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Volleyball drills for technique attack / smash / spike / hitting

Attack from 3 meters and score on the mat.
Which team has 10 points first?
Alternately, each player goes around the pawn and gets the ball from a teammate for the 3-meter attack.
drawing Warm up attack and scoring
  • Red player: quiet topspin ball to the blue player. Pass to SV.
  • SV gives setup and attack 'orange' player.
  • Use all positions to attack.
drawing Impact with topspin ball and defense.
Per three chasing your ball.
Per 2 after action hitting cone.

  1. Throwing ball. Pay attention to posture, do it slowly but do it well. 3 minutes.
  2. Hit ball under the net, throw up with spin.
  3. Hit ball above net aimed, soft to person, hip open. The other person catches the ball.
  4. Ball is thrown from other side, then you hit it.
  5. Player A throws up with spin, and hits to player B, B does OH to player A, player A passes to player B who hits to player C and so on. Just out of position, without jumping.
  6. Now at the net.
  7. Player A throws ball up with spin, and hits ball to player B, B does OH to player A, B goes to pos IV, player A passes to pos IV player B who hits to player C and so on. Attack at position 4.
Groups of 4 players.
  • Exercise 1.
    • Player A at pos IV, does 4 pass run-up to net, then comes backwards.
    • Player B throws easy ball to player A, who plays OH back to player B.
    • Player B does setup and player A does 4 pass run-up and catches the ball overhead with arms extended.

  • Exercise 2.
    • Player A and D in position IV, does 4 pass run-up to net and then comes backwards.
    • Player C throws ball into the backfield, player A tries to play it back.
    • Player B throws easy ball to player A, who plays OH back to player B.
    • Player B does setup and player A does 4 pass run-up and catches the ball overhead with outstretched arms.

  • Passing through Player A becomes C => B => D => A

  • Exercise 3
    • Same as exercise 2 but player C does attack to player A.

  • Exercise 4
    • Player A and D in position IV, player A does 4 passes approaching the net and then comes backwards.
    • Player B passer, starts from position I.
    • Player C other side of field, player D also has a ball.
    • Player A executes dry attack.
    • Player C throws easy high ball over to player A.
    • Player A plays OH to Passeur, (if ball cannot be set, then player D throws high ball to player B), D retrieves ball.
    • Player B, plays OH back to player A, who plays ball back to player B
    • Player B, passes to player A, who runs and attacks to position 1 where player C is standing. Player C defends ball for himself and catches off.

  • A and D always switch places
  • C and B exchange remain standing
  • After 10 x C and B swap with A and D. Then again and again so that everyone has given pass.
drawing Attacking exercises at the net with 4.
Everyone is spread out on the outside of the field. Spaced sufficiently apart.

  1. 4 step run-up, with hand clapping from trainer.
  2. Now with small, small, big, axe.
  3. Small, small, jump, add.
  4. Slow, slow, fast, fast, explosive.
  5. Arm movement with it.
  6. Torso forward.
  7. Jump in.
  8. Add arm movement and turn torso.
Everyone works against wall with tennis ball and then volleyball.

  1. Throw tennis ball against wall and catch back 10 x.
  2. Throw tennis ball up and hit against wall 10 x.
  3. Volleyball hit against wall and catch 10 x.
  4. Volleyball hit against wall and keep hitting 10 x.
  5. Volleyball hit against wall and play OH up and hit back 10 x.
  6. Volleyball hitting against wall and playing BH up and hitting back 10 x.
  7. Volleyball hitting against wall alternating OH and BH play and hitting back 10 x.

  • 3 servers on one side of the net.
  • 2 rows of the remaining players.
  • From both rows 1 into the court. So a total of 2.
  • Servers take turns serving.
  • 2 players in the court pass the ball to the other player, who set the ball, 3rd ball over it.
drawing Playing 3rd
2 groups:
6 offensive players
4 defensive players


  • Trainer starts with a throw-on at position 6
  • Player at position 6 passes the ball to SV -3-.
  • SV plays ball to position 4 for attack.

  • 4- puts a block and defends the ball. If the ball is defended the rally continues.
  • Note a blocker and someone in the backfield. After single ball routing.
  • Emphasis is on attack. Smash.
  • Rotating players.
6 vs. 4 free play.
4-talstarts service themselves.
Rotate.
  • The base team of six gets successively from the small team a serve, an attack -trainer plays rally ball the small team- and a free ball.
  • The trainer plays rally ball on the small team and they play the ball back in one go.
The base team gets 3 attempts to score 3 balls in a row.
  • If this succeeds, they rotate one spot.
  • If this fails, the players from the small team switch with players from the base team.
The goal is to complete all rotations in the time the exercise is run.
  • Service is made from position 5 on a pair; p/l & libero.
  • After service, this person goes to defend at position 5.
  • Side-out must be scored by attackers at position 3, 4 or 6.
  • After the side-out, the coach hits balls from position 4 into the diagonal, which are defended by players at position 4, 5 and 6.
  • From the defense again the attack must be scored. Rally is played out, after which everything starts again.
Points of attention:
  • Block shields position 1 and 2. After the pass/defense cover -don't do nothing-.
  • Make good choices in game distribution.
  • Efficiency training: 20 balls 10 x service & 10x defense.
When everyone has had their turn in this way, we do the exercise in mirror image.
  • Serve from position 1, block at position 3 and 4. Shield position 4 and 5.
  • Defending at position 1, 2, 5 and 6.
  • Attacking at position 1, 3 and 6.
Field is divided into 4 squares and in each square there is a pair; one behind the other.

The exercise expands and proceeds successively in this way:

On one side of the field everyone plays straight and on the other side everyone plays diagonally so that the ball "goes around.
  • Underarm passes within 3 meters and immediately pass overhead to the other side. Then run after the ball.
  • Same, only now the ball is not passed on, but instead a setup is given.
    • The 2nd person plays the ball overhand over the net.
    • The one who gave the setup runs on and the one who played the ball over the net goes back to pass.
  • Same, only now both persons are going to defend. The field runs to the double back line, 6 meters.
    • The ball is passed in jump to the opposite side. This may be long and short and it is up to the two defenders to solve this.
    • The one who jumps the ball goes after it.
  • Idem, only now the attacker is calm and defensible. Everything else remains the same, so the attacker rotates after the ball.
The pairs, as they stand now, stay together.
  • First a game is played on half-field straight.
  • Then the winners and losers play against each other on half field diagonally. Back line is 6 meters.
  • Games are played to 10 points.
Attack street after tip-ball from passer

  • Double aerial.
  • Single attack street.
drawing Attack street after tip-ball from passer