Attacking
- Technique
- Footwork and Posture
- FEET TO THE BALL
- Able to make correct 3-step approach (1st step = drive step and 2nd/3rd step = plant step)
- Shoulders forward
- Understand arms forward on first step and back on plant step
- Use arms to explode off the ground
- Understand how to jump straight up
- Floating is minimal
- Able to do proper block transition footwork
- step, cross, hop footwork
- Able to do proper base to read defense to transition footwork
- step, cross hop footwork
- Able to do proper serve receive to transition footwork
- turn, run, slant to get all the way outside (even with the 10ft. line)
- Hand Contact
- Spend quality time perfecting the hand contact. Teach the hard, wide hand, shaped like the ball.
- Understand how to apply top spin to ball by snapping wrist. Creating spin is the number one thing to learn as a young player
- Understand to contact the ball with arm fully extended
- Footwork and Posture
- Mentality
- If you make a mistake, make an aggressive mistake
- Always want the ball even after an error
- Approach hard on every ball
- Result
- Hit a ball to zone 1 and 5
- Block, serve receive and play defense then transition to make approach
- Understand body-to-ball position (Is a ball hittable)
- Attacking 60-70% of 3rd contact balls