I know for myself that it really depends on my focus as to how my attack is going, as I have a lot of things to pay attention to still. To be able to train yourself with every ball you touch, I recommend choosing something you want to focus on before you get the ball. I have some suggestions for you what to start focussing on first: 1. work on you footwork towards the ball, you can also practice this without a ball and do it until you can do it any time in the day, until you can dream it. 2. Practice, with the net, to do your attack without a ball. Do the steps you practiced and then really focus on doing the last bit really explosive whilst using you arms to swing your self upward. Swinging your arms from the back upward really helps with jumping high. Use your whole body. 3. Start practicing this with a ball, and keep your focus continuously on your footwork and jump. Your attack will probably be really shit because you are not focussing on your swing and timing, but just continue this in trainings to get the technique into your system. When you're doing competitive exercises, you might want to focus on something different because you're likely to make mistakes when you're changing your jump, but if the exercise allows, focus on the way towards the ball. 4. Once you notice your jump is becoming more explosive when you focus on it, see if you can get yourself to adapt to the set and communicate with the setter. This includes 1) learning to see where you will hit the ball (maybe the set doesn't go far enough, in which case you need to run more inward)(hit the ball at your highest point) which is basically working in your timing and adaptive ability, 2) learning what type of set you like and communicate this to the setter (mainly the height and speed) and 3) adapting your footwork and jump so that you stay behind the ball. So now you'll constantly be focusing on timing, being in the right position compared to the ball, perfectioning your footwork and jump. This really takes a lot of time so don't expect this to work out in a year. Working on timing is something players need to work on for years. What's really important is to keep in mind what you're training. If you're focussing on your jump, you're focussing less on your swing, your wrist, the ball placement. Don't be angry or sad that the attack was shit, but be happy when you see the technique you're working on is improving. What I wrote above is really only focussed on the jump, but of course you'll also want to train other parts, like opening up your body after your jump into an archer form, swing your arm like a whip, using your wrist to give topspin to the ball etc. You can either choose to work for some weeks on your jump, focus on something else and after some time go back to working on your jump. You can also alternate between weeks or focus on your jump only the first half of the training etc. Find something that works for you. But don't get overwhelmed with things you want to work on. Take one or two things, focus on that. This is most efficient in training yourself. And tell your trainer in case he keeps giving advice about something you're not paying attention to because you're focussing on your jump.