"Small sided games" are a great way to get players lots of quality repetitions in a fun and competitive environment. Fewer players means each athlete gets almost twice the ball contacts when compared to 6 vs 6 play. This particular game challenges the side with fewer players to "overcome the odds" and the team with more players to effectively utilize…
This simple game is great for developing the setting skills of non-setters and gives both teams plenty of opportunities to attack out-of-system as well as defend against hard driven attacks. It's a great game for developing these skills in a competitive and game-like situation.
The "pipe" attack has become a very important part of modern volleyball - especially in the men's game. Becoming efficient with this type of attack is often essential to keeping your offense running at full capacity. This simple 4 vs 4 game is a great way to begin to integrate the attacks from the "pipe" zone into your offensive systems…
Learning how to successfully and consistently hit good angle shots is a skill that every player needs to develop as an hitting option. This small-sided game adjusts the court dimensions to encourage more angle attacking to help players integrate the cross-court attack into their game play.
This small-sided game focuses on training the outside attack in out-of-system situations, improving out-of-system setting, and defending against the outside attack in one-on-one blocking situations
This small-sided game focuses on training the back row attack in the pipe zone, especially the coordination between the middle quick ball hitter and the back row pipe ball hitter, and trains the setter's decision-making skills to utilize this two set combination efficiently.
This game is played on a shorter than normal court which really helps players (especially outside hitters) to integrate a sharp angle attack option and attacks off the block into their offensive tactics. It also encourages players to cover their hitters aggressively as the blockers have a greater advantage than usual in this game.
Being able to score against a solid double block is a skill that every attacker wants to have in their tool kit. This fun and difficult drill challenges hitters to do just that while simultaneously teaching defenders and blockers how to work together to control hitters. This is a great drill to add to the end of a practice.
This drill helps to improve the attackers' abilities to successfully score off the block while simultaneously allowing you to train serve reception skills and blocking skills (especially managing wipe off errors). In the modern game, being able to successfully utilize the block to score points as well as learning how to use the block to "recycle" a weak attack opportunity…
This drill helps to improve the attackers' abilities to successfully score off the block while simultaneously allowing you to train serve reception skills and blocking skills (especially managing wipe off errors). In the modern game, being able to successfully utilize the block to score points as well as learning how to use the block to "recycle" a weak attack opportunity…
Against quality opponents, getting digs and opportunities to counter-attack is not easy. Therefore, your players need to be ready to take advantage of these opportunities when they arise. This drill trains your players to execute effectively in out-of-system situations.
