Volleyball drills for technique warming-up

• Objective:
  • Develop ball sense, be able to control ball close to your body.
• Everyone has their own ball, can be combined with a warm-up.

• Let the ball bounce on your right fist.
• Up to maximum eye level.
• Arm is stretched out and is almost horizontal.
• Stay in one place as much as possible.
• Later on, alternate bouncing with your left hand.
• Now do the same while following the yellow lines in a certain pattern.
• The person in front chooses the route (watch out for rear-end collisions!); who wants to take this role? (requires even more concentration and a sense of responsibility a la captain's role)

• Play the ball with only your right hand above your head, up to a maximum of 30cm higher than your hand
• Your upper arm is pointed 45 degrees upwards and your forearm 45 degrees in the other direction; this brings your hand above your shoulder again.
• The ball is played mainly with your wrist and forearm; stay in one place as much as possible.
• Later on, alternate with the left hand.
• Afterwards also in pattern.

• Play the ball in a fixed routine for yourself, for example:
• Square:
  • Underhand R, overhand R, overhand L, underhand L, underhand R, ...etc. (change later to the right)
• Cross:
  • Lower hand R, upper hand L, upper hand R, lower hand L, lower hand R, ...etc.

• In teams of four (preferably) with each its own ball.
• Stand in a square; all equally spaced.
• Throw the ball to the next person and catch the ball that is thrown to you.
• First throw underhand and catch underhand; then throw abovehand and catch abovehand.
• Then expand by passing 1 ball.

• Choose a spot opposite the wall.
• Sit in front of the wall with your feet against the wall.
• Play overhead against the wall. (Ball just above eye level)
• Pay attention to the movement of the wrist and a little bit of the forearm.
• The ball will only bounce about 10cm this way.
• If necessary, extend the game by slowly standing up, playing standing up for 10 seconds and then sitting down again.
• Let them play a route along the wall: bounce briefly (10cm) and play overhand (right).
• At the end of the route, take a distance of 2 meter from the wall and keep on playing overhand while walking left until the beginning of the route, close to the wall.
• Everyone in line; if you lose the ball, pick it up and go back to the line.

• All players are spread over the playing area.
• One player starts as the "hunter" and one player as the "prey".
• The "hunter" tries to catch the "prey".
• The "prey" can escape by running away or lying down next to another player.
• This player now becomes the "hunter" and the old "hunter" becomes the "prey".

• All players are spread over the playing area.
• One player starts as the "hunter" and one player as the "prey".
• The "hunter" tries to catch the "prey".
• The "prey" can escape by running away or lying down next to another player.
• This player now becomes the "hunter" and the old "hunter" becomes the "prey".

• Players spread out on 1 half of the field.
• Trainer or player hits underhand with a high ball.
• From that moment on the ball may not touch the ground.
• Watching:
  • Loose call
  • Technique.
• Make it more difficult by using the other part of the field as well.

Goal : block displacement + reaction speed

• A blocks at the net. (Start pos. 4/2)
• After each block, A defends the ball from B, then from C --> D.

Extension : Someone can also throw in a ball from the other side of the net. A blocks the ball and then defends B's ball.

Goal: improve condition in combination with attack/block/defense

T throws a total of three balls to SV.

• T throws ball to SV.
• SV gives a set-up pos 4 , where A attacks. Immediately after the attack T throws a ball, A defends ball back to C.
• After defense T, throws ball 2 to SV. SV 2é pace to A --> attack, C throws ball --> A defended back.
• T throws 3e ball to SV. Sv set-up to pos. 2, A attack on pos. 2, after attack Ball defend.

On the other side of the net.

• B same as A.
• B tries to block A's attack.
• After each block, defend ball from T2.

Goal attacking after physical and mental strain.

• T1, T2 & T3 throw at high speed a ball each for A1, A2 and A3 respectively.
• A1 pos. 4 --> attacking towards goal, after attacking around the cone and again attacking towards the mat.
• A2 pos. 2 idem
• A3 pos. 3 idem

Other players take care of ball safety. After 5 attacks change.

Circulation warm-up

• This consists of a loose walk-in for 5 to 10 minutes with various light movements for arms, legs and torso.
• By doing this you actively bring the function of the heart, lungs, nervous system and muscular system to a higher level than the resting level.

Stretching

• Start and finish line, caps are scattered around the field.
• The number of caps is the number of players in the team x 2.
• Caps are brought to the end line one by one, the team that finishes first wins.

Place 1 or 2 ladders in a row, to create an exercise on length.

Perform a number of variations, starting with easy exercises and slowly working your way up to more difficult ones. Continuously ending with a 10 meter sprint

• Start simple, with 2 feet continuously in the ladder.
  • Short quick movements
• Next,
  • 1 foot outside ladder,
  • 2 feet inside ladder,
  • 1 foot outside the ladder.
• hopscotch,
  • 1st box: only left foot.
  • 2nd compartment: both feet.
  • 3rd box: right foot.
  • etc
• jump off your left foot, onto the left side of the ladder.
  • --> to the other side of the ladder, landing on your right foot (one square further).
  • Jump to the end in a slalom fashion.
• Stand horizontally with your hands in the ladder.
  • And go sideways through the ladder, hands together continuously in one compartment.
• Do it again, but with a push-up between the different squares.
• Lateral knee lifts through the ladder
• Place a pawn/stack of hats in every odd ladder square, which must be jumped over.
  • Continuous jumping, using both feet (arms in the air)

Circling around the field, doing something different each time.

• Cross pass
• knee lift
• heels/buttons
• sprint

• Leg swing 20x forward left and right
• Leg swing 20x sideways left and right

• Lunge with twist: Big step forward, good to the ground, and rotate trunk to left and right 20x

• Plank: 30 sec
• Side plank: both 30 sec
• 15 sit-ups both sides
• 15 push-ups
• 10 burpees

• Stomp, slowly build up to 100% and loose to sprint