Volleyball drills
Supplies: A stick about 2.5 meters long and 1 to 2 cm thick.
- The group gets the assignment to put the stick on the ground but it has to stay horizontal.
- The group stands up straight (see drawing) and stretches both forefingers to the front at shoulder width and the upper and lower arms are at an angle of 90 degrees.
- The trainer places the bar on the forefingers pointing forward.
- From this position, the group should try to bring the bar down to the ground.
- The bar must remain horizontal and not be raised or lowered on any side.
- The bar should not be grabbed either!
- Make groups of three, one with the ball.
- One throws the ball over the net into a 3x3m square, the passer stands in that square and passes the ball to the net where it is caught.
- Provide a second ball for a faster game.
- After ten balls turn around.
- Possibly start with catching then build up to playing.
In pairs
- Someone at the net (player A),
- Someone on the backline (player B)
- After each task with the ball, the players get a strength/physical exercise, alone or in pairs.
- (This happens when the players have also switched between themselves).
- After this, the players on the back line move on. This way you always have a different warming-up partner.
- Player B lies on her stomach on the back line, player A hits the ball, at this moment player B jumps up and tips player A, player B tries to defend the ball.
- After 10 hit balls, change.
- Legs crossed and 15 sit-ups
- Player B lies on her stomach on the back line, player A hits the ball, at this moment player B jumps straight attacks player A, player B tries to defend the ball.
- After 10 lucky balls, change.
- 10 blocks against each other's hands.
- Player A attacks to player B, player B defends and player A attacks again.
- After a certain time, change.
- Belly on 3m, straight, attack, belly 3m. 6x
- Player A chooses, short ball, far ball, attack, ... Player B defends everything, after a certain time change.
- Sprints around the field
Across the field do the following exercises repeat everything 2 times.
- Loose arms in a dribble, forwards and backwards.
- Toes in, toes out.
- Hopping.
- High jump.
- Bounce, make very small skipping movements.
- Knee hugs.
- Lift your knee.
- Lateral knee lifts.
- Hopscotch, fast hopscotch.
- Skater, skating movements.
- Volleyball shuffle, left and right.
- Sumo shuffle, kind of jumping jack but sideways.
- Karaoke, cross passes but the leg that goes in front over the other leg goes up.
- Backwards hip rotation, hip rotation from the inside to the outside and stepping out backwards in a lunge.
- All team members line up and run in circles around the room.
- Every time the trainer blows the whistle, the person in the back must run forward.
- This continues until everyone has run forward once.
- Four players stand in a square, play around and turn their bodies well in the direction you are playing to.
- Play anti-clockwise, making sure the right foot is in front
- This can be done in threes or fours.
- One player in the middle for threes, two in the middle for fours.
- Two players have a ball, one near the net and one near the back line.
- Player (red) in the middle stands a maximum of two meters in front of a player with the ball.
- Player with ball throws to centre, who passes back and moves to other player who just threw the ball.
- Next player throws ball to centre player (white), who passes back, then moves to other player.
- After ten passes change position.
- In a four-team team, two players in the middle who pass at the same time and change position to pass.
- Two players with a ball at the net, about three-four metres apart.
- Two players at about six meters, each facing a player with the ball.
- Players at the net throw a ball at the same time, players in the back pass at the same time.
- Then move sideways to the other position.
- Net players pass the ball again simultaneously, passers pass back simultaneously and move again.
- Change after twenty passes.
- Individual exercise to improve ball feeling with one hand.
- Each player has 1 volleyball, mini volleyball, tennis ball, juggling ball (or for advanced players a non round object; a light plastic container or light bottle for example, but can be used with anything).
- The goal of the players is to keep the ball in the air by hitting it as many times as possible with only one hand.
- Have the players count how many times they can do this per the 2 minutes per task.
- Possible assignments:
- - Underhand lobsmash
- - Over your head
- - Hit your leg afterwards with the hand you played with
- - Clap your hands after touching them
- - Lying down -> sitting -> standing (and back)
- - Raising your knee/heel
- - Against the wall
- - In pairs one player under, the other over the net=
Be creative! = - Possible exercise for several people. (see image)
- One or more in the middle, the rest around it.
- Setters play the ball somewhere around them, the rest have to make sure that the ball is returned to setters in X number of times.
- Agree on how many times the ball can be played.
- Exercise stimulates:
- - Communication
- - Reflexes
- - Ball sense
- Three passers are on the field.
- One play.
- On the other side are the other three players.
- They take turns hitting the ball five times.
- When the server throws up the ball the players may stand and finish the rally.
- Finish the rally.
- Then change.
- Course:
- Start at the ladder.
- Shuffle to the middle of the net.
- Make a block jump -> to the right and another block jump.
- Slalom around the poles.
- Shuffle around the pawns.
- Warming up
- Ground exercises
- Set up in threes, chase the ball
- A to C, C to B, B setuo to C, C to A, A to B, B set up to A etc.