Coaching Volleyball

Drill: 5-Player Passing and Movement

This is fairly simple group ball-handling and movement drill (though with room for increased complexity and/or intensity) that could be used as a warn-up.

Drill: 5-player Pass and Set

This is a combination volleyball passing and setting drill, which can also incorporate controlled serving and/or hitting.

Coaching Log – Jan 22, 2014

After catching a break on the scheduling front, I was able to run a fairly comprehensive training session with a particular emphasis on reading and movement.

Game: Virus

You can use the virus volleyball game to work out-of-system play on one hand and on recognition of it and proper defensive positioning for it on the other.

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: Baseball

This is a volleyball game which focuses on serve receive and free ball offense while encouraging an aggressive mentality on both offense and defensive sides.

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.