INTRODUCTION

(Dani, 2013)

Volleyball is an indoor sport comprising of two teams with six players on each team with the main objective to force the ball onto the court on the opposition’s side (Vball.org.uk, 2015). The game was invented by William G. Morgan in Massachusetts, USA in 1895 (IpswichVC, 2015).  It was designed to be a less rough indoor sport than the recently invented basketball. Volleyball is a non-gender specific sport that has exceeded expectation and has had unprecedented growth in popularity over last decade. Volleyball has also extended into an outdoor sport becoming beach volleyball, a sport that encompasses a very similar set of rules and techniques.

There are many components involved within volleyball including running, jumping, passing, serving, blocking.  Key components of the sport have to be executed successfully in order for the team to have the best opportunity to win. The passing component encompasses three main techniques of passing; these are digging, setting and spiking.

This blog will focus on the skill of spiking and in particular from position four on the court as the skill differs slightly depending on where the skill is executed. The biomechanical principles of the volleyball spike and how they factor into the succession of the skill execution will be analysed throughout the blog. The following writings will also suggest methods of training that can improve the body physically to increase the likelihood of a positive outcome as well as addressing factors that an affect the outcome along with why it is crucial for the skill to be executed powerfully and accurately.




This blog has been completed by Maddy Anderson and Kirby Trautwein collaboratively.