Practicing the Zig Zag Drill in Volleyball

Coach Smith stresses the importance of proper footwork for volleyball. She draws up the drills and explains the proper footwork on Chalktalk and then shows those drills in action

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Zig Zag Speaker: Shoulders forward, lean forward. Good Emily, good body position. Wide feet, wide; wide even when you go forward, don't bring them narrow. Cover some space when you go sideways. Wide feet, but you need to go forward. There you go. Good Aaron. One, two, three, lean forward. Cover some distance when you go laterally. Keep your heels off the ground, you should be on your toes. Even when we go backwards, one, two, three. I am passing with all my weight forward. You guys have to rock in back to your heels, and like this, when you go to change directions, don't do that. I am going backwards, one, two, three, mine, one, two, three, mine. I am still on my way to still forward. You have got to start to fall back and that's why balls fall right in front of us. Step close is one, step close is two, one, two, one, two, one, two. Okay, let's go. See, I covered a lot of space with one step, and I am here. I am still on the forward, because it's one shuffle. You guys are like -- okay. Let's do better backwards. Good. It's no different -- don't close, right there. Be careful going sideways. Here you want a huge step, you wouldn't shuffle that much if you are going two. It's the same distance you would do with the other ones.