BeingReadyMeansBeing

LOWIf you can’t touch the ground while you’re waiting for the ball, you’re not low enough.

Your heels should NEVER be fully on the ground – keep those eyes and feetmoving at all times.

Don’t just react to the ball – anticipate what’s going to happen.

So what do you do once the ball gets to you?...

• Stay low

• Do not interlace your fingers – instead make a fist with one hand and grab it with the other

• Point your thumbs down – this should make your arms straighter

• Reach – notice how the women on the previous page all have their shoulders away from their bodies (you should almost feel a pull across your back)

• Keep the ball in front of you

• Face where you want the ball to go

• DO NOT SWING YOUR ARMS – your arms stay flat while your LEGS go up and down

• After you make contact, DO NOT STAND UP – follow through towards your target

The next person to touch the ball is the setter.

Bend.

All your fingersshould touch

the ball.

Keep your elbowsout, like you’re up

against a wall.

When you followthrough, it’s not

basketball. Do notcock your wrist.

As always, face where you want the ball to go.

Then the hit.

(We’ll talk about this later )

So now let’s watch some video. At first, just watch. But then…

Try picking out one player and just watching whatshe does the whole time.

Even though we’re not really going to have positions at the level we’re playing, if you plan on trying out in high school (or playing club

volleyball), you will. There are players who specialize in passing, setting, even serving and hitting. Some play all the way around.

But it’s not as simple a sport as it may seem.

US Olympic Women’s Team

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quxyQs5UmZ4&feature=relmfu

Stanford University vs. Penn State University

http://www.msgvarsity.com/optimum/RetrievePremiumContent?id=1PqSE2WAU2datTK8aAKA1PfR%2Fn5MGnY4qWrvcmm6sBg%3D

High School Volleyball On Long Island

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZE4jKwF9w78

So remember:

1)Always pay attention and be ready to move2)Stay low3)It’s your legs that do the work, not your arms4)Face where you want the ball to go5)Be loud (call “mine”)6)Have a good attitude