The Challenge of Finding New Volleyball Drills
As a volleyball coach, one of the biggest challenges I face is coming up with new drills that will help my players improve their skills while pushing their boundaries for learning new ones. When trying out new volleyball drills make sure to demonstrate the drill at half speed before running the drills at full speed.
Each player should have a chance to practice the skill slowly before increasing to the desired speed in order to minimize the chances of injury as well as give the players a chance to practice the fundamental movements before working on speeding them up. Each of the following volleyball drills isolates a different skill or skill set. By isolating a specific skill your players are able to work on them one at a time and apply their learning come game time.
Getting your Own Rebound... Again and Again
For the first of the three volleyball drills divide your team into partners who are approximately the same height, if possible. Each pair should have one ball. The player with the ball shall be player 1 and other is player 2. Since the goal of this drill is to improve ball control throughout a wide variety of contact methods, begin by having player one hit the ball down to player 2.
Player 2 is to dig the ball and hit it high up so that they can tomahawk the ball. Next they are to hit the ball with only their left fist followed by the right fist only. After this, player 2 sets the ball to themselves, then hits the ball down hard for player 1. Player 1 is to repeat the sequence in the same order. Repeat this drill 5 times for each player before increasing the speed or switching up the order of the hits to keep players on their toes.
Hit the Cone in the Corner
The goal of the next of the volleyball drills is to improve your team's serving abilities from the corners of the court. For this drill divide your team into two groups, with each players having one ball. To begin, set up an equal number of cones in each of the four corners of the court. At the sound of your whistle, the players are to serve their balls in an attempt to knock over the cones on the other side of the net. Players are to continue picking up balls and serving again until all the cones have been tipped over.
The team who knocks over all the other team's cones first is the winner. For a variation that works on more precise aiming skills when serving, set up only one cone in each corner, and have each team take turns serving and trying to knock over the cone. Each team earns one point every time they knock over a cone, and the winner is the one with the most points after 5 minutes of play.
As a volleyball coach, one of the biggest challenges I face is coming up with new drills that will help my players improve their skills while pushing their boundaries for learning new ones. When trying out new volleyball drills make sure to demonstrate the drill at half speed before running the drills at full speed.
Each player should have a chance to practice the skill slowly before increasing to the desired speed in order to minimize the chances of injury as well as give the players a chance to practice the fundamental movements before working on speeding them up. Each of the following volleyball drills isolates a different skill or skill set. By isolating a specific skill your players are able to work on them one at a time and apply their learning come game time.
Getting your Own Rebound... Again and Again
For the first of the three volleyball drills divide your team into partners who are approximately the same height, if possible. Each pair should have one ball. The player with the ball shall be player 1 and other is player 2. Since the goal of this drill is to improve ball control throughout a wide variety of contact methods, begin by having player one hit the ball down to player 2.
Player 2 is to dig the ball and hit it high up so that they can tomahawk the ball. Next they are to hit the ball with only their left fist followed by the right fist only. After this, player 2 sets the ball to themselves, then hits the ball down hard for player 1. Player 1 is to repeat the sequence in the same order. Repeat this drill 5 times for each player before increasing the speed or switching up the order of the hits to keep players on their toes.
Hit the Cone in the Corner
The goal of the next of the volleyball drills is to improve your team's serving abilities from the corners of the court. For this drill divide your team into two groups, with each players having one ball. To begin, set up an equal number of cones in each of the four corners of the court. At the sound of your whistle, the players are to serve their balls in an attempt to knock over the cones on the other side of the net. Players are to continue picking up balls and serving again until all the cones have been tipped over.
The team who knocks over all the other team's cones first is the winner. For a variation that works on more precise aiming skills when serving, set up only one cone in each corner, and have each team take turns serving and trying to knock over the cone. Each team earns one point every time they knock over a cone, and the winner is the one with the most points after 5 minutes of play.
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