
Coaches chip balls from boxes. Players start at cones, shuffle out to receive "serve" to target. Players shuffle back to cones. Repeat.
Looking for quick, controlled movement in good posture. Player is working to get platform and hips behind the ball with a stable base. Players are striving for great passes to target. Training movement during serve receive is crucial to improving players' abilities. This is the fourth variation of a number of different serve receive movement training scenarios. VARIATIONS: Now that we have progressed throgh back to front and front to back, we can add in iterations. Give each player three balls, going front, back, front. Go back, front, back. Vary the tempo of the chip in / serve. Etc.
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New hitters rarely miss because of their arm. They miss because of their feet. Build a reliable approach, then time it with your setter.
When your hitter gets stuffed, five teammates standing and watching is how you lose the point. Good attack coverage turns a blocked ball into a second swing.
Coaches spend hours correcting arms in serve receive when the real fault is almost always the feet. Fix the movement and the platform fixes itself.