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Beach Volleyball Serve Receive Tips – Your Arms and Starting Stance?
The primary function of your arms during the forearm pass is to redirect the ball to your target. You should consider your arms –as a wall or a tabletop that you put up for the ball to rebound off of so that it goes directly to your setter or a predetermined place where your setter will be so she can give you the best set possible.
Starting Stance
Styles vary among players and I’ve seen players start their serve receive in a position that looked like they were about to run a race, with one foot straddling an imaginary starting line and their shoulders erect but turned perpendicular to the player who was serving the ball on the opposing team. I believe the rationale behind starting this way is that in theory you could turn and run towards the net or away from it to pass a ball a lot faster by starting in this runner’s stance.
For the most part, passers adopt a serve receive starting position similar to the one used by indoor players with shoulders and upper body parallel and square to the net and facing the server. Typically, the ready position women pro players use for their arms is to extend them in front of their body, towards the net, elbows bent at around a 45 degree angle with the palms of the hand facing upwards towards the sky, pretty much looking as if they were holding an invisible baby but with their arms down by their waist line. Guys have a tendency to start the same way or they will rest their hands on their thighs or the hem of their board shorts until the server serves and/or the ball is just crossing the net.
One other way that elite players hold their arms was made popular by American Steve Anderson coach of the Australian women’s Olympic gold medalist Natalie Cook and Kerri Pottharst, bronze medalist in Atlanta and gold medalist in Sydney in 2000. In their starting serve receive stance, Natalie and Kerri would have their shoulders parallel and square to the net but instead of holding their arms in front of them in a cradle position they would hold them straight out from their sides with elbows very slightly bent. In this way, to the opposing team’ server the court size looks much smaller making it more difficult for the server to pick wide open space to serve to. It also bolsters the serve receivers confidence in believing that they can get to any spot quickly to pass a ball since the court seems smaller with their arms spread so widely.
Players who are or who have been coached by the Australian Olympian Kerri Pottharst like Tyra Turner, Rachel Wacholder and Angie Akers have a tendency to adopt a wider-arm serve receive starting stance or a modified version of it.
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