Been out of the scene for the holidays, back now and first video in my app is yet another banger! Coach Mitch, the editing, the percentages and the gameplay. Absolutely top notch! We got something special here boysss
I really enjoy your informational content. A video about communication with your team would be great aswell, like what are calls you could implement, what should be called before opponents serve and so on.
While I do my approach, my eyes are very fixed on the ball and then I don’t know where to place the ball/ avoid the block. Got any tips? Amazing vid btw!
Good question, obviously you want to focus on the ball during your approach. But if you have time to take a peek before you move to see where the block is initially setup, or before contact will go a long way. Definitely have to use your peripheral vision as much as possible to get a feel for where the blockers are around you. When in doubt, hit a little more line or more angle on the slower sets because the block usually has time to close if it’s slower. Thanks for watching!
My advice is to look at the blockers before or during the approach, to aim I honestly aim my contact point rather than one specific target, I find it easier to contact the ball after I already had a peek.
the more you hit the more time you will feel you have in the air, once hitting is just second nature a whole new game opens up with spotting the blocks and the gaps
I find that approaching as far diagonally as still allows you to hit line makes for an easier time seeing the blockers while already in the air. I don't think actively focusing on the block during your approach is necessary or even advisable.
@@mitchsterkenburg or honestly anything regarding with doing the proper exercises for swinging, jumping, core and etc… lots of bad exercises out there that are inefficient and ineffective
Turns out you dont actually want a tough locked wrist when pulling back your arm. I dont even know why you would want a tough locked wrist ever in your arm swing. Due to how your muscles are built, locking your wrist also slows down your arm swing
High arc sets are not indicative of power hits. Shoot sets are they also give a better hitting window. Wrist snap and stomach crunch are huge. MEAT OF HAND HUGE whip is where so mush power is generated.. Nice vid
Thanks! Basic physics right, the harder a ball comes in the harder it will come out. You can still hit high sets with a lot of velocity but generally not as hard as quick sets I would agree.
while stiff arm definitely takes away from power, doesnt it also allow for easier control and location? ive seen there be 3 main types of hitting styles, circle which is similar to nishidas style swing, archer which is like the whip you showed, and stiff arm which is similar to the middles attack you showed. i dont necessarily think anyone should avoid that strategy if it works and you can makes good plays with it but if you are looking for power i definitely think you should switch your style for more momentum and power.
You bring up a great point! While it would appear that a simpler style of hitter with more of a stiff arm swing would create more control, I would argue that abbreviating your swing in such a way makes it harder to control. As well as harder to avoid the block (especially in OOS). The play I showed of the middle blocker was still a good swing, and you'll take that type of contact most of the time. But as the ball gets pulled off the net, the more back row attacks you hit, and the better the defense on the other side, the more dynamic you have to be with your arm swing to score. I am simply trying to point out to players who maybe feel like a lot of their attacks are getting easily dug, a way to implement more pace on their shots could be with more range in their arm swing.
A better conception is that the stiff arm has the least delay in arm swing. So takes the least time in air to swing through, whereas circle is longest but produces the highest momentum. These differences are only ~0.1seconds apart however but the rule is with sets that have a lot of time to approach, you can spend more time in the air loading a greater swing like archer or circle, but for faster sets like quicks or 1st tempo, you may have to stiff arm if you can't keep up, hence middles prefer the fastest swing time for fast balls and not necessarily hard hits.
Any thoughts on learning how to hit outta system high balls (off the net) ? I never learned formally so I always struggle w strong hits off the net. I feel like I lose spatial awareness
My best thought would be to replicate the motion on one knee, you don't need to jump when practicing. If not that, maybe outside if the weather is reasonable?
Practice is going to help the most, I find watching film can be extremely helpful to establish a good internal timing for all positions. From the best of the best in the world, to D1 levels of play, watching provides a lot of benefits as well.
@@mitchsterkenburg Thanks, i'm very anti social I would say and it's diffucult for me to ask for sets or make friends that play volleyball, so im trying to fix that this year and become a more out going and kinda greedy person.
A few things, first what position do you play? For all positions you will encounter scenarios where the setter is pulled off the 10 foot line - when that happens you can't go fast through your full approach. You have to delay if. If you don't, you'll overrun your route and take away all your power. So if everything is going fine for you on perfect passes then that's fine, but wait a couple extra seconds before entering the approach on 1 or 2 passes that are harder on the setter.
hey kind of not related to the video but im a senior in highschool, 6'3 middle and im thinking about wanting to play at svu. do you think it would be possible to still play middle or would i have to switch to outside if i could make the team? good video btw
While some would call 6'3 undersized at the middle position, if you have the athleticism and determination I wouldn't tell anyone they can't play a position if they have it. If you have the intangibles, you can play wherever you want.
Good luck man, you got some pretty good chances as long as your able to jump. I’m a middle as well but I’m only 5’9, I need to work really hard on my vertical now that I’m a middle. 😭
