Warm-Ups

Serve Relay

Serve Relay

The Serve Relay is a fun game that focuses on competitive serving -- and has a good conditioning element to it. Diving your team into two even groups. If you have an odd number of players, have the team with one less player serve one additional time. How the game...

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Butterfly / Half Butterfly Drill

Butterfly / Half Butterfly Drill

The Butterfly Drill is a classic volleyball drill that teaches ball control, serving, serve receive, and reading the ball. I recommend introducing this drill toward the beginning of the season so that by the end of the season you can get a little more advanced. HOW TO...

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Shuttle Passing

Shuttle Passing

Shuttle Passing is one of my main warmups for my teams. At the beginning of the season, we will run this drill every practice. After about a month, I will run this drill every 2 or 3 practices. It is a great drill that allows players to work on ball control and it is...

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Arie Drill (w/ Video)

The Arie Drill is a great way to focus on passing control and communication. Groups of 4. Two players on each side of the net. Start with the ball on only one side of the net. The player closest to the net will toss the ball to the person standing at the 10ft line....

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Inside-Out / Outside-In

Inside-Out / Outside-In

The focus of this drill is having the players shuffling side to side and maintaining ball control. This drill can be done with partners. INSIDE-OUT A tosser starts at the net on the outside line, the passer starts at about 20ft deep and about 10ft inside the court....

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Dot Drill

Dot Drill

This volleyball drill is a high-energy drill used to work on passing, footwork, speed and agility. There are 3 parts to this drill. Feel free to use all of them or to just focus on one aspect of the drill. It is recommended that the ball comes from the opposite side...

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W Passing Drill

W Passing Drill

The W Passing Drill is a fast-paced warmup drill that you can use to help your players focus on passing, moving the feet, or working on their speed # of Players: 1+ Focus: 1) Footwork. Moving forward and drop-stepping back. 2) Passing accuracy 3) Speed and agility...

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Pass & Go

Pass & Go

Pass & Go is a great volleyball warmup and drill to get your players to focus on passing control and communicating where to pass the ball. # of Players: 6+ Focus: * Communication * Passing   Running the Drill: 3 players start on the court. A ball is entered....

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Volleyball Tennis

Volleyball Tennis

This is a fun, competitive drill that makes a great warmup for any skill level. It works well for getting the players moving and communicating. # of Players: 4+ Can play 1v1 or 2v2. Divide group into two teams. One team on one side of the net. The other team on the...

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1+1+1

1+1+1

Summary:  This is best performed with groups of 3, however, groups of 4 can be accomplished so long as players are kept moving and everyone gets a chance to dig, set and hit.   Player A starts a downball/rollshot to Player B who passes the ball back to Player A....

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