Volleyball drills for general
- Often the volleyball field is divided into six positions, you can also divide the field into nine sections of three by three meters.
- This can be of value in coaching, service and (tactical) attack.
- I let the group hold hands and then call a number below ten.
- The group must then move as quickly as possible to the appropriate section.
- Tip: After practicing this, I call out a number under ten at practice and have players point to the appropriate section on the court.

Supplies: A stick about 2.5 meters long and 1 to 2 cm thick.
- The group gets the assignment to put the stick on the ground but it has to stay horizontal.
- The group stands up straight (see drawing) and stretches both forefingers to the front at shoulder width and the upper and lower arms are at an angle of 90 degrees.
- The trainer places the bar on the forefingers pointing forward.
- From this position, the group should try to bring the bar down to the ground.
- The bar must remain horizontal and not be raised or lowered on any side.
- The bar should not be grabbed either!
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- 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

- F plays to B.
- B makes reception to A.
- A plays a short ball to F.
- F plays back and A plays the ball to D.
- D passes to G.
- G to A.
- A plays two short backs and G plays to C.

- Form several teams.
- Winning team can go under the net.
- Opposite team scores a point = stay put.
- Other team makes point ==> change at the other side of the net.
2 children and 1 towel
The children catch and throw the ball over the net. The towel is between both children. Opponent also has 2 children with 1 towel. Points are just like regular volleyball
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- Making a circle,
- The circle always consists of pairs of players.
- In the middle of the circle there are exactly the number of balls minus 1.
- The players stand behind each other,
- At the start signal the player in the back jumps three times on the back of the player in front,
- After 3 times this player runs 2 rounds on the circle, crawls between the legs of his buddy and takes a ball,
- The last one to come has no ball.
Side a: formationSide
b: someone position 6 - position 5 and position 1
OBJECTIVE
: Side a gets every ball against and tries to score from this situation.
- First ball: serve side b
- Second ball: freeball coming from side b (side b builds up and tries to pass "difficult" freeball)
- Third ball: attack position 6
- Third ball: attack position 1
- Side a is not allowed to place the ball in the 3m line at side b, everything behind the 3.
- But side b is allowed to attack in the 3m line.
- Let's see how easy it goes.
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- Divide the field in 2 halves.
- 3 players per field.
- A game is played on the diagonal,
- The third ball is played on control.
- First to the 10 points