Volleyball Questions?

Question

First what is the difference between an indoor volleyball and an outdoor volleyball?
Second what is the best way to spike? How do you?

Answer 1

Basically, indoor volleyball is made of thin leather, and the seams are sealed instead of stitched. The ball is much lighter, and slightly smaller. An outdoor volleyball has a thicker bladder, causing the ball to be slightly heavier, it has stitched seams, and is a little larger. The material is usually synthetic leather (doesn't retain moisture), or a specially treated leather.

Best way to spike? Depends on where you are playing.

Indoors: You want to start your approach around the 10 foot line, and you should start just outside the side boundry and swing in towards the net (start your appoach outside near the 10 foot line, and end your approach inside the boundaries near the net). You will need to time your approach depending on the type of set you are getting, and where your block is and how many are blocking. The approach that I just told you is generally done on a "4" set, or the basic set. The numbers have to do with the height of the set and the placement along the net.

Outside spiking is an entirely different entity in itself. First of all, since you don't have a "10 foot line" on an outdoor court, you have to gauge your approach on your surface and elements, as well as your setter. If you are in sand, you will be slower, and if it is soft sand, an approach is all but useless. Your surface will determine your sets, as well as your approach. When I am playing on grass, I play just about the same as on hard court. When I am on sand, my approach is less, and it is much shorter. Cut shots are much more effective in sand, for (luckily) defense is just about as hard in sand as offense.

All I can tell you is you need to warm up with the setter that will be setting for you on whatever surface you will be on, and figure out what approach works best for you. Your approach will be unique to you, and people can give you pointers, but they will not be able to tell you what will definitely work for you.

Good luck!!!

PS - as for the league/team thing:

Indoor ball is played on hard court (gym floor), and outdoor is played on either grass or sand. The number of people is entirely unique to the league - I am currently playing a quads women's indoor league, as well as a co-ed six's league. When summer hits, I play on grass mostly, but I do play a triples league (here in WI we are very different) in sand. The grass play is usually triples as well. But I have played on six's leagues in the sand. I am not very fond of six's because it feels like there are too many people on the court. . . But that is just me.

Answer 2

Indoor volleyball you play on a team and outdoor its usely beach volleyball and its just 2 people on a team. To spike a ball the right way its kinda hard but you have to have a approach which is left right left thats how you move you feet and then with your hand you move them back when you take the first step the other two steps are really qiuck and when you do the second two steps you bring hand up you use the one arm to aim and the other hand you hit with its hard to explain it but when you start playin who ever is your coach will teach you i didnt no how to at first then i tryed out for my school and the coach tought me.

Answer 3

well first of all i don't no how to answer the first part of your question b/c i don't usually play outdoor volleyball only indoor volleyball. So when you spike a ball first you have to use the basic steps if you right handed then you use these steps: when your approaching the ball your step has to be like this: left, right, left. if your left handed then you use right left right. then you jump as high as you can and then hit the ball with your palm as hard as you can remember you determine where the ball goes for example if you want it to go right then when you hit the ball rotate you hand a little to the right you don't want to rotate your hand that much b/c you'll hit it out of course! so follow these steps and you'll just do fine good luck!

Answer 4

indoor volleyball, u usually play on official teams, and its really scheduled and stuff, and outdoor volleyball i find that its sort of less organized, that might be just me tho.
to spike:
1. if u're right handed, do what it says, if u're left handed, do it opposite. ok, first of all you take three steps towards the ball: left, right, left, then put u're feet together.
2. jump, and point the hand you don't hit the vball with at the ceiling, really up high. hit the bottom of the ball, and literally actually try to hit the ceiling. it gets a nice arc and it doesn't smash into the net, i guess if u're not a beginner you can hit it down cuse u're experienced, but if u're not very good just hit it up.
ps: it helps if u pretend the ball is your enemy's face :)

Answer 5

I play indoor and outdoor. There isn't really a difference. Outdoor is sometimes sand.

For me the indoor net is higher, but that's just me.

To spike I start out at the net and go straight up. If you start back and jump foreward you are likely to violate the net. Same for blocking. Can you jump and reach higher than the net?

Mostly make sure to bend your wrist foreward, or the ball will be more of a lob.

Answer 6

The best way to spike is to start behind the white line on the court and jump toward the net as you hit the ball. That's how our coach taught us.

Answer 7

take a 4 or 3 step approach [which ppl have already explained] and make sure you use your arms to help you get height. and timing is everything when hitting. just practice your timing and make sure you try to get on top of the ball so it lands in the court