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