Volleyball drills

• Exercise to make several quick movements in a row and play high enough.
• Every child stands with the ball one meter from the net.
• Throw the ball over the net with a forearm movement and catch it on the other side.
• Throw the ball over the net with an overhead movement and catch it on the other side.
• Throwing the ball over the net overhead and catching it for yourself at the other side with forearms.
• If necessary, make it more difficult by varying height and distance.

• 4 benches, in pairs to the other side, next pair can as soon as the first bench is free.
• Each pair starts on the other side of the same bench.
• Walk across the bench, pass each other in the middle.
• Walk along the bench, jump in the middle and clap hands together, then the next bench.
• Everybody hops over the bench 4 times with hands on the bench. (move towards each other)
• Each a ball, walk over the bench, pass each other in the middle, while bouncing the ball.
• Bounce the ball, walk along the bench, jump in the middle and clap hands together.
• One ball in pairs, each on one side of the bench.
• Pass the ball while going from right to left (always closer to the middle and then further away again).
• Move sideways.
• Idem one side underarm return.
• Play one side overhead.

• Serve in pairs over the net from the (back) line.
  • If necessary divide over 2 fields.
  • Distribute the hoops on one side of the net.
• Child with ball in serving position, other stands in a hoop on the other side.
• If the ball can be caught without stepping out of the hoop, the hoop is won.
• After each serve change position, until there are no more hoops.
• Which team collects the most hoops?

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.

• 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=
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• 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
  
  
  

2 children and 1 towel

The children catch and throw the ball over the net. The towel is between both children. Opponent also has 2 children with 1 towel. Points are just like regular volleyball

• 2 teams - 1 ball.
• Throw over the net, try to score.
• After each ball, rotate position.

• 3 players at the net with a ball
• they play alternately short and long
• defenders move from right to left

The game is played with at least 4 players

• 1 mouse who has a t-shirt or piece of cloth in the back of his trousers
• 1 dog who has a tennis ball
• 2 cats without attribute

• the mouse runs around with the dog,
• the cats try to grab the tail of the mouse and bring it to their cone
• But the dog can tap the cat with the tennis ball and it will do a punishment of its choice in the camp.
• If there are more players a group can be created and 2 games can be played together.

• Divide the team into four groups.
• Each group gets an ace (hearts, diamonds, spades and clubs).
• The rest of the cards are covered in the middle of the room.
• The 4 groups stand in a corner of the room.
• One player may walk to the center of the field, turn over one card and then return.
• Only if the card has the same shape as your own ace, you may take it.
• If wrong, the card must be covered and they return empty-handed.
• In order to first collect all cards of the own figure.

• Player stands with hoop near the net, can move a little but max 1 step.
• Trainer stands on the backline with a row of players with the ball next to him.
• Trainer throws the ball randomly into the field and the player puts it in the hoop.
• Make it more and more difficult.