Game: Pro Trips (progressive triples)
This is a series of small-sided games that is a good warm-up exercise, with the possibility to work on some defensive elements.
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Volleyball Games
Game: To 1
This is a small-sided game that focuses on controlled 3rd contact and can also be a useful warm-up exercise.
Encouraging attacking rather than giving up free balls
A coach is looking for some ideas to encourage more attacking and less giving up of free balls in their 6 v 6 play.
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.
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.
Game: 1-2-3 Wash
This is a wash style volleyball game that put's a premium on earning a sideout, especially on the first ball.
Using process scoring in games
You can use process scoring rather than more standard outcome based scoring to continue your development work in training games.
Game: Side v Side
This small-sided volleyball game takes a cooperative drill and makes it competitive with a heavy focus on defense and transition.
Going next level with “winners” games
Players love winners style games, and for good reason. We coaches should love them too as they offer us opportunities to work on lots of different things.