Volley Ball tryouts?

Question

I'm a freshman and today was our orientation where you can sign up for clubs and stuff. So I decided to go for the volley ball team. From everyone else on the sheet, I was the tallest (I'm 5'7" most were 5'2" and 3) and it turns out the tryouts are in 4 days. The only problem is I've never even played before except for messing around with friends. So what can I do to try and get better?! Also what are the rules and stuff for playing?

Answer 1

Okay, so if you've never played before, the two skills that you need to focus on most are bumping and serving. If you don't feel comfortable with either of those skills, go to the about.com volleyball section - that site has a wide variety of drills and explanations of the basics of volleyball.

If you are the tallest, you may also want to try a little bit of spiking. Spiking is hard to learn/practice on your own , but if you can practice the basic motion of spiking the ball, you will already have an advantage.

Okay, so here are a few suggestions for drills/activities to do in the next few days to help you prepare:

-Bump the ball to yourself over and pver again, and see how many you can get in a row

-Practice bumping against a brick wall or the side of a solid building. Practice bumping the ball to one spot. You don't have to hit that spot every time, but try and get it in the general direction of your target every time. This will really help you to learn to control your passes.

- This one is a little more tricky to explain. Okay, toss the ball up as if you were going to bump the ball to yourself, only this time, bump it up a few feet in front of you. Try and get to the ball by moving your feet. Once you get to the ball, you want to practice setting your feet and making a solid pass. Do this over and over, each time bumping the ball a few feet in front of you so that you have to move to get to it. This drill helps you learn to move your feet to get to the ball, and helps you to learn to make a successful pass even if you have to move to get it.

As far as rules go, here are the basics

-Each side can only hit the ball three times before it goes over

-No player can ever touch the ball twice in a row

-After a team gets a point, they get to serve the ball in hopes of getting another point. They are allowed to keep serving until they mess up the serve or the other team scores a point

-When either of the teams gets a point and gets the ball to serve, their players must rotate in a clockwise direction

-There are 6 players on each side at a time, 3 in the front and three in the back

For more details on the different positions in volleyball, go to www.wikipedia.org and search volleyball

Sorry for how long this was, I hope it was of some help!

Answer 2

If you do some sets to yourself and passing everyday, you will improve dramatically. Also, jumping is ALWAYS a good thing, jumping rope or just standing vertical jumps helps your calves to become stronger so you can really get up on that net!! Best of luck on try-outs!!