in front of you and swing down at the "net" trying to make the ball bounce into the soccer goal. This will help you with your wrist snap.

Wrist snap can also be helped with a good warm-up I use a lot. Toss or set yourself and while standing, reach high and hit the ball down,, snapping the wrist. The ball needs to hit the floor first and bounce off the wall. As the ball returns to you, reach high again and repeat. You should practice this with both hands (Yes it's tough with your non-dominant hand but it can be improved with practice.)

As far as setting yourself to use the wall, try just bouncing the ball high and getting the correct approach. That way, you can contact the ball high and get a good swing.

For setting, find a corner wall. Set one wall, turn your body so it's perpendicular to the ball coming off the wall, then accept the "pass" off the wall, and set the opposite wall. Repeat this until you can't hold your arms up anymore. Rest, then do it again. Concentrate on your form, use your legs and wrists mostly and stop when you bring the ball too low in your "basket." Stopping is better than continuing while doing something wrong. If you move your feet, and concentrate this will improve your setting in a pretty short time. It's also a good warmup. As you get better, move back more and set higher.

I'm an only child so I needed an imagination to practice this sport. You can do it too. Whenever you use a wall though, don't use a good game ball, you should invest in a good practice ball and keep the good balls for games.

With all that said, there is no substitute for true playing. 3 other friends and a ball and you got yourself a game.

Good Luck.

Answer 12

Purchase a cheap practice volleyball, this can be used outside anywhere on any hard surface, like a concrete or brick wall. Find a nearby carpark. Throw the ball up to practice spiking. Just hold it high to practice serving - always add the extra wrist movement when you hit the ball - this adds spin, so that the ball will go over the net.

Correct finger technique will enable the set to be working OK, with lots of practice with this, against a wall or just straight up - if you're a good digger, then use your dig to set with - you need someone to practice with to do this - as it is the one thing you can't practice alone - digging..

With jump serving, just practice against a wall - it's very close to the spiking practice against a wall.  Lots of practice will help you a great deal.

Answer 13

well is setting is ur main problem then try doing that against a wall :) good luck

Answer 14

well if its mostly setting, hit in the air by yourself. its better bc u can focus. all u have to do is have enough room to move around and throw the ball up and start setting it up above ur head. dont hit it rly high, but not rly low. you mainly want control.

you can also hit against the wall, but thats mostly for bumping. but you can set it. just throw it towards the wall and start out bumping, and then begin to hit it high enough for setting. this is good practice, but only if you have hit off the wall b4. most ppl dont no wat im tlkin about when i say this, so if you dont, then this might not help you that much

well, its kinda hard to learn to spike by yourself. do u have a friend that plays volleyball and can set u up for practice? and u can also use the wall for spiking. its hard though. you well.. that one is hard to explain unless you know what im talking about.

its hard to learn how to overhand serve on your own. get someone to help you that knows how or get training. and i wouldnt start thinking about the jump serve until u have the overhead down GOOD. i mean REALLY good. like you only miss it evry once in a while cuz noone is perfect. im not trying to be mean or anything but most people cant do a jumpserve and get it until they are like in 12th grade even if they have been playing volleyball ever since middle school. its REALLY hard. it will take some time to learn how to get the overhead, anyways.