Volleyballexercises for technique warming-up
Last update: january 2026
Plank 30 seconds
- On forearms and toes
- Back straight, abdominal muscles engaged
- Do not sag!
- Lie on your back, hands behind your head
- Alternately bring your elbow to the opposite knee
- Steady pace, focus on control
- Lie on your back, knees bent
- Hips up, engage abs and glutes
- Hold, slowly return
- Sitting position, feet off the ground
- Twist your upper body from left to right
- Optionally with a ball or small bottle
- On your side, support on forearm
- Hips off the ground, body in a straight line
- Switch sides after 30 seconds
- Lie on your stomach
- Arms and legs off the ground, hold
- Strengthens lower back and glutes
Setup
- Arrange the situation twice.
- The first obstacle is a speed ladder. Move sideways through the ladder, placing both feet inside the ladder and one foot outside the ladder.
- Next, encounter three hurdles that increase in height from low to high. Jump over these hurdles.
- Along the way, take a bag from the bucket with you.
- Which team has all the bags on the other side first and then sprints to the other side first?
- The final sprint may only be initiated once the last bag is placed!
Initial Setup
- Each player is assigned a number.
- A Swiss ball is placed in the middle.
- Players form a circle around the Swiss ball.
- Players move sideways or backwards-forwards around the ball.
- When a number is called, that player responds, takes the ball, and throws it at the players who have run away.
- Add-on: The player who is hit takes the Swiss ball and tries to hit another player.
- Move around the circle.
- Respond to changes in direction.
- Improve movement, enhance focus.
Execution
- Blue team starts with 5 seconds of dribbling on the baseline.
- On the coach's signal, dive to the 3-metre line.
- Stand up immediately and block at the net 3 times. Block well!
- The next team starts dribbling on the baseline.
- Go under the net and block 3 times again.
- From the 3-metre line, shuffle to the baseline (3 times).
- Around the cone and sprint to the starting position in the other court.
- Everyone performs this sequence 2 times.
Organization
- Players are spread out on half a field in 2 triangles. 1 - 3 - 5 & 2 - 4 - 6
- Position 1 and 2 have a ball.
Course of play
- Ball is played through in a triangle with intermediate touch.
- Ball is played through in a triangle with 1st contact underhand, 2nd contact overhand.
- Ball is passed in a triangle with 1st contact overhand, 2nd contact underhand.
- Ball is passed in a triangle with 1st contact.
- After playing the ball, the red team taps the mat in the middle of the field (drop out pass).
- After playing the ball the blue team follows its ball.
Organization
- players distribute themselves around the field.
Game flow
- Players perform different fitness/agility exercises for 1 minute.
- After this, they move on.
- Air field hockey per 2
- Pistolsquad from the chair
- Medicine ball toss in situp position per 2
- Push off with 1 foot on the bench and switch sides/foot in the air.
- Cone + medicine ball move from hoop
- Color tapping + reception
Organization:
- 2 triplets in the field.
- On 1 side are 2 reserve players and on the other side 1.
- Trainer with ball cart at the side.
Execution:
- Trainer brings the ball in to the team with 2 reserves.
- Play OH only and pass through.
- A reserve player takes the place of the one playing ball over the net.
- This one now goes on a run to the other court as a reserve.
- At foul ball again a ball by trainer.
Extra:
- Begin with 2 playing with each other and later against each other.
Tip:
- Keep the balls behind the 3m-line.
Organization:
- 2 trios, each on one side of the net (and 1 reserve)
Execution:
- Trainer brings ball in and in 3 attempts the ball is played over the net.
- After each ball contact the player touches an opposite side or back line and spins through.
- Only overhead and underhand, later possible attack from position
- Playing rallies
Extra: in case of more than one trio, swap instead of turning.
Organization:
- On one side of the net, a pair stands at the 3-meter mark
- Field A on 2 and 3 and on field B on 3 and 4
- Distribute the remaining players on the side
- Start on field A at P2 on 3 meter line with 1 ball
Execution:
- Start throwing diagonally to P3
- After throwing tap own 7 meter-line and connect with P3
- P3 plays to P3 and P3 to P4
- Then pass to OH or BH
- If possible move to the back line
Extra: with more players also use the other net positions
Game flow:
- 1 row of pots where exercises are done around/over
Exercises:
- Players do the exercises in pairs and keep looking at each other.
- Fast forward - backward movement between the pots: 2 forward, 1 backward.
- Lateral left-right movement: 2 forward, 1 backward.
Players follow each other in quick succession:
- slalom sideways displacement
- slalom around alternating left and right
- Knee lift left leg over pots / right leg
- Jumping push off with both feet together over pots with intermediate jump
- Jumping both feet together over pots without intermediate jump
After the pots continue walking to the end of the field and return along the sideline.
- 2 groups of players
- First player starts with tennis ball and puts it in first hat.
- Second player starts without tennis ball, walks to first hat, takes tennis ball and puts it on second hat.
- Third player starts without tennis ball, walks to second hat, takes tennis ball and puts it on the third hat.
- When the ball is on the last hat, the next player starts back with a tennis ball and places it on the first hat.
- The game ends when all balls are on the hats.
Players stand in a circle per 2 behind each other.
In the middle are balls - 1 as quantity of players-
Trainer calls out commands:
In the middle are balls - 1 as quantity of players-
Trainer calls out commands:
- jump -jump up and down-
- back -back player jumps onto back of front player and off-
- switch -players switch places-
- sit -players sit down and get back up-
- high 5 -first player turns around and players give high 5-
- low 5 -first player turns around and players give a low 5-
BAL: back players run around and then crawl through their game partner's legs to take the ball.
- Form two rows at the back line.
- 1 ball per 2 players.
- Players alternate playing to each other!
- The last one tries to score the ball in the basket.
- You may want to make this more difficult by placing basket past the net so they have to go under this.
Exercises:
- All keys.
- Everything underhand.
- Alternate between keys/underhands.
- Free choice; the last player scores by hitting the basket with an overhand shot.
- All players on 1 side.
- 1 catcher on 2/3.
- The rest on the 3 yards. Right and then left.
Exercise:
- Player sprints around the pawn.
- Once player is around the pawn TR throws the ball up. Pass to 2/3 catcher.
Extension:
- 1 solid SV at 2/3.
- Player sprints around the pawn.
- As soon as the player is around the pawn TR throws the ball up. Pass to SV and attack own ball at 52.
Note: if unable to attack well then ready an attacker at 52 and the passer becomes attacker.
- There are two teams. One team on each side of the net.
- From each team there are always 3 people in the field - a passer, playmaker and attacker.
- After the ball has been played over the net, they continue to pass, but with assignments. See on drawing.
- Buffer enters the field at position 4, near pawn, and plays the ball over the net.
- This player then makes a block at positions 4 and 3 and becomes playmaker.
- After setup, the playmaker sprints around the pawn at position 1 and becomes passer.
- The passer dives after the pass to the pawn at position 5 and becomes buffer.
- The buffer enters the field at position 4.
Organization:
- On one side of the net, a pair stands on the 3m
- Field A on 2 and 3 and field B on 3 and 4
- Divide the other players at the side
- Starting on field A at P2 on 3m line with 1 ball
Execution:
- Start with diagonal throw to P3
- After throwing the ball touch the own 7m-line and connect with P3
- P3 plays to P3 and P3 plays to P4
- Then pass to OH or BH
- If possible, move to the back line
Extra: if there are more players, use the other net positions as well
Why this exercise?
- Prevent injury
- Improve performance
How to do it?
- Activate sport specific muscles
- Stimulate nervous system that means your muscles will respond faster
- Improve range of motion
- Gradually increase intensity
- Increase blood flow throughout the body
Everything 2x to net and back
- Jog forward + back
- Carioca cross legs
- Side shuffles with swinging arms
- Kick-up
- Kick-backs
- Short jumps with armswing
- Full body skips with swinging arms forward and backward
- Twisting lunges with twisting upper body
- Side lunges
- Front swings
- Squad stretch
- Walking ham stretch
- Waling glute stretch
- Walking hip flexor stretch
- Shuttle sprints 80 intensity
- Tuck jumps
Blue start:
- 5 sec dribble on the back line
- At the signal of the coach--> dive to the 3 meter line
- Get up immediately and block 3x at the net (block well!!!)
- NOW THE NEXT TEAM STARTS WITH DRIBBLE ON THE BACK LINE
- Under the net and again 3x blocks
- From the 3 meter
- Shuffle to the backline (3x)
- Around the pawn and sprint to the start position (other field)
EVERYBODY DOES THIS EXERCISE 2X
- Organisation:
- Divide the group in 2x5 and each on a field half.
- 3 players with 1 ball on position 2 and 3 without ball on position 5.
- Execution:
- Start with throwing the ball over and running after it, then pass the ball over.
- Now play the ball from position 2 BH and from position 5 OH.
- Still run after the ball.
- Then from position 5 do a block jump on position 4.
- Then add a dive/roll from position 2 to position 1.
- Approx. 10 minutes and let the tempo increase gradually.
- Organization:
- 2 players with ball at the end of a bench at the net on field B.
- Libero at position 5 on field B.
- 2 players with ball on the backline on field A.
- Trainer with balls at the right side of field A.
- Remaining players at position 5 on field A.
- Implementation:
- 1st player comes running at p4, blocks ball.
- On coming down the player on the back line p6 throws up the ball.
- Blocking player is going to play this ball up and then runs back.
- For a 2nd block to then defend the back line.
- Then trainer throws a ball on the 3m-line to be attacked on L.
- Pick up the ball and give it to the trainer.
- Solving points:
- Do not start too fanatically.
- Regularly change the players on the bench and on the back line.
Arrangement of equipment:
- marking discs/hats all over the field.
Course of play:
- Players walk around the field.
Different walking forms: skipping, knees high, feet against poo, jumping, frog-jumping,... - At the moment the trainer calls out a certain word, the players must put a hat on their head as quickly as possible.
There is one hat less than the number of children there are.
Can also be done with ball; dribble (left, right, alternating), possibly with the hat on their ball.
- Start on back line in position 1.
- Sprint to the 3 meter line, then backward to position 6, sprint to the 3 meter.
- Shuffle to position 5 and sprint to the net.
- At the net, block jump to position 4, move sideways, hands high.
- Block jump at position 3 and block jump at position 2.
- On the opposite side of the net attack run at position 4, 3 and 2.
- On the side of the field, do 10 sit-ups.
- Sprint around the field back to position 1.
- Dive to 3 meter line
- Shuffle backwards to the left corner
- Walk to the net in position 4 - block
- Roll back - offensive run - block position
- Move to position 3 - block - move to position 2 - block
- Dive to 3 meter line - other side
- Attack run at position 4 - shuffle to cone - attack run position 3 - shuffle to position 2 - attack run
- Block position and block
- Turn and walk to corner on back line
- Quick tempo - knees lifted - at least 50. - to other corner
- Spurt along side to start
Exercise is done 5 times
- Dive to 3 meter line
- Shuffle backwards to the left corner
- Walk to the net in position 4 - block
- Roll back - offensive run - block position
- Move to position 3 - block - move to position 2 - block
- Dive to 3 meter line - other side
- Attack run at position 4 - shuffle to cone - attack run position 3 - shuffle to position 2 - attack run
- Block position and block
- Turn and walk to corner on back line
- Quick tempo - knees lifted - at least 50. - to other corner
- Spurt along side to start
Exercise is done 5 times
Stretching in a circle - each to his own exercise