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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 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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Volleyball Drills
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Drill: 6-player Over-the-Net Pepper

This pepper variation expands on the over-the-net version to allow for more players to be included, potentially allowing for increased complexity.

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Volleyball Drills
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Drill: 6+ Player Diagonal Over-the-Net Pepper

This volleyball team pepper drill variation is good for working on both defense and controlled attack across the net.

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Coaching Log – Feb 10, 2014

After making a major announcement at the start, this training was one where I played it somewhat loose and did some things I knew they would enjoy.

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Drill: 2-and-1 Pepper with Movement

This is a nice 3-person volleyball pepper variation which could be used as a warm-up drill and/or to work on ball control in general terms.

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Volleyball Drills
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Drill: 4-Player Pair Pepper

This volleyball pepper drill can be used in place of normal 2-player pepper for more realistic ball-contact sequence and potentially in a smaller area.

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Volleyball Drills
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Drill: Rotating Cooperative Cross-Court Hitting

This volleyball drill is a type of team over-the-net pepper in terms of ball-control, but with the added dimensions of problem solving and mental toughness.

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Volleyball Drills
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Drill: Cooperative Cross-Court Hitting (aka Side v Side)

This volleyball drill is like a team over-the-net pepper in terms of ball-control, but with the added dimensions of problem solving and mental toughness.

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