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Volleyball Games
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Game: To 1

This is a small-sided game that focuses on controlled 3rd contact and can also be a useful warm-up exercise.

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Volleyball Games
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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.

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Sample Volleyball Practice Plans
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Training Plan: 11 players, just games

This training session uses cooperative games to warm-up, then moves to small-sided competitive games. The main idea is to get lots of game-like touches.

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Volleyball Coaching News & Info
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Player-run small-group training session

A player-directed training session I once witnessed in Sweden provides some potential ideas for small-group type sessions.

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Volleyball Drills
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Drill: 2 vs. 0, or 2-Player Over-the-Net Pepper

This pepper variation introduces playing the ball over the net, which increases the game-like element and movement and puts added pressure on ball-handling.

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2014-15 Exeter University
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Coaching Log – Nov 3 2014

Missing players forced a focus on skill work rather than team training despite the pending match against one of the league's top teams.

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Volleyball Coaching Q&A
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Playing system for U14s, and how to get them to move!

A reader has a couple of questions about how to train his young volleyball team and set them up to play from a system perspective.

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Volleyball Coaching Articles
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Drill: 14-Player Serve-Pass-Hit

This volleyball drill gets a lot of players active on one court working on serving, passing, setting and hitting - and potentially blocking and defense.

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2014-15 Exeter University
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Coaching Log – Oct 6 2014

After a day of meetings that cleared up some line-up questions, ball-handling was the major theme of this training session.

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