Hitting:

• Get your feet to the ball, it's hard to broadjump in the sand
• Turn your hits, indoor players hit straight ahead
• Keep your elbow up and reach high, the sand gets deep when you drop your elbow

• Get your feet to the ball and face where you set
• Follow through to the area you want the set to go
• Bring down the height of that set, quickness is a bonus

• It's O.K. to dig with open hands, try to get under the ball and almost pluck it out of the air. You can double contact the ball but you can't lift it.

• A tough floater is more difficult then a mediocre jump serve
• To make a serve float contact the ball with a stiff wrist and upon contact pull the wrist back off the ball

• Develop a consistent toss
• Jump from outside the court and land inbounds
• Develop consistency before power

• The sand is deep, footwork is the key
• Learn patterns for defense, and offense, learn how to get anywhere on the court from any point

• Develop your shots. Everyone can hit.
• For a cut shot keep your elbow high and contact the ball overhead, approach the ball like you are hitting
• To dunk the ball, approach like you are hitting, leaving your elbow high, tip the ball with the heal of the hand over the net./LI>

• Watch the hitter not the ball
• Take a step and get your nose on the hitter's hitting shoulder
• Jump up and place your hands on the hitter's side of the net
• Have solid strong hands when the hitter attacks the ball

• Keep your eyes on the ball
• Get your belly button behind the ball
• Tilt your shoulders to the target
• Pass the ball with an arc, remember your partner must run up and set it

• Your partner can't read your mind. Tell her how you want to be set. Discuss defensive strategies, call the open part of the court for your partner, call a shot or area to hit.