by Hayley on February 12, 2012
Drilling your volleyball team is one of the most jobs you as a coach has. Volleyball drills are designed to take a group of individuals and forge them into a well tuned team. Your drills should foster trust, respect and teamwork. It is important to be flexible in your drills, however, since you may find that some drills work better for your team than others. If you find a drill not working the way you think it should be, don’t be afraid to change it in order to get the most impact out of it. There are ultimately 3 main types of volleyball drills you will be using for your team: technical, tactical, and conditioning drills.
Technical drills are usually used at the very beginning of the season to help build the
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by Hayley on January 25, 2012
It can be difficult knowing exactly where to start when running volleyball drills for beginning players. You as the coach probably have no idea what their skill level is, or you may even be teaching children who are just starting out. Either way, you need a way to help teach your players the basics of playing, while still giving them the skills that they will be using throughout their volleyball careers. After all, any future knowledge begins with a firm foundation of the basics. To that end, it is a smart idea to have a set of volleyball drills at your disposal that will help teach the beginning or unknown player to help assess their particular skill level.
These volleyball drills will help form the basis
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by Hayley on January 13, 2012
If you ask me: the ‘best’ part about playing volleyball is the thrill of a kill. After learning how to get up in the air and blast that ball down – there’ll be no hope for you: you’ll be “hooked” to the sport.
Sooo, here’s some words of wisdom on how you can get better at powering the ball over the net. a.k.a tha’ SPIKE!
It all begins with a Good Approach…
Once you spend time learning the correct approach, you can really experience how good it feels to attack the ball!
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TWO Different Approaches….
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by Hayley on January 11, 2012
Once clear expectations and consequences have been communicated, you now have to live into them.
Living into them requires a relationship with your players. If you are participating in a drill and make a mistake that requires push-ups, sit-ups or whatever, then you do whatever agreed upon consequence there is. Even as the coach you are not above the rules and expectations of the team.
Remember you signed your name just like your players. That builds relationship and a platform to speak to your players.
Take time to speak with all of your players individually. In your conversations with your more gifted athletes you have an opportunity to help them make the most of what they’ve been given. I operate
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by Hayley on January 11, 2012
Volleyball drills consist mainly of various ways to hit a ball. The classic formula of pass, set, spike is the main theme of these drills. Volleyball has a lot more finesse than just knowing HOW to hit the ball correctly. Knowing when to hit it, where to hit it, and where to be to hit it correctly are probably the most important fundamental skills that all players must possess. Devising volleyball drills that will help instill these facts into your players’ mind becomes of utmost importance.
When looking at the design of realistic volleyball drills, it is essential to get your team to understand the difference between their rotational positions and their playing positions. After each volley,
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