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Volleyball tips: Passing techniques with John Speraw

John Speraw • Howdini

USA Volleyball CEO & 3x NCAA National Champion

Session Overview

John Speraw demonstrates the biomechanical foundations of forearm passing and serve receive. He explains how to grip the hands, align the thumbs downward to lock the elbows, shrug the shoulders forward, and angle the platform to direct serves accurately to the setter.

Core Biomechanical & Tactical Principles

Join hands with thumbs parallel and pointed downward to lock the wrists and expose a flat, fleshy forearm platform.
Shrug the shoulders forward and hollow out the chest so the ball rebounds predictably without swinging the arms.
Set your platform angle toward the target before contact rather than lifting your chest at the moment of impact.

Verbal Coaching Cues for Practice:

"Thumbs down, wrists locked""Shrug the shoulders forward""Hold your angle through contact"

Why Recommended for Coaches:

With 1.8M views, this is one of the clearest biomechanical breakdowns of forearm platform construction by an Olympic and NCAA champion coach.

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Key Coaching Cues

"Thumbs down, wrists locked"

"Shrug the shoulders forward"

"Hold your angle through contact"

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