Thursday, July 9, 2009

Jump into Some Volleyball Tips

By Bradley Dibbs

If you are reading this, you or someone you know plays volleyball and wants to be better at it. First you must know the rules of the game and then work on you technical skills.

The best thing for any indoor player to do is to practice by playing beach volleyball. Have you ever wondered why California produces the best indoor players in America? It's because they practice in the sand all day long. 2 on 2 makes you develop every part of your game and will help you a ton.

While it's good for indoor players to practice on the sand the same does not hold true for beach volleyball players to practice on a hard court. The whole point is to increase your speed by training in sand.

Being able to move quickly in sand means that you will be super fast on the hard court because of it's stability. Jumping in the sand is also a way to improve your game.

To jump in sand you really have to give it your all and this will show when you go back to playing on a hard court. You will jump so much higher when jumping off of a hard surface because of the mind set of playing in sand.

You won't be using the same form for jumping in sand as you would on a hard surface. You can't do your broad jump, instead you will be doing a shorter approach and jumping more straight up.

If you can learn to be a well rounded player you can play any position on the court that you desire. You may not always be playing the position you are at right now.

Doing jumping exercises known as plyometrics is a great way to increase your maximum jump height. You need to jump higher than other players to be better at other players in every aspect of the game. Follow a well designed jumping program and you will get great results.

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