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What's The Secret To A Beach Volleyball Forearm Pass in Volleyball?

The beach volleyball forearm pass requires a player to use flat forearms held together by clasped hands that guide the ball to another player or over the net.

The beach volleyball forearm pass requires a player to use flat forearms held together by clasped hands that guide the ball to another player or over the net. (Ralph Aversen)

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Whether you call it

serve receive
bump
or the forearm pass

the ability to receive the serve requires a player to transfer a ball

using their flat forearms clasped together by the hands and angled at the shoulders
while guiding it in the air and/or in the direction of another player or over the net.

Beach volleyball passing is one of the most critical aspects of the beach volleyball game.

Quite frankly, with

practice,
concentration and
repetition

you should be able to improve your beach volleyball passing technique in no time at all.

What Does Your Lower Body Do When You Need To Beach Volleyball Forearm Pass?

In sand volleyball the way that you should place your feet for the beach volleyball forearm pass ready position isn't much different than what's done in indoor volleyball. (Ralph Aversen, AVP Austin))

In beach volleyball the way that you should place your feet for the forearm pass ready position does not differ much than what you do in an indoor volleyball game.

Your feet should be

in a comfortably balanced position about shoulder width apart
with your knees bent in a slight squat so that you can move front, back, sideways, diagonally or turn and run quickly.

Some players prefer to have their right foot forward when they are passing on the right side and have their left foot forward when passing on the left to

protect the line that they are playing the closest to and
it positions their body to face where they want the ball to go.

Alternatively, there are players who

face their target so they pass straight ahead stepping right to the ball

While the majority of pro players

angle their shoulders to the target regardless of where they are on the court,

similar to what players do when they were playing indoor.

The majority of pro players angle their shoulders to the target regardless of where they are on the court, similar to what players do when they were playing indoor. (Ralph Aversen)

How Do You Pass Better in Beach Volleyball?

The secret to better passing in beach volleyball is to

move your feet so that you get your body behind the ball,

when you can,

you always want to play the ball within the centerline of your body.

The secret to better passing in beach volleyball is to move your feet so you get your body behind the ball, when you can, you want to play the ball within the centerline of your body. (Ralph Aversen)

Because you're now playing in the sand,

you want to run to get to the ball and then
fight to get your feet in a balanced position underneath you

so that you can have your body behind the ball.

Passing from a straddled position with a stance where one foot is two or three feet in front of the other is not a balanced position.

Beach Volleyball Forearm pass: Have both feet squarely planted side-by-side, so you're not rocking back and forth or wobbling around by the time you contact the ball. (Ralph Aversen)

The best serve receive position for the beach volleyball forearm pass is to have both feet squarely planted side-by-side, so you're not rocking back and forth or wobbling around by the time you contact the ball.

For any last minute adjustments that you make (and you will have to make them) you want to make them so you finish up in this balanced position.

Beach Volleyball Forearm Pass: What Do Your Legs Do When Beach Volleyball Passing?

Just like in indoor you "pass with your legs".

You use your

bent knees and leg strength to get underneath the ball
getting your body as far towards the ball to play it
by stepping into it

with your platform angled to the target.

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I share alot of individual, partner and easy-to-do volleyball serving drills we do in class with my followers.

Many of these volleyball practice drills you can do at home by yourself or try at your next practice with your teammates.

If you're a B team or JV player trying to make varsity next year...your goal should be to complete 1000 reps a day of at least three of the basic skills on your own...volleyball passing, serving and setting should be at the top of the list.

Learn More About How To Play Beach Volleyball

Beach Volleyball Bump Set Rules Should You Bump Set Or Deep Dish Set?
Beginner players adopt styles of sand setting by copying the professionals imitating their volleyball bump set or deep dish style. Is it the best thing to do?
Watch Beach Volleyball Videos To Learn How To Play Beach Volleyball
Beach volleyball videos have grown popular as pro beach players record Youtube videos that they use to instruct their subscribers how to play beach volleyball.
Beach Volleyball Tips Techniques To Improve Your Bump Setting in Sand
Use these 3 beach volleyball tips techniques for bump setting in volleyball 1) sand sprints 2) how to use your legs and 3) use the bump set over hand setting.
Beach Volleyball Tips Beginners Face 3 Obstacles Playing In The Sand
Beach Volleyball Tips Beginners use when playing in the sand like is playing on an uneven surface, 2 players not 6 and overcoming position specialization
The Beach Volleyball Ready Position Your Athletic Stance Is Everything
Your beach volleyball ready position is important because the primary function of your arms when you pass is to redirect the volleyball to your intended target.

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From Lady Vol to Legend: Coach April Honored At UTK Champions Weekend

Lady Vol volleyball legend and record holder Coach April Chapple a University of Tennessee, Knoxville Hall of Fame Inductee, 3-time All American, 3-time SEC Champion, SEC Tournament MVP, 2-time All SEC Team is celebrated with her 1984 SEC champion teammates at Neyland Stadium during Champions Weekend on November 1-2, 2024.

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Tennessee Hall of Fame inductee, Coach April Chapple is

the first First Round Draft Pick for the first American pro indoor women's league
named to the first First Team All-Pro team for Major League Volleyball in USA volleyball history
former USA National team member
one of the few American women players named as an Italian Pro League D-I Championship Finalist, Italian Cup Finalist and Cup of Cups Tournament Finalist

April Chapple The first First round Draft Pick For Major League Volleyball the first American Women's Pro League Honored At Athlete Unlimited Pro Volleyball Match

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Serving slang is not just about individual techniques; it also relates to overall game strategy. A coach might instruct a player to serve a "short serve" or a "deep serve" to target specific areas of the opponent's court or exploit weaknesses in their serve receive formation.

Ari, my private training client and I are working specifically on serving on jump float cross court serves ...short to Zone 2

There's so much we work on to get to this point where she can contact the ball with

the same toss height and same toss location
the same armswing speed
the same timing for when her serving hand contacts the ball
the middle of the hand contacting the middle of the ball every single time
getting use to watching her serving hand contact the ball at the highest point of her jump ...before she starts to land
and finally contacting the ball in the precise spot on the ball so it goes where the coach wants the player to put it so in this case ..a short serve in the farthest short right corner on the court also called Zone 2.

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