Private Volleyball Lessons – Curriculum
Serving
- Zone/spot serving (float, short, medium and deep)
- Standing serve (various techniques)
- Jump serving (Jump-float or hard topspin)
- Serving mentalities
- Serving strategies
Setting
- Body position
- Hand & finger position
- Footwork and squaring up
- Jump setting
- Dumping, shots and attacking
- Decision making and demeanor
Blocking
- Footwork
- Hand positioning
- Body action
- Reading (eye sequences)
- Positioning and techniques
Hitting/Spiking
- Approach patterns and acceleration
- Hand, arm & body action
- Different weapons (tips, roll-shots, tooling the block, high hands, corner shoots, cut shots)
- Seeing the block and reading defences
Passing
- Accurate serve receive (“sweet spot”)
- Proper posture and movement
- Side passing and shoulder dropping
- Downball passing (front & back row)
Defence
- Ready position, split step
- Dive, roll (shoulder/ log)
- Digging (forearm/ beach dig)
- J-stroke
- Read & react