Visual skills that impact performance on court:
Serving
- Better precision
- Increased confidence
- Better balance
- More accurate form
- Greater consistency
Setting
- Better hand position
- More accurate footwork
- More accurate timing
- Better awareness of contact point
- More thorough follow through
- Better anticipation
Hitting/Spiking
- More accurate draw position
- More precise hand finish position
- Better control of the speed, rotation, trajectory and direction of the ball
- Greater awareness of contact point
- Better shoulder position
- Better balance and landings
Blocking
- More accurate processing of visual information
- Quicker decision making
- Better perception of the position of teammates and opponents
- Increased awareness of your position in relation to sidelines, baseline and service line
General
- More accurate seal and penetrate skills
- Better control of the speed and trajectory of the ball
- Increased perception of the setter's hands before the ball is set
- Better able to determine the hitter's angle of approach
- More accurate shoulder position and line of swing
- More accurate hand position into the line of attack
Defense/Coverage
- Better eye-hand coordination for contact deflection off the block
- More accurate tracking of the ball
- Better able to determine hitter's angle of approach
- More stable shooting platform for a dig
Volleyball Teams Using the VEPT
Volleyball Sports Vision Articles
Study indicates that superior visual skills were highly related to superior volleyball performance
The Relationship Between Visual Skills and Volleyball Performance of NCAA D
by: Frank Spaniol
(1/15/2011)
The results of Sport Science Research Laboratory study indicates that superior visual skills were highly related to superior volleyball performance statistics in several areas. Since visual skills appear to play a crucial role in volleyball performance, coaches may consider using programs such as VEPT to assess volleyball players.
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Coorelation of visual skils and better players
Volleyball Research Report
by: Dr. Frank Spaniol Professor, Department of Kinesiology Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Unpublished study (12/24/2008)
The volleyball team of Houston Baptist University was tested using the Vizual Edge software program. The top performers as ranked statistically by coaches also were the top scoring athletes in their visual skills testing.
New training program now applied to volleyball
Vizual Edge-A revolution in athletic visual skills
by: Barry L. Seiller, MD
Coaching Volleyball (3/1/2008)
Volleyball coaches have long known that there was an important visual component to their game. Now comes technology to assist them.
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Athletes learn how their visual skills impact their play on court
Visual Skills and Volleyball
by: Barry L. Seiller, MD
ACC website (10/29/2004)
Volleyball athletes learn that their visual system is a small but crucial component to their success on court
