Volleyball drills for technique attack / smash / spike / hitting

Goal of the exercise:
Fine tuning techniques

Explanation of the exercise:

• From the right front, balls are hit on the own half to position 4 / 5.
• The defender attacks his own ball again.
• Follow your own ball. N
• After your attack you start serving from position 5 straight ahead.

4 game forms for warming-up for youth teams.

Game form 1: ( Korfvolley )

• Theme of the training: Playing above the head
• Explanation:
  • A game of Korfball, same rules, but it is only allowed to score with an overhand ball.
• More difficult:
  • The ball must be pinned by a team mate.
• Easier:
  • Draw a circle around the basket, where only the attacking team is allowed to go.
• Scoring:
  • 1 point for every ball scored
  • 2 points for a teammate who passes the ball to the attacker.

Game form 2: ( Basketball volleyball )

• Theme of the training: Playing with hands
• Clarification:
  • Make 1 group per basket and throw the ball under a left or right angle from under the basket.
  • The players have to play the ball underhand in the basket.
• Harder:
  • Hit the ball in a controlled way instead of throwing it in.
  • Catch the ball before it hits the floor via the basket.
• Easier:
  • Throwing the ball straight instead of in an angle.
  • Reduce the distance to the basket.
• Point count:
  • 1 point for every scored ball
  • 2 points for a passed ball
  • 3 points if the ball is caught in follow-up.

Game form 3: ( Tennisvolley )

• Theme of the training: attack
• Explanation:
  • Tension the net at tennis height and make teams of 3 or 4 players.
  • The ball must be played back and forth and smashed into the ground on your own side.
  • The receiving side may not let the ball bounce first.
  • Turn over every time the ball is played to the other side.
  • You will see that this is a very difficult exercise when the ball lane recognition is not in order.
• Harder:
  • Jump on attack
• Easier:
  • No spin
  • Ball may not end within 3 meters
• Point count:
  • 1 point for every scored ball

Game form 4: ( Trefvolley )

• Theme of the training: Defence
• Explanation:
  • Game of dodgeball where all the defensive techniques of volleyball are allowed as defence.
  • Player throws the ball to his opponent, who tries to defend the ball so his teammate can catch it.
• Harder:
  • Field must be divided into front and backfield, catching teammate must be in the frontfield.
  • Thrown ball must be a batted ball.
• Easier:
  • Throw with 2 hands from the neck.
  • Throw with 2 hands from the chest.
• Point count:
  • 1 point for every ball defended

General:

• The warm-up for youth should be playful and always with the ball.
• Do not warm up too much, stretch, play volleyball immediately.

• On one side of the net there are 6 players. (If they are having trouble with the set up, the trainer can take over this spot).
• The remaining players stand on the other side of the net.
• They start the game, by serving.
• The 6 players build an attack. Pass/Set up/Smash.
• Just play the point.
• Full turn at the smash.
• Communication by calling LOS, good pass.

• The goal of this exercise is to tactically put away or hit the ball.
• This by means of a tap ball on midmid, or a ball deep on position 1.
• By using baskets you can create a 'constant' block, which eventually can be replaced by a real block.
• The pawns at position 1 can best be replaced by a cupboard, over which the ball must fall, over the 'defender'.
  • The trainer hits a ball, or plays a ball in, which is first passed to the distributor,
  • the playmaker gives a set-up to the outside.
  • The attacker decides whether to try a short passed ball at midmid (where there is a hoop),
  • or looks for position 1 with a hit or a fast overhand ball.

• All on the back line
• two walk to the net
• make a block jump
• and go backwards again
• the coach puts the ball in play
• and they set up an attack.

• 1, 2, and 3 start in the middle
• C bounces the ball and the players move to their defensive positions.
• C attacks one of the defenders.
• after the defence, set-up and 3 meter attack
• after 5 times a new 3

• A line-up of six players stand in the field.
• On the other side stands the trainer, included if necessary.
• Three players stand at the net with 1-2 balls and one server stands (this can also be the trainer).
• The first ball is served and handled by the 6 players.
• Where the attack is played, the person standing with the two balls at the net, throws the ball back over the net very quickly.
• In this way the attacking cover is trained.
• From this cover, all attackers must of course return as quickly as possible to give support.
• A short run is important.
• You will therefore be training a lot of blocking without actually blocking
• Keep on blocking until the net players have run out of balls, until it is not safe or until they simply cannot play anymore.
• Rotate through a position every so often so that side-out is trained on every position.
• After throwing the ball, the net players should look back to make sure that the previous ball doesn't secretly roll back under the net.

• Trainer gets the ball from player 1
• Trainer throws the ball to SV and calls on the position where the attack will take place. ( position 2 or 4).
• Attackers on position 2 or 4 finish the attack, go get the ball themselves.
• Player 1 goes to position 3 (SV).
• The attacker who finished the attack goes back to the starting position.

• 4 players per half.
• player 1 throws the ball to SV at position 3.
• SV try to play the ball into the basket.
  • hitting the basket = 1 point
  • in the basket = 3 points
• After the exercise turn in the direction of play.

• playmaker, attackers, 1 ball
  • SV only plays the ball high outside
    • Attacker hits and retrieves own ball
  • SV only plays the ball fairly flat outside
    • Attacker hits and retrieves own ball
  • SV only plays the ball far outside
    • attacker hits and fetches own ball
  • SV only plays the ball high midfield
    • attacker hits the ball and fetches own ball
  • SV only plays the ball fairly flat at mid
    • attacker hits the fast ball and fetches own ball
  • SV plays the ball just before the 3-metre line
    • attacker hits the ball and picks up own ball

Purpose of the exercise:

• To allow players to experience what it feels like to 'leave' later for the attack

Exercise Explanation:

• If volleyball players feel they are starting the attack pass too early,
• or the coach feels that the attackers are coming too early,
• this is a good exercise.

• The playmaker is put down with a ball carrier.
• He gets the assignment to play 5 or less times for himself.
• The attackers do not know how many times this will happen, so they can only leave when the set-up is given, not before.
• The attackers will have to come in more aggressively and will build up more speed and thus more height, provided they have a good brake pass.
• If this goes well, the trainer can decide to move the playmaker closer to the attackers, so that the distance the set-upper has to travel is shortened.
• This should make the attackers even more alert.

• 2 rows behind the back line.
• First 2 stand in the field.
• Trainer brings in ball.
• Pass left player towards position 2/3 then setup of right player.
• The passer goes to attack on own side of the court.
• The setupper does attack coverage.
• Team rotates through new team.