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Readiness position
Key characteristics:
Feet shoulder-width apart.
Knees bent and inside the line of the toes.
Weight forward with the knees loaded
Spine straight.
Hands in front of the body, ready to move.
This relaxed, ready posture is the best position from which to move quickly and efficiently
in any direction forwards, backwards or sideways.
This readiness state is similar to that seen in many sports; a basketball defender, a
goalkeeper in football, a slip catcher in cricket are a few examples.
Ideally, players want to time their movements so that they arrive at an interception point a fraction before the ball,
in order to be able to gather themselves and prepare physically and mentally for the ball contact.
1. Chase It
Aim: To develop the ability to time movements in
relation to ball speed.
Teaching Points: Ready to go, quick off the mark, beat the ball.
volleyball length court at a width an individual can stretch, with a net at volleyball height *;
conditioned game - service delivered with 1 hand
- during play the ball is delivered with 2 hands;
- ball not allowed to bounce on either side of the divided court.
- momentum step only with the ball
Conduct rules:
fair play;
keeping an accurate score.
Procedural rules:
method of scoring;
sideout. G- One hand serve, 2 hand
net touch by ball on service
catch
Tactical solution: E- Long and short (depth)
With the ball R- Body positioning
to send the object across the net so that it is difficult to return. T- Pace, positioning, speed,
deception
Without the ball
to cover own court area to deny space to the opposition .
Strategical solution:
With the ball
deliver the ball in a downward direction from a point higher than the net
volleyball length court at a width an individual can stretch, with a net at volleyball height *;
conditioned game - service delivered with I hand
- during play the ball is delivered with 1 or 2 hands after a self-feed;
- ball not allowed to bounce on either side of the divided court.
- momentum step only with the ball
Conduct rules:
fair play;
keeping an accurate score.
Strategical solution:
With the ball
self- feed the ball to the net and higher than the net so the ball can be delivered in a downward direction from a point higher than
the net.
Control of space by students, both as individuals and as members of a team is vital in the
game of volleyball. For this reason players need to have an understanding of controlling
their own space either in defence attack before they can operate effectively in a team
context.
Base Position
The best place for a player to start from in order to defend his/her court is towards the
back and in the middle because:
i) it is easier to move forwards to play the ball than to move backwards, and
ii) taking a balanced middle position gives equal chance to defend to the left or to the
right. The idea of a defensive base position is thus established.
It is important to watch the attacker and to move to get in line with the direction he/she is facing, as this is the
direction in which they are most likely to attack.
Direction of
attacker and the attack.
Return to Base
After playing the ball the student finishes the movement cycle by going back to his/her base defensive position;
therefore the cycle is as follows:
1 Base
It is better to attack the opponents’ court from a position close to the net because this gives them less time to
anticipate where the ball is going and hence to defend their court.
Unless the balance of the player is correctly controlled, nothing else matters;
then until the posture is correctly assembled, nothing else is relevant; then until
the player understands how to correctly assemble the touch point, no
progression can occur; then until an understanding on how to assess ball flight
has been reached, the correct positioning of the touch point cannot take place.
These are fundamentals and should be tackled in that order. Once some
understanding and stability has occurred in the player, the teacher can move on
to:
Teaching Progression
Reading the ball flight has to be linked to positioning the hips correctly. In the early stages, this is best done with a
ball which is fed by a partner who stands facing the student who is working.
The key elements of controlling the hips and the position of the head should be introduced in a very simple form.
Asking the students to spike a ball onto the floor while standing can be used. The student should start with the ball
in his hand, breathe out to stabilise the position of the shoulders and the head, then swing their hand to hit the ball
off the ground without tossing it, or leaning forward during or after the swing.