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Thu Sep 25, 2014, 06:48am

Lcubed48

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Antonio.King

Once you train your eyes to leave the hitter and get your eyes to the block before the ball does, it makes it a lot easier to detect touches. While you can't get every single call correct, including touches, you can certainly practice correct habits to put yourself in the best position to see them.

You make an excellent point about training your eyes to be ahead of the ball. I've been working on that very technique to improve my ball handling calls. It works.

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