Hi Joe, I recently encountered an interesting observation that in girls beach volleyball a lot of coaches emphasize in passing in mid line. Ofc in my non-research based opinions all passers should know how to pass outside body, and purely pass mid line only would do more harm in both beach and indoor. What do you think?
I would not emphasize only passing mid line. A lot of times the serving can be pretty weak in girl's beach volleyball... players get more cautious in the wind and the smaller court. In these cases, you often can make a shuffle upgrade to pass mid line. Which is great! But you can't ignore having that ability to pass outside the body because it will happen and happen a lot.
Hi Joe, I recently encountered an interesting observation that in girls beach volleyball a lot of coaches emphasize in passing in mid line. Ofc in my non-research based opinions all passers should know how to pass outside body, and purely pass mid line only would do more harm in both beach and indoor. What do you think?
I would not emphasize only passing mid line. A lot of times the serving can be pretty weak in girl's beach volleyball... players get more cautious in the wind and the smaller court. In these cases, you often can make a shuffle upgrade to pass mid line. Which is great! But you can't ignore having that ability to pass outside the body because it will happen and happen a lot.