Middle Blocker Footwork - How to BLOCK a Volleyball Tutorial (part 1/2)

Learn how to be an effective Middle Blocker by improving your footwork! This video is a part of a series of videos that will teach you how to block in volleyball and what to do with your feet, arms, and how to position your body to block with the greatest speed and efficiency. Learn how to play volleyball with these volleyball techniques, taught by Coach Donny, by watching these Elevate Yourself volleyball tutorial videos. These volleyball exercises, drills, and techniques apply to both men's and women's volleyball.
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[@sophiajazesf3464]

Anyone here during quarantine watching these before club starts?

[@nikacuncic4585]

i tough im the only one hahaha

[@yuen6257]

Same haha

[@andersonescobar6985]

Thank you so much! I'm 5'9 and I love blocking but now I can do it more effectively!

[@adambartice542]

bro i’m 5,8 but 5,9 with shoes aye yes eye small blocker goals bro 👏

[@oscar_1uu]

wow i’m 5’3

[@rxikeeta]

im 4'8 :3 and i also like blocking. I play basketball with my friend and block using this method xD

[@kelvinvanbawithawngkhengla2641]

Wow!! I am 5'4 but I block everyone

[@fa1803]

I’m 1’44 :D

[@yaozuli546]

Start with knee slightly bend and torso 45 degree - arms in front - 1 arm away from the net Key - want to reach over rather than jumping high 2 types of block: 1. reaction - quick block when unsure about who is going to hit 2. commitment - able to read the situation, so can load up more to jump higher and commit High level - read setter and spiker 3 types of footwork: 1. Shuffle 2. Open cross hop (cross jab) 3. Swing Block (approach step jump) Thank you Coach Donny!

[@shandia123]

You just became my personal internet coach! These videos are simple, effective and covered every part I wondered about in each section. Got way to much new stuff to try out in tomorrows practice o.o :D (Watched like 8-9 videos, great stuff!) Greetings from a new volleyball - player in Norway^^ Keep up the good work!

[@shandia123]

I think volleyball is a growing sport, but to be honest I do not know the environment^^ I started this fall, and I know little about the traditions. I'm lucky to have a local coach, who as far as I'm concerned played on an international level in Norway! Most people go skiing, and a lot also plays soccer.

[@wetbreadno8279]

oi du er norsk :o jeg starter snart 2 uker siden :D

[@fitwithjassy5946]

Whoa this is so great ! Thank you so much I've learned so much stuff that didn't even cross my mind not once before. Your formation is so efficient and precise it's amazing you make it so much easier

[@alisonn5347]

Thanks for this! I’m going to be a freshman and have played back row for 4 years! We have a new coach this year and she wants me to play middle and right side in the front, instead of the back. I’m really trying to prove to her I can do it, and this helps a lot 🙌

[@surajgurung9038]

I have been watching your volleyball tutorials and i got compliments from team mates that I am hitting way better than before. No one used to block my spike as I was hitting either to their hand or soft hit so they can easily pick. Now i know how not to hit directly to expected target. I started doing most the exercises you have recommended. Now I want learn how to block as I hardly block the spike. Thank you namaste

[@jenskruse1475]

I like the competence that is the foundation of your videos.

[@actuallylimbo9514]

Thanks I needed this! 🏐

[@NokkunVolleyball]

Honestly, I needed this so much. I used to be a setter, but now I play middle all the time and I keep having trouble moving left to block oppo. Something with my brain and footwork makes me stumble over myself lol. Now I'm practicing these wherever i go! Much appreciated!

[@alejandradiaz3104]

Thank you si much coach. I just came back here to get help with blocking. My team is lacking of middle blockers so I will be playing as a middle at a tournament, I’m not used to it, I’m a setter, but your videos keep helping me a lot. Love u

[@oxanaanderson8995]

Honestly thank you so much because I am a middle blocker I just made it to Juniors Varsity, and my coach tells me that I am good on what I am doing I just need to jump higher and use my hands correctly, so honestly thank you

[@jasondavis5730]

Thanks for the great advice! Keep up the great work!

[@celiamelendi6216]

Wow I honestly love your videos. They show perfectly everything you have to do and in an easy and simple way. They even show stuff my coach never taught me. You've just became my internet coach hahaha. I've been playing for 8 years and your videos are teaching me a lot of new stuff I've never imagined. I'm still 14 but I want to play better than I am and this is helping a lot. Thanks from Spain ❤

[@lenqiusy9684]

You 19 now o: ?

[@HypeZee]

@@lenqiusy9684 :o

[@domkkis]

Thank you so much man! your vidios are so heplful

[@chinaSol]

Great coaching videos Donny. Can I suggest a video on how to read the set early to help make good blocking decisions, from the point of view of a middle blocker. Thanks.

[@MAxter339]

Nice, i like your vídeos Donny. :)

[@AZSecondCity]

Awesome videos! Keep it up please

[@TheBenadryl]

Bro the mid season comeback is boutta be crazy (I’m only a freshman who has never played so I had a disadvantage to start) I really enjoy this sport and really want to be good so thank you for this

[@maycarillo2408]

I want to be a middle blocker even thought my height is 4'9. I've always watch your videos! And i'm thankful for that because introvert like me can do alone! Thank you so much couch!

[@DYNMGHTENDVUR]

I'm a libero but I'm 6,2 so I got moved to middle blocker and thank u for helping me with my blocks its really effective and also we won because my team watch ur vids

[@Yoshimitsua]

omg this helps me cause I’m 5’9 thank you so much

[@GG-cb6kf]

Very nice vid keep going !! Might be usefull to make a little jump after any block. I heard it can prevent sport injuries and help for faster reactions.

[@gerardmunkondya5353]

This is amazing ❤... Please kindly make a video on middle brocker spiking drills

[@jamesliu288]

Hello Coach Donny, can you please make a video on how to organize a double/triple block? I found it hard to block in sync as a MB with the power hitter and the right side. Thanks!

[@staymotivated6256]

Thank you so much

[@martagarcia6227]

Very useful. thanks :D

[@sydddthescientist]

So helpful!!

[@taratea3798]

Oh my God thank you so much this helped so much Just a little boost I needed to become a better middle blocker.......oh im 5'8

[@kai-rk2em]

I’m 5’6 middle blocker/ setter I can play both positions

[@txtx8406]

your so tall and for what- im 5'3"

[@taratea3798]

@@txtx8406 I'm 5'9 now

[@notbrody6113]

I’m 6’3 14years old setter and middle blocker

[@SalahuddinAhmad]

Well i come from the uae were the average height for full grown men is around 170cm or like 5'6 i think so 5'8 doesnt sound that bad to me

[@user-jq7mr6bw9v]

Very helpful thanks

[@vinniemack01]

great videos. subscribing.

[@pratiktandel5706]

Can you do a complete video about blocking from every positions ?

[@sosukearnold6123]

Pls make a video abt the spikers vision of the court when in the air

[@zoyy167]

Nice

[@sudeepflipboy]

thank you so much❤

[@danicavelickovic2004]

Nice!

[@nguyenquocbinh4879]

intelligibility, practical for newbie

[@katiefox9273]

Hi, thank you for your video, very useful 👍 can you show which areas middle should cover in defence in 5 1 rotation?

[@alejandrosalazardiaz4045]

Thanks

[@averykal]

Thank you very much

[@ElevateYourselfOfficial]

You are welcome

[@dekedit7487]

This helps a lot! I’m 5’5 and my original way of blocking was the three step approach, jump and block. But I only hit one block out of tens of attempts due to the three step taking too much time, this makes it so much more consistent! Thank you 🙏

[@tttggfc9568]

how are you a middle blocker and only 5’5”?

[@mouses_HK]

@@tttggfc9568high jump, there’s a middle blocker on my team who’s 5’5 too but because he jumps so high, his reach is when blocking is higher than our 6 foot middle blocker (also 5’5 dude is better at blocking than the 6 foot guy surprisingly)

[@rainytempest3137]

Thank you, hope I win today!

[@recycledtunes6524]

can u please Make a video on how to confuse or perform drops

[@liambrown3249]

Gotta learn that tsukki power!

[@user-dp9yn7zf4l]

for me the hardest things about blocking are: read block, be patient and observe timing, sometime even know who s going to hit, but jump to early reaction time, take a sec to realize who the setter set speed, just not fast enough, especially when outside hitter do a quick

[@kasragolmohammadi9920]

Great

[@epicdarkshadow4771]

I feel like a pro now

[@dmo8630]

middle hitter footwork and hitting techniques

[@vollyballbroker9580]

Paket lengkap no skip hadir guys....

[@ll-xz4io]

I have a suggestion!! Maybe do a video on what to do when you the ball is shanked into the net and it's your job to save it!

[@sully6191]

I’m 5,10 and I would love to starting getting used to blocking it’s very fun

[@benyes3607]

tsym man!

[@claire2792]

How tall are you?

[@decariz1997]

Nice Tsukishima

[@goatyuh5706]

Haha

[@hannahg3530]

I told my mom that my real coach is coach Donny, not the narcissistic one that has no idea what she’s doing (then yells at us when we don’t know what we’re doing lol)

[@vijayoraganti25]

Tq sir

[@aidsdagiant8191]

do you have videos on how to jump higher??

[@jahvannarayan1030]

If you’re still looking for an answer, there’s two things: working out your legs, and your arm swing.

[@devarakondakotaiah1383]

hi Donny I want to know to spike from various places in volleyball

[@ACameronPhillips]

Hi Coach Donny. Thanks for the videos. I am 53, and was an undersized 6'1 middle in my HS and colligate playing days. Now, my 16 year old son is needing to transition from playing left side to middle as he switches from his HS team to his club team. He needs work on his footwork for sure. My question is this. As an undersized middle, to help eliminate transition time, I was taught to land with one leg. So, if I was coming down and needing to transition to my right, I would land on my left leg, immediately push out to my right, and move into a swing block. I don't know if I had a crazy coach, or if it really saved me a split second as I felt it did. I am wondering if you've ever seen this? Is it still being taught? Or is that "old" volleyball? Just looking to help my son. Thanks.

[@rexaldrin8718]

Coach Donny what is your height? I'm very curious about your height

[@edwardgarces4527]

Hi Coach, I'm 5 foot 4 but I can jump high enough to at least clear my hands above the net. Since there are only six people on my volleyball team, every time I rotate to middle front I try to do my job as a middle blocker and go up for almost every one of my opponent's hits. Because of my height I will usually go for the soft block but am I just wasting energy? Should I focus more on digging the tips/roll shots? I'm working on my vertical so I hope to become more effective on defense but I just wanted your opinion, thanks!

[@kimzee3812]

I should've watched this before breaking an ankle :/

[@ruzuri.3053]

.....xD

[@esteleabeatrizhipolito9849]

i have a request in volleyball what is the correct position of receiving a ball and how to make it straight not curve while receiving it. sorry for my language.

[@davidvonallmen19]

Thanks so much! Question: how much distance does the middle have to cover in this footwork? I'm trying to create drills for my daughter who is a 6 foot tall high school middle and I figured if she's in the center of the net and the ball gets set to one side or the other, she doesn't have to cover the full 15 feet to the antenna, she's going to have a hitter on each side of her who is also going to help block and they'll take up maybe 3 feet of space at the net, so she needs to cover 12 feet with this footwork? Is that correct? In this video it looks like there's about 5 feet between you and the antenna when when you were demonstrating the swing block, but I can't tell if you started in the center of the net or not.

[@meghalpatel114]

outside hitter video with example

[@emilyturner7489]

How do you need to position your feet depending on the hitters position?

[@spaceman975]

I am a 5'10 middle blocker, I can block solid but it's hard when a setter is really good at deceiving, I want to improve alertness

[@skipper2198]

What exactly does a MB do after a succesfull team reception?

[@Dboyg07]

They transition off the the net to get ready to hit

[@bipinkrsingh8165]

Which type is used when is not clear so please I request you to clear that

[@sastra6711]

Excuse me, let me ask you when blocking in the middle, what do you see first when the setter's hand is passing and after that you see the ball or the opponent's body

[@sage-1248]

if you dont have a volleyball court outside and you want to play anyways, what places should you go for? (theres no sand so beachvolleyball doesnt work)

[@js1538]

Hey coach, I know this is an old video but I had a question. How can you get there faster when blocking opposite and outside as a middle blocker. I’m struggling and end up being late

[@GAn1ms]

Im really late but look at the setters hands so you can see where they’re going to set before so you can be there before

[@aceadriaun]

How tall are you I’m a 5’6 middle

[@beefynubs7363]

Idk why but for some reason I always mess up the open cross hop footwork on my left side, right I’m ok with it but I can’t seem to get it in my head to do the left

[@wanahmadiqbalbinwanmohdadl7489]

can short middle blocker people make reaction block on quick attack?

[@burples4597]

I’m short but still want to be middle blocker

[@elizaschuyler6024]

CAN ANYONE ANSWER THIS I REALLY NEED AN ANSWER - when do you block in volleyball? is there a specific time you block?? or do you block when the ball is close to the net? im a beginner

[@aimanhakimmazlan7207]

It really hard to block especially when u facing a good spiker I just hope for me to be able to open view for receiver but i really want to block all the ball coming huhu

[@thebigthinker]

Is that Mission San Jose High School in Fremont, CA. It sure looks like it. I graduated from there in 1979.

[@BradyBeko]

thebigthinker it is

[@niklauslarry898]

How can I improve on blocking as a middle blocker

[@TecSationce]

Nice vid. Was the net men´s high ?

[@deasttn]

+Elevate Yourself Aww man, I was about to give you mad props for those leapers of yours. Nice vid.

[@frederikwillert4053]

How tall are you? Just curious.

[@armyofmaximilianmus309]

Oh yeah yeah oh yeah yeah

[@meghalpatel114]

leftside

[@Nmomo8691]

Thank you for this. Have a question Is middle blocking the same as centre blocking coz back here in my country it's what we call it "centre blocking " ? Someone pliz help me understand this

[@mancaostir3241]

yes, a middle blocker is a 'central' blocker

[@Kagura.ko122]

Centre and middele are synonyms

[@ankushjindal9443]

hello Coach Donny, as a middle blocker what if i start with hand up instead of hands away from torso at 45' in a quick reaction block ?

[@ankushjindal9443]

thanks

[@antonborck5301]

I am used to The swing block, But my coach says that there is no such thing and that i should do more of a open cross hop, that i should barely swing my arms at all, how should i go forward with that?

[@estebanvenegas89]

How tall Is coach Donny?

[@zaeloving6062]

I know I’m 5 years late but what team do you coach

[@HenrikMyrhaug]

I find it really difficult to block the right and left side hitters whenever the setter does a quick set. My big body simply can't travel out to the hitters as fast as the ball. Blocking other middle blockers is easy, and it is easy to block the sides when the other side isn't ready to hit, but when both sides are in play, and the setter sets quick, I have absolutely no chance.

[@hiddevanderleer6600]

if you do the swing block i always swing to far so i hit my teammate, what can i do to fix that

[@lubieananasy4106]

When you use the swing block Do you jump higher?

[@Andrei-bl5ic]

yes because you have momentum from the swing of the arms

[@g-rantiks7866]

What’s good fellow middles

[@webulo3422]

Im 5’7 as a freshman am i tall enough play middle blocker

[@muhammadsuhailyazib6656]

Im 5'5 shortest in my team. This video could inspired short players to be like coach donny. If coach donny and i can be a volleyball player, so did anyone.

[@af7285]

You're right, height is a gift. Doesn't matter how tall you're if you can jump :)

[@javedakhtar2981]

sir what is ur height

[@liya5130]

4:30-4:55

[@iheardthequinagain2924]

can you please explain how to make transition from the blocks to the rush for attack (I don't know English phrases for that but i hope you get it 😅) I have online trainings and my coach is gonna be mad but I really don't know how to make it correctly....

[@jahvannarayan1030]

It depends where you are. Usually there’s two blockers so while the other two are blocking you go back to be ready for an attack. But if you’re middle then you only come back while the ball is on your side

[@iheardthequinagain2924]

@@jahvannarayan1030 thanks but im not playing anymore...

[@jahvannarayan1030]

@@iheardthequinagain2924 oh lmao

[@iheardthequinagain2924]

@@jahvannarayan1030 yeah i gave up...

[@jahvannarayan1030]

@@iheardthequinagain2924 dam bruh feels bad man. would you play again if Jungkook started playing?

[@v.rgaming6096]

What is yr height.??

[@kenz1031]

How do you block sharp cross hits?

[@kenz1031]

+ElevateYourselfNow thanks I'll try it out.