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Volleyball drills for technique warming-up

  • run in + stretch + throw in
  • groups of 2 = 9 meter
  • groups of 3 = over net with run through


  • 2 teams on 2 playfields.
  • Start with a ball.
  • Throw the ball over the net from where you are standing.
  • Do not run with the ball.
  • Where the opponent catches the ball, the ball must be thrown back.
  • Do not run with the ball.
  • If one does not catch the ball or drops it, one is out.
  • 2 variations to come back and rejoin the game.
    • The ball is caught 3 times by your teammates.
    • You do an assignment:
      • push-ups
      • Run around the field.
  • Later the same exercise, but with 2 and/or 3 balls.
  • 2 teams.
  • 1 player smashes the ball, controlled to fellow players,
  • this one brings the ball back OH.
  • 5x and then change.
  • If this goes well, it may be done in one continuous action.
  • Smash - pass - bra.
  • 4 players on each side of the net,
  • 1 at each antenna,
  • 2 together in the middle on the 5 meter
  • Group is divided into 2 teams.
  • Trainer starts the game by introducing some balls on both sides of the playing field.
  • The players have to pass the balls over the net as often and as much as possible during 3 minutes by throwing the ball to a team mate who passes the ball over the net.
    • This can be BH, and/or OH.
  • The team that has the most balls in the field after 3 minutes, has lost.


So pay attention:

  • teamwork is necessary
  • Stay in each other's neighbourhood.
  • You are not allowed to run with the ball.
  • Putting two benches in a field,
  • shuffle up and down between the benches,
  • 15 times (up and down is 1)
  • Players stand in pairs, briefly facing each other.
  • On the ground between the two players lies a ball.
  • The trainer gives the commands:
    • Head,
    • chin,
    • knees,
    • feet,
    • ears,
    • BAL!
  • At the command BAL, the players must try to get the ball as quickly as possible.
  • At the other commands, they tap on the corresponding body part.
  • 2 with the ball and the rest by tapping the ball against another.
  • Running with the ball is not allowed.
  • Once tapped you are also tapped.
  • Tappers wear a ribbon
  • Throw ball against wall.
  • Finish with two flat hands.
  • Catch ball high on the nose.
  • As it gets better, play 1 through, then catch.

Divide into 2 teams who will run against each other.

  • Players stand in 2 groups behind the backline
  • Player runs to the 3 meter line with the ball, throws the ball over the net, runs under the net and catches own ball again.
    • Run with the ball to the backline, put it in the hoop and sprint back, tap the next player in the waiting line.
  • Next player sprints to the ball in the hoop, takes the ball and does the same throwing exercise when coming back.
    • Give the ball to the next player who will put it back in the hoop... etc...
  • When the ball falls, the exercise must be repeated.
  • Extend exercise with different throwing techniques or over passes

6 different exercises to be done in turn for 30 seconds (at 100%) and then 30 seconds to 1 min rest

  • ladder + dives
  • sit-ups
  • tap lines + attack run
  • squats
  • bench/step to jump on
  • pumping position tapping or pumping shoulders