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Spiking a Volleyball: Terms You Should Know
June 29, 2010 by jameslucas.
By April Chapple
Spiking a volleyball is the spectacular part of the game. That’s what everyone wants to learn and what everyone wants to see when they pay to watch a great game. To better understand some of the more commonly used volleyball spiking terms, I’ve given some explanations for the approach, the hit, the spike, and the attack.
Approach: The approach is the pattern or series of steps and/or strides a player uses to elevate themselves into the air so they can spike a ball over the net. The spike approach will vary in speed and in length according to the set a player receives. The spike approach can be compared to an airplane’s pre-flight takeoff because it needs to travel a certain distance forward in order to gain the momentum needed for it to lift itself up off of the ground.
Hit, spike: To hit or spike a volleyball requires a player to take a spike approach as described above followed by an arm swing that is used to bring the player’s hand above their head to make contact with the ball so that it clears the net and finishes in the opposing team’s court. Of the three attempts a team has, to get the ball into the opposing team’s court, the spike can be attempted on the second or third contact.
Attack: An attack is the offensive team’s attempt to get the ball into the opposing team’s court by either spiking the ball, tipping or dumping or using an off speed hit.
Kill: A kill is registered when a player has scored a point or a sideout by successfully attacking or hitting the ball against the opposing team.
Dink, tip: A dink or a tip is a slow speed hitting option for players to use to get the ball over the block to an open area of the court. In indoor volleyball, the tip is performed with an open-hand where the pads of the tip of the fingers contact the ball to push it over the block. In beach volleyball it is illegal to open hand tip the ball, but you are permitted to do the same type of shot with a closed fist making contact with the ball with your knuckles.
Cobra: The cobra shot is primarily used on the beach as a closed fist tip or shot where the player uses their knuckles to guide the ball either deep or short into an open area in the opposing team’s court. A cobra shot can also be used to tool the block.
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Article Source: April Chapple
Spiking a Volleyball: Terms You Should Know
How to Spike a Volleyball and More!
April 30, 2010 by jameslucas.
By Andor Gyulai
Whether you are an indoor volleyball player or beach volleyball player, you got to perfect your Volleyball spiking technique. If you are a player you know how important it is to learn how to spike a volleyball correctly. Only if you have tried playing or hitting the volleyball, you will come to know the difficulty and the effort you need to put in. It is important to consistently perform a task till the end of a match. So you got to master the volleyball spiking technique first.
A volleyball should be between 9 and 10 ounces and the ball pressure should generally be between 4.3 to 4.6 pounds. The technique that should be used to play indoor and beach volleyball differs.
Beach Volleyball hitting technique:
While spiking a volleyball in a beach court, your jump plays an important role. You need to perfect the art of jumping and hitting the ball over the net. Jumping on a beach is lot more difficult than on a hard surface. On sand you don’t have the grip to pump yourself up which you easily get in a hard court. So the first thing you need to get used to is to your beach court; and one thing that you need to practice is planting your feet hard before you jump. By doing so you won’t sink much when you try to jump.
Since you are interested in volleyball, this theory knowledge would not help you to understand the game or the effort that you need to put for playing an actual volleyball game. Hence it is necessary to take a volleyball coaching. And apart from that you can also watch volleyball videos to understand more about this game. There are many videos uploaded on the internet by the volleyball professionals; you can watch them and try it when you are on the field. You can find videos about the different techniques like Indoor Volleyball Hitting Technique, and different volleyball tips.
Now you know spiking is an important feature in a volleyball game. Now let’s look at the other basic factors that you need to master. That is your hand positions - one is the wrapped fist hand position and the other is the cupped palm position. Both the hand positions have to be followed strictly to get the maximum effect while hitting a ball. While serving a volleyball, you can either try the overhand or the underhand method to hit the ball. When passing a ball to your partner you need to use your forearm to make the passing as smooth as possible. Another valuable volleyball tip is that you also need to make sure that when your opponent hits the ball or to finish a point, you either need to block it or try to pass it to your partner. It is better to block a ball while the intention of your opponent is to finish a point. To block, you need to stay close to the net and leap up when the ball crosses the net.
Now you got a fair idea about how to play and the different techniques used while playing volleyball. Perfect these techniques and be a volleyball professional.
Andor Gyulai is the author of this article on How to spike a volleyball. Find more information about Volleyball Spiking Technique here.
Article Source: Andor Gyulai
How to Spike a Volleyball and More!
Beach Volleyball Spike
April 8, 2010 by jameslucas.
By Casey Patterson
A beach volleyball spike is something that you have to perfect if you ever want to play volleyball in the AVP. Before you learn to hit the ball you need to be able to jump high enough to hit over the net.
When you are trying to jump high in sand you will notice that it is a lot more difficult than jumping on a hard surface. You can take off at least 1 foot of height when you jump out of sand.
There are some tricks that you can use so that the sand doesn’t completely eat your jump. One thing that you need to practice is planting your feet hard before you jump. This will pack the sand down under your feet so that you don’t sink as much when you try to jump.
But whether you are jumping off of sand or a hard court, you need to train your muscles to be explosive so that you can get up as high as possible.
You might be wondering how to jump higher and I will tell you that there are 2 factors that affect jump height. First is the strength in your legs. Second is the speed of your legs. When you combine these 2 things you have power.
Doing too much leg strengthening will develop big muscles that are full of slow twitch fibers and will actually hinder your performance.
Doing only speed training will make your legs lack strength to have proper form and you will lose power.
A beach volleyball spike is essential to being a good volleyball player.
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Article Source: Casey Patterson
Beach Volleyball Spike
