6 Basic Volleyball Skills

The six basic volleyball skills are passing, setting, spiking, blocking, digging, and serving.
Passing is often thought of as the most important skill in volleyball. If you can't pass the serve,
then you won't ever put your team in a position to score a point.
The importance of serving is often undervalued. Many coaches don't teach players to serve
aggressive and use this opportunity to give the team an advantage for scoring points.
Blocking is perhaps the least taught skill in volleyball. Players can get away with poor blocking
skills because not blocking isn't going to hurt the team as much as being poor at executing
other skills in volleyball.
Digging is another skill that isn't focused on quite as much as most skills in volleyball.
The setter position is considered to be the most important position in volleyball. The setter
basically runs the team offense.

Basic Strategy for Winning in Volleyball

The big picture END RESULT that we're after is to win the game. You win the game by scoring
points.

Now think of each skill in volleyball as having an END RESULT that you're after.

Always be focusing on the END RESULT

When first learning to play volleyball, skills should be taught with the end result in mind. For
example, the end result of the serve is the opponent passes or doesn't pass the ball. The end
result of the volleyball pass is the passer passes the ball to the setter to set the ball. The end
result of a set is a spike by an attacker. The end result of a block is deflecting the ball coming
from the opponent.

UNDERSTAND THE END RESULT OF EACH SKILL

It's important to understand the end result that we're after.

For example, every single time a passer passes the ball, they should be aware of whether or not
the ball was passed in such a way that made it easy for the setter to set it. The passer should be
aware of this because this is their role on the team....passing the ball to the setter in way that
makes the setter's job easier.

The better job a passer does passing, the easier it will be for the setter to set the ball to an
attacker.

This is why developing basic volleyball skills is so important.

The main goal should always be on developing individual player skills