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===Description=== | ===Description=== | ||
| − | + | The Overhead Volley is exactly as it sounds: a volley that is done over your head. It can be done two ways: overhanded or underhanded. In either case, the volley happens horizontally and should be close to parallel with the ground. What makes this technique so difficult is that you are essentially doing a volley and fighting gravity at the same time. | |
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===Pre-Requisites=== | ===Pre-Requisites=== | ||
| − | + | * [[Volley]] | |
| − | + | * [[Overhead Fast Figure Eight]] | |
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===Post-Requisites=== | ===Post-Requisites=== | ||
| − | + | * [[Hassett's Four Corners]] | |
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===How To=== | ===How To=== | ||
| − | + | # Swing the whip counterclockwise over your head | |
| − | + | # Do an [[Overhead Crack]] | |
| − | + | # Pull the whip back in the other direction for an [[Overhead Fast Figure Eight]] | |
| + | # Right after the second crack, swing the whip forward again for a third crack. Try to keep the whip horizontal as this is all happening. | ||
| + | # Pull back again for another FF8 crack. | ||
| + | # Repeat | ||
===Video=== | ===Video=== | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:12, 6 March 2022
Description
The Overhead Volley is exactly as it sounds: a volley that is done over your head. It can be done two ways: overhanded or underhanded. In either case, the volley happens horizontally and should be close to parallel with the ground. What makes this technique so difficult is that you are essentially doing a volley and fighting gravity at the same time.
Pre-Requisites
Post-Requisites
How To
- Swing the whip counterclockwise over your head
- Do an Overhead Crack
- Pull the whip back in the other direction for an Overhead Fast Figure Eight
- Right after the second crack, swing the whip forward again for a third crack. Try to keep the whip horizontal as this is all happening.
- Pull back again for another FF8 crack.
- Repeat
