Favorite serve-receive drills for older players
A coach is looking for some ideas of games and drills they can use when working with more experienced players on serve receive.
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Volleyball Practice Planning
Pass great in drills, not in games
You ever find yourself in a situation where your players pass well in drills, but fall apart in games? The solution is pretty easy.
Training Plan: Small group, getting them back to work
Here's my first day of practice back session for the Medaille College men's team. It was a small group and I had three focus points.
Ugly is good!
Structured, highly ordered drills can look very nice, but the fact of the matter is they do a poor job of preparing for game randomness.
Creating service pressure in practice
How can we get players used to serving in pressure situations? It comes down to making their serves in practice consequential.
Consistency v Variety in practice design
Do you mix your practice session designs up a lot? Or are you the type of coach who basically does the same thing all the time?
Think through your scoring systems
A volleyball practice game scoring system provides examples of how players might be incentivized in ways contrary to what we're after.
Volleyball practice plan template
Looking for a volleyball practice plan template? Here's the simple structure I use to create my own practice and training plans.
Best competitive drills for beginners
How can we use competitive activities (which are fun) with beginners when their developmental focus tends to argue against going that route?