First lets go over the person digging the ball. Where you stand depends on your blocker. If you have a huge block you can plant where you are going to be digging. This means if your blocker is blocking line you can just be at angle planted, even if the hitter sees you right there. You want to do this because then the hitter will try for line and get blocked by your partner.
If your blocker is an average blocker and doesn't put up a huge block then your defense changes. You can't just plant on the angle if your blocker is blocking line because the hitter will then hit line and might not get blocked every time. Another thing is that if the block isn't huge they can do a high line right over the hands and you won't have time to get there. The bigger the block the easier it is for the guy on defense. Beach volleyball defense changes with every partner and against every team, so you always have to be aware of how you can capitalize on every team.
Physiology of Jumping Higher
Beach Volleyball Workout to Jump Higher in Sand
Formerly known as jump training, plyometrics are exercises developed to increase your vertical leap. The words plyo and metrics actually stand for measurable increase. Beach volleyball vertical leap plyos workouts are the best way to go to increase you effectiveness of jumping in sand.
Plyometrics links strength with the speed of the muscle to produce power. Plyometrics are exercises designed in a way to enable a muscle to reach maximum strength in the shortest time possible.
When you brain tells your muscle to fire it does so by sending nerve impulses to the muscle fibers which causes a chemical reaction. When you bend down prior to jumping, your muscles react without any conscious thought on your part.
One thing that has been noticed is how the best jumper of all time are on the ground for a very short period of time before take off. This is because your body can actually lose power the longer that it is on the ground.
One of the main focuses of plyometrics is to shorten the amount of time you are touching the ground. Plyometrics focus on using the stored energy in your legs from the loading phase of the jump.
A muscle actually will have more power if it is stretched before it contracts. This is the reason that you need "load" before you jump.
Muscles behave in many ways like a rubber band. The more you stretch a rubber band the more power it will have when you let go.
An example of how our muscles react to stretching is the knee test. When the patella tendon under the knee cap is tapped, your muscle will react with power with no conscious thought on your part.
A muscle contracts faster when being stretched first. You can't really change the speed of the stretch reflex with training but you can change the strength of the response, which will cause you to jump higher.
Formerly known as jump training, plyometrics are exercises developed to increase your vertical leap. The words plyo and metrics actually stand for measurable increase. Beach volleyball vertical leap plyos workouts are the best way to go to increase you effectiveness of jumping in sand.
Plyometrics links strength with the speed of the muscle to produce power. Plyometrics are exercises designed in a way to enable a muscle to reach maximum strength in the shortest time possible.
When you brain tells your muscle to fire it does so by sending nerve impulses to the muscle fibers which causes a chemical reaction. When you bend down prior to jumping, your muscles react without any conscious thought on your part.
One thing that has been noticed is how the best jumper of all time are on the ground for a very short period of time before take off. This is because your body can actually lose power the longer that it is on the ground.
One of the main focuses of plyometrics is to shorten the amount of time you are touching the ground. Plyometrics focus on using the stored energy in your legs from the loading phase of the jump.
A muscle actually will have more power if it is stretched before it contracts. This is the reason that you need "load" before you jump.
Muscles behave in many ways like a rubber band. The more you stretch a rubber band the more power it will have when you let go.
An example of how our muscles react to stretching is the knee test. When the patella tendon under the knee cap is tapped, your muscle will react with power with no conscious thought on your part.
A muscle contracts faster when being stretched first. You can't really change the speed of the stretch reflex with training but you can change the strength of the response, which will cause you to jump higher.
Beach Volleyball On T.V.
Have you ever noticed that beach volleyball is never on t.v.? I mean they have all sorts of sports on the many ESPN channels and yet beach volleyball is hardly never on. There are usually some really good plays that people would enjoy watching on sportscenter but they never make it. That's another reason that beach volleyball has a hard time growing faster than it is, because there isn't exposure to the sport on T.V. I want to see more beach volleyball on espn or on any channel for that matter. Cut some golf or one of the thousand basketball games on and put some beach volleyball on tv so we can follow it.
AVP Beach Volleyball Rules
Okay, so you have a desire to better your sand game. First, lets talk about some things that you can do to improve movement in sand. Do sand sprints from one side of the court to the other, then rest and repeat 5 times. You also need to practice quick movements without standing all the way up. On defense you can't waste time standing all the way and then running after the ball. Stay low and move as quickly as possible to get to every shot.
Sand Volleyball Workouts
So you want to play beach volleyball in the AVP but you can't get your armpits over the net?
Well, lets look at some workouts you can do so you can learn how to jump higher. Jumping factors in both leg strength and speed which equals power. If you don't have strong legs then you will benefit from strengthening your legs in the gym with weights. You will want to keep reps fairly low because we don't care much about endurance for jumping. Some of the main exercises you will want to do include squats, calf raises and cleans. Now the best way to go about your workout is to do 3 sets where you lower the weight slowly and then go as fast as you can when pushing the weight up.
Now if you already have really strong legs, you aren't going to benefit much more from lifting weights in the gym so you will need to focus more on training those strong leg muscles to be faster. This is done through plyometrics, which are jumping exercises. You will want to do your jumping exercise in sand for 2 reasons. One, you will be playing in the sand so it will transfer over to beach volleyball better. And, 2 because it is much easier on your knees when landing. You want to keep these reps low as well and jump as high as you can on each jump. Some exercises you want to do are jumping at the net 6 times fast (as soon as your feet hit the sand jump again) do 4 sets of six. Then do 4 sets of 6 where you actually let yourself land and adjust before jumping again. Take a chair or something about knee high and sit on it then explode jumping up as high as possible. Do 4 sets of six of this. This will help you squat lower before exploding up to block.
Sand Volleyball Rules
Beach volleyball differs from indoor volleyball almost as much as table tennis differs from tennis. Don't think that you are ready to hit the sand because you were a collegiate indoor volleyball player.
1. The serve has a new rule. If you throw the ball up to serve and end up not hitting it, you lose that point.
2. You might wonder why players are always switching sides during a game when playing beach volleyball. These side switches occur every 7 points if you go to 21 and every 5 if going to 15. This happens because one side is always better than the other.
3. You can actually go on the opposing side to chase down a ball when playing beach volleyball. You obviously can't touch the opposing players though.
4. A beach volleyball is bigger, lighter and less pumped up than an indoor volleyball. Remember to always keep the psi of an outdoor volleyball under 4 psi.
5. In beach volleyball you are allowed to double a hard driven ball. Indoor volleyball does not allow a double to occur on a hard driven ball.
6. Beach volleyball does not allow you to take the serve with your hands. You can not double the serve.
7. The setting is much more strict in beach volleyball. You have to set the ball very clean which will result in the ball not rotating once it leaves your hands.
8. You must be perpendicular to the ball if you set the ball over the net. The only exception is if you set your partner and the wind takes it over the net.
9. The block does count as one of your 3 hits in beach volleyball. This does not mean that the blocker isn't allowed to block and then be the next person to contact the ball.
1. The serve has a new rule. If you throw the ball up to serve and end up not hitting it, you lose that point.
2. You might wonder why players are always switching sides during a game when playing beach volleyball. These side switches occur every 7 points if you go to 21 and every 5 if going to 15. This happens because one side is always better than the other.
3. You can actually go on the opposing side to chase down a ball when playing beach volleyball. You obviously can't touch the opposing players though.
4. A beach volleyball is bigger, lighter and less pumped up than an indoor volleyball. Remember to always keep the psi of an outdoor volleyball under 4 psi.
5. In beach volleyball you are allowed to double a hard driven ball. Indoor volleyball does not allow a double to occur on a hard driven ball.
6. Beach volleyball does not allow you to take the serve with your hands. You can not double the serve.
7. The setting is much more strict in beach volleyball. You have to set the ball very clean which will result in the ball not rotating once it leaves your hands.
8. You must be perpendicular to the ball if you set the ball over the net. The only exception is if you set your partner and the wind takes it over the net.
9. The block does count as one of your 3 hits in beach volleyball. This does not mean that the blocker isn't allowed to block and then be the next person to contact the ball.
Men's Beach Volleyball
Men's beach volleyball is becoming a very popular sport. Beach volleyball isn't set up the same way as other professional sports and this has it's ups and downs. One major drawback is that beach volleyball doesn't have teams that sign players for set salary's. The way men's beach volleyball is set up, once you qualify by earning a certain amount of points from winning qualifier games you are considered professional. Now the sport is only played with 2 people per team and nobody can substitute in so you have to pick your teammate wisely. You can play with a different partner every tournament if you want. There are no set teammates that you must play with for a certain amount of time. So naturally the 2 best players will want to play with each other and this is the reason for one team winning almost every tournament in the year. This is also the case in women's beach volleyball where misty may and kerri walsh have won almost every tournament for the past couple of years. This kind of makes a monopoly for the winning team because there are no set schedules with different teams, there are just different tournaments almost every weekend. Each tournament pays out quite a bit of money so the number one team gets paid very well while most of the other players struggle to make good money playing a sport professionally. In any other sport in America if you are the 50th best at your sport, you will have a really good paying contract with a team and you won't have to worry about money. The 50th best beach volleyball player will probably end up making about 10 grand playing volleyball throughout the year while the top 2 ranked players will be in the upper 6 figures.
Beach Volleyball Rules
Time-Outs
Each team gets one time-out per set.
Sand Depth
The sand should be at least 15 3/4 in. deep
The Net
If you hair touches the net it is not a fault
If the ball forces the net to touch you, it is not a fault.
Doubles
If the ball is hard driven you may take it "with fingers" and a double or slight hold is allowed
IF the ball bounces from one arm to another part of the body in one consecutive motion it is not a fault.
Each team gets one time-out per set.
Sand Depth
The sand should be at least 15 3/4 in. deep
The Net
If you hair touches the net it is not a fault
If the ball forces the net to touch you, it is not a fault.
Doubles
If the ball is hard driven you may take it "with fingers" and a double or slight hold is allowed
IF the ball bounces from one arm to another part of the body in one consecutive motion it is not a fault.
Blocking Over The Net
In beach volleyball the blocker cannot contact the ball on the opposing teams side until the attacker has touched the ball. The blocker may reach over the net but must wait until the attacker contacts the ball. If the blocker touches the ball at the exact same time as the attacker while the ball is on the side of the attacker then the point goes to the attacker.
Sand Volleyball Court
One of the biggest differences from indoor volleyball to beach volleyball is that the court is smaller for a sand volleyball court. This makes sense because there are only 2 people to defend the whole court. An indoor volleyball court measures 9 meters across by 18 meters in length. A beach volleyball court measures 8mx16m. A sand volleyball court should always be smaller than an indoor court.
The height of the net for men's beach volleyball is just shy of 8 feet high and for women it is 7'4".
The height of the net for men's beach volleyball is just shy of 8 feet high and for women it is 7'4".
Beach Volleyball Tips
Beach volleyball is becoming very popular in America. It will take the name of sand volleyball when it becomes a collegiate sport. Sand volleyball is played with 2 people per team.
When watching beach volleyball you might wonder why the teams switch sides mid game. The games are played to 21 and the switches occur every seven points so that the sun isn't in one teams eyes more than the others.
You might be able to jump high and hit ball straight down playing indoor volleyball, but can you do it in the sand? Probably not, this is because the approach you take in beach volleyball is much different than that of indoor. In sand volleyball you can't use you forward momentum as much.
Beach volleyballs are different than indoor volleyballs. And all beach volleyballs are not created equally. A beach volleyball is going to be a bit lighter and slightly less pumped up than an indoor volleyball.
Setting in beach volleyball is very different than indoor. You are allowed to have the ball in your hands a little bit longer. This is because the ball must leave your hands with no spin on it.
Don't even think about tipping the ball over the net with an open hand when playing beach volleyball. This is not allowed in beach volleyball and who wants to do it anyways?
Setting over the net is never recommended if you want to win games in beach volleyball. But not only is it not recommended it is illegal if you aren't facing the way you set. You must be parallel to where you set the ball.
A block counts as a hit in beach volleyball. This might take some getting used to, but why would the block not count as one of your 3 hits?
Hopefully these few tips on beach volleyball will help you improve your beach volleyball game.
When watching beach volleyball you might wonder why the teams switch sides mid game. The games are played to 21 and the switches occur every seven points so that the sun isn't in one teams eyes more than the others.
You might be able to jump high and hit ball straight down playing indoor volleyball, but can you do it in the sand? Probably not, this is because the approach you take in beach volleyball is much different than that of indoor. In sand volleyball you can't use you forward momentum as much.
Beach volleyballs are different than indoor volleyballs. And all beach volleyballs are not created equally. A beach volleyball is going to be a bit lighter and slightly less pumped up than an indoor volleyball.
Setting in beach volleyball is very different than indoor. You are allowed to have the ball in your hands a little bit longer. This is because the ball must leave your hands with no spin on it.
Don't even think about tipping the ball over the net with an open hand when playing beach volleyball. This is not allowed in beach volleyball and who wants to do it anyways?
Setting over the net is never recommended if you want to win games in beach volleyball. But not only is it not recommended it is illegal if you aren't facing the way you set. You must be parallel to where you set the ball.
A block counts as a hit in beach volleyball. This might take some getting used to, but why would the block not count as one of your 3 hits?
Hopefully these few tips on beach volleyball will help you improve your beach volleyball game.
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