big-point/little-point Archives

Thinking differently about wash scoring

By changing up how you structure your wash drills and games you can put them to better work focusing on more specific things.

Game: Bonus Point Bingo

This bonus point oriented game is good for focusing on key developmental areas with lots of potential for varying the complexity and challenge level.

Washing to increase scrimmage intensity

Simple game play in volleyball training puts me on edge. Adding a wash element can increase the intensity and make for a much more worthwhile session.

Game: High Ball to Receive

Here's a game I saw at UCLA which works on hitters challenging the block, with additional serve receive and free ball attacking

Game: 2 in 2

This is a fairly simple wash-scoring based game which gives players an opportunity to work on both serve receive offense and transition attack to score points.

Game: 22 v 22

This is a short-duration game which focuses on serve receive attack and secondarily on winning points in a row.

Game: Hard Drill Game

This is a back row volleyball game which combines cooperative control elements with competitive ones while working on both back court attack and defense.

Volleyball Coaching Concept: Wash Drill

Wash drills and games involve scoring systems that require a team to accomplish multiple things before they can earn a point.

Game: Bingo-Bango-Bongo

This is a 6 vs. 6 free ball transition oriented game which gets players focused on scoring points in a row using a little point/big point type of structure.