The next piece of footwork we need to go over is called our Defensive Chase footwork. We're going to start from the base and then we’ll show you how it goes into a full play. Watch it here.

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We recently welcomed native Floridian Kelly Goncalves to the 7-day training camp at VolleyCamp Hermosa. Based on her review, Kelly had a blast. She blogged about her experience and was kind enough to share her thoughts with us, published below with her permission.

By Kelly Goncalves

Traveling to California is an adventure regardless of where you go. The rumors are true, the weather really is perfect all the time and the traffic is terrible all the time. I didn't rent a car and lived by the beach for eight days during my stay and I recommend you do the same. Hermosa Beach is an hour bike ride south of Venice beach. It's a smoke-free beach with miles on end of beautiful deep sand, high waves, and plenty of volleyball courts to share. Bring your own ball and make some new friends there is always someone playing.

In late August I flew out to the West Coast to watch the AVP games and attend a 7-day training camp.

Since writing this post, the training camp has added a beginning class...

Watch our Practice Plans for Passing Footwork and Attack Accuracy. Enjoy!

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We wanted to give you some ideas for practice and the little things such as these will pay off in the long run. Like, Follow, Comment and Post if you want to see some more drills or more ideas from us.

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5 for 5 Drill Challenge

• Alternating Form Touches *Fifty total touches - can't break the rhythm
• Alternating Form Pass Tomahawk *Fifty total touches - can't break the rhythm
• Pass Pokey Rhythm *Fifty total touches - can't break the rhythm (It has to be Pass right-Pass left-Pass right-Pass left)
• Fist-Fist-Flipper-Flipper *Fifty total touches - can't break the rhythm (We usually use these when we're digging or laying out for a ball outside of our reach but every now and then we might have to make a defensive play passing a ball or setting a ball as we're back peddling over our head with our fists)
• 20 pepper rounds in a row *You need a partner for this drill (It must be Forearm-Hand set-Open hand spike)

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Hey guys: the AVP just published a trending article from beach volleyball pro Mark Burik, CEO and co-founder of VolleyCamp Hermosa. Mark shares his perspective on the sport he loves and the path he took around the world — from Queens, NY to Hermosa Beach, CA — so he could play pro. Learn some great insights from a pro player and coach whose life mission is to help players get better at volleyball.

“If you’re like me, you didn’t find volleyball early on in life,” Mark says. “I grew up playing every sport I could and while I still enjoy them all, beach volleyball has completely hooked me for the last 10 years.”

At VolleyCamp Hermosa, we’re in Los Angeles living the dream. In this sporting life, passion is still in fashion. Be sure to come see us at VolleyCamp Hermosa.

We want to show you this juke that happens on this video. Huber ends up running a four which means that he is showing the cross and going to the line, but he does it in a really advanced way.

A lot of people will juke in one direction so that their opponents will think they're running to the line but then they'll just stay in the cross and then they’ll end up having some luck and just hit a nice easy ball into their lap but what Huber does here - because he's playing at such a high level and he knows that the offense can see him and is paying attention to him - is he does a double Juke so he intentionally shows that he's going to the line and then he comes back and sits in this cross for a second which misleads the hitter to think “what a terrible early fake, I'm not going to fall for that. I'm still going to go for the high line” and then Huber runs down to that high line. That's a tough concept to get.

He wanted his opponent to see this bad move to the...

Here's another one of Mark's 1 on 1 Video Analysis session in which they talk about Side-out Consistency & Block Preparation.

Follow along and good luck! I hope you enjoy the video. If you want some more, be sure to subscribe to Mark’s YouTube channel, follow us on Instagram and on Facebook @markburikbeachvolleyball or @volleycamphermosa

You guys want to hear more about DEFENSE, so that's what we're going to go over today. We're going to talk about positioning of the blocker and where the defender should be, or could be, throughout the extent of a point. This is a replay match our team against the team of Sean Rosenthal and Chase Budinger.

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Hey everybody and welcome to another VolleyCamp Hermosa video analysis. This is a match showing Mark/Tri Bourne playing against Brazil.

We have about a minute of clips here and we just want to go through the details of each point with you and see if we can pick up some new skills, new tips, and discover how the pros are doing it. See if you can apply it to your game. Follow along and good luck! I hope you enjoy the video. If you want some more, be sure to subscribe to Mark’s YouTube channel, follow us on Instagram and on Facebook @markburikbeachvolleyball or @volleycamphermosa

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