Volleyball Strategies and Defense
By: JAR
In volleyball there are many different tips and strategies for improving at every game. If you want to be a good volleyball player, you first need to comply with certain characteristics: you need to be graceful, energetic, strong, and able to manipulate the ball with finesse.
Every head is a world, so the different ideas about how to best accomplish these goals are infinite. However, coaches and experts agree that training that includes a wide variety of exercises will help you develop all of these abilities.
One of the principal areas where you need to focus on is your strength. An intense and diverse regimen of strength training will help you build resiliency and to improve your personal technique. The time to focus on agility comes after you have improved your strength and your skill. An indispensable requirement in volleyball is good reflexes. An important tip for improving them during practice is the “Pepper Warm up Drill”.
Sometimes players don't really know the importance of using the Pepper Warm up Drill as a way to improve their defensive skill. Well, I can mention some reasons why it’s recommendable to use it: It may help you to improve your ball control. Your Serve/Receive volleyball technique may advance considerably, but you need to be careful when you use pepper, or it will just become a way to raise your body temperature. It's important to consider volleyball setting skill, form and technique.
If you have a Pepper partner, it will help you developed your reflexes. This is because you will be relatively close together. Just don’t neglect your defensive position before your partner hits the ball. During a practice, it is useful (most times) to Pepper warm in a crowded environment. If you do this you will see the results, in future games. What happens around you won’t matter; just the volleyball game and "this moment" will become a priority for you.
Another advantage of this kind of practice is reducing your fear of the Ball and decreasing your reaction time. It's interesting that after a while practicing with your pepper partners at some point you notice that your fear is gone, and the ball is in now your hands, waiting for your next move. In this moment, you can really see the difference throughout time and the results of your persistent training. If your skills and control of the ball have significantly improved, maybe it's time to play against better players.
