What it Takes to Earn a Volleyball Scholarship

Athletic Scholarships can be a difficult task now a days. Unless you are the Lebron James of your respective sport you must really focus on your particular athletic ability and utilize all necessary forms of promotion to help obtain an athletic scholarship. This is a unique story specifically about volleyball and how one athlete went about gettting a volleyball scholarship. For Hannah Smart it"s been five straight years to the USA Volleyball Junior Olympic Championships with her club team KC Power club. Five years in a row is a serious feat and a serious commitment. The team finished this year in 11th place but most importantly it was the fun they had and the exposure the got in hopes of securing a volleyball scholarship.

Girls Volleyball:Top 5 Ways to Get the Varsity Volleyball Coach to Notice You

Okay some freshmen girl volleyball players CAN rely on pure physical raw talent when it comes to being considered for the Varsity team but there are some things you can do if you are a little less physically endowed to get the volleyball coach to notice you. Just check out these tips and apply them to your next volleyball practice. 1. Come Early, Leave Late to Practice. For girls volleyball practice I use to come to my High School gym one half hour before practice and lay in the middle of the gym and just visualize that the court was mine. Seriously I convinced myself that anything that happened on that court, any ball that came on my side I was personally going to be responsible for.

Top 5 Girls Volleyball Secrets That Make a BIG Difference With Your Serve Receive

The serve receive is the key to running your team's offense. Here are 5 "little" girls volleyball tips that will make a BIG difference in your volleyball passing performance. 1) Keep a straight platform, by keeping elbows straight. One of the biggest mistakes players make when passing is bending their elbows to pass the ball. If you review the photos of elite players (check out Danielle Scott passing on my myspace/volleyball voices site) both indoor volleyball and sand volleyball players when they serve receive you will notice that their "platforms" aka the inside of their forearms that they present... are so straight as a board you could use their arms as a flat table to eat on.

Breaking Up the Volleyball Communication Skill:Top 5 Things To Communicate to Your Front Row Players

In girls volleyball especially, lack of communication on the volleyball court is like playing blindfolded. When volleyball players talk about what's going on there are very few surprises and very little confusion. Here we break up the volleyball skill of how and what to communicate to your front row players so you learn to how to become a team leader. 1. Where to Hit--what's open. One of the best things you can communicate to your front row hitter (s) is what part of the court is open. This can be combined with letting them know what the block is NOT taking away. This can be done in two ways. You can wait between plays and after the ball is dead you can tell your hitter "Hey they keep blocking you line just keep cranking it hard cross court.

Coaching Volleyball Skills:Top 5 Reasons Why You May Have a Wimpy Serve

Smart volleyball coaches know that serving is the volleyball game's "equalizer" because from start to finish you and only you control every aspect and especially the outcome of the serve. It doesn't matter how tall, how wide or how short you are, if you develop a tough serve that makes points consistently, I guarantee you will regularly see court time. 1. Mentally decide to attack with your serve. Many volleyball players with serves that are inconsistent or ineffective need to first change their mind set about serving. For elite athletes serving isn"t about getting the ball over the net so the other team can start the play. On the contrary, "the play" STARTS with the serve meaning the serve is used as the first "attack" you make against the opposing team.

Coaching Girls Volleyball Skills: How You Use Pepper Warmup To Improve Your Defensive Skill

Many girls volleyball players don't know how to use the Pepper Warm up Drill as a way to improve their volleyball game. Below are 5 ways elite volleyball players use "Pepper" as a way to improve their volleyball defensive skill. 1. To Improve Ball Control volleyball skills. 2. To Improve Serve Receive volleyball technique. I think that Pepper is the number one way for indoor volleyball players to improve their volleyball control skills... if they know how to do it. You have to be aware of why you are Peppering in the first place. If not, then it just becomes a way to raise your body temperature... some. a. When YOU set-whoever sets should be working on proper volleyball setting skill, form and technique.

Girls Playing Volleyball:Top 5 Ways to Create Confidence in Your Teammates

In girls volleyball, at times, you don't even have to touch the ball to make a big difference on the volleyball court. Below you will find 5 ways to help make your teammates better players. 1. As a Hitter... Call For the Ball from Your Setter Especially for a high ball attack, I was taught that whoever calls the ball the loudest wants it the most. This really makes a difference for a setter who has to run and chase a pass that's off the net. You have to understand as a hitter that your setter as she moves out of her comfort zone to focus on the ball may lose sight of her hitter options. If you were a setter if you couldn't see your hitter very well you would have to rely on your hearing.

Playing Girls Volleyball: Top 5 Reasons Why Communication Is Key

Communication on the court during a girls volleyball game is key. I've always said that refusing to talk on the court is like playing volleyball with a blindfold on. How is anyone going to know "who" is going to do "what" if no one is talking about anything. I first learned how important "on the court" communication was in college as a Lady Vol while playing for the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. In high school I didn't talk much on the court because I knew I was supposed to get the ball the majority of the time. Well that didn't work as a freshman in college and all the upperclassmen let me know very quickly that that wasn't how it was going to be. No matter what level you play.

Coaching Girls Volleyball Skills: How The Pros Stay Square To The Net While Blocking

Good girls volleyball coaches and women volleyball champions know to get the most out of the block its important to "stay squared" to the volleyball net. This means to keep your shoulders, your underarms as you jump, boobies, abs and hips parallel to the net keeping as little space as possible between you and the volleyball net while you block jump. No matter how tall you are the following five steps will help you improve your volleyball blocking skill! 1. Watch your hitter with your shoulders parallel to the volleyball net. To improve your volleyball blocking skill watch the hitter to get indications of how she intends to hit the ball... Is she approaching you with her shoulders at an angle indicating that she is going to hit cross court or are her shoulders coming at you straight on with the intention of hitting the volleyball down the line.

Top 5 Ways Girls Can Become a Celebrity Volleyball Spiker

Exploit the holes in the block. To become a celebrity spiker you have to become fearless when it comes to hitting against a double block. As a hitter you have to believe that you have the advantage and you have to adopt the mindset that " no one, I mean no one is going to block my ball" and if they do it was due MORE to something that I can correct with my hitting technique than what they DID with their block. Women and girls volleyball players get blocked a lot and they tend to "glorify" the block thinking "Oh this is an amazingly BIG an effective block" not realizing that 6-7 times out of ten it was something that they could change or correct with their hitting technique.