Volleyball drills for technique attack / smash / spike / hitting
- 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.
Arrangement of material:
- Cupboard with all the cones on it.
Game flow:
- 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).
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:
- The trainer stands at the net with a ball just on the net (height depends on the size of the player)
- The player hits the ball out of the trainer's hand, aiming for the big air ball.
Making it easier = throwing.
set up of equipment:
- Goal in the middle of the field, with someone in it
- Other players on the other side of the net.
Course of play:
- The players throw/strike the ball towards the goal and try to score in the goal.
- The player in the goal (blue) tries to keep the balls out of the goal.
Remark:
Set the net as low as possible.
Arrangement of material:
- Mat against a wall
- Player 1 (blue) near the mat
- Other players (red), behind a certain line (depends on players)
Game flow:
- The players behind the line throw the ball to the mat
- Player 1 tries to keep the ball from the mat, he can do this with various movements.
As soon as one of the players touches the mat, they may take a marker from Player 1.
If Player 1 has no more marker disc, he loses and another player may take it. (number to choose, for example 5)
- Smash via bounce in own field over the net, is caught by another player. follow ball for next position.
- Smash from own throw over the net. The throw up must be higher than your own height.
- Smash after own roll over the net, from behind the 3 meter line.
- Smash after own roll over the net, in the 3 meter line.
- 1 player on elevation,
- 1 player on position 3 and a player on the other side, just before catching the ball.
- The player from position 3 throws the ball to the player on the rise,
- This player smashes the ball hard, just behind the net.
- Third player catches the ball, and gets in line.
- Players follow the ball to the next position.
- Variation:
- Fixed team players: ball is thrown in, team players set up, player on the rise smashes the ball.
- Variation:
- without elevation
- Individual exercise to improve ball feeling with one hand.
- Each player has 1 volleyball, mini volleyball, tennis ball, juggling ball (or for advanced players a non round object; a light plastic container or light bottle for example, but can be used with anything).
- The goal of the players is to keep the ball in the air by hitting it as many times as possible with only one hand.
- Have the players count how many times they can do this per the 2 minutes per task.
- Possible assignments:
- - Underhand lobsmash
- - Over your head
- - Hit your leg afterwards with the hand you played with
- - Clap your hands after touching them
- - Lying down -> sitting -> standing (and back)
- - Raising your knee/heel
- - Against the wall
- - In pairs one player under, the other over the net=
Be creative! = - Possible exercise for several people. (see image)
- One or more in the middle, the rest around it.
- Setters play the ball somewhere around them, the rest have to make sure that the ball is returned to setters in X number of times.
- Agree on how many times the ball can be played.
- Exercise stimulates:
- - Communication
- - Reflexes
- - Ball sense
- Red player plays the ball.
- Then build up between the blue and pass.
- Coach plays ball to playmaker.
- Three attackers and only one block.
- Three defenders .
- Attacking three positions.
- Other side of the net, three blockers.
- Coach throws ball to libero.
- After attack: block position three.
- The one who blocked on position two or four: get ball and attack.
- Position three takes over that spot.
- Group left, group right.
- Left throws the ball towards position 3.
- Right takes care of the set up
- left steps back after the throw on for the attack pass
- left smashes the ball from the right
- left gets the ball and passes it to the back of the right,
- right after the set up, closes in behind left.
VARIATION:
- same, with one defender.
- idem with 2 defenders
- ditto with 2 defenders, and a blocker (from the middle)
- idem with fixed setter, 2 defenders
- same with setter, 2 defenders, a blocker.