One thing I’ve seen coaches use to coach ball contact, particularly round serving, is wall traps. That’s principally the place a participant is standing close to a wall, tosses the ball up, and makes an attempt to entice the ball in opposition to the wall with their serve.
The video beneath is an instance of doing one thing comparable for spiking, simply with the participant’s hand rather than the wall.
In case you’ve learn what I (or others) have written/mentioned about how working towards a serve toss with out really hitting the ball is completely different from tossing once you plan to hit it, you’ll have an thought of what I’m going to say subsequent. 😉
Serving or spiking with the intent to entice the ball is completely different than doing so to really hit it. You’re probably not swinging as onerous, for one. The toss is probably not the identical as a stay serve toss (and positively gained’t appear to be an incoming set). And the way in which you contact the ball to have it cease in place might be one other. So that you’re not replicating the type of factor that can occur with an actual hit or serve.
Do I feel there may very well be worth in entice work?
Solely presumably on the very, very starting. And provided that a participant is having actual timing points. Traps might assist them with that, maybe. However I’d solely have them do one profitable rep earlier than I moved on. That tells me they will time it, so now they need to attempt to do it for actual. See my put up on instructing learners to serve for a way I’d progress them in that ability.
I positively wouldn’t do it repeatedly just like the gamers within the video are doing. That strikes me as utterly pointless. They aren’t even correctly swinging on the ball!
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