Fast Hands vs Slow Hands - Volleyball Tip of the Week #32 

Clarissa Machado You are welcome! Thanks for taking the time to write this comment. I will do my best to bring you the best tips in the future. What would you like to learn about?

I am a setter - so any tips on setting is greatly appreciated ! Thanks so much !

Clarissa Machado Absolutely, it is noted!

yup so true

+Nickftw27 Interesting point of view but let me challenge you here. If as a setter you change it up between fast and slow hands, what do you do with the timing of the middle attacker and to a lesser extent, with the timing of your outside hitters on quick sets? How will they know how fast your hands will be?

I think it's pretty hard to do fast hands, if you can't do slow hands. It's like hitting a quick. You really have to be able to hit to do that one in the first place. Or a back attack or anything at that. I don't think you should really change it just within the game for no reason without your team knowing though. Maybe for a back attack or something, idk..

@@JumpVolleyball True!

@@JumpVolleyball plan it beforehand

I always vow to achieve fast hands, knowing the reasoning behind, but it's not as easy to be consistent, not to mention to trajectory's angles play a role -- meaning if you can't get to the ball at the perfect position, your setting angle (for me) flattens a little (rainbow when you want high), which means the ball travels a bit too fast with fast hands. Any ideas to improve on that? Thanks a lot.

Spin might indicate one hand is going faster or slower thsn the other

Yeah spin means that one hand is hitting the ball faster than the other think abt still bringing it in without bending your elbows

It is also normal that when you attempt to speed up your hands there will be some inconsistency at first. Completely normal. Trust the reps, put in the work, and then it will become clear where things are breaking down.

For middle hitters, it makes a HUGE difference because of timing. Also, like Brock says, it's easier for hitters to connect with the setter. It makes a big difference when you start running a faster offense compared to setting high balls.

YES! We definitely don't want to "break the chain" of force we have generated. Having "recoil" which is shown by the slow hands clearly does.

To know how fast hands work you gotta know how to set slow. A slow set uses your whole body for the set, you absorb with your fingers wrists and elbows and push out with your elbows. Making the set really clean and slow, this is mostly used in doubles because you don’t need to trick out the blocker and the sets are much stricter. Fast hands absorb with your fingers and you push out with your wrists. This makes the set fast but has a higher chance of getting a spinny set, but indoors setting rules are pretty lax.

Watch dennis jackson he explains fast hands and how to do them and he has a free online course and stuff. If u have any questions just comment and he usually answers within the day. Good luck im also trying fast and slow hands shit is hard 😭

Yes, that's right, but it's true on the video it looks pretty much identical with this setter.

"Connect" I believe it refers to the set and the attacker correctly timing himsell/herself to it.

+june francis regudo In my opinion, slow hands can be use to teach fast hands. You can do variations for your setter to understand the difference between both. Ultimately, I would encourage your setters to have fast hands. It is in my opinion more conducive to success at a higher level. What is your opinion on that??

hi. i just start playing higher level. I have issues to play fast balls backs and outside any more videos for the right technique. do i need to setr from a higher point to get the ball faster? and not the arc ??/

What about LP lol?

FacePaintForum true

If you toss the ball below to your face, or maybe you toss it in front of your chess, that's considered as lifting. But if you toss the ball up on our forehead, then that's okay, just immediately set the ball.

At high level, you need fast hand to set 2nd tempo to wing spikers.

+nknxt1 I think it would be up to the hitters to decide what type of set they like. Some people hit fast, some people like to slow down and use power... idk, maybe :D

+nknxt1 Great question, It's just because slow hands also slow down the tempo so when you do use fast hands and you move your feet to get under the ball, it's easier for you to have a consistent set and for the hitters to just go and hit and now have to think about the set

+Ariam R Very good point. If you watch a higher level of volleyball, are they using the same type of sets or are they setting faster? The reason I say this is because at a higher level, the set will most likely always be fast because the hitters trust that the set will be there. From a hitters point of view, it's also easier to hit a set that is faster because you have less chances of having 2 blocks on you...resulting in an easier hit? What do you think?

+VR1040 Music The major difference with Beach is that players setting a beach volleyball will often have a vertical trajectory. You can see in the slow hands example that the setter is bringing his hands down a little bit. The emphasis of this video is to really keep the hands high because that will allow the setter to be deceptive. The key is to keep the same tempo all the time and using fast hands makes it easier to connect with middles.

Slowhand like Maja Ognjenovic could freeze the MBs at the center of the net. Even when setting to players with high ball like Mihajlovic or Boskovic, she could still make a running set.

Late response but it’s just an illusion that’s it’s being thrown

Lmao this isn't lifting

Lifting is an illegal move in volleyball.