Game: Dig or Die Back Row Speedball
This is a variation on the Speedball Winners game concept which puts a greater emphasis on aggressive defense, which can raise intensity levels.
Category
Volleyball Games
Game: 4 v 4 Out-of-System Winners
This volleyball game is a variation on Winners which channels attacks into certain areas and works a lot on out-of-system offense.
Scoring System: 25 or reset
Want to work on your team finishing out a set? Here's a game scoring system that works in that direction you can easily adapt to your needs.
Shifting from cooperative to competitive
We often look for ways to make things competitive in training. When doing that, though, make sure you think about the potential outcomes of the scoring.
Game: Positional winners
There are a number of variations on winners (a.k.a. King/Queen of the court). I started using one that introduces more positional specialization.
More on servers vs. passers games
Following on some earlier thinking about developing a way to work on serving and passing in a competitive way, I tried a new scoring system for a game.
Drill: 3 v 3 All-Touch Transition & Attack
This is a good small-sided game-play exercise that gets every player lots of touches and works especially on transition hitting.
Opportunities in training on a lowered net
Using a lowered net provides opportunities to work on things in a lower intensity situation and can also be a good warm-up exercise.
Working on attacking the block in games and drills
Here's something you can do to help work on your hitters becoming better at attacking the block rather than just trying to hit around it.