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Volleyball drills for technique setting / overarm technique

  • A line is made on the 3-meter line.
  • The coach throws a ball toward the net.
  • The player must play this ball into one of the two baskets, preferably overhead.
  • After a few minutes the balls are no longer thrown high, but are played with a bounce via the ground.
drawing Upper hand ball stepping
  • Row of players A at the 3-meter line with a ball.
  • 1 player stands at the net as a setter.
  • Player from row A keys to setter.
  • Setter plays ball BH into basket.
  1. spring in elbows.
  2. Extending elbows and pointing ball after.
  • Player at basket catches off and stands in row A.
drawing Playing overhand for beginners
With threesomes or twosomes with trainer.

  1. Player 1 plays ball BH over the net. 2 other players on opposite side: 1 in back defending and 1 set-up. Defender plays over the net to player 1.
    • Note: setup along the net. Turn in!
  2. Variation 1: 2-team starts in the back and runs forward. The player who does not pass gives set-up.
    Variation 2: 2-team starts in the middle and runs to the back. The player who does not pass gives set-up.
    • Try to play through.
  • 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
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.
  • Each player has a ball.
  • Overhand against the wall catch-throw.
  • Caught with the thumbs back
  • Thrown with the hands turned to high-five position.
  • Make ball contact shorter and shorter until the ball is played.
  • Place the basket underhand.
  • In the basket on the 2/3.
  • Play overhand from game position in the basket to the attack.
  • Under the baskets: 1 catcher.
  • 1 player at pos 5 throws in the ball to pos 3 (SV).
  • 2 players take turns to walk in from pos 1 to pos 3 (SV).
  • From here they take care of the setup to pos 4.
  • At pos 4, one player stands on an elevation (e.g. plinth/cabinet) to catch the ball and pass it to pos 5.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qQZSwT531Y
drawing Setters drill
  • Organization:
    • Divide 2 quads on both fields.
    • Players stand on 3m-line.
    • The first player on field A has a ball.
  • Implementation:
    • Player on field A with the ball throws it with 2 hands from the neck over the net, runs under the net over the backline and joins behind it.
    • The first player on field B catches the ball and throws it back and runs under the net as well.
    • Regularly change the way of throwing: with: right hand, with left hand and throws from chest height.
    • After 2 or 3 minutes let the bra play. Now it is no longer necessary to walk over the back line.
    • After 2 minutes, make a block jump before passing under the net.
    • Then after the block jump, move sideways and make another block jump.
  • Attention point:
    • The rally must be kept going.
    • In case BH cannot be played, OH may be played.
drawing 4x4 Overhead
  • Organization:
    • Divide the group over the 2 fields.
    • 2 players on pos 2 with 1 ball, 1 on 4, 1 on 5 and 1 on 1
  • Execution:
    • Ball is played from p2 BH to 4.
    • On p4 the ball is hit technically to p1.
    • The latter defends the ball at 3m p3 and at that moment the player on p5 comes and plays the ball Bh to p2.
    • And it starts all over again.
  • Walk:
    • P2 to p4.
    • P4 to p5.
    • P5 to p1.
    • P1 to p2.
drawing Butterfly exercise
  • Organisation: Make three teams with one ball.
  • Execution:
    • 2 players stand opposite each other at approx. 5m.
    • The third player is "distributor" and stands to the right of the passer.
    • Player 1 plays brace to 2nd player and he passes the ball to the right, where the Sv is standing.
    • This gives player 2 a setup, which is attacked on player 1.
    • Meanwhile, Sv runs to the right side of player 1 to receive the pass there.
drawing Overhead in threes
  • Organisation:
    • 3 players on p2, p3 and p4.
    • 2 players on p5/p6 and p6/p1.
    • Other players with ball on p6.
  • Execution:
    • BH to p4 and follow ball, from p4 BH to p5/p6, follow ball backwards.
    • From p5/p6 OH to p3 and follow through, etc.
    • At p2 catch and connect to p6.
drawing Forward-backward