The capacity to form an effective triple block in out-of-system situations is becoming a more and more vital skill of the modern game. This simple drill helps to introduce some of the needed movement patterns and improves the blockers' abilities to coordinate those movements with each other. It's a good drill to use with players just starting to learn this…
Learning to read a hitter's approach and their hitting intent is fundamental to good blocking. However, young blockers often focus more on the path of the set than the hitter. This drill removes the ball from the blocker's vision, forcing them to focus on the hitter to obtain information related to the timing and location of the hit.
Learning to read a hitters approach and their hitting intent is fundamental to good blocking. However, young blockers often focus more on the path of the set than the hitter. This drill creates a dynamic blocking environment, requiring blockers to block multiple times and removes the set from the blocker's vision. This forces them to focus on the hitter rather…
Middle hitters and setters need to spend some uninterrupted time working together if they are ever to become efficient. This drill trains a couple situations middle attackers face, gives them practice hitting to key locations, helps them improve their connection with their setters, and gives them some basic blocking practice.
Middle hitters and setters need to spend some uninterrupted time working together if they are ever to become efficient. This drill trains a couple situations middle attackers face, gives them practice hitting to key locations, improves their hitting direction decision-making, and improves their connection with their setters.
Middle hitters and setters need to spend some uninterrupted time working together if they are ever to become efficient. This drill trains a couple situations middle attackers face: hitting from serve receive and hitting after they block. It also gives them practice hitting to key locations and improves their connection with their setters.
Teams whose middle attackers are very efficient in transitioning from blocking to hitting have an advantage over other teams. This simple drill helps hitters develop the required footwork, speed, and balance need to complete this challenging transition attack.
Teams whose middle attackers are very efficient in transitioning from blocking to hitting have an advantage over other teams. This simple drill helps hitters develop the required footwork, speed, and balance need to complete this challenging transition attack.
Adding some competition to your serve and pass training not only adds bit of excitement to the drill, it also can simulate the type of pressure the players face in actual competition. This simple serve and serve receive drill encourages servers to be aggressive while limiting their serving errors.
This is simple and fun game for players in the earliest stages of learning how to play - specifically players who have not yet developed competent rallying skills. It teaches them how to attack and defend territory and gives them practice executing volleyballs skills from their own toss.
This one vs one mini game is a great change-up from pepper-type drills at the start of practice. It will get your players moving at the start of practice, warm-up/improve their basic skills, and help them to learn to employ simple scoring tactics.
This simple drill helps to improve the ability of non-setters to successfully deliver hittable sets. It's a great drill to use for a few minutes near the start of practice during periods of the year where you want to reinforce this skill.
