How To Be A World Class Libero | 93% Better at Defense

[@Ry3n_03]

watching these videos as someone that plays 14u boys vb help me realize the importance of me keeping my hands separated when defending againts hard driven balls👍🏼

[@chuggao4202]

3:54 yooo its pme

[@ilanfathih113]

Yea

[@mitchsterkenburg]

Indeed, we play his team twice a year

[@JonDemeter]

Great defensive breakdown from the goat himself 🐐

[@mitchsterkenburg]

learned it all from you mr. goat

[@castelo.]

Excellent video, thanks! Darvin's the GOAT

[@mitchsterkenburg]

No doubt about it

[@e8f2]

Great content! your videos are one of the most informative on youtube with the combination of commentary and film review.

[@mitchsterkenburg]

Glad you think so! More to come for sure

[@Gvrn-.]

Thanks for the video mitch these tutorials honestly help me a lot especially can u make one on setting fundamentals ?

[@mitchsterkenburg]

Certainly can! Glad you like the content.

[@kilian7919]

It's crazy how much of a difference going for fast balls with just one hand makes over trying to get a set platform behind it. When I focus on it really hard when warming up I manage to do it consistently, but I struggle to maintain the arm separation ingame. Do you have any drills you use to burn this into the brain? Habits are tough to break, but it'd be such an improvement. I play on 6 in back-row, so I tend to have more time and it's mostly about positioning/reading well, but block touches are my bane and I think this would really help. Also, the range on that kid is phenomenal, wow. Bummer about the overpasses, but I'm gonna guess those are dud-picked and he's still the best passer in the squad.

[@mitchsterkenburg]

Great points, best recommendation I can have to improve this skills is to work it into your pepper routine while warming up, our players incorporate it daily before warming up working on one hand defense and “scooping” to get in the frame of mind to use it when necessary in game.

[@elimed2929]

pme got dug in this video

[@mitchsterkenburg]

Yea we play his team twice

[@feekaa6989]

loved this video as a ds, just wondering where do you get these percentages for the title of your videos?

[@zacharyburdick]

I think he just makes them up 😂

[@mitchsterkenburg]

Glad you like it! It’s a secret formula I may never reveal

[@rudra3217]

Which is the best hand position while receiving the ball for libero??

[@mitchsterkenburg]

Hands directly out in front of you at a 30 degree angle, so slight outside your bodyline.

[@rudra3217]

@@mitchsterkenburg could you make a video on platform?

[@urimkang8210]

4:08 It's PME !!!!!!!

[@mitchsterkenburg]

indeed it is.

[@HystoriaReiss]

Any reason he doesn't use knee protectors ?

[@mitchsterkenburg]

Just a preference, some guys don't slide on their knees that much depending on their playing style. Darvin tends to dive more on his chest than slide with his legs.

[@rngriff1]

Why isn't a "palm up" dig considered a lift?

[@mitchsterkenburg]

Typically with the speed of the game, a "scoop" dig no matter where its contacted is too fast to be considered a lift. In theory you could be called for a lift in the act of defense on a really slow ball if it gets caught in your platform. But based on the normal flow and pace of the game that's fairly uncommon.