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Amy Cruz passes.. click to enlarge.
Key Benefits of Good Passing
- Start the counter Attack
- Allows team to run planned offence
- Ensures setter does not have difficulty reaching the ball
Key Points to Passing
- Ensure player is stationary before trying to pass i.e. run and stop , then
pass
- Use the large inner forearm to contact the ball (just above the wrist -
the sweet spot)
- Player should face the setter when playing the ball but face the server at
the beginning.
- Try moving to the ball without crossing your feet, unless for emergency.
- Keep hips back during the pass.
Common Passing Errors
- Swinging arms away .. causes call to continue away from player
- Player contacts the ball below the hips.
- Incorrect part of hand used to play the ball
QuickTime Video clips
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Passing clip 268Kb
Clip Notes:
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Stay low (though not as
low as you would when digging) as you move to the ball.
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The passer uses quick solid
steps to position herself with the ball between her knees well
before the ball arrives. Both feet are stopped and remain on the floor
throughout the passing motion.
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The passer creates her
platform very early. Her elbows are locked before her
hands come together and she creates her platform at the contact point --
i.e., she doesn't create it somewhere else and swing it to the the contact
point.
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Her head remains relatively
still -- that is, the same distance from the floor -- throughout her
movement to the ball and during the passing action (it moves a little, but
not very much).
There is very little arm swing in her
passing motion.
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Defensive Passing
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