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What're Terms For Volleyball Blocking Skills All Blockers Should Know

I describe blocking terms which explain common volleyball blocking skills and techniques varsity players know like "the joust"

Terms For Volleyball Blocking Skills: After the serve, blockers at the net jump to deflect an attack hit to keep the ball from crossing the net. (Ralph Aversen)

Welcome to my blocking page where I describe volleyball blocking skills like;

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Blocking in volleyball is the first line of defense for the serving team in a rally.

Terms For Volleyball Blocking Skills
What's a joust?

East Carolina vs. Rice In A Blocking Volleyball Joust At The Net. A joust occurs when two players contact the ball over the net at the same time. (Michael E. Johnston)

What's a joust?

A joust occurs when two players contact the ball over the net at the same time.

Terms For Volleyball Blocking Skills: A joust occurs between one blocker and one hitter who was trying to tip the ball over the blocker and instead the ball was set close to the net (M. E. Johnston)

This action occurs between two opposing blocking volleyball players, or one blocker and one hitter who was trying to tip the ball over the blocker and instead the ball was set close to the net, so now both players are contacting the ball at the same time, with both of them trying to push the ball into the other team's court.

Nine times out of ten, if two opposing players go up to contact a ball at the same time over the net, the last player to contact the ball almost always wins because they have momentum on their side.

Terms For Volleyball Blocking Skills: If two opposing players go up to contact a ball at the same time over the net, the last player to contact the ball almost always wins (Ralph Aversen)

Their advantage is that they are going up and pushing the ball over while the first player is coming down from their jump losing momentum and power as they get closer to the ground.

That's the secret to winning the joust.

It's one of the most important blocking secrets for short players. You must try to be the second player to touch the ball in a joust.

Once I learned this trick of being the second player to touch the ball, I hardly ever lost a joust because I knew that all I had to do was wait as long as I could, then once I saw the opposing player touch the ball then I put my hands on the ball and pushed it over into the opposing court.

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

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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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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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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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