Beachvolleyball drills for technique bovenhands / set-up

Each player has his own ball.

1. The players will play the ball overhead for themselves.
   • coach says what they have to do
   • play forearms
   • Get down on your knees
   • Make a circle on your knees
   • Lie down and get up again
2. With every exercise, you keep on playing

• 1 Coach and 3 players are ready.
• The coach serves the ball over the net.
• A player passes, a player sets, a player catches.
• After the completion they turn one spot.
• A variable is to focus on pass and/or set and/or attack.
• The more tasks the players are given, the harder the challenge becomes.
• The simplification of these exercises can be found in having the players perform 'only' one task.

Adjustments

• Throwing the ball in instead of serving.
• Serve from different positions.
• Making serving more difficult.
• Passer and setter run in from different sides.
• Set the ball in a basket.

• 1 server, 1 passer, 1 playmaker, 1 finisher.
• Between the passer and the setter an inverted triangle can be visualized.
• The top of the triangle lies near the passer, the bottom against the net.
• Start the exercise with an easier serve.
• The pass should be sent to the corner of the triangle, which is the most middle of the court.
• The setter sets the ball to the other end.
• The distance between them is max 2 meters.
• To work more accurately a standing basket can be used.
• Continuation: Instead of a basket the coach plays the ball back to the passer, repeats and catches / plays out if necessary.
• With 3 players use 1 passer and 2 setters; coach serves.
• With 5 players you let 2 playmakers alternate.
• With 6 players divide the game in two groups and use both sides of the court.

• Work on the correct technique - turning in towards the post, before the set is given, helps with the execution.
• The set should be given in a dynamic movement in the attacker's shoulder line.
• The most common is to work with a standing leg (front leg) in a small lunge position with the legs initiating the set up.

Adjustments

• The service of the 1st ball can be very easy so that the passer can deliver a good pass every time.
• Increase the pass rush by making the service more difficult.
• Have the setter start from a deeper point in the court.
• Have the setter start from block position.
• Vary set goals; increase the distance to the goal or decrease the goal, shift the goal per set.
• Try to get 5 perfect passes and setups in a row.
• Involve the partner in the exercise by giving feedback, or by having the ball attacked without a jump.