Technique
Serving, passing, setting, attacking and blocking: learn every skill step by step.
Learning volleyball technique: all the fundamentals at a glance
Learning volleyball technique? An overview of every fundamental skill: serving, passing, setting, spiking, blocking and defense — with the right learning order and practice tips.
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How do you learn to spike a volleyball? The technique in 5 steps
Learning to spike a volleyball takes 5 steps: approach, takeoff, arm swing, ball contact and landing.
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Learning the overhand serve: technique and progression
Learning the overhand serve: the complete technique from toss to follow-through, the most common mistakes and a step-by-step drill progression for every player.
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The underhand serve: proper technique for beginners
The underhand serve is the first serve every beginner learns: how to stand, how to contact the ball and how to build step by step toward a reliable serve.
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Learning the jump serve: from toss to contact
Learning the jump serve: toss, approach, timing and ball contact explained step by step, with common mistakes and a safe practice progression for players.
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The float serve: why the ball floats and how to hit it
The float serve floats because the ball does not spin: how to hit it with short, quiet contact, why it is so hard to pass and how to train it effectively.
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The forearm pass: the platform that starts every rally
The forearm pass is the foundation of every rally: platform, posture and footwork explained, with the most common mistakes and drills for every level of play.
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Overhead setting: the setter's technique
Learning to set overhead: the hand shape, ball contact and footwork of the setter, plus the most common mistakes and a step-by-step drill progression.
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Blocking in volleyball: footwork, timing and hands
Blocking in volleyball comes down to footwork, timing and hand position: the complete blocking technique step by step, with common mistakes and drills.
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Defense in volleyball: posture, positioning and diving technique
Defense in volleyball: the right ready posture, positioning and diving technique explained, with drills that help your team keep more balls off the floor.
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The spike approach: the three-step rhythm for a higher jump
The spike approach with the three-step rhythm gives you a higher jump: left-right-left explained step by step, with timing, common faults and drill forms.
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Poke, tip and roll shot: scoring smart without a hard spike
Poke, tip and roll shot: how to score smart without a hard spike.
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Why You Keep Hitting the Volleyball Into the Net
Spiking into the net over and over? Four causes: late contact, jumping forward, a set that sits too tight, and a dropped elbow - with the fix for each one.
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Why Your Volleyball Serve Goes Into the Net (and the Fix)
The four causes: a toss that is too low, contact too low, the wrong part of the hand, and power coming from the arm instead of the legs.
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How High Should You Toss the Ball When Serving Volleyball?
How high should you toss the ball when serving? The right height and placement per serve type, how to throw it without spin, and a test for a repeatable toss.
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How to Wipe the Block in Volleyball: Technique and Drills
How to wipe the block: hitting the ball deliberately off the outside blocker's hand instead of into it.
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How to Spike If You Are Short in Volleyball: Angles
How to spike if you are short in volleyball: scoring with timing, sharp angles, using the block and smart contact instead of getting above it.
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How to Do a Setter Dump in Volleyball Without Tells
The setter dump: how to attack the second ball yourself without giving it away.
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How to Set a Bad Pass in Volleyball: Giving a Hittable Ball
How to set a bad pass: footwork, platform angle and one-handed setting, plus which ball your hitter can still swing at when the pass lands far off the net.
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How to Play a Ball Off the Net in Volleyball
Ball in the net? It is still in play.
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How to Pass a Float Serve in Volleyball: Reading the Ball
How to pass a float serve: why the ball dances, how to read it, why you keep moving in small steps and why a higher, safer pass beats a tight one here.
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How to Hit Cross-Court vs Line in Volleyball
Cross-court or line? Your shoulders decide the direction, not your wrist.
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How to Hit a Back-Row Attack in Volleyball: The Pipe
How to hit a back-row attack: where the approach starts, where to take off relative to the three-meter line, how the timing differs and how to hit a pipe.
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How to Read the Hitter in Volleyball Defense: What to Watch
What you watch as a defender and in what order, from the approach to the shoulders, elbow and contact point, and when to be standing still.
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How to Angle Your Platform When Passing a Volleyball
How to angle your platform when passing: the mirror principle, dropping the outside shoulder and the right target point - steering without swinging your arms.
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How to Hit a Volleyball Harder: The Arm Swing, Step by Step
How to hit a volleyball harder: where ball speed really comes from.
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How to Pancake in Volleyball: The Last-Second Save
How to pancake in volleyball: the flat hand under the ball.
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Volleyball terms A to Z: what are they shouting out there?
Every volleyball term explained in the order of the rally: from toss to side-out, with the calls you hear on court and what each of them actually means.
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The jump float serve: more pressure, less risk
The jump float serve gives you almost the pressure of a jump serve at a fraction of the errors: the toss, the approach, the timing and the risk maths behind it.
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Volleyball footwork: split step, shuffle and crossover
Volleyball footwork: the split step, the shuffle and the crossover explained, with the mistakes you see on Saturday and a ten-minute block for every practice.
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The slide attack in volleyball: behind the setter, off one foot
The slide attack in volleyball: the middle attack that runs behind the setter, taking off from one foot.
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