Volleyball drills
- Serve from position 1 diagonally to position 1.
- There is a passer who passes to a playmaker, if he catches the ball within 2 steps you get 1 point.
- Faulty service is point off.
- Which team reaches the 15 first, if this takes too long you can lower it.
- In this exercise taking turns serving is recommended.
- Server becomes passer, passer becomes catcher, catcher becomes server. rotate on own side.
- If possible reserve server, then reserve passers.
- On one side are a playmaker and a passer on the front left or right.
- On the other side of the net stands someone who hits, this person calmly hits the ball toward the passer.
- The passer passes to the playmaker.
- The playmaker gives a set up on the passer who has passed.
- The attacker/passer retrieves his own ball and becomes a thrower.
- The thrower becomes passer.
- Serve from position 1 to position 5.
- There is a passer who passes to a playmaker, if he catches the ball within 2 steps, you get 1 point.
- Faulty service is point off.
- Which team gets to the 15 first, if this takes too long, you can reduce the number.
- Server becomes passer, passer becomes catcher, catcher becomes server. passing on own side.
- Playing the ball with overhand technique when the ball reaches this height.
- Giving the ball sufficient height.
- Playmaker may catch the ball.
Exercise to learn to play with straight arms on the underhand pass.
A common mistake is for the passer to play the ball with bent arms so that it goes backwards.
A common mistake is for the passer to play the ball with bent arms so that it goes backwards.
- Focus on stretching the arms while passing
- Practice playing the ball with sufficient height
- Repeat the exercise regularly to improve technique
Positions:
- Trainer at mid forward, to throw to, but do keep space to net so player can pass behind.
- 1 Player without ball on Setter spot = 1st catcher.
- Player is the passer who will pass 10 good balls
- Other players with ball next to trainer for passing and catching
- The exercise runs best with about 5-6 players.
Organization:
- Passer is given balls successively thrown at:
- P1, P6, P5, P4, P2 regardless of whether the ball is good => through to next position.
- Then balls at random position, trainer determines difficulty, until there have been 5 good passes.
- After 5th good pass => Player quickly to P6, ready on front feet.
- Last pass comes from P6 , on a 'beaten' ball.
- Continue until there is a 6th good pass.
Other player:
- Always give ball to trainer and straight to setter spot to catch off.
- Ball not good, quickly retrieve and join the line.
- 5 circuits for 2 players
- Each circuit is done for 1 minute
- Total of 10 minutes
- The players stand in front of the net with a ball
- They throw the ball into the net
- They take the ball out underhand
- Do a reception short over the net
- They crawl under the net and catch the ball
- They roll the ball and dive after it
- They start again
- All players have a ball.
- Divide the group into two - maximum 4 to 5 players per group.
- Near the net is the ball pit.
Exercise per group:
- Play up overhead in front of yourself and keep playing.
- Slowly move towards the net, keep playing up.
- Overhand: Play up high, quickly get under the ball, stand still and then play.
- At the net: => play the ball IN the ball pit. The distance does not matter.
- Ball on the ground => start again from the back line.
Same exercise can be done with underhand play up to the net + play IN the ball box.
For the better players there can be a third round:
- Ball bin on the back line of the other field, players must now pass the net. Play over it, themselves under it. Underhand or overhead no longer matters, as long as the back line is crossed.
- Lined up in front of the three-meter line
- Coach throws to player from the net
- Player reception back in the basket at the net
- Possibly also on the other side
Organization:
- Make triplets with 1 ball.
- Playmaker to the right of the ball
Execution:
- Play ball to playmaker
- The dealer passes the ball overhand to the other player.
- This passes the ball overhand or underhand back to the playmaker and receives another setup.
- It is then played to the 1st player, who passes again to the playmaker who has meanwhile run to the opposite side.
Practice on defense, technical attack and drop balls.
- Practice defensive techniques.
- Improve technical attack techniques.
- Practice with drop balls.
- 1 side with block.
