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Volleyball drills for technique serving

service-estafette-17This exercise is fun to do and gives a lot of fun and competition! Relays in general already create competition.

What this exercise also wants to mimic is the stress factor that a serve brings.


The players are divided into equal teams and lined up on the serving area of the same court. The first player of a team serves and retrieves his ball. After the next player is tapped, this one serves, and so on.


It is important for a player to serve quickly, but it must also be flawless, otherwise the ball must be retrieved and served again!


If the teams are small, it is fun to have everyone serve two or three times.


  • Pairs facing each other with a net in between.
  • Server has 2 balls.
    • 1 at the foot and
    • 1 in the hand.
  • Server kicks the ball to the other side,
  • Then the server tries to serve on the ball.
  • Then it's player two's turn.
  1. Free serve
  2. Serve at goal:
    • In the three meter,
    • in the middle of the field,
    • serve against the back,
    • against the lines etc.
  • 2 teams with 1 ball.
  • 1 field full of hoops.
  • Player 1 stands in a random hoop and player 2 serves there.
  • If player 1 catches the ball without stepping out of the hoop, the hoop is for the pair.
  • Who has the most hoops?
  • per hoop a pun1

In each field 1 passer, 1 catcher, 1 reserve and 2 server.

Serve, reserve, pass, catch and serve. Chasing your ball.

  • 2 teams,
  • 1 person in the field
  • other on the other side of the net.
  • Person stands randomly somewhere in the field,
  • server has to look for him in the field.

Points can be earned in pairs. One side hits the ball and the other side tries to put a hoop where the ball lands. The first to get 5 points. Then swap

Server goes to serve on mate who is in a spot in the opposite field.

  • group of 4-6
  • choose a word beforehand with +- 6 to 7 letters (e.g. serve)
  • The first serves on a spot in the field.
    • if necessary, place a number of mats or hoops.
  • The others must serve on the same spot
    • The 1st one also joins in.
  • If this doesn't work, they get a letter.
  • if you have the whole word you are finished
    • possibly play bra against the wall or something
  • Again with someone else as first.

* You'll form pairs, each on one side of the net.

One of the pair has a ball, the other one is looking for a place in the court.

The one with the ball tries to serve to his partner.

After the service, the players swap roles.

  • players serve
  • trainers walk around with a ball and throw random balls to the players.
  • as soon as a player has served he has to be ready to deal with a possible ball from a trainer.
  • this is only about being ready after the service.
  • players serve
  • trainers walk around with a ball and throw random balls to players.
  • as soon as a player has served he has to be ready to handle an eventual ball from a trainer.
  • this is only about being ready after the service.