Volleyball drills

Formation: 2 balls per 4 players

1.

• Player A (bowling motion) rolls the ball to player B (the ball must pass between the 2 cones!!).
• Player B picks up the ball, bounces it 2 times and then plays it in a bow to player C.
• Player C holds a hoop and puts the hoop down at the spot where the ball is going to collide. The ball is caught after 1 collision. Player C grabs the ball and joins player D at the back.
• Everyone follows their ball = moves up one place.

2.

• Player A throws the ball under the net to player B.
  
• Player B catches the ball, bounces once high, does a control key and then bounces to player C.
• Player C catches the ball low to the ground in the correct reception position and runs to D to join the back of the line.
• Everyone follows their ball = moves up one spot.

3.

• Player A throws the ball (bowling motion!) over the net to player B.
  
• Player B plucks the ball out of the air, bounces 3 times (must turn around during those 3 bounces to face player C) and then tips the ball to player C.
• Player C does reception for himself and joins player D.
• Everyone follows their ball = moves up one spot.

4.

• Player A calmly strikes the ball underhand over the net to player B.
• Player B plucks the ball out of the air, does 1 control bounce, then does control keys until fully turned facing player C and then plays the ball player C.
• Player C does reception for himself, catches the ball and joins player D.
• Everyone follows their ball = moves up one spot.

In a line-up with 2 players facing each other, key the ball over the net after 2 dribbles and 1 high rebound.

Possible variations:

• Play the ball after bumps
• Playing the ball after picking
• Playing the ball after catching without bots
• Play with 2 balls

Note: depending on the level we can differentiate and let the better players play with a handicap.

Setup: 2 to 4 people in the square (made by, for example, 4 benches) with the balls, the rest around them.

• The people in the square throw the balls out of the square.
• The people around the square fetch the balls and throw/put them back in the square.
• The 'side' which, at the stop signal, has the least balls, has won.

Everyone has a ball.
Various exercises:

1. Playing ball for themselves underhand.
2. Play ball for oneself overhead.
3. Play ball for oneself underhand with only the left arm.
4. Play ball for yourself underhand with only the right arm.
5. Play ball for self overhead with only the left hand.
6. Play ball for oneself overhead with only the right hand.
7. Play ball for oneself overhead and underhand alternately.

• Line up for trainer, trainer at the net.
• Player throws the ball, trainer plays/throws it back.
• Then player passes to trainer.
• Trainer throws the ball over the net.
• Player retrieves ball and closes in back.
  • NB! Ball speed is increasing until ball is hit.

• As a warming-up we play triangle tag.
• This game is played in groups of 4.
• The ticker must make sure that he can tick a specific other person.
• However, the ticker is blocked by the 2 other players who are holding the victim's hands.
  • The 3 non-tappers stand in a triangle.

• Make two teams.
• One player of the pair lies on one half, the other on the other half.
• The ball lies under the net, exactly in the middle, in between.
• At the signal of the coach, both players stand up, run to the back line of the field where they are lying.
• Then they run to the ball and pick it up.
• The one who picks up the ball (first), wins a point.

• You play a normal game, but you add something extra.
• Each team gets one mission to accomplish, if successful the team gets five or three extra points.
• Next, the team picks a new mission.
  • Examples for CMV-teams are playing 3x overhead, making a point in the corner of the court, etc.
  • Examples for youth teams and senior teams are 3x playing with one arm, scoring via the block, etc.

• Each player has a tennis ball in the non-striking hand.
• Make an attack pass, where the tennis ball must be picked up in the batting hand at the last moment with arms stretched
• and thrown over the net into the opposite court.

• The coach places a ball on the halfway line.
• On both sides of the net stands a team behind the backline.
• The players must try, by throwing/rolling balls against the ball on the half way line, to get the ball over the back line of the other team.
• The defending players can only stop the ball by throwing/rolling against it.

pair up.

• At the net with the ball
  • other player on back line lying down.
• Stand up in different ways:
  • just get up,
  • through squatting,
  • jump high in one go.
• Both players stand: at the net with the ball, ball is hit aimed. Pass back.
• Later: hit the ball harder (left/right/harder).

All stand in one big circle.

Take turns calling out a command; "command.....!"

• Attack
• Dive
• Left
• Right
• Block
• ....

After 5 commands 30 seconds of alternating straight, left and right.