Beachvolleyball drills for technique attack / smash

• Player 1 hits controlled, easy, smash to fellow player.
• Co-player passes the ball up the court.
• Fellow player does a setup for himself.
• Fellow player hits back again.

• Two against two
• Trainer brings in ball
• Teams play rally against each other
• The one who loses goes out
• Substitutes come in

• 1 bank & one-against-all
• 2-4 gangs of thieves
• 1-2 guards.

• Thief - attacker: per post only 1 active & 1 gold piece at a time try to steal from bank.
• Collect in own vault -hoop-.
• Guard - defender- may only defend outside the bank.
• If the thief is caught so tapped, he must leave the gold piece in the police station -under a cone.
• Which team was able to steal most gold pieces?

• Divide gold pieces equally among the thieves.
• Thieves: safely move your gold pieces 1-for-1 to other safe -from one hoop to another.
• Thief -attacker: walk around your cone without the guard catching you.
• Agent -defender: in this case may only defend inside the bank.
• If the thief is caught -attacked, he must leave the gold piece in the police station -under a cone.
• Which team was able to transfer most gold pieces safely?

• Thieves: for x time, steal as many gold pieces as possible from other safe.
• Thief -attacker: mandatory back & forth through bank = watch for guard inside bank.
• Guard may only defend inside bank.
• If the thief is caught so tapped, he must leave the gold piece in the police station -under a cone.

Organization: 6 players per court

• 2 on each side of the net, at position 1
• Storage to position 5 or 6, build-up and pass the ball to the server
• The server defends to position 6,
  • This player executes the first contact
  • and the previous attacker sets the ball to position 2
  • the defence player
• As long as there are 2 balls, keep going, when one is dropped, go for the point.

Variant: the defender is short or deep, short ball is pokey, deep ball is technical ball.

Objective:

• The goal is to separate the elements and deliver quality.
• Pass the ball to the desired position.
• Then getting into an attacking position, and executing the hitting technique.
• Hereby preparation for the jump and reach is essential.

Execution:

• Two sides of the net are used.
• Player 1 stands at one side of the net, throws up the ball and hits it to player 2, who stands in a service-pass position.
• It is important to use the right technique when hitting the ball.
• Player 2 passes the ball to the trainer.
• Pay attention to the passing to the desired set position.
• The trainer catches the ball and throws it immediately in a perfect setup (start with a 1m set which contains a peak).
• Player 2 gets into position for the attack, and attacks in a specific area (use pawns as targets).
• After the attack, the player advances to the serving position.
• After player 1 hits the ball he joins behind the line of passers/attackers.

Adjustments

• Initially the direction of attack is "only" right or left.
• As the exercise progresses, the goal can be made smaller and more accurate.
• The ball can also be thrown in instead of hit by player 1.
• Give player 1 a more specific assignment.
• Use the distributor instead of the trainer who catches and throws the ball.
• Make attack zones smaller to increase the precision needed.
• Build up the attack from the service and attack with a defense.

• Build an attack on one side;
• The blocker stands in front of the attacker, pretends to jump and steps back;
• The attacker plays a short ball over the blocker; the blocker defends the ball and the rally continues or the ball is scored.
• When the attacker gets in the middle, you can train both ways.
• The same when the attacker plays short diagonally
• The blocker makes a step into the diagonal, pretends to jump and then runs to defend the diagonal ball.

Variations:

• The first ball must be played short.
• Then play against each other for the point.

• Apply it in a situation where the attacker has no restrictions.
• Trainer (or one of the players) throws in the first ball from a table.
• The attacker may try to score the ball in the area just behind the net.
• Along the line or diagonally. With a defender added the