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…
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 engaging serve and pass drill places players into a competitive passing and setting situation that focuses on encouraging accuracy and precision when passing and setting.
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 a simple and popular drill used by a lot of programs to get some simple defense and out-of-system setting repetitions. It's a great drill to quickly get your athletes some repetition volume in these important skills and train skill accuracy.
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.
Back row attacking is becoming more and more important as the game evolves. This scrimmage game limits some attack options for the setter and creates scenarios where they are encouraged to utilize more of their back row attack/set options. More practice with these situations in a game like scenario should improve their execution and efficiency in actual match situations.
Adding some competition to your serve and pass training not only adds bit of excitement to the drill, it also helps to simulate the type of pressure the players face in competition. This simple serve and pass drill has a competitive element that encourages the servers, the passers, and the setters to focus more effectively on skill execution.
Creating a competitive environment in serve and serve receive drills really helps to keep these types of activities interesting and motivating for your athletes. This competitive serve and serve receive drill improves the server's ability to aggressively serve to specific locations on the court, while simultaneously providing quality repetitions for passers in a competitive environment.
