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How can athletes benefit from mastering a variety of armswings to score more points? Which armswings are key for scoring?

On this episode of The VolleyPod, Tod and Davis talk about 5+ more armswings that athletes can add to their toolbox to help them score more points. Then they  explore ideas for how coaches can help their teams with tricky position changes. They also share 3 incredible resources from The Art of Coaching Volleyball library that coaches can study to help their hitters develop their armswing toolbox, as well as a model of an athlete utilizing their toolbox at the highest level, with a Youtube video link to Earvin Ngapeth's scoring repertoire.

Skill of the week: 5+ key armswings 

Scenario of the week: Changing player positions

Resource of the week: The Art of Coaching Volleyball's library of resources and their free 2-week Premium trial: https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/trial/

AOC Volleyball drills mentioned in this episode:

Mark Rosen's Over the Elastic Hitting Drill for hitting high: https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/over-the-elastic-attacking-drill/

Mas Shibata's detailed technical analysis of the armswing (Part 1): https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/a-critical-analysis-of-attacking-armswing-analysis/

Terry Liskevych's armswing principles demonstrations: https://www.theartofcoachingvolleyball.com/attacking-principles-arm-swing/

Bonus Video:

Earvin Ngapeth's toolbox of armswings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vYmOL8swew