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Volleyball drills

  • Player on left front with ball.
  • Throws ball to pos 5.
  • Building up attack, then covering.
  • T throws short ball to one of the players.
  • Set up attack again and cover.
  • Turn 1 place.
  • Attacker left gets 2 balls.
  • One in the coach's basket, joining the queue with the other ball.
drawing Covering attack

Player stands on pos. 6

Trainer plays 10 balls from 2 or 4 towards the player. She has to pass the ball to the receiver on position 3. The rest collects balls. After 10 balls change.

  • When everyone has been out, trainer throws more difficult balls.
  • When everybody is out, trainer throws more difficult balls on 5/6/1, so player has to move.
  • When everyone is dead, trainer smashes 10 balls on position.
  • 6 players on one side of the net.
  • 1 playmaker on the other side at right back
  • 3 strikers +Tim as passer
  • Joël throws in balls to Tim.
  • Tim passes the ball to the playmaker, who chooses which attacker to pass to. The attacker can choose whether to hit or to place a passed ball behind the block.


starting position by showing chalk drawings on the ground for defending.

  • Ball is served.
  • Pass by 1/5/6.
  • Set-up by 1, but on a first pass by 1 set-up by 2.
  • After set-up an attack by 2/3/4, but on a set-up by 2 only an attack by 3/4.
  • After service 2 (or more) players walk into the court to play.
  • Ball/ralley is played all the way out.
  • NB: FOCUS IS ON THE SERVICE PASS!


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The bootcamp consists of different parts. Each part is performed for 1 minute and then there is 30 seconds rest and time to switch parts.

  • Planks
  • Push-ups
  • Squats
  • Sit-ups
  • Ladder
  • Sprint between pawns 6 meters apart
  • Jump over and then under the bridge
  • Jumping jacks
  • B has the ball.
  • B throws the ball in a curve to A and A passes the ball back.
  • Then A runs forward to pass a short ball.
drawing Pass in 2 pairs
  • Player 1 throws the ball to player 3.
  • 3 passes back and then runs sideways to player 2.
  • Player 2 throws the ball to 3 and 3 passes back again.
  • Approximately 3 minutes pp or longer if the players can handle it.
  • The dotted lines show how the ball moves, the normal line shows how the player moves.
drawing Passing in 3 pairs
  • Ball is served.
  • Pass by 1/5/6.
  • Set-up by 1, but on a first pass by 1 set-up by 2.
  • After set-up an attack by 2/3/4, but on a set-up by 2 only an attack by 3/4.
  • After service 2 (or more) players walk into the court to play.
  • Ball/ralley is played all the way out.
  • NB: FOCUS IS ON THE SERVICE PASS!


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Three in a row on the back line.
Trainer throws ball. Players walk into the field.

  1. Passes
  2. gives set-up
  3. attack


Now the trainer calls a number, 1, 2, or 3 and he has to play first.
The player behind takes the second ball and so on.

  • game form 3:3
  • Points may only be scored in the backfield.
  • Variation
  • - mandatory playing 3 times
  • - mandatory smash
  • If there is no smash as third ball, point opponent
  • 6 players on one side
  • trainer starts the rally.
  • players handle ball, and play rally.
  • Pay attention to how the trainer starts the rally.
  • If the trainer plays a high ball in the back, the whole team must move backwards, if the trainer plays an attack on the sides, the SV must join the left/right front, in front of the block.
  • The rest join in. Libero covers the block.
  • Variation:
  • - mandatory 3x play
  • - Mandatory 3rd ball smash
  • one ball in pairs.
  • hold the ball up high
  • then move sideways over the sidelines along the net or around the field.