Individual Fundamentals and Drills - Part 3

Articles In This Section:

· Teaching Techniques

· Class Organization

· Individual Fundamentals and Drills - Part 1

· Individual Fundamentals and Drills - Part 2

· Individual Fundamentals and Drills - Part 3

· Individual Fundamentals and Drills - Part 4

· Individual Fundamentals and Drills - Part 5

· Individual Fundamentals and Drills - Part 6

· Advanced Drills - Part 1

· Advanced Drills - Part 2

· Advanced Drills - Part 3

· Discussion - Part 1

· Discussion - Part 2

· Volleyball Tests - Part 1

· Volleyball Tests - Part 2

· Conclusion

The next fundamental introduced is the underhand or dig pass. The writer suggests teaching the two-hand technique first and then later the one-hand technique. Emphasis should be placed on passing or digging the ball up high enough so that a team mate can make the next pass. It should be mentioned again that the dig pass should be used only when a student is unable to make a chest pass. Having taught this pass, the instructor should insist upon its use in all underhand plays whether in drills or in scrimmage. The chest pass drills in Figures #30, #31, and #33 can also be used for the dig pass.

Fig. #34. PASSING DRILL

An excellent application of this pass is in retrieving the ball from the net. In Figure #35,⁵ Player 1 passes the ball into the net and says, "set" or "over." Player 2 on the command "set" attempts to dig the ball up to be spiked; if the command "over" is given, he tries to dig the ball up and over the net.

Fig. #35. DIG PASS DRILL FOR RETRIEVING NET BALLS

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