Pass, Set, Crush: Volleyball Illustrated

When I first began thinking about coaching high school ball, Jeff Lucas's book was one of many I devoured. Although I'd played the game for years, I wanted to gain a wider perspective, and Jeff's book was very helpful.The illustrations are excellent, and every skill involved in the game of volleyball is examined and explained in detail. I recommend this book for anyone looking to improve their skills, either as a player or a coach.

I've had a copy of Pass, Set, Crush! for years, and it is by far the most useful of the books in my volleyball library. Now I'm getting a copy for my niece, who's playing high school v-ball. The beauty of this book is in the fact that it is illustrated with drawings, rather than photographs. The drawings perfectly emphasize the points that they want emphasized, and don't distract you with a lot of extraneous clutter. The information is straightforward, accurate, and comprehensible. If you want the best book for teaching volleyball (or learning volleyball) you NEED this book.

I was looking fo a book to give me more insight in the volleyball techniques and game. This book has given me a fresh view on the fundamentals of the game. It also covers the advanced topics of team playing. I really like it. For beginners the detailed technical instructions and pictures are very useful. Recommended!!

First, a disclaimer, I'm a beginning volleyball player. This book is incredible. Covers all of the basic skills, common mistakes, and systems of play. Covers offensive and defensive play for total beginning levels (i.e. can't spike or pass too well) to advanced skills. Excellent drawings of all the basic skills. Basic skills section is 170 pages long! But great for advanced players too, since advanced offense and defense sections are 150 pages long! I was pleasantly surprised by gender neutral, yet still gramatically correct language-uses he, him, and her for singular person (correct) and doesn't fall into the trap of using "them" or "they" (incorrect). Book does not cover too much about drills or conditioning, so look elsewhere for those things. I only wish I had known about this book sooner.