{"id":186,"date":"2016-08-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webinology.website\/nation2021\/volleyball-tips-how-to-block-a-volleyball\/"},"modified":"2021-11-03T12:45:30","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T16:45:30","slug":"how-to-block-a-volleyball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachup.com\/nation\/articles\/how-to-block-a-volleyball","title":{"rendered":"Volleyball Tips: How To Block A Volleyball"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former college volleyball player and CoachUp coach Lok-Tin Yao shows how to block a volleyball. Blocking is a great way to get a quick point and put pressure on the other team.<\/p>\n<p><span contenteditable=\"false\" data-mce-object=\"iframe\" class=\"mce-preview-object mce-object-iframe\" data-mce-p-allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-p-frameborder=\"0\" data-mce-p-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IOxQk1MKri4\"><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IOxQk1MKri4\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><span class=\"mce-shim\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Lok-Tin Yao: Hi, I\u2019m Lok-Tin Yao, former collegiate volleyball player and CoachUp coach. And this is the block. Good blocking forces opposing players to change their game and is a quick way to score a point. Okay so for blocking, we wanna have our feet parallel to the net. 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