my sister has volleyball tryouts for middle school, good tips 4 her??

Question

my sis is totally nervous cause she's just startin 7th and starting volleyball. she needs some good tips thanx

Answer 1

The keys to improve your personal skills is to do the fundamental skills the right way.

1)Keep them in your mind at all times when you are practicing. Make sure you are doing it right, especially when you missed a ball, ask yourself what you just did wrong and then try to improve yourself by correcting your errors.

2)Most of the mediocre players always think that they are good since they know everything, maybe they do, but they never really "execute" what they may know on the courts, hence they will always be mediocre.

3)Most of the players pay less attention to defense. I am here to tell you, defense is one of the the keys to win the volleyball game. Great defense can always ruin a great offense team's day. It's very important to have a team strategy for defense and adjust as the game goes on.

4)Now here are some tips. Always stay low on defense or passing. Why stay low? When trying to dig a ball, the key is to move to where you can dig the ball before it touches the ground.

Answer 2

Middle School Volleyball Tryouts

Answer 3

Generally, Middle School volleyball coaches expect the girls to have little or know knowledge of volleyball. Just have your sister go over the basics - bumping, setting, hitting, and serving. It doesn't matter if she can do each of these perfectly, just make sure she knows what each one is. At the try-out, have your sister HUSTLE to every drill and water break. HUSTLE to every ball played, even if it means diving on the floor. Tell your sister to keep a good attitude in everything and listen to the Coaches. When the coaches show a new drill or maybe correct your sister's form, make sure she listens and copies whatever they want her to do. When it comes to maybe a running or other type of conditioning part of the try-out, try your hardest to finish first, but being careful to do everything the coaches tell you. Your sister may want to try to run some this week, so she prepares herself for any running in practice. Have your sister encourage all of the other girls at the try-out. Most of all, tell your sister to have fun and relax. Middle school volleyball is all about learning and playing with friends! A positive attitude goes a long way with the coaches.

Answer 4

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my sister has volleyball tryouts for middle school, good tips 4 her??
my sis is totally nervous cause she's just startin 7th and starting volleyball. she needs some good tips thanx

Answer 5

Make sure she does her best. Have her practice the night before, but not too hard, because if she practices a lot, she may be sore the next day. She'll most likely just go over a few things like bumping, setting, serving, positions, and small drills. Make sure she's calm by the time of the tryouts. If she is really nervous, she'll most likely not give it her best. And to your sister: If you stay at your best, you'll make the eighth grade volleyball team look like their in the special olympics. :)

Answer 6

Iwould suggest asking your P.E/Gym teacher. But, to start you off....
Make a fist with one hand and cover it with the other. make sure you have a strong, firm triangle. This is pretty much the upper body bumping position. The swing for a bump is from your belly button to your chest/shoulders. Just give it a little power.

Setting may be a little harder to tell you over the internet. Put both hands above your head, make sure they are open hand and thrust them up when the ball comes.

Spiking is a more aggreesive approach to the ball. Depending on whether you are right-handed and left-handed.. Hit the ball with your right hand if you are right handed and vice versa. Smack it down on the other teams side.

Serving is kindof tossing the ball over to the other side. You have to hold the ball with your left handed just even with your chest/stomach(I'm pretending your right-handed) and with your right hand, make a fist and bring it back behind you, kindof underhand,and come through into the ball. One of the biggest misktakes people make is throwing it up in the air and hitting it. Dont do that. I just taught you underhand serving. i wouldnt try overhand serving for a while!!!

Rules...hmm...Dont hit the ball out of bounds.
you have 6 people on your team. on the court at once. So you only get three hits on one side. at a time. so lets say the other team serves, you bump it to a teamate, your teamate bumps it to the setter ( or the person who lightly tosses the ball over the net) and the setter makes it over. Good job! But if you have to hit the ball 4 times or more, sorry youre out of luck. The other team gets a point. :( Also, you can not hit the ball twice in a row. If you bump the ball, step back and a teamate has to hit it if it didnt go over. Then you are free to hit it again.

Like I said, talk to your gym teacher. Volleyball is starting up again! Maybe you would have fun being on the team. :)

Answer 7

When I started to play volleyball in 7th grade I was nervous. First all make sure you tell her to relax and stay calm have fun. She needs to make sure she is always on the balls of her feet and stay low cause you never know when the ball is coming. If she is about to hit make sure you tell to do a approach to get enough air to get up and kill the ball. If she wants to practice setting have someone through the ball at her and have her setting it up using three or four fingers. She also has to hustle because in volleyball you have to move and tell her don't be afraid to dive and get on the floor that's why they made knee pads the floor is not going to hurt. Just have fun and love what you do.

Answer 8

well she should practice bumping..but not just bumping but accurate bumping like youll be paired up with another person and you just bump straight back and forth....know how to set make sure you use fingertips, just fingertips, a lot of younger players still have some trouble but im just mentioning it....if you cant then spread your fingers apart and connect you index with your thumb when setting....always goo for the ball...like fall on the floor if you have to...but make sure you show to your coach that you will never mess up....and lsat call the ball it reduces the risk that youll bump into someone and if the ball is in the middle of you and and another person well then at least you'll know who will get it...dont be afriad of the ball!

Answer 9

A good tip is don't listen to anyone's tips. During a tryout your mind gets cluttered with other people's advice and you don't play as well. Have fun and don't worry about mistakes. Be loose.

Answer 10

Be open to learn. You dont necessarily have to show you are the best player on the court at a middle school level. I think the need to show that you have the potential to be good and coachable is most important.

Other than that, if i was to give one tip - bend your knees. Concentrate on passing. It's THE most important thing. No pass means no set, no hit.