🙌 Passing & Receiving
BeginnerForearm Pass (Bump)
The foundation of volleyball: the ball rebounds off a flat "platform" made by the forearms. Used for serve receive, free balls and many digs.
Side view
🪜 Step by step
- Get into a ready position: feet shoulder-width apart, knees bent, weight forward.
- Move your feet to get behind the ball — your body should be in line with it.
- Join your hands (one hand cupped in the other, thumbs parallel) and lock your elbows.
- Angle the platform toward the target and contact the ball on the forearms, above the wrists.
- Use your legs and shoulders — not a big arm swing — to direct the ball.
🗣️ Coaching cues
“Feet first, then platform”“Thumbs together, elbows locked”“Angle the platform to the target”
⚠️ Common mistakes
- Swinging the arms
- Contacting on the hands or wrists
- Reaching instead of moving the feet
- Bending the elbows
🏋️ Drills
- Partner toss-and-pass
- Pass to a target (setter) from three spots in the back court
- Pepper (pass-set-hit with a partner)