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Volleyball Drills


No image Fitness and offense training in teams of three
- 1, 2 and 3 start from the baseline 
- sprint to the attack line (10 feet line) and back to the back field
- C passes a ball to the back field
- 1, 2 and 3 build up an attack (pass, setup and attack)
- 1 of the players retrieves the ball
- next team of three

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No image Block duel for sharp ball
- Coach tosses the ball on to the top of the net
- 1 and 2 duel fort he ball

Tip: Block as late as possible and push the ball to the side 



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No image Blocker has to look at the attacker
- coach (C) gives a setup over the net to attacker 1
- blocker 2 has to look at the attacker when they block
- 3, 4 and 5 defend
- 1 retrieves their ball and  6 becomes the new attacker
- switch after 5 times

Variation: 2 blockers
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No image 3 players: Setting and follow the ball
- 2 plays the ball to 3
- 2 takes the place of 3
- 3plays the ball to 1 and takes the place of 1
- 1 plays to 2 and takes  the place of 2
etc.
idem: passing
No image Pepper with a fixed setter
teams of three
- 1 attacks on 2
- 2 defends to the setter (S) 
- setter sets to 2
- 2 attacks to 1 , 1 defends to the setter  
etc

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No image Ball control drill defense
- 1 sets up for hitter 2
- 2 attacks on  1  or 3 
-  defend back to 2, 3 moves next to 2
- 2 sets up for hitter 1 
- 1 attacks on  2  or 3 
- and so on
Variation: the defender who doesn’t get the ball has to move
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No image Pairs of 2 and move
- 1 gives overhand pass to 2
- 2 gives overhand pass back and moves 3 meters (10 feet) to the left 
    or right and goes back to their original position
- 1 passes the ball directly to the right or left of 2 
- switch after 2 minutes
Variation: 2 uses underhand pass
No image Teams of 4: 2 defenders, 2 hitters
- 1 attacks on 3 or 4 
- 3 and 4 defend back to 1
- 3 and 4 move to the left 
- 2 attacks on 3 or 4 
- 3 and 4 move to the right
-  and so on
Vary attacks: hard, calm, short or long 
No image Long – short – long defense
- 3 attacks on 4  at position 1
- 4 defends back to 3
- 3 passes a short ball to the attack line, 4 comes in and defends
- 4 moves to position 5
- 1 attacks on 4, 4 defends back  to 1
-  5 is next defender
- and so on
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No image Fitness and Power
- 4 or 5 players on the baseline 
- at A: push-ups 10x
- at B: block 10x fast hops
- at C: sideways between the attack line 10x
- at D: sit-ups 10x


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No image Warm Up and Pass
pass: underhand or overhand
after passing:
- at A: sprint, at B: heeltouches, at C sideways moving along net
- or at A: sprint, at B: knee lifting, at C: block 2x with moving
- or at A: digging, at B: rolling, at C: block and attack jump

No image Warm Up with Block and Defense
- 1 tosses the ball with blockjump to 2 in the back field
- 2 defends for himself and goes to the net
- 1 goes to the back field after throwing
- 2 tosses with blockjump to 1
- 1 defends for himself and goes to the net,   and so on
Variation: instead of block :- attack within attack line
                                                             -or attack behind attack line 
                                                             - or serve on base line
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No image Serve – pass with movement
 2 groups:
- 1 serves to 3
- 3 pass to 4
- 2 new passer
- 3 new catcher
- 4 goes serving
- 1 goes to the position of 2
No image Serve and defend
- 1 serves to 2 
- 2 passes to S and gives a backwards set-up  to hitter 3
- 3 attacks straight ahead the line
- 1 defends at position 5 after serving
- rotate: 6 next passer, 1 goes to the recievers, 2 becomes the hitter
  , and 3 goes to the serves
Variation:  - with 1 blocker
                         - with a bad pass, trainer tosses  a ball to the setter
No image Attack on front-left to the 4 corners
- mat in all 4 corners
- 8 tosses the ball and 2 passes to the setter
-the  front-left hitter  gets 4 set-ups 
- this way, has to get 1 ball to each corner
- at every mat a player who retreives the bal and puts it in the ball trolley
No image Placed third ball to the backfield
- 1 and 2 hold the net
- C plays the ball in the backfield
- 1 or 3 defends to the other
- sets up an attack  to back-left or back-right
- 3 and 4 are next


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No image Offense drill for teams of 4
- 1 tosses to 2 and gets behind 4
- 2 tosses to 3 and gets behind 3,  and so on
Variations:
- underhanded toss, left and right
- overhanded toss left and right
- with 2 hands from the neck
- smash via the ground to the other side
- smash via the ground, 1x defend for yourself and attack via the ground 
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No image Active offense drill
- C tosses the ball in the air
- 1 comes in for the attack
- 7 gives the ball to C

Note:  - toss fast
               - C tosses the ball high for the outside hitter
               - C tosses the ball low for the middle hitter
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No image Attack from the middle after block
- 1 and 2 block
- 2 turns around for an attack after block
- C tosses a ball low in the air and 2 attacks
- 2 blocks with 1 again
- 1 attacks now 
- and so on

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No image Rhythm blocking
- 1 block left front, and middle
- 1 and 2 blocks left front and middle
- 2 and 3 blocks on left front and 1 right front
- 1 and 2 and 3 blocks on the middle
- 1 and 2 blocks on the right front and 3 and 4 on the left front
- 2,3 and 4 blocks on the middle
- 2 and 3 on the right front, 4 and 5 on the left front
- 3, 4 and 5 blocks at center; etc.
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No image 2 block: get the ball over the net
Players X stand op a platform with a ball above the net
- 2 blocks in the middle (touches the ball)
- 1 and 2 block on front-right
- 1 and 2 try to get the ball
- 3 gives block support
- same but 2 blocks with 3 on front-left

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No image Warming-up with block movement
- 1 and 2 begin
- together block on the middle, 
- 1 block on the left, 2 block on the right-outside
- together block on the middle
- 1 block on the left, 2 block on the right-outside
- 3 and 4 are next 
Repeat 3 or 5 times
Variation: block on both sides of the net and tap each other’s hands
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No image Roundabout pass
- 2 or 3 players on each side off the net 
- rest with a ball playing for himself over the 4 meter line
- Play once to the player at the net
- changing to the others site
- and so on


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No image Pass and warming-up
- 1 and 2 move backwards from  the attack line
- 1 pass to 2, 2 attacks quietly to the other side
- 3 and 4 comes in, and pass and attacks
And so on
No image Active passing
1 plays  to 2 and closes after 2
2 plays to 3 and closes behind 3
And so on




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No image Back field defense (Fitness)
- 1 attacks on 2 at the back-right ( position 1)
- 2 moves to the left after defending in between the cones
- 3 attacks on 2 at the back-left (position 5)
-  and so on
Variation:
-  defend  a diagonal ball, 1 attacks towards the left and 3 to the right

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No image Big M: defend 5 times
- C attacks on 5, defend back
- 1 short ball for 5 on the attack line, 5 defends back
- C deep ball to back-mid for 5
- 1 short ball for 5 on the attack line
- C offense on back-right
- 6 is the next defender
Other retrieve balls
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No image Long and short defense
- 1 attacks on 2
- 2 defends to catcher A
- 3 plays a tip ball to the attack line and 2 digs the ball
- 3 catches that ball and attacks on 4
- 4 defends to catcher A
- 1 short ball and 4 defends
- catchers become  hitters, hitters become catchers 
- switch after 5 times
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No image Setting and Sprint
- 1 sets to 2, 2 sets to 3, 3 sets to 4, 4 sets to 1
- after setting : sprint to the backline

VARIATION: instead of sprint , digging
                              instead of sprint : a attack jump


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No image Play and Block
- 2 rows with players behind the attack line
- setting the ball overhand
- after playing at mid a block and left or right a block
- connecting behind your own row
Small group: first 1 time for yourself, then to the other side

VARIATION: - passing
                             - changing to the other row
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