Beach Volleyball Spike Technique (Hit the ball early!) 

Hey! :) Hahah yes, I agree. I have also noticed that theme, at least among slightly more advanced players, every player with the physicality that requires them to hit at the top of their jump, does. I think it's the difficulty to hit at the top of your jump and find power to absolutely detonate the ball that makes people with "a little extra" in height go greedy and think that must be the answer when they find it rather than being quick.. (the first two examples of me in this video are the perfect examples!) Fortunately there are solutions for both hitting quick and hard! :)

Thanks alot! :) There's a lot more and bigger stuff coming! :)

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Not too many out there doing it, right? ;) That's why I started this channel/project, what I wanted when I started playing this game just simply didn't exist, so someone had to create it!

Thanks! For sure, a LOT more is coming! :) Your videos inspired me too!

I've got more coming too! I've been traveling/playing a lot but I should be able to get to more videos soon.

@@tatecontrol2569 That's awesome! Stoked to see what you'll come up with! :)

Thanks for watching them! :) So.. Yes. I do have a lot of advice on how to speed up the armswing, but there is a catch. Speeding up an armswing is a pretty advanced thing in a sense to do, and depends on physiology, physical habits, mental habits etcetc. To the point that even with 1-on-1 coaching, it is not the simplest thing to do and sometimes takes a bit of a deep dive into how it should be done for the specific individual wanting to learn. Because of this, I am hestitant to put out too much "generalized" advice on that topic, especially if it's short advice. Because one it is very likely to not work, and on top of that it can in the worst case injure players or lead them into a "false competency" where they think they know what they are doing but actually end up finding a technique that is ultimately worse for them. This last point here is a topic I'll make a video about someday (hopefully soon) but I was a prime example of this, I learned a super hard and fast armswing that however lowered my contact point on the ball a lot, and for a few years I had this "false competence" of thinking I was doing it right but ultimately I was destroying my game and "locking" myself into a technique that would not allow me to develop into my full potential. And these are traps that I don't want to put more people into, so therefore I will as of now not really share any info on "speeding up an armswing" unless there is a bit of a bigger commitment to an in depth course of mine (where I will take the time to explain all the details necessary which might be a few hours of content and not really suitable for RU-vid) or through personal coaching. And it is not only a money thing, it is also because I know I might ultimately be doing more damage than good by trying to share complex things in short videos or even comments to videos. I do have a solution though, which is the video after this one in the hitting video series - the wristsnap video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bZd-UMM6is8.html What this technique does is I have noticed that for one it has a surprisingly high "results vs time put down for pratice" ratio, peoples hitting literally sometimes becomes transformed from just one training session. Also, it gives the same result as what many people are looking for from a "fast armswing" (a decently hard hit ball) but with the additional benefits of making a high contact point really easy to have, and a lot of possibility to tinker with the hitting angle (hitting steep left or right, or straight down, or a flatter trajectory etc.) So I have decided that this technique will be the "free RU-vid technique" from me, both because it actually IS possible to get real world results from just a shorter video that explains the technique, and that it won't send you into a "trap" in the same way as some of the other info I could share can do if I only share parts of it (and again, it is not possible to share hours of information in 15 minutes, at least I have not found any sustainabele way of doing this.) The other techniques that I will teach through this project will most probably only be accessible though my online programs and coaching, or at least at this moment that is my plan. Could of course change one day but not super likely. Hope all of this makes sense! :) Haha now when all of that is cleared out, I can go on and break a bit of my own rule haha.. Yes you can go and see other RU-vidrs attempt to teach how to speed up your armswing, and one of the concepts mostly shared is the "stretching your core like a rubber band." It's a good concept and definitely a part of the answer for a really fast and powerful armswing. And as you said, throwing a tennis ball can be a really good drill for learning this concept. In a sense what you want to do is have some twisting momentum in your upper body, and the same time as you "jerk" your hips into a twist in the opposite direction so that if you are a right handed thrower/hitter your right shoulder goes as far as possible from the left hip bone basically, so that a "stretch shortening cycle" over the whole core occurs (check up stretch shortening cycle if you don't know what it is, it's the same mechanism as to why it is easier to jump high from going down and "bouncing" a the lowest point, rather than squatting down, waiting at the lowest point and then jumping.) This "full core movement" energy can then be transferred into a relaxed arm that will sling the arm away in a very fast armswing. This is basically what the other channels are teaching, and I teach it too, but I also recognize that it is only one step of many of developing a really good, fast and functional armswing for beach volleyball, and only teching that part iwthout the others can send you in the traps I mentioned before. So sure, go and play with it if you want, throw some tennis balls etc (in a sense I think all learning is good learning as long as you know how to filter what you should afterwards also use and what not to use), but just stay mindful that there might be (and very probably is) a lot of more steps also to develop what you are actually looking for - a quick AND functional armswing rather than just a quick one. The "wristsnap" video above will teach you something that is fairly quick, and functional. For some players that might be the solution for the rest of their lives, for others it might be a stepping stone solution while they learn other ways to hit as well, developing even more "tools in their toolbox" so to say. Quick last note is that even if one develops a super powerful armswing that is not as simple as what the "wristsnap" video above teaches, the wristsnap technique is still actually useful from time to time and it is fairly easy finding examples of pro's using it in games. :) Hahah another "almost a book"-comment. Hope it makes sense and answers the question, which is actually a very common one. I have tried to think about how I can best serve both people that are committed enough for going through a course or coaching, as well as people who are not yet ready for that, and this combination that I laid out here became my answer, where I feel I can actually serve everyone well and hopefully without leading anyone down injury or false confidence paths! :)

Awesome! Welcome to a great sport! :) Yeah, from a poll in the Facebook group I have I had an insight which was that handsetting is pretty much not like any other skill in any other sport, so probably noone has really a natural advantage to it from their old sport. But it's a highly learnable and valuable skill, so I'd say it's worth just biting the bullet and going for it!

I have perfect 100% volleyball spike technique. Contact me. I teach any body's . I swear

Thanks man! :) Wrist techniques for hitting? Or for something else? If it's for hitting, then that's exactly what the next hitting video will be about! :)

Hehe it surely is at IKSU! :) Played there? Hope it helped! :)

Awesome! :) I gotta check Kwekel out, never heard of him/her actually! But it sounds like I'm doing what the mission of this channel is, to talk about useful things for beach volleyball that often nobody else talks about! 🙃🤓

Да, если вы опустите левую руку слишком рано, прежде чем она закончит работу, которую должна выполнять для прыжка, вы прыгнете ниже. Таким образом, трюк состоит в том, чтобы позволить левой руке махнуть, чтобы вы полностью прыгнули, но затем сразу же после этого опустить ее. Некоторые люди позволяют ему полностью раскачиваться для прыжка (хорошо), но затем оставляют его в воздухе дольше, чем необходимо (плохо). Надеюсь, это логично! (google translate) Yes if you pull down the left arm too early, before it has finished the job it should do for the jump, you will jump lower. So the trick is to let the left arm swing through so you jump fully, but then immediately bring it down after that. Some people let it swing through fully for the jump (good) but then leave it up in the air longer than necessary (bad.) Hope this is logical!

Hey! That followup video is 99% recorded, just need one more shot from a game for it and thrn editing and it's done.. And it's slightly problematic to get that shot recorded right now with the corona and everything.. But hopefully soon! :)

@@LearnBeachVolleyballFast Did you release that follow-up video? I am very, very interested! Keep up the good work!

Ah, found it! The Wrist Snap

@@SteveMcMief Yes exactly, the wristsnap one! There are more coming too the series will be 6 videos or something like that..! Soon hopefully! (Pandemic has slowed down my efforts terribly unfortunately.)

Hey! I haven't been able to create it yet, mostly because of my shoulder injury actually, I need to do some hits on camera to be able to make that video and I just wanted my shoulder to be in a little better shape first so I don't reinjure it just for the sake of the video..! But it will come soon! You did see the video before this one, where I basically talk about at least a couple of reasons as to why I think it's good to hit early/fast?

@@LearnBeachVolleyballFast Hi Alex. Yes I did watch part 1. Even though I coach beach volleyball I find myself always learning about the nuances involved in the sport and value your insights. Will be patient on your video production. Truly appreciated. As a side note I am curious to know, is your shoulder injury a result of incorrect load on your arm swing in your opinion? Thanks again.

@@stevegerard966 Hello, and sorry for maybe the latest reply in history. Happened to see this now when I was randomly scrolling the channel. But better late than never! So firstly, finally the video which follows this one is done. It's the wristsnap one, here is a link incase you haven't seen it: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bZd-UMM6is8.html There will be more videos too tying everything together, at this point it is just some loose strings that maybe dont make sense together yet but they will. This year has been a bitch though with corona, I have lost ridiculous amounts of money and time to bullshit caused by restrictions so I actually have barely been able to make any videos. Getting back to more normal now though so hopefully this summer will be the only hit that I will take from this, we will see. Regarding the shoulder pain, I can now one year later (with a shoulder that is finally good and has been so for about 1-2 months) say that most probably the pain I had was because of a combination of things: Technique, some stiff muscles and overuse. So just like you say, some technique or ways to produce power will hurt your shoulder, and basically what I have done in the last 2 years is run an insane amount of experiments with different techniques, trying to figure out what works and what doesn't. It was one of these particular experiments that actually worked really well in terms of hitting but destroyed my shoulder. I was sure it was a good technique since it worked so well so I always went back and hit with it once my shoulder recovered and that was a disaster loop that went on for a few months before I realized it was the techniue that was faulty and not something that had seriously broken in my shoulder. But it was not the only cause, I also had some stiffness mainly in my lats that probably put the shoulder in a bad position so it would start hurting easier than it should, and then also really bad load management. I just got too excited every time I thought I had found the "secret" to spiking so I just ended up hitting way too much. Hope this gives some insight! :)

Hmm, yes, so it's a complicated subject. But one of the easiest techniques for hitting early is the wristsnap because the power generation is so quick that basically anyone can do it as soon as they leave the ground so basically anyone can hit the ball at the top of their jump or earlier with that technique. But once you know how that works, it is kindof self evident how to fix the timing. There will be less time between you leaving the ground and you hitting compared to before, so it will feel like you should jump later and hit quicker (after the jump.) The excercise is not so complicated, get someome to set you, jump later than normal and then hit. Experiment with the timing of the jump until you know what both too late and too early feels like, and omce you find the sweetspot then start doing drills that are more gamelike or play the actual game and focus on getting that new timing to happen. Hope this makes some sense, tried to explain most of the important points without writing a book hehe. :) But it goes hand in hand with the technique change, if you have a technique that requires a lot of time between you jumping and the body producing power into the hand (and you don't have a really really good vertical jump), then changing the timing is not goong to do much good because you will not be able to finish your swing in time anyway..!

Saw it just now, but better late than never! Yes, this video is basically all about maximizing your timing/reach combination (ok sure it talks more about timing than reach but they are pretty dependant on eachother) which is I'd say a good thing no matter how tall/short one is! Then, looking further there might be some spiking techniques that are not so suitable for shorter athletes (mainly the ones that break the "rules" of this video that some taller athletes can still get away with), but what this particular video talks about doesn't break that, moreso the opposite Does that make sense? Thanks a lot, awesome to hear! Hope there is more videos that make a different also! :)

Hahahah! 😅😂 Feels good doesn't it? 😁

Hahaha good spotting! 🧐😃

@@LearnBeachVolleyballFast Thats the reason david is so good nowdays !! :D

@@Zwat101 Hahaha! 😅😅 Unfortunately I can't put too much of Davids success on my resume, there were other people and a very volleyball eager mind (his own) doing that work haha. If I can claim anything it would be that I used to complain that his sets were lifts back in the day (when we played roughly the same level and were in the same training group for a few months), so maybe maybe I influenced him into quicker setting.. at least his setting nowadays is pretty good! 😜 I've learned a lot from studying him though, it was really interesting seeing him grow up and move towards being the player he is today!

How do you mean? :)

@@LearnBeachVolleyballFast thank. Show use palm

@@user-rd8vo1pr3j Hmm still not sure. Maybe use google translate? Are you Thai?