Tag: serve receive

Coaching Log – Dec 21, 2015

A hard-fought loss at Brøndby kept us from being top of the Oresund Liga standings at the break, but we did finish the first half…

Coaching Log – Sep 14, 2015

The second week really started the process of develop a team style of play. It ended with the squad spending a day doing team-building exercises.

Sample volleyball team playing guide

I developed a player's guide while coaching at the University of Exeter where I worked with a variety of experience levels and playing backgrounds.

volleyball butterfly drills

Drill: 1-2 Serve & Pass

This drill allows passers to work on receiving hard serves, and servers on serving them, but without lots of missed serves leaving passers standing around.

Serve first or receive first?

Should you take serve or receive if your team wins the coin toss? Turn to the statistics to know what call to make at your…

Coaching Log – Oct 27 2014

Although it was a session before a league match, the absence of a number of players saw me run a high contact volume training session…

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.