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4 Volleyball Blocking Drills Players Learn To Stop Balls At The Net

These are four volleyball blocking drills players learn at our classes and training so that they learn to move quickly while staying close to the net.

Blocking Drills Volleyball Beginners Do At Our Classes

There are a couple of volleyball blocking drills players do in our Volleyball Voice Boot Camp classes and semi-private training to help you improve your blocking skills at the net.

Blocking in volleyball is a defensive skill that front row players use to try and stop the opposing team from hitting the ball in your court when your team is on defense.

To block a ball effectively you need to be able to move closely and quickly along the net without touching it, to follow the ball that's set by the opposing setter to her opposing hitter in front of you.

Then you need to be able to time your block jump so your open palmed hands reach and penetrate over the net just before the opposing hitter hits or contacts the ball to stop it from crossing the net into your court.

The Volleyball Blocking Drills Players Do To Improve Block Jump Timing Against An Opposing Hitter

One of the simple volleyball drills for beginners I do often is to have a player standing on a box on one side of the net.

Their hands and arms are penetrating over the net. I will hit into their blocking hands which should be angled towards the middle of my court before I hit the ball.

I will hit 10 - 12 balls into their block before giving them a chance to shake out their arms and do another set.

This gives the player a chance to get comfortable

watching or reading the hitter
interpreting the cues that the hitter is showing them and adjusting accordingly
feeling a hard hit spike and getting use to having their blocking hands penetrating the other side of the net
reinforcing how strong their shoulders need to be while pressing them over the net

Advanced Volleyball Blocking Drills Players Do To Improve Blocking Footwork Along The Net

In every practice I do and I teach my coaches to do a blocking footwork sequence drill at the net.

It's a series of multi patterned steps and movements that the players do while moving in and out of their "loaded" ready blocking position and moving along the net.

The focus is to

increase body control at the net while not touching the net
moving along the net while not touching the net
performing various jump series and footwork series while staying the same arm distance from the net without having to adjust their position
using peripheral and wide vision to be able to see their hitter and feel their teammate blocking next to them without having to turn and look at them

These volleyball blocking drills players do in our training and classes will help you control your body so you can increase the number of blocks you have in a match. (Jaroslaw)

Now hopefully some of these volleyball blocking drills players do in our training and classes will help you control your body so you can increase the number of blocks you successfully perform in a match.

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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.

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

Volleyball Blocking Drills:
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Learn more about Blocking by clicking one of the links in the Related Links below.
Follow the suggested reading on our Sitemap page Learning How To Play (Sitemap)
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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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Tommi Stockham All Big West Conference sophomore former Coach April Chapple private client 3 years

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