Tactics in Volleyball

Volleyball tactics

Formations-the correct formation will give you an advantage over the team and allow you to be one step ahead of the opponent as your player is in a better position which it works the same way if you have a bad formation it allows the opponent to counter your player not in the good positions.

serving-The 2 types of serving shots are a floater and top spin.

-Floater is just tossing and hitting the ball with your palm through the centre of the ball.

-Topspin is a shot when you toss the ball and hit the ball with your palm but contact with the ball below the centre of the ball making it have top spin which both require skill in there own way some more than the other.

Communication-Communication plays an important role in volleyball. In volleyball communication is a great tactic for attacking and defending. This is because your team is communicating to each other who are taking the shot and whose ball it is. Therefore it makes the game much easier and therefore prevents any collisions overall preventing injuries.

Blocking-There are two main types of block in volleyball which include Area blocking and Read blocking. Area blocking is when the blockers have predetermine what area they are going to take away from the hitters.

Blocking strategy usually consists of taking away the oppositions most likely shot (area they are most likely going to hit to) with the defence covering the other area of the court.

Read blocking. Teams with bigger blockers and not so great defensive players may use the strategy of read blocking.

With this strategy, blockers are allowed to try and read the hitters during the attack. Blocking decisions are made on the fly and where a blocker is going to block can be unpredictable.

Obviously this is good that your opponents don’t know what you’re blocking, but a lot of times neither do your defenders.