Volleyball drills

1. Take a step to the right from an upright position, keeping your feet (and the rest of your body) pointing forward.
2. Lower yourselves with your upper body upright and your weight on your right foot. Lower as far as possible and keep your left leg stretched and your feet flat on the floor
3. Repeat the same movement with our left leg.
4. Repeat these movements a number of times.

1. Stretch your arms to the sides with clenched fists and thumbs up.
2. Bend over with your left leg stretched until your upper body is completely horizontal while you are balancing on your right foot. Move your left leg and your upper body in unison.
3. Do the same with your right leg while you balance on your left foot.
4. Repeat these movements a number of times, alternating between your left and right leg.

1. Stand on hands and feet, and move your feet towards your hands so your legs and upper body make an angle of around 90 degrees.
2. Place your right foot over your left heel.
3. Press your left heel towards the floor and at the same time pull up your left toes towards your left shin.
4. Maintain this position for a moment and bring your heel up again. Repeat this movement a number of times with the same foot.
5. Then repeat this movement a number of times with your other foot.

1. Lie down flat on the ground on your belly and stretch your arms to the sides.
2. Bring your right foot to your left hand and keep your upper body, arms, and left hip in contact with the floor.
3. Go back to the starting position and then bring your left foot to your right hand.
4. Repeat these movements a number of times.

1. Lie down flat on the ground on your back, with your arms stretched to the sides.
2. Pull up your feet until your legs are bent around 90 degrees. Let the heels of your feet rest on the ground.
3. Bring your knees to the ground on the right side of your body. Keep your feet, torso, shoulders, and arms in contact with the ground.
4. Then bring your knees to the ground on the left side of your body.
5. Repeat these movements a number of times.

• Players each have a ball and
• make an attacking jump towards the net holding the ball.
• When they reach the net they have to raise the ball behind their heads, jump and  throw the ball over the net.

• Pay attention:
  • proper posture
  • proper height
  • properly lift arms
  • ball in
• probably a bit lower for beginning players to increase success factor.

• Player throws ball high to central forward and then gets in line to attack
  • if attack is not yet possible, the 3rd ball is played overarm over the net.
• On the forward left, player comes in that gives set up to the flank and there will be the attack.
• Pay attention to the set up:
  • ball up
  • leggs stretch 
  • point after the ball
• Set upper keeps hitting (10) balls

• Keep ball high, individually, with hands and feet. It does not matter how, as long as the ball does not hit the ground.
• Keep ball high with the fists.
• Keep ball high with underarms.
• Let ball bounce and go underneath as often as possible. Because the ball bounces lower and lower, the player has to lower more and more and move faster.
• Place two balls on each other and balance them
• Two balls on each other and balance, throw up upper ball, change the balls, top to bottom.
• Bounce two balanced balls and walk around
• Ball from hand to hand, and move around the body, from high to low.
• Keep ball between the legs, with one hand in front of the ball, and the other hand on the back.
• Throw up the ball a little, and then the hand from front to back and reverse.

• Players are in a square
• A to B, B to  C, C to D, D to A
• Pay attention to distance feet

• The players begin throwing the ball between them.
• After throwing the ball, each player walks around the cone to the other side.
• One of the players then determines how the ball is passed and in which way the players move around the cone.
• The other players imitate this player.

• A and B are opposite each other and both have a ball
• They use one of these balls to play overarm.
• At the same time, they use the other ball to throw in a straight line.
• At the moment A plays the one ball overarm, B throws the other ball towards A, and reverse.
  • is also possible in a triangle

• everybody individually plays ball overarm against wall
• pay attention to technique of the hands
• they learn to control the ball
• if possible, indicate a height (height of net + bit extra where the ball should hit the wall

extra challenge:

• 'write' a word on the wall with the ball (around 5-7 letters)