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Volleyball Skills

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This is work in progress and currently just a set of bookmarks of useful information, mostly gleaned from the excellent Tom Wilson's Volleyball Files, Rolly Keenan's Volleyball Skills Page and About Volleyball which is a variable mixture of nuggets and snake-oil. There are also teching videos from the Deutsche Volleyball Verband (DVV) Volleyball School website: click on the image entitled "Technik - Videos" for the menu (requires XviD codec to play the clips).

This covers the individual skills of serving, receiving, setting, spiking, blocking and digging.

Serve

Brief how-to guide for a topspin overarm serve by Scott Hammon from About Volleyball.
Extended 4 part guide to a topspin overarm serve by Scott Hammon from About Volleyball.
Article on serving from Tom Wilson's Volleyball Files plus related video clips and tips, including both float and jump serve.
Rolly Keenan on Serving: discursive article including floater, jump serve, and jump floater.
Article on teaching the overarm service to juniors by Steve Stout published on About Volleyball which adds an extra step to increase the ball's momentum.
Further article on teaching the overarm to juniors by Steve Stout published on About Volleyball which uses a continuous "under and over" swing rather than "up, stop, forward".
Article on fixing bad serving habits by Coach Houser published on About Volleyball.
Brief how-to guide for a float overarm serve by Scott Hammon from About Volleyball.
Float Serve Video from Deutsche Volleyball Verband (DVV) (requires XviD codec to play).
Basic description of a jump serve by Kevin Medeiros published on About Volleyball.
Jump Serve Video from Deutsche Volleyball Verband (DVV) (requires XviD codec to play).
Short Run-Up Jump Serve Video from Deutsche Volleyball Verband (DVV) (requires XviD codec to play).

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