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DEFENSIVE Moves to FOOL Your Opponent | Strong Blocks and Defense with April Ross and Ella Connor

Volleyball

السنة2025

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Beach athletes need to be able to read their opponent’s moves and mount a strong block and defensive coverage. In this “from the vault” video (2021), April Ross, 3x Olympian for the U.S. Beach National Team, and NTDP Athlete Ella Connor are mic’d up during an NTDP Training Series event. Ross positions athletes to practice responding to hits as late as possible and masking their defensive moves to throw off the opposing attacker throughout game-like drills with feedback. 00:00 - Introduction 00:47 - Drill 1: The Late Pop Out 02:23 - Drill 2: The Blocker Pull 03:15 - Drill 3: The Double Juke 04:49 - Live Drill Demo: Pop Out 06:41 - Live Drill Demo: Blocker Pull 12:02 - Coaching Tip: Blocker Positioning