Adult Newbie Clinic 2025 Session 2

Series Agenda

• Serving

• Passing

• Setting

• Attacking

  • Roll Shots

  • Tipping

  • Spiking

Techniques & Homework Options

Serving

• Skill Keys

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• Homework: Practice toss 

  • Feet at 45 degree angle; left foot slightly in front of right foot; weight on back foot.

  • Hold ball in left hand at waist level in front of right shoulder; elbow with slight bend

  • Toss a foot or so above highest reach; it should land roughly in front of right foot

  • Repeat until consistent

Passing

• Skill Keys

  • athletic position with one foot slightly in front of the other; slight bend in knees

  • platform

    • fingers on each hand at 90 degrees and overlapping each other

    • thumbs adjacent to each other along entire thumb

    • elbows locked; extend wrists downward to flatten arms 

    • face source of ball (e.g. server)

    • bend forward; arms a bit in front of body

    • shuffle in any direction needed to receive ball midline

    • no swing; just enough movement to pass ball into air arriving overhead to the target

  • passing to different direction than ball coming from

• Homework options

  • create muscle memory of putting hands into proper platform by repeating action over and over

  • pass to self

    • horizontal platform

    • ball at least two feet above head

  • pass with partner

  • pass against wall