Volleyball drills for technique attack / smash / spike / hitting

• Player A throws/hits ball towards player C 
• Player C passes the ball towards player B. 
• Player B sets up the ball. 
• Player C attacks. 

Goal: 1st series balls straight, 2nd series balls diagonally. 

Walking line: A joins back of line C, B keeps hitting balls, C joins back line A.

• The trainer randomly plays 1 or 2. 
• From there, a set up to the other (1 or 2) is given for attacking. 
• Depending on where the attack happens, 6 players on the other side of the net take the correct positions. 
• Blocking, defending, and play over the net to me. 
• High tempo. 
• If the ball is not defended, throw it to my side of the net so that we can continue. 

• There are 2 lines with persons on the end line and 2 attackers on the 3m line at both sides. 
• The player right back walks to the middle of the field and gets a ball thrown by the player left back. 
• The player gives a set up to the attacker on the 3m line. 
• This attacker tries to attack the ball over the net to the best of his abilities. 
• This exercise stimulates a not-perfect set up given from the back field. 
• The goal is that the attacker is still able to play the ball over the net with some pressure. 

• The players are in a line at position 1.
• The first makes a jump service (without ball), then runs diagonally to the net (position 4).
• Here, he/she makes a block, shuffles backwards to the 3m line, and attacks.
• Then, he/she shuffles to the middle and does the same. 
• Keeps shuffling to the right and does the same here.
• Makes a dive to position 1.

• Player A throws the ball over the net.
• Player B or C passes the ball over the net.
• The other player quickly runs underneath the net, and sets up for the same player that passed.
• This player tries to hit a cone from the bench with overarm player or a hitting movement.

Which pair or which team has hit the most cones from the bench after an X number of minutes? 

Hit to outside and middle

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Beside the playmaker, the other players execute a pass, an attack, and a service.

The exercise is as follows:

• 1 Player 1 throws a tight ball to player 7
• 2a player 7 passes the ball to the playmaker
• 2b player 1 walks to the other line and joins the back.
• 3 the playmaker gives a set up to player 6
• 4 player 6 smashes the ball to the mat
• 5 player 6 picks up his own ball
• 6 player 6 serves the ball to the other mat
• 7 player 6 picks up his own ball
• 8 player 6 joins the line
• This can also be done a middle attack

After 10 minutes, a block is added

• T1 places to playmaker 1

• Set-up to 2

• Attack left forward 

• 1+2 block, then back for attack

• T2 plays the ball to playmaker 3, coming in from the right back

• set up to 2 on middle or to 1 on right forward 

VARIATION: Idem: to left forward

-1 defender starts behind the end line
-  C plays high ball in the field
-  1 comes in and plays overarm to S
-  S sets up backwards to 4
-  Attack through the middle, attacker gets the ball
-  1 will be attacker, and 2 will be defender
VARIATION: with block, 

Then with middle attackers and then with outside attackers

line of attackers on the 3 meter line

-C plays rally ball on attacker 1

- blocker 4 goes to the net

- 1 passes to S and calls where he wants the set up

   (left, middle, or right)

- blocker follows attacker and blocks

- attacker gets ball, joins back of own line

- if the attackers score 10x, the attackers and

   blockers change

• When delivering a freeball we want to disrupt the opponents offence as much as possible. 
• We can also use the freeball to take out an offensive attacker by pulling them close to the net or making them take the first contact. 
• Dump zones are meant to target the setter or setter transition area and to pull an outside hitter off of their approach.
• If there is time, the player passing the ball should look at the opponents side of the net to determine where to place the ball - D1, D2, D3, D4
• Teammates not involved in the play should be:
  • Ready to defend the freeball
  • Looking at the opponents transition or positioning on the court
  • Communicating to the player passing the ball on where to put the ball - 1, 2, 3, 4

• Attacker plays ball to playmaker, 
• pass and attack over position 4 has to be dropped 
• at position 3 or technically attacked to the attacker at position 4. 
• Ball is defended and repeated at the other side of the field. 
• Ball has to go 3x over the net before you can score

Goal of the exercise:
process 2 balls quickly and having to score

Explanation of the exercise:

• Passer and playmaker and attacker all three process 2 balls shortly after each other. 
• Passer learns to pass a deepball diagonally backward and a short immediate after (learns to make large angles) the playmaker has to look for the next ball immediately after the first set up. 
• The attacker has to go to the back as soon as possible after landing to make another attack. 
• As trainer, you can indicate where the balls have to be hit, or the tempo of the set ups, or that the passer has to do attack defense after the first pass and then pass the 2nd ball
  
  
• Length of the exercise:
  15 minutes.