🙌 Passing & Receiving
IntermediateServe Receive
Passing the opponent’s serve to the setter. The most important skill for siding out — a perfect pass gives the setter every option.
Side view
🪜 Step by step
- Start in your receive spot in a balanced, low stance.
- Read the server’s toss and body to anticipate the direction.
- Move early and stop before the ball arrives.
- Present the platform early, angled at the target, ball outside your midline if needed.
- Pass to the target (about 1 m off the net, right of centre).
🗣️ Coaching cues
“Read the server”“Beat the ball to the spot”“Quiet platform”
⚠️ Common mistakes
- Moving while contacting
- Not calling the ball between passers
- Platform facing the wrong way
🏋️ Drills
- Serve-receive triads (server, passer, target)
- Scored passing (0–3 rating per pass)