What is the worst habit a player could have on the court?

[EGOLDEN]

Know-it all's and loudmouthedness are also really bad habits. I hate when a ref makes a call (correctly) and the offending player has the audacity to argue it as if he knows better. Especially if everyone else knows the call was right. Shut up and play, don't waste everyone else's time. If you are unclear to the rules in general or any "house" rules ask someone, don't stand there like and scream like an ass.

[revjim27]

Originally Posted by EGOLDEN

Know-it all's and loudmouthedness are also really bad habits. I hate when a ref makes a call (correctly) and the offending player has the audacity to argue it as if he knows better. Especially if everyone else knows the call was right. Shut up and play, don't waste everyone else's time. If you are unclear to the rules in general or any "house" rules ask someone, don't stand there like and scream like an ass.

Why Ef, whomever could you be talking about?

[EGOLDEN]

Originally Posted by revjim27

Why Ef, whomever could you be talking about?

Sounds like someone we know, right?

[mycena]

You know that sound really similar to something that I witnessed the other day.....

[JPMac]

People that incessently blame others for their crappy play

[YaboyOz]

The worst habits i have seen on the court would be players that never call for the ball...they would both go for it then both of them would not hit it...or they both go and hit it...to overcome that you need to know the other players on your team...just have to trust each other

[loughras]

the best advice I learned from an old coach of mine, is "its ok to make a mistake, just dont make the last mistake. Dont end the point". If there is a ball in front of you, lay out for it. If you are a setter and recieve a bad pass, put something easy in play to your back row. If you are hitting and recieve a bad set, roll something deep middle and get ready to block.
THe worst mistakes are always the ones which ends points. You will always get a bad pass, or set, but it is still within your control to put the ball in play and keep the point alive. By keeping the point alive you allow your team to win the game with its defense. Your team will feed off this approach to the game, and will be more inspired to continue to play their best, and not overly cautious.

Sean

[revjim27]

Originally Posted by loughras

the best advice I learned from an old coach of mine, is "its ok to make a mistake, just dont make the last mistake. Dont end the point". If there is a ball in front of you, lay out for it. If you are a setter and recieve a bad pass, put something easy in play to your back row. If you are hitting and recieve a bad set, roll something deep middle and get ready to block.
THe worst mistakes are always the ones which ends points. You will always get a bad pass, or set, but it is still within your control to put the ball in play and keep the point alive. By keeping the point alive you allow your team to win the game with its defense. Your team will feed off this approach to the game, and will be more inspired to continue to play their best, and not overly cautious.

Sean

I experienced this first hand at a tournament this past weekend.

I'm the setter and I was trying to do too much with a couple bad passes. A couple times I tried to overhand set from 15' back and I kept getting called for my hands because I couldn't get to the ball quick enough to get squared to my hitter.

I stopped trying to force the ball up there and started bump-setting these just to keep it alive and give the hitters a chance to get the ball over the net. Exactly as you mentioned our defense stepped up, started making better passes, and we played better all around. This was just a small part of the equation that led to our teams improved performance.

[OmniSpiker]

Never shagging the ball at the end of a rally

[OmniSpiker]

"bird watching" with beer goggles