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300 Series: Skills & Drills Lab

Slap Volleys & Low Resets

Takeaways & Training Tasks

Keep the momentum rolling with these quick steps:

  1. Refresh your memory with the 2 skills, 2 drills, and training video.
  2. Knock out the drills 2–3x before we meet again.
  3. Each time you play, pick one skill and make it your mission to use it often and on purpose.

High Slap Volley

  • Contact Point: CONTACT POINT is key! Too early (swing too soon) = in the
    net. Too late (big backswing) = sailing long. Prep. Pause. Swing.
  • Weight Transfer: Load and rotate into this shot to provide power.
  • Hands: Forehands-reach up with non paddle hand as if you are going to
    catch the ball.
  • Swing: Short to no Backswing. Accelerate through the ball.

Toss & Attack

  • Place cone piles down the line mid court.
  • Feeders stand close to basket at T of NVZ to allow room to hit down the
    line.
  • Hitters set up at NVZ.
  • Feeder tosses the ball to partner who attacks with focus on timing with
    contact point.
  • Balls ideally fed shoulder height.
  • 1 min forehand feed. 1 min backhand feed.
 

Low Reset

  • Grip: Soft hand Continental
  • Stance: Open Stance
  • Paddle Prep: Low paddle prep with no backswing and little to no push through. Let the paddle do the work.
  • Contact Point: Low and out in front of your body with paddle tip down
  • Follow Through: No follow through. Let the paddle do the work.

Low Reset Practice

  • Players set up straight on skinny at the NVZ
  • Part 1: Hitting player will use lacrosse net to simply catch the feeds from the
    feeder. Emphasis is contact point in proper position and no swing.
  • Part 2: Hitting player will use paddle for resets 1 Player will feed cooperative slap or swing volleys looking to get a
    downward trajectory. Reset player will practice low prep and good contact point to allow ball to reset back into the opposing NVZ.

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