As the ball is approaching you from the air, you want to remember to stay on your toes so that you are prepared to correctly trap the ball. As the ball is about to approach you, you may have to take a few steps back or forward to get into better positioning in order to successfully trap the ball. Next you are going to lift your dominant knee up and externally rotate (external rotation) your dominant hip outward slightly less than 90 degrees (cue). Your arms will still be slightly bent at your sides. As the ball contacts the inside of your dominant foot with your ankle locked, you are then going to begin to slightly bring your foot back down towards the ground in order to absorb the ball. You want to make sure the ball contacts your foot rather than you contacting the ball in order to gain complete control and preventing yourself from volleying the ball away from you (cue). Trapping an air ball can take place in both the sagittal plane and frontal plane depending on the position of the ball and your body.
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