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Volleyball drills for technique attack / smash / spike / hitting

  • Organization:
    • Field B:
      • 2 passers and 1 reserve.
      • 1 playmaker on p2/3.
    • Field A:
      • Defender on 5 and 1.
      • Reserve on p5.
      • Coach serves.
  • Execution:
    • Trainer serves.
    • Pass and setup to the non-passer.
    • Attack thus on p3 or p4.
    • Attacker becomes playmaker, passer stays.
    • Spare becomes passer and playmaker becomes spare on p5.
    • P5 passes to p1 and p1 becomes reserve passer.
    • Defended ball is passed to p2.
drawing Attack and defence
  • 1 row behind the left or right buildup.
  • Everyone with ball.
  • Player 1 left or right structure in start with ball diagonally towards pawn for penalty line.
  • 1 pawn on the middle of the build-up with 1 player without the ball behind it.
  • Player 2 runs diagonally behind player 1 and receives the ball.
  • Player 1 makes a 0 pass if player 2 doesn't pass in time otherwise make the change on speed.
  • Player 2 shoots at goal.
  • Player 1 walks backwards to the pawn in the middle of the build-up to receive the ball and shoot at the goal.
  • Repeat until everyone has been there.


  • Two against three.
  • The third player stands at the back line ready to serve.
  • Serving is alternating. Two players agree on who will change in the team to serve.
  • One player stays.
  • Or if they want to and can keep up with it they can go full steam ahead with the serve.
  • The service receiving side has fixed setter.
  • Setter goes under the net to switch teams.
  • Pace of serving may be increased if it is going well.
  • Preference, full smash, and full defend.
  • Trainer strikes ball at pos 1,6.
  • Players bring the pass --> SV --> AV.
  • Other side defends ball and completes rally
  • Space through on both sides
drawing Attack from defense.
  • 2 pairs on both sides of the net with 1 ball
  • The ball is played back and forth in threes;
  • The back player passes, the front player sets, the back player comes in and plays the ball easily over the net.
  • The players at the other side do the same
  • Front and back players rotate every time the ball is played over the net.
  • After that, a simple attacking stroke and possibly a hard attacking stroke can be added.
drawing in 3 with 2 pairs and the net (M. Kool)
  • 2 players leave the net,
    • Someone else throws in a free ball, it is built up and attacked
    • Team who threw the ball defends
  • Reception, other player walks in and attacks reception player, reception player attacks, play on
    • reception, other player runs in, buttons reception player, reception player plays high back and other player attacks, pass
  • Create zones in the field
  • Storage player calls street or slide
    • In case of short serve: deep serve.
    • On a deep serve: short
  • Free match

Goal: improve condition in combination with attack/block/defense

T throws a total of three balls to SV.

  • T throws ball to SV.
  • SV gives a set-up pos 4 , where A attacks. Immediately after the attack T throws a ball, A defends ball back to C.
  • After defense T, throws ball 2 to SV. SV 2é pace to A --> attack, C throws ball --> A defended back.
  • T throws 3e ball to SV. Sv set-up to pos. 2, A attack on pos. 2, after attack Ball defend.


On the other side of the net.

  • B same as A.
  • B tries to block A's attack.
  • After each block, defend ball from T2.
drawing Attack vs block condition building.

Goal attacking after physical and mental strain.

  • T1, T2 & T3 throw at high speed a ball each for A1, A2 and A3 respectively.
  • A1 pos. 4 --> attacking towards goal, after attacking around the cone and again attacking towards the mat.
  • A2 pos. 2 idem
  • A3 pos. 3 idem


Other players take care of ball safety. After 5 attacks change.

drawing Attack warming
  • A and A1 play their ball to SV1 and SV2 at the same time.
  • SV high ball.
  • SV1 & 2 exchange places + pas s to the corner, where A & A1 attack.
  • SV, Block on attack from A & A1.


Intention is to load the playmakers. Pass to position 4.

drawing Gamekeepers on top
  • Service at position 1
  • Pass on position 5/6 to playmaker
  • Playmaker returns to the sideline
  • Passer passes to the playmaker.
  • Set-up to the outside, attack to position 5
  • After service the server goes to defend


During home practice with 3 people, change after 10 services

During regular practice continuously rotate, and play on both left and right side of the field.

drawing Receiving and attacking the ball

Arrangement of material:

  • Cupboard with all the cones on it.


Game flow:

  1. The players stand at a certain distance from the cabinet, and throw/strike at the cones.
    They try to throw off as many as possible in one go.


Remark:

  • This can be done 1 by 1, but you can also have all the kids together knock the cones off.
  • Can also be part of an exercise (reward).

drawing Flip them over!

Arrangement of the material:

  • Cabinet with a basket on top and a large air ball in it.
  • The children stand along the other side of the net.


Course of play:

  1. The trainer stands at the net with a ball just on the net (height depends on the size of the player)
  2. The player hits the ball out of the trainer's hand, aiming for the big air ball.


Making it easier = throwing.

drawing Attack on the ball