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How To Master The Volleyball Passing Platform: Techniques and Tips
A volleyball passing platform is with forearms clasping your thumbs together and pointing them to the ground so ball contacts above wrists and below elbows.
Today, I want to talk about how to create your volleyball passing platform which is what you do to transfer the ball from where you are to where your target is.
In this article, I discuss techniques and tips that will help you improve your passing skills and become a valuable asset to your team on the court.
I like to work on this 3 person "Dodgeball" drill where the person in the middle has to choose which side to get their midsection out of the way of the oncoming ball that's being tossed at their chest before they present their passing platform with an angled shoulder positioned towards the target.
Your Volleyball Passing Platform
Definition and Function
It is an important skill in volleyball as it allows you to receive and redirect the ball after an attack hit, setting up your team for successful plays.
Your Volleyball Passing Platform
Where do you contact the ball on your platform arms?
Watch as my client college middle blocker Ariana Robinson in a passer vs server drill working on freezing her platform after making contact with the ball.
Where is your volleyball passing platform?
In volleyball terminology, the area on your forearms used to contact, control and guide balls that are below your waist is called your "volleyball platform."
You want to contact the ball on your platform above your wrists and below the inside of your elbows on your forearms.
Clasp your forearms together, with your thumbs pointing towards the ground.
2. Contact Points:
The ball should make contact above your wrists and below the inside of your elbows on the forearms.
3. Hand Placement:
Keep both wrists held together by placing a closed fist inside the palm of the other hand and wrapping the fingers around the closed fists. This ensures that both thumbs are together and pointed downward.
How do you make a volleyball passing platform?
Both forearms are held together at the wrists so your arms form a flat surface for the ball to bounce off of.
By keeping both thumbs together and pointed to the ground, keeps your elbows and arms straight throughout the entire digging action.
1. Position both forearms together at the wrists to form a flat surface.
3. Maintain straight elbows and arms throughout the entire digging action.
My Digging and Passing Tutorial
Here are some practical tips on how to effectively use the volleyball passing platform during digging and passing actions:
Watch how Aubrey moves her midsection out of the way deciding early which side of her body she is going to open u and get out of the ball's path while putting her passing platform outside of her body line in the path of the ball while keeping her inside shoulder angled towards her target.
1. Create Early Angles With Your Platform That Block The Path Of The Ball:
As the ball comes towards you, present your angled platform in front of you to block its path.
2. Deflect the Ball Upwards:
Ensure that the ball contacts the bottom third of your platform to deflect it into the air towards the middle of your court close to your team's ten-foot line.
Can you pass two balls at a time? This is a passing drill which forces you to pass the ball right to the target because if you overpass the ball your passing partner will probably have to stop the drill.
3. Aim for Accuracy:
Watch as Brooklyn, my college libero in this passing drill where she has to read where my served ball is going to be and moving her feet quickly to get as close to the ball as possible then creating and freezing her passing platform when contacting the ball which keeps the ball in the air longer before it gets to the target.
Where does the ball contact your volleyball passing platform?
...This way
a) you keep the ball from hitting the floor so the other team cannot score a point
Volleyball passing, also known as bumping or passing the ball is the first thing that needs to be completed in order for a team's offensive strategy to be successful. It involves using your forearms to contact the ball, guiding it accurately to your setter so they can run the team's offense. Developing a strong passing technique is crucial for maintaining control and facilitating accurate offensive plays. In this drill, passers are in middle back, also called zone back and receive four serves from me working on consistently using the correct passing technique that gets the ball to the target without making the target move.
To make the correct contact on the ball I teach my clients and players to keep their shoulders slightly in front of their knees when passing the ball because this helps you stay in an athletic stance and leaning forward ready to be able to move quickly enough to insure you position yourself where the ball will land so the ball hits the right spot on your platform.
What Is The Correct Body Positioning For Your Volleyball Passing Platform?
Maintaining the correct body positioning is crucial for successful platform usage.
Correctly presenting your volleyball passing platform is an essential skill for any volleyball player.
Practice regularly and use these tips during your training sessions to see improvement in your performance on the court.
Embrace the challenge and strive for continuous improvement, and you'll become a valuable asset to your team. Best of luck on your volleyball journey!
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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.
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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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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