Some thoughts on practice planning

A recent article on the subject of volleyball practice planning offers some interesting ideas for future training plan development.

Game: Pin Hitter Challenge

This game pits the OH and OPP hitters against each other in a kill challenge to work on being able to score against full-team defense.

Problem Solving: Making the B side more competitive

Making the second team competitive with the first team in training games is a challenge many volleyball coaches face. Here are some ideas for doing it.

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.

Coaching Concept: Tennis serving

Taking a page out of the tennis book, you can use the idea of let serves to encourage more aggressive serving in volleyball training drills and games.

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: 7 in a Row

Here is a volleyball game which focuses on scoring points in a row, but with the ability to incorporate additional points of focus through the use of bonus pts.

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