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Volleyball drills

  • player 1 at the net midfield
  • number; players at mid-back with the ball
  • row of players on the left (or right) side in front
  • 2 corpses as disturbance/block on other side of the net
  • 2 players as defence at the other side of the net

  • player with ball throws to midfield
  • midfield puts up HIGH
  • left front attacks
  • if hitting fails: play smart over the net
  • if ball lands on the ground in the field you have a point
  • Defenders try to prevent this.
  • Everyone keeps on turning.
    • Tackle becomes playmaker
    • Defender joins the row of attackers
    • Attacker passes under the net and becomes 1st defender.
    • 2nd defender takes ball, passes under net and joins row of attackers


  • 2 teams.
  • Stand next to each other on all fours (rounded back).
  • One player crawls under the others with the ball in front of him, at the end he rolls the ball back and stands on his own back.
  • Then the next player etc. From sideline to sideline
  • 2 opposite each other on the back line of both fields, 1 ball on the middle line.
  • On signal of the trainer, sprint to the net, who has the ball first.
  • This exercise can also be done with a dive first and then sprinting to the ball.
  • 2 players with the ball at one side of the net on the 3 meter line, throw the ball in turn
  • 1 player on the opposite side on the 3 meter line, this player makes the action
    • walks to the net and plays the ball oh high to the player from whom the ball came
    • runs backwards to the 3 metre line
    • sessions of 10 movements and change
drawing OH under the net
  • per 3, 1 ball
  • 2 cones per trio on the width of the volleyball field.
  • player a runs in throws the ball high, player b runs in catches underhand and throws the ball high again, player c runs in and catches the ball underhand
  • adjust to bra, reception or combinations of
drawing warming up OH/BH
  • The players are in pairs, one player on each side of the net.
  • Both players have a ball.
  • One player throws the ball underarms with outstretched arms over the net and the other rolls the ball under the net to the other side.
  • Extension: play a key to catch the ball and roll it under the net again.
  • Catch the ball with a key and roll it to the opposite side of the net.
  • You can extend this exercise and make it more difficult.



drawing recognise ball tracks
  • Player A starts from a sitting position on a chair, slightly bent over.
  • Player B throws the ball low.
  • This is played back to A from the chair so shoulders are already forward and low.
  • After the first ball turn around and sit on the chair just behind it, idem with player C who also throws a ball low.
drawing Low defense from chair

This is always fun to do, especially the smaller kids like it.

  • You have a monkey= This person is appointed by the trainer. This person must try to steal the coconut without getting caught.
  • You have a coconut= This is basically just the volleyball, or another ball.
  • You have a monkey hunter= This person is also assigned by the trainer, but the monkey hunter is ''undercover'', so he is just a palm tree but if the monkey has the ball in his hand, he may tap the monkey.
  • And finally you have the Palm Trees= These are all the other players who are not the monkey or the monkey hunter.

You put all the players in a circle on one side of the field, in the middle of this circle you put the ''coconut''.

The trainer chooses the monkey in the presence of the whole team. The monkey then moves towards a wall or stands somewhere with its eyes and ears closed, facing the other way so it cannot see the team. You then say "The monkey hunter is....." (you point out the child, do not say the name of the child). If everyone knows who the monkey hunter is you say that the monkey can come back. The space between the palm trees where the monkey goes in the beginning, he must go back again.

For example, if the monkey goes between John and Peter in the direction of the coconut, it cannot go back between Hans and John.

If the monkey takes the coconut outside the circle without being tapped, the monkey wins.

If the monkey is tapped before it leaves the circle with the coconut, the monkey hunter has won.

  • The blue balls are the "palm trees" players.
  • The red dot is the ''monkey hunter''. The monkey does not know who the monkey hunter is. The monkey hunter is trying to tap the monkey.
  • The white ball is the ''monkey''. He is trying to get the coconut without being tapped.
  • The yellow ball is the coconut.


drawing Monkey and the coconut
    • Trainer stands at the net with a ball sticking out above the net
    • Attacking run-up (short-long run) and watch arms swinging
    • Make an offensive jump and try to touch the ball with the batting hand.
      • Watch out:
        • good posture
        • good height
        • arms well up
        • Put down the close pass (brake pass) properly
      • You can do this on both sides of the net, see picture. When you have completed the attack, pick up your ball and join the back of the line at the pawn.
      • Red dots= Trainer
      • Blue dots = players
      • Orange dots= Pions
      • Yellow dots= Volleyball
drawing Attacking run (high hand) without basket

https://youtu.be/bYJZ3UkSVMM

  • Per 3 players
    • 2 balls. person 1&2 stand on 1 side,
    • person 3 in the middle opposite them.
  • Person 1 throws a ball to person 3,
  • who plays it back to person 1 underhand.
  • Then person 3 moves in shuffle until she is opposite person 2, this person also throws a ball which person 3 in turn plays back underhand.
  • Then move sideways again to person 1
    • So continuously move sideways to play balls back underhand from person 1 and 2,
  • After X number of balls you change



drawing defense per 3
  • Player 1 throws the ball to player 3, who defends it underhand to person 2.
  • Person 2 throws the ball to 3, who defends it to person 1 (so defend it diagonally every time).
  • First throw everything (player 1 and 2, after that everything BH, after that technical hit).



  • The players all stand side by side at the net
    • with their faces turned to the net
    • and in the proper position to want to block,
    • so elbows and hands at the right height.
  • The coach throws a ball from the other side of the net to the players and they each take their turn to block their thrown ball.