Week 002
Fundamental Skills and
Techniques in Volleyball
Week 002: Fundamental Skills and Techniques in Volleyball
The Service
The opening skill in the game determined by a coin toss
in which the winning team will be able to choose the
service side of the court.
• Kinds of Serve
• Underhand Serve
• The player faces the net with the left foot in
front of the right foot. Swing the cupped hand
backward and the hand follows the ball
straight through the direction of the flight of
the ball or a follow-through movement.
Underhand serve. Retrieved from:
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Week 002: Fundamental Skills and Techniques in Volleyball
The Service
• Overhand Serve
• A common and effective style. This service is
executed by tossing the ball 2 to 3 feet in the
air above in front of the right shoulder.
• Floater- done by hitting the ball at its
midpoint with a little follow through Floater serve. Retrieved from:
https://www.coachup.com/nation/articles/the-standing-float-serve
• Topspin- done by hitting the ball on its
lower midsection and snapping the wrist
and rolling the hand over the top of the
ball.
Topspin serve. Retrieved from:
https://www.volleyballessentials.com/how-to-serve-a-volleyball/
Week 002: Fundamental Skills and Techniques in Volleyball
The Service
• Sidearm serve
• The ball is held at about hip level and is tossed
about a foot into the air while the arm swings
parallel to the floor. The side of the body and the
forward foot is determined by the opposite of the
player’s dominant hand.
Sidearm serve. Retrieved from: http://upl.stack.com/wp-
content/uploads/Volleyball-STACK1.jpg
Week 002: Fundamental Skills and Techniques in Volleyball
Passing
• This refers to ball handling skills. This is the act of
hitting the ball intentionally or unintentionally.
• Tossing– is passing the ball by means of the fleshy
parts of the fingers and using a wrist action.
• Forearm pass– a pass that is also called “bump” or
“dig”, the most frequently used ball handling skill. Tossing. Retrieved from: http://matchbin-
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This is used to pass the serve, play balls below the
waist, play hard drive balls and control ball far
from the player.
Forearm pass. Retrieved from: https://www.jacksonvts.com/images/volleyball-
passing-tip.jpg
Week 002: Fundamental Skills and Techniques in Volleyball
The Service
• Overhand pass– It is used for accurately passing any
ball above the head and for setting technique of
passing the ball to an attacker with specific height
and placement.
• One-Arm Pass or Emergency Pass– Done in
emergency situations like when the ball comes and
cannot be intercepted by two hands especially if the
ball is quite far to establish a position for a correct
hand pass or toss.
Overhand pass. Retrieved from: Emergency pass. Retrieved from:
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content/uploads/Volleyball-STACK1.jpg life.com/2010/01/passing-ebook/
Week 002: Fundamental Skills and Techniques in Volleyball
Spiking and Blocking
• Spike
• Spiking is an attack skill. The ball is driven hard to
kill it to the opponent’s court. The ball should be
set and spikers fake one or two steps, jump and
spike hard near the net.
• Block
Spiking. Retrieved from: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yMcAA_OHiIM/maxresdefault.jpg
• Blocking aims to make the ball unreturnable while
it’s in the opponent’s court. This is accomplished
by jumping and positioning the hands above and
over the net, giving less area for the attacker.
Blocking. Retrieved from: http://www.volleyballadvisors.com/image-files/blocking-in-
volleyball-joust.jpg
Week 002: Fundamental Skills and Techniques in Volleyball
Basic Steps for effective Blocking Techniques
• Side step– this is done to develop the leaping ability
of the individual in blocking the ball closely in front
of the net.
• Cross step– this is done o develop blocking the ball
coming from an attack hit far from the net, usually an Side step. Retrieved from:
https://cdn.deseretnews.com/i
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Cross step. Retrieved from: http://www.beachvolleyballinc.com/beach-volleyball-
guidebook/pulling-breaking-peeling-net
Week 002: Fundamental Skills and Techniques in Volleyball
Tips to improve the blocking ability:
• Always be in time with the ball . Timing is always
important before taking the leap or jump on
blocking. Coordination with the teammates,
particularly front row players, must be considered.
• Read the ball. Always know where the ball will go
through or where the ball will drop off. Always keep
Ball timing. Retrieved from: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DSpgtpFUMAA_XbI.jpg
an eye on the flight of the ball to block the ball clearly.
Hitting the ball. Retrieved from: http://unipanthers.com/index.aspx?path=wvball
Week 002: Fundamental Skills and Techniques in Volleyball
Tips to improve the blocking ability:
• Body Coordination. Having body control in the air
which includes the correct position of the arms and
hands while blocking the ball, proper push off for
solid and effective jump and eye and ball contact in
reading the flight and direction of the ball.
Volleyball jumping. Retrieved from:
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/sports/images/attachement/jpg/site1/20170811/b083f
e9fe7851af74fbf06.jpg
