Volleyball Practice
Volleyball Practice makes Perfect By developing a strong warm up routine, you will be able to easily snap your players into a game playing mindset.
Use any combination or all of the following drills at your next volleyball practice or before your next game to come up with a warm-up routine that suits your players' strengths and helps them work on their weak points.
Offensive Warm-up Routine At the beginning of the volleyball practice, divide your team into partners.
If so desired, pair the stronger players with the ones that require a little additional help and guidance.
Execute each of the following mini drills for approximately 2-3 minutes, or just long enough to get the blood flowing and the muscles fully lubricated before moving on.
Use a sharp whistle blast to signal the end of one drill and the movement to begin the next one.
The first warm-up skill is a simple ball throw.
Have your partners stand across the court from each other, and using their hitting arms, throw the ball back and forth.
This action serves to warm up the hitting shoulder and arms, including the shoulder joint.
The next warm-up action involves spiking the ball.
From the same positions as before, have one player throw the ball into the air and spike the ball hard enough so that it reaches their partner after one bounce.
Continue spiking until the shoulder feels warmed up.
After spiking have your players work on their setting to warm up their fingers and arm muscles.
Have your partners stand 10 feet apart and set the ball back and forth with the focus being on accurate passing skills.
Following setting, your players will practice their passing skills the same way as with setting.
Again the focus here is on clean and crisp passes that don't deviate from their target destination.
Another necessary skill in the game of volleyball is serving, which is also incorporated into the warm-up routine.
Divide the team into 2 groups and have each group spread out along the back line on either side of the net.
Each player begins with one ball.
At the sound of your whistle, each player serves the ball.
Since the teams should be spread out evenly, there should be a ball close enough to each player for them to pick it up and serve again.
Don't forget about Defense! As much as offensive moves are important, maintaining a strong defense is an equally important part of any volleyball practice.
The next part of your team's warm-up routine will get them into a defense frame of mind which will translate come game time.
For this defensive drill, have your players line up opposite you and gather at least 10 balls at your side.
One player is the designated setter who is to stand off to the right side between you and the line of players.
Toss the ball into the air high enough for the first player in the line to pass it to the setter.
The player that passes the ball then moves in to the setter position, becoming the new setter.
Meanwhile, the original setter hands the ball to you and runs to the back of the line as the next person in line steps up to pass your throw to the setter.
Once players get the hang of the drill you can always increase the speed, which will keep players on their toes and constantly anticipating the next move.
Use any combination or all of the following drills at your next volleyball practice or before your next game to come up with a warm-up routine that suits your players' strengths and helps them work on their weak points.
Offensive Warm-up Routine At the beginning of the volleyball practice, divide your team into partners.
If so desired, pair the stronger players with the ones that require a little additional help and guidance.
Execute each of the following mini drills for approximately 2-3 minutes, or just long enough to get the blood flowing and the muscles fully lubricated before moving on.
Use a sharp whistle blast to signal the end of one drill and the movement to begin the next one.
The first warm-up skill is a simple ball throw.
Have your partners stand across the court from each other, and using their hitting arms, throw the ball back and forth.
This action serves to warm up the hitting shoulder and arms, including the shoulder joint.
The next warm-up action involves spiking the ball.
From the same positions as before, have one player throw the ball into the air and spike the ball hard enough so that it reaches their partner after one bounce.
Continue spiking until the shoulder feels warmed up.
After spiking have your players work on their setting to warm up their fingers and arm muscles.
Have your partners stand 10 feet apart and set the ball back and forth with the focus being on accurate passing skills.
Following setting, your players will practice their passing skills the same way as with setting.
Again the focus here is on clean and crisp passes that don't deviate from their target destination.
Another necessary skill in the game of volleyball is serving, which is also incorporated into the warm-up routine.
Divide the team into 2 groups and have each group spread out along the back line on either side of the net.
Each player begins with one ball.
At the sound of your whistle, each player serves the ball.
Since the teams should be spread out evenly, there should be a ball close enough to each player for them to pick it up and serve again.
Don't forget about Defense! As much as offensive moves are important, maintaining a strong defense is an equally important part of any volleyball practice.
The next part of your team's warm-up routine will get them into a defense frame of mind which will translate come game time.
For this defensive drill, have your players line up opposite you and gather at least 10 balls at your side.
One player is the designated setter who is to stand off to the right side between you and the line of players.
Toss the ball into the air high enough for the first player in the line to pass it to the setter.
The player that passes the ball then moves in to the setter position, becoming the new setter.
Meanwhile, the original setter hands the ball to you and runs to the back of the line as the next person in line steps up to pass your throw to the setter.
Once players get the hang of the drill you can always increase the speed, which will keep players on their toes and constantly anticipating the next move.
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