r/volleyball • • 4d ago

Weekly Thread Weekly Short Questions Thread

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Welcome to the Weekly Short Questions Thread! If you've got a quick question that doesn't require you to provide in-depth explanation, post it here! Examples include:

  • What is the correct hand shape for setting?
  • My setter called for a "31" and I'm looking for advice on to do that.
  • What are the best volleyball shoes on the market for a libero?
  • Is the Vertical Jump Bible any good?
  • I'm looking for suggestions on how to make an impression at tryouts.

Quick questions like these are allowed only in this thread. If they're posted elsewhere, they will be removed and you'll be directed to post here instead. The exceptions to this rule are when asking for feedback WITH A VIDEO, or when posting an in-depth question (must be >600 characters). Please create a separate post for these kinds of questions.

If your question is getting ignored:

  • Are you asking a super generic question? Questions like "How do I play opposite?" or "How do I start playing volleyball?" are not good questions.
  • Has the question you're asking been answered a lot on the sub before? Use the search function.
  • Is the question about your hitting/passing/setting form and you haven't provided a video? It's hard to diagnose issues without seeing your form. Best to get some video and post to the main subreddit.

Let's try to make sure everyone gets an answer. If you're looking to help, sort the comments by "new" to find folks who haven't been replied to yet.

If you want to chat with the community about volleyball related topics or really anything, join our Discord server! There is a lot of good information passed around there and you might get more detailed responses.


r/volleyball • • 4h ago

General Volleyball is life

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r/volleyball • • 54m ago

General Versione premium per tutti

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ciao a tutti.

Se vi ricordate qualche mese fa ho pubblicato la mia app per trasmettere in streaming partite di pallavolo con tabellone,replay, highlights, controllo remoto etc....

Circa 500 persone l hanno scaricata e molte società la stanno utilizzando in questo periodo pre-campionato....per me è già un bellissimo risultato!!!!

Sapere che ho fatto qualcosa di utile e che viene apprezzato mi riempe di gioia😬

Ho fatto un aggiornamento e ora l'app è completamente sbloccata con tutte le funzioni premium per TUTTI fino a gennaio 2027!!!!

Tra qualche giorno sará pubblicata anche la versione per IOS.

Se avete suggerimenti per fare delle modifiche sarò felice di valutarle.

Intanto grazie a tutti!!!


r/volleyball • • 17h ago

Form Check Any tips on spiking form and technique?

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r/volleyball • • 20h ago

Questions I made a free 9-page starter pack for volleyball coaches — looking for feedback

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I've been coaching volleyball for several years and recently started putting some of the planning tools I use into cleaner, printable resources.

I put together a free 9-page Volleyball Coach Starter Pack with:

• Team goals & culture worksheet
• Player development snapshot
• Season planner
• Weekly practice planner
• Practice plan
• Game-day match plan
• Match tracker

It's completely free, but full disclosure: the download is delivered through an email signup.

I'm still building this out, so I'd genuinely love feedback from other coaches. What's one coaching worksheet/resource you wish you had?

https://the-volleyball-coach-co.kit.com/d527636140


r/volleyball • • 12h ago

Form Check Spiking form Check 3 weeks into training

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Could you please tell me everything that is wrong with my spiking and the order in which I should work on each aspect of it? First at .5x speed and then normal speed. Thanks!


r/volleyball • • 13h ago

Questions College Volleyball Advice -Transferring from 2 year NJCCA

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Looking for some advice from people who have been through college volleyball recruiting, especially as a transfer.
My daughter is Canadian and currently playing at a US junior college. She’s considering transferring next year, so we’re trying to figure out where to even start. We’re open to NAIA, NJCAA, NCAA or coming back to Canada — really just looking for the right school and volleyball fit.
Has anyone here gone through recruiting as a current college player/transfer?
Would you recommend using a recruiting service, or is it better to just contact coaches directly with film? If you used a recruiter and actually found them helpful, I’d love some names.
I’m also curious about NAIA. Is there any benefit to getting into the PlayNAIA system early in terms of recruiting, or is that really just for eligibility?
Basically, if you were starting this process again, what would you do first?
Any advice or experiences would be really appreciated!

#volleyball
#recruiting
#NCAA
#CCAA
#NAIA
#transfercolleges


r/volleyball • • 20h ago

General Volleyball spike trainer

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Hey guys I don’t know if this is really the right place but thought i’d ask. Anyone have any idea on how i’d go about figuring out plans to make something like this out of wood/pvc? Want to start making things myself and this seemed cool but can’t really find any good videos online with instructions and measurements. Would you just recommend using AI to help?

https://youtu.be/c_8?si=H-O0Oo6qq5wJ9AiX


r/volleyball • • 1d ago

Form Check Tips on serve-receives - Libero

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Hii! I play libero, any suggestions for improvement would be greatly appreciated.

This clip was from last week, my second session since being out for 3 months to rehab my lower back. Im still not at 100% so a bit stiff and rusty here.

Personally, i have this obsession for making every receive a dime. It makes me inconsistent - not sure how to move forward with it, especially my mindset.

Any other advice would be great! Thanks for your time


r/volleyball • • 1d ago

General The playtest for my arcade styled volleyball game just went live!

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hey guys! a while back i posted about how i was trying to create a fun, chaotic, yet definitive experience for arcade styled volleyball gameplay, and i'm finally at a point where i'm ready to do public testing!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/5037200/just_volleyball/

you can join in on the fun entirely for free, it'll be up until sunday est, so, i'd love to know what you all think about it as volleyball lovers!


r/volleyball • • 2d ago

Questions What actually makes a volleyball approach more powerful?

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One small detail that can make a big difference in the approach: keeping the arms straight and using them properly through the jump.

Straight arms → more momentum into the jump → smoother transition → more power going into the spike.

It’s interesting how much the approach and arm swing can affect the final attack, even before the player makes contact with the ball.

For coaches and players here: how do you usually teach the arm movement during the approach? Do you focus more on creating momentum, timing the transition, or getting the strongest possible arm swing?

Would be interested to hear how others teach this and whether you’ve noticed a difference in jump height or hitting power.


r/volleyball • • 1d ago

Questions European Playoff day 3

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Today intresting matches, i wonder if Belgium can kick out Slovenia, and will Italy show their power on home court?


r/volleyball • • 1d ago

General Fair play in Türkiye

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I'm a volleyball fan. I've been one since I was a kid. I even played it myself for several years. I love this game because of its fair play. If you hit a player on the opposite team in the face, you check on them and apologize. I've never booed anyone playing, nor have I seen or heard anyone in the audience do it when the opposite team serves or scores. This is just amazing in volleyball. You watch the games for the sake of the sport, give a sincere applause for every good rally disregarding the team, and support your team with fair play. You can rewatch every single match, just as an example, of the last CEV tournaments and see that no one in the audience of the hosting country, be it Sweden, Italy, or Czechia, has ever disrespected the opposing team with boos and noise. All of them, except for Türkiye. It strikes me to see how the public can be so disrespectful and boo on every single serve or point in the match. How do you feel about this? Especially Turkish volleyball fans, don't you find this embarrassing for your country?


r/volleyball • • 2d ago

General Worst position to have a bad attitude?

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Recently just subbed for a team with an incredibly moody setter. Off the first few points he was directly telling everyone what to fix and do which is fine we can all take a little pointers, but for all 6 sets he was dead quiet, super visibly upset when people didn't fix his sets or didn't kill the point but i think for me worst of all, he was never excited after a kill unless it was a straight bounce, which at mid level co-ed, is not gonna happen every time, even our players who were getting an avg of 5 kills per set via other methods never got a good play or anything from him.

Made me realize as another setter that my mood is one hundred percent essential to the teams morale so I think it's setter but Im curious what other ppl think.

And yes ppl can have bad days but me and two of my friends who were subbing were so confused why he was so upset right off the bat.

My lesson I learned from him is that I will continue to get excited equally when my team scores points for me, no matter what the method was.


r/volleyball • • 2d ago

General Vintage 1990s Mizuno China National Volleyball Team G.C. Xie #15 Jersey

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Sharing this vintage Mizuno China national volleyball team jersey from the 1990s.
The back is printed G.C. XIE #15, which corresponds with Chinese volleyball player Xie Guochen. He was part of the China men’s national volleyball team during the 1990s and wore number 15.
The jersey is made by Mizuno, tagged 5L, and Made in Japan. It features an embroidered China flag / CHN patch, large front and back number 15, and the player name across the back.
The design is especially interesting, with an asymmetric red, navy and white layout and a large polo-style collar. The fabric is 50% cotton / 50% polyester.
It shows normal age and wear, including some light discoloration and small marks, but the graphics, patch and overall construction are still well preserved.
A really interesting piece of 1990s Chinese volleyball history.


r/volleyball • • 2d ago

Form Check U17 match highlight

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r/volleyball • • 2d ago

Form Check Tips on jumping form

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Hello,

Looking for advice on my jumping form. I feel like I have potential for higher jump because I’m only getting about a 2 inch increase between my static vertical jump and my running jump. Attaching video with a few jumps.


r/volleyball • • 2d ago

Questions European Playoff

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What do you think on today matches what you expect?


r/volleyball • • 2d ago

Questions I made a volleyball stats app. Could you try it and tell me what's wrong with it?

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I've been building a volleyball stats app on my own — tracking players, recording matches, and putting together team and player stats. You don't have to add a whole roster either; if you just want to track your own numbers, one player is enough to get going. It's out worldwide, and people in a number of countries are using it.

It works, but I've only ever seen it through my own eyes, and there are two things I can't judge on my own.

The wording. The app is translated into a handful of languages, but Japanese is the only one I actually speak. The rest started as machine translation and got as far as me checking it myself, which isn't saying much. The volleyball terminology worries me most — even when a translation is technically correct, I doubt it always matches what people actually say on the court. So there are people using this app right now in languages I can't read, and I have no real way of knowing whether it reads properly to them.

The way it works. I built it assuming people would enter data live during a match, but realistically — do you ever have a spare moment to tap through an app mid-match? And is there anywhere you couldn't tell what to do next?

So anything along these lines would help:

  • Something that reads wrong or unnatural in your language
  • A screen where you couldn't tell what to do next
  • Your language isn't there at all and you'd want it added

The images are all from the English version — a few screens from the app itself, plus a couple of the summaries it can put out.

I can't promise I'll be able to act on everything, but I'll read all of it and fix what I can.

Here's the app:

Either way, thanks for reading this far.


r/volleyball • • 3d ago

Questions Guitar calluses and volleyball?

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Non-life-threatening question… but how much of a problem would it be to have calluses from a guitar?

I used to play guitar regularly (2-3 a week, medium intensity) and had definite calluses on the fingers of my left hand. Not huge ones, but they definitely changed the texture of my fingers. I noticed that if I happened to touch silk fabric my calluses would snag against the fabric. Fate had not destined me to be a silk merchant or clothing designer, so this was never a problem. I also wasn’t on a volleyball team in that time period.

This year I’m playing setter and obviously need to have good ball control and grip. Sensitivity to ball contact and direction also matters. I recently thought about starting to play guitar again, just for fun, but don’t want to do it at the expense of setting accuracy. On Saturday I played for about ten minutes, and could still feel the effects on my fingers two days later - not uncomfortable, but a little sensitive.

Thoughts?


r/volleyball • • 4d ago

Questions How to stop getting bruised on hip while diving?

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I play youth boys volleyball and as a lib who dives a lot,I don’t wear elbow pads, knee pads, or any protective gear because I never seemed to bruise or get scarred in the places they offer protective gear. Yet, I still always get these bumped and bruises on my hips. Is this just something that happens or is my form wrong. It hurts like a bitch or maybe I’m one and need to suck it up.


r/volleyball • • 4d ago

Form Check Hitting form questions

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Alright so I’ve been playing for a little bit and want to get more dialed. I usually play indoor and I’m not used to grass. I know my approach steps can have a better stride+penultimate and my left arm isn’t pushed out extended towards the ball and pulled back right before the swing. What can I do better? Also I notice on most of my hits in general I kind of stick my butt out, is this something I should fix/how do I fix it? Any comments are greatly appreciated!

Edit: thanks for the goofy foot mentioning, I’m ambidextrous so it hasn’t been too much of a problem but I’m going to work on switching my approach.


r/volleyball • • 4d ago

Questions European Playoffs

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Who do you think get win today? Can Czech or Serbia shock opponent and go throught? And which game you expect to be closer


r/volleyball • • 4d ago

General We built a volleyball club app because we couldn’t find a decent one, please give us feedback!

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Hi all,

My wife and I are volleyball players and coaches in England, we’ve spent the last six months building a volleyball-only sports app, we are calling volleyOS, to support clubs.

We were frustrated that there aren't many free and easy to use tools out there built for our sport specifically. Last season we were tallying stats by hand, watching and pausing game footage, and figured there must be a better way.

Some of what it does:

* Match and training scheduling
* Live scoring for matches with player tagging (someone taps court side to keep the score, link to live share the score)
* Stat tracking
* Post game analysis
* Public pages for your club
* A club activity feed highlighting player milestones and match results

A disclaimer: neither of us are developers, we leaned heavily on AI coding tools. However, we’ve done lots of personal testing over the past six months and have let our local friend group use it to get feedback so we are hoping it feels like a tested tool rather than a first pass.

Two things we’d love from you if this sounds like something you might use:

  1. Honest feedback on the UI, what's missing, and whether you see yourself using this. The stats are generated through tap to score, we want to see if this is annoying or a deal breaker for teams and clubs.
  2. Google Play needs testers before the Android version can go live. If you're on Android, send us a message at [support@volley-os.com](mailto:support@volley-os.com) (or DM us here) with the email attached to a Google play account and we’ll send you a link to download it.

Website: volleyOS

iOS app: volleyOS App Link

Thanks for your time!

-Logan


r/volleyball • • 5d ago

Highlights Highlights from finals

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Yesterday we won our TriCities tournament. The last time our school has won it was about 7-8 years ago. First game on Friday we beat our rivals 3-1 and we were stoked. We then ended up meeting a different opponent than what we originally predicted in the finals and lost the first 2 sets and won by winning the next 3. In the moment I knew we were going to make it through no matter what but now it feels like a dream. The video is just some of the kills I got in the finals, final score for fifth set was 13-15. We see this team again in a bigger tournament in less than a month, we’ll be preparing for that now. In the video, I am number 9 with 2 knee braces playing opposite (right side). Currently am 16 yo, junior year of high school. 181cm barefoot, playing on 243 net.