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Volleyball Drills

Explanations and descriptions of volleyball drills, with indications of the level(s) they are best suited for and how they can be adapted for different circumstances.

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Get your servers competing with this game

I like incentivizing my servers to challenge my passers in practice. Here's a way you can get your servers competing.

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Volleyball Coaching Q&A
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Reception training when your servers aren’t good enough

How can you get the most out of serve reception training when your servers are not good enough? Here's an idea.

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Why I don’t like volleyball butterfly drills

Volleyball butterfly drills are used by coaches all over the place. I'm not personally a big fan of them for a couple of reasons.

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Drill: Flip-Switch

This is a good volleyball serving and passing exercise that constantly forces players to recognize and adapt to changing scenarios.

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Using video for better blocker training

Here's an example of how you can use video to dramatically improve blocking drills when training your blockers in real game situations isn't an option.

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Getting creative with limited resources

We don't always have the resources we'd like to run the drills we want to run in practice. Here's an example of how I got creative with one, though.

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Favorite drills/games to practice serve receive?

What are your favorite drills/games to practice serve receive? That question, or variations of it, come up a lot. Here are some thoughts and ideas.

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Large group volleyball drills and games

Sometimes you have a large group of players to deal with. In those cases you need large group volleyball drills to keep them active and engaged.

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Drill: 6 v 6s

This is a 6 on 6 volleyball drill/game that you can use to keep many players active and not sitting out for long periods of time.

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