The "W" formation is often the first serve receive formation players learn when they start to play 6 vs 6 volleyball. This simple drill helps the players learn and practice how to set-up the "W" formation in all six rotations, while simultaneously getting some serve receive and hitting practice.
"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 drill works to expand the court space your passers are able to cover while providing plenty of additional attacking, setting, and blocking reps to other players in an efficient way.
Being able to successfully defend against extremely hard-driven attacks can create those much desired momentum swings that can change the outcome of a set or even a match. Most often this capacity is trained with feeders hitting hard attacks of of an elevated box at defenders. However, the cues related to digging an attack from a feeder on a box…
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 back row attack, defending against the back row attack, and encourages setters to utilize a first tempo attack on well-passed balls.
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 cooperative "pepper" type progressive exercise helps players to improve their basic ball handling skills in several ways. It gives defenders plenty of medium paced ball contacts and helps them learn the angles needed to redirect a medium paced attack to a setter. It also helps setters improve their front and back setting skills. Sequence 2 builds on the initial…
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.
This is a simple, fun, and challenging drill for young players. It helps them learn that even when not playing the ball, they need to be adjusting position based on what they need to do next and not caught "watching" their teammates play, all while giving them meaningful passing, setting, and hitting repetitions.
This fours game puts players into a variety of different situations to improve their overall game play and ball control. In particular, defending against medium paced attacks, attacking "out-of-system," and in trouble situations.
This game adds a basketball theme to your scrimmage time. It focuses on your team's attack combinations - especially the back row options - and encourages aggressive serving.
This competitive serving and passing drill trains servers to take advantage of a finite number of service-line opportunities they have in matches and passers to focus on sideout efficiency.
This is an introductory drill to train the basics of transition attack. This drill could be set-up with all six players on the court, but structured the way it is, the focus is put more on defending a specific area of the court and individual execution. Removing some players removes unnecessary distractions and allows for more targeted focus on skill…
This is an introductory drill to train the basics of transition attack. This drill could be set-up with all six players on the court, but structured the way it is, the focus is put more on defending a specific area of the court and individual execution. Removing some players removes unnecessary distractions and allows for more targeted focus on skill…
"Head-to-Head" attacking drills are fun drills that are highly effective in teaching athletes to effectively transition off the net to attack as the ball comes to their side of the court as well as helping them to increase their tempo of play. These fast moving drills are very adaptable and put players under a lot of pressure to move quickly,…
"Head-to-Head" attacking drills are fun drills that are highly effective in teaching athletes to effectively transition off the net to attack as the ball comes to their side of the court as well as helping them to increase their tempo of play. These fast moving drills are very adaptable and put players under a lot of pressure to move quickly,…
"Head-to-Head" attacking drills are fun drills that are highly effective in teaching athletes to effectively transition off the net to attack as the ball comes to their side of the court as well as helping them to increase their tempo of play. These fast moving drills are very adaptable and put players under a lot of pressure to move quickly,…
"Head-to-Head" attacking drills are fun drills that are highly effective in teaching athletes to effectively transition off the net to attack as the ball comes to their side of the court as well as helping them to increase their tempo of play. These fast moving drills are very adaptable and put players under a lot of pressure to move quickly,…
"Head-to-Head" attacking drills are fun drills that are highly effective in teaching athletes to effectively transition off the net to attack as the ball comes to their side of the court as well as helping them to increase their tempo of play. These fast moving drills are very adaptable and put players under a lot of pressure to move quickly,…
"Head-to-Head" attacking drills are fun drills that are highly effective in teaching athletes to effectively transition off the net to attack as the ball comes to their side of the court as well as helping them to increase their tempo of play. These fast moving drills are very adaptable and put players under a lot of pressure to move quickly,…
