Powerful spike
After yeasterday’s article about improving your jump skills, we are introducing you an article with tips how to spike harder.
First off, you should understand that to hit the ball harder, you just need to swing your arm faster. Stop working so hard on hitting the ball harder and, instead, focus on swinging your arm faster.
When players go for hitting harder, they tighten up the muscles in the shoulder girdle and cannot unleash as fast of an arm swing as they might have. Swing fast, swing faster. The quandary is, when you first start to swing faster, or as fast as you can, you are not as accurate.
Speed first, accuracy second
Trying to be successful for a helpful parent, or for the fans of the match, can also make a player tight. There’s a lot of pressure in thinking, “I must do this right while they are watching me.”
Similarly, there are coaches who think along the same line. Many a coach, parent, or even a teammate has been heard to say the famous spectator line, “For gosh sake, just hit it in!” This statement alone has caused hundreds of volleyball players to not reach their full potential. Swing away when you’re young, even if you lose, and you will stay fast and become more accurate as time goes on.
Andre Aggassi said it best when he referred to being young, “I hit the ball as hard as I could, I found the court later.” Tiger Woods said the same thing when he said, “I hit the ball as hard as I could, and found the fairway later.” Be patient. Let yourself miss. Accuracy should be sought WITH speed, not at the sacrifice of speed…
To read the whole article visit teamusa.org.
To see more similar articles see our Education section.
Share your thoughts about this on WoVForum.
For more stories check out Latest news.
