3 Volleyball Forearm Pass Cues On What To Do With Arms, Feet And Hips

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3 Volleyball Forearm Pass Cues On What To Do With Arms, Feet And Hips

There are three volleyball forearm pass cues you should use to improve your passing skills, keep your arms together, feet grounded and hips behind the ball.

There are three volleyball forearm pass cues you should use to improve your passing skills, keep your arms together, both feet on the ground, position yourself behind the ball. (Shots by Shanty) Mason ready to pass for Vegas Volley Boys 18s

There are three volleyball forearm pass cues you should use to improve your passing skills

keep your arms together
keep both feet on the ground
move quickly to position yourself behind the ball

Volleyball Forearm Pass Cues:
Keep Your Arms Together

One of the key aspects to focus on when working on your volleyball forearm pass is keeping your arms together without breaking them apart upon contact with the ball.

This is particularly important when facing harder serves, as keeping your arms together allows for better control and accuracy in passing.

For a period of time while playing college volleyball I was guilty of breaking my arms apart against easy serves and free balls.

But it’s not a good habit to get into, because sooner or later you’ll find yourself having to pass a jump served ball.

The harder the serve, the more important it is to keep your arms together so you can control the ball.

To achieve the ideal arm position, start by extending your arms in front of you. Place one hand on top of the other, allowing your thumbs to align side by side and point towards the ground.

How Do You Create Your Platform? By wrapping your left hand around your right fist, with your thumbs pointing straight down to the ground.

By keeping your arms tightly together, you create a stable and firm platform for the ball to come in contact with.

This unified arm position helps to absorb the energy of the ball and facilitates controlled direction and trajectory during the pass.

Watch as Aubrey and Ari work to get their feet to the ball then hands together to form a solid passing platform before making contact with the ball.

Maintaining proper arm position also plays a significant role in minimizing errors when facing harder serves.

By keeping your arms close together, you can generate more precise and consistent passes, which are crucial in supporting your team's offensive plays.

Volleyball Forearm Pass Cues:
Keep Both Feet On The Ground

When you bump the ball with your feet in the air, its famously called the "jump bump" and many new players have a tendency to try and 'jump bump" the ball to their target.

Volleyball forearm pass: the jump bump (R Leslie Dalmore)

Volleyball forearm pass cues: avoid the jump bump (R Leslie Dalmore)

If your feet are in the air then you can’t change directions or make any last minute or minor adjustments to your body positioning, but if you keep your feet on the ground you have control over your body movements and can adjust to the ball accordingly.

The best thing you could do, is to quickly back your body up or open up while staying in a low position which gives the ball a few more seconds and a bit more space to come down where it has less movement in the air and you have more control.

So, as much as you can, you want to avoid the jump bump.

Passing is done when you hold both wrists together and with both thumbs side by side and pointing to the ground as you contact the ball on the forearms of both arms. (April Chapple)

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Volleyball Forearm Pass Cues:
Move Your Feet Quickly To Position Yourself Behind The Ball

Look how fast my client Piper is working to get her feet to the ball, no matter where I serve on the court. She reads where my body is facing and then takes a big first step to cover larger distance on the court which gets her closer to the ball before she takes her last two steps and drops her hips.

Lastly, wherever the ball is you want to move yourself to get into position behind it with your feet first.

Besides doing passing drills in practice, high school players want to work on foot speed and agility drills.

The faster you can move your feet, the faster you can get yourself in the best position behind the ball in order to pass it.

Watch as Brooklyn reads my serving body language and moves her feet quickly based on where she "reads" where the ball will land once its served and takes big quick moving steps to beat the ball to the spot its going to land.

Practicing this type of movement is called foot speed training and this type of volleyball conditioning training comes in different forms.

You can regularly do some forms of lower body speed training before you do your pregame warmup drills, where you should do a series of short sprints forward, backward and sideways to help you increase your foot speed and reactive abilities so that you can get behind the ball fast for your passing.

Working on these three volleyball forearm cues should help you increase your ball control during your serve receive passing.

Practicing footwork drills, such as short sprints forward, backward, and sideways, can significantly improve your foot speed and reactive abilities.

By working on your lower body speed and agility, you enhance your ability to react to the ball quickly, ensuring that you are consistently positioned behind it for successful forearm passing.

By following these more detailed explanations and implementing the specific techniques for each cue, you can elevate your forearm passing skills.

Remember, consistent practice and attention to these cues will help you become a more reliable and skilled passer on the volleyball court.

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Practicing footwork drills, such as short sprints forward, backward, and sideways, can significantly improve your foot speed and reactive abilities.

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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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