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From Scott Hammon, |
APEX Boys Volleyball Club home : Learning the 5-1: Rotation part 1 here.
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SPIKE! Learning the Basics; An effective team has several different methods of attacks in their arsenal. The three basic attacks are; the dink, the off-speed spike and the hard-driven spike.The dink is an effective tool when your opponents have learned the timing of your attack. A well placed dink behind the opponent's front line will often demoralize the opponent and let your team gain the momentum.The off-speed spike is like a dink but delivered deeper into the opponent's court. Whether you dink, off-speed spike or slam down a hard driven spike the approach to the ball should always look the same.
A An off-speed spike differs in that you make contact the ball on the center back of the ball with the heel of your open hand. As you make contact with the ball roll your fingers over the top of the ball snapping your wrist. To make a hard-driven spike merely increase the intensity of your swing paying particular attention to increasing the force of your wrist snap. Players will often make two major errors when attempting to attack the ball. Anticipation drives the hitter to approach too soon and contact the ball behind the hitting shoulder. You know you are leaving to early when you have to stop your motion and wait for the ball. Hitting the ball behind your shoulder almost always results in the ball traveling behind the back line and out-of-bounds. If you find that your shots are doing the opposite and traveling into the net then you are hitting the ball too far in front of your hitting shoulder. Like the serve, approaching the attack the same way every time will leave your opponents guessing your next shot.
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Wait for the spike with your weight shifted forward and ready to move. Be careful not to start off to early and keep an eye on the setter until the ball is set. After the set maintain eye contact on the ball and start your approach when the ball is half the distance from yourself and the setter. As you approach you last two steps should step to jump with both of your arms swinging back to at least waist height.Plant your heels to stop your forward movement and swing your arms forward and up transferring your weight to the balls of your feet and jump. 
t this point you can decide how you will hit the ball. If you want to dink the ball, contact the ball when your arm is fully extended and in front of your hitting shoulder. Contact the ball on the lower back half of the ball with your fingers.Make sure you keep your eye's on the ball even after you contact the ball. Follow through with your hand in the direction of the dink careful not to make contact with the net.