This is basically the only video I've seen on armswing instruction, that understands the core and shoulder rotation aspect of it. Most excellent. Kudos on using Kurek for an example. He's one of the few that know how to rotate his shoulders/upper half to generate power, AND to turn it down the line when the block is setup for angle. Swinging at a ball is just like 1. throwing a football and 2. throwing a punch. You use your shoulders and core as well, to generate maximum power.

He does indeed have an angry whippy armswing, but he has no shoulder or core rotation. Case in point, this line shot of his. He does an inside out approach, which is awesome, but he completely negates it by keeping his shoulders facing the 4 zone, when he should be rotating them square to the net. He does a cross body arm shot, similar to a football QB throwing across his body; for anyone who's familiar with football, throwing across the body is highly discouraged, due to reduced power and it being ergonomically very bad for your shoulder. However, one can get away with swinging like this when they are 6'5" with a 40 inch vertical. kzbin.infoHXnzcinhxgw Take a look at 4:35, at Kurek's shoulders here when he swings line. Notice his shoulders/core rotates properly (like throwing a right cross punch), even when he is doing an outside-ish in approach, and he's actually facing the left upright when he comes down. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXjXdX-fnJuppM0

Is this a circular swing or a snap swing ? I've read the two exist and are similar but I'm struggling to see the difference

I am anti-“wrist snap.” I do not train it. I am anti- a lot of things that are common coaching tropes because I tend to take things literally by their word. However… since there are a lot of successful coaches and players who buy in to the idea of “wrist snap,” I do wonder if there is some sort of benefit to using it as a cue. Like maybe it helps some players with the intricacies of the control of their hand contact, making them be able to cut the ball in a variety of ways.

This is very eye opening. Can't believe this doesn't have more views. Please make more vids on attacking.

The 'wrist snap' basically directs you to put the contact point higher on the ball by having your wrist bent and the 'loose' nature of how it is shown is just another hint for having your whole arm and palm relatively relaxed when spiking. It just kind of takes those 2 things and blends them together into a sort of 'feeling description' that you might try to use to get that loose arm and high contact point. That's how I see it.

Hi Mr. Volleynerd. I've been working on my arm swing for a while going from using a lot of arm muscles to using more core and a relaxed arm. My question to you is the arm swing initiated by the hips rotating first and causing the shoulder to lag and drag the arm around to produce speed for the arm swing?

Then what am I supposed to do with my wrist after???????

Thanks Coach for sharing the simple physics of topspin. I used to rely so heavily on wrist snap as a beginner player, thinking I was generating topspin. lol 😂

Alright but how would a standing topspin serve where the contact is below the net tape work? You’re forced to hit below the ball to gain height

The reception at 7:15 =O

your shoulder is okay after that?

5:09

You know it's funny you analyse the serve vs the hit. I have a monster jumpserve but can't hit to save my life. Why doesn't that translate you think?

Can you make a ran takahashi arm swing breakdown?

could you do an arm swing analysis on Yuki Ishikawa? I want to learn his technique and (sort of) unlearn my circular arm swing when I made it circular to mimic Nishida's, but now that I realized that circular was slower, I wanted to learn the mechanics behind Ishikawa's arm swing, but I cannot find anything on it. Please make a video on it!

And he's jumping so freaking high too look like he's had wings to fly

What are the benefits of this?

Short court on grass is a tragedy.

Short court on grass is a tragedy.

Look at this gorgeous line of power

Hey Volleynerd. At 4:10, you talk about how most players would stop at that shoulder position and proceed to swing instead of going as far back as Tj does, do you have any tips or recommendations as to how I could achieve this level of flexibility and loadup? I'm currently struggling with this very issue.

You are most likely familiar with the concept of circular swing. Do you know any exercises or drills to learn that? best wishes great video

I like the analysis. Highest player I have ever seen playing live. Unfortunately, there is a reason he is no longer playing in Italy. He was not able to make a difference in Switzerland, where the level is not really high, due to his lack of consistency and the countless amount or errors.

How can I shift to circular Swing from Bow and Arrow one.. Please tell

Hope you got some ice cream after that W

His arm swing is identical to a tennis topspin serve.

Thanks for doing my request! I like how you emphasized his flexibility rather than just his technique and power. Got me thinking about doing some dynamic stretches for improvements to my own swing.

Great video

so i got a quick question so when it comes to nishida drawback being inline with his shoulders are they flat like horizontal because when he swings i notice his elbow is down a bit should i be trying to emulate the hitting form or serving form

Love the Video :D!!! Please could you Analyse Wallace de Souza?

hey, what armswing do you consider to be the best aiming power? im becoming "good" and i want to have proper armswing, since mine actually isnt that good

can you do an arm swing breakdown on xace leem

Hey, great vid! I was just wondering, does Nishida have not any shoulder problems with his technique? I've noticed that when my elbow gets that low, it puts more burden on my shoulders and hurts it more.

Can you do a arm swing breakdown on Ahmed Shafik from Egypt’s national team. Specifically his pipe attacks. They are very interesting.

can you do an arm swing breakdown of terrell bramwell

Uhm, if you’ve seen Project Pyre Athelte the arm position shiuld be around 135 degrees assuming 0 degrees is at the top. The last foot is more of a braking mechanism rather than a force producer. The braking mechanism turns the horizontal momentum into vertical jump. If the arms were at the very bottom when the block foot is there, it would make the jumper jump up rather than into the ball. This is what i think, im not sure if im wrong so if i am pls tell me

Extremely informational, thank you

When making changes in the armswing, should they feel unnatural?

They do the side eye thing because their shoulders are naturally tilted because of the arm swing on the approach.

Thank you David! Super helpful. Going to keep these concepts in mind as i work on it. Hoping to post a befofe/after vid soon!

This series is so helpful! Thank you so much

Sasquatch actually has different jerseys than what they wore from the first event and they’re pretty cool. Curious where you would rank those

Love the series. Could you do a breakdown of a middle hitter’s arm swing?

Loved it. Been paying attention to his circular arm swing for a long time I sort of built my arm swing around Anderson's. Was wondering if you could look at Taylor Sander's arm swing as it is so much more different

Great work. Really enjoyed your entire series on arm swing break downs!

Do you have any videos breakdown the works you need for better circular swing, shoulder tilt, and shoulder hip separation. I actually never seen videos explaining shoulder tilt. Amazing video btw!

He jumps so absurdly high too. That really puts a hard downward drive

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