Volleyball Hit Technique

Authors

Affiliations

Nate Yomogida, B.S., SPT

Doctor of Physical Therapy

B.S. in Kinesiology

Chloë Kerstein, B.S., SPT

Doctor of Physical Therapy

B.A. in Neuroscience

Indoor

Spike Arm Swing Techniques of Olympics Male and Female Elite Volleyball Players (1984-2021)¹

Biomechanics

“They found players to use approximately 160° to 163° of combined external rotation during the cocking phase of the spike, and ball contact to occur at 130° to 133° of abduction.”²

Analysis

Subdivided into

• Wind-up phase^{challoumasVolleyballAthleteShoulder2017?}
• Cocking phase^{challoumasVolleyballAthleteShoulder2017?}
• Acceleration phase^{challoumasVolleyballAthleteShoulder2017?}
• Follow through phase^{challoumasVolleyballAthleteShoulder2017?}

Note

The take off phase and landing phase should also be considered

Variability

• There is ittle inter-individual variety in the acceleration and follow through phases (Coleman et al., 1993; Oka et al., 1976; Selinger and Ackermann-Blount, 1986)^{challoumasVolleyballAthleteShoulder2017?}
• There are different techniques applied during the wind-up and cocking phase (Seminati et al., 2015)^{challoumasVolleyballAthleteShoulder2017?}

“Seminati et al. (2015) analyzed the kinematics of different arm swing techniques. Based on their experimental findings of unfavorable range of motion and trajectories of the humerus in traditional techniques, they hypothesized that alternative techniques might be less harmful for the shoulder joint.”^{challoumasVolleyballAthleteShoulder2017?}

References

1.

Giatsis G, Tilp M. Spike Arm Swing Techniques of Olympics Male and Female Elite Volleyball Players (1984-2021). Journal of Sports Science & Medicine. 2022;21(3):465-472. doi:10.52082/jssm.2022.465

2.

Ellenbecker TS, Wilk KE. Sport Therapy for the Shoulder: Evaluation, Rehabilitation, and Return to Sport. Human Kinetics; 2017.