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It is easy for a coach to come up with volleyball drills to simulate the basic movements required of a hit. Toss the ball into the air and have a player spike it and they will know the basic movements associated with the spike. The same holds true for any type of hit. However, in a game, the ball is not going to be tossed to a single place every time in order for a player
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Volleyball is a team sport. It requires the effort and support of everyone on the team in order to be successful. To this end, most volleyball drills are designed for the team to work together on. However, much like any other sport out there, the more an individual can practice, the more they will bring to the team as a whole. Because most players don’t live with each other, it is important to work on a set of volleyball drills that a player can work on when alone. These are drills that can be done between practices or even in the off season. While they are generally beginning drills, they will help even advanced players stay sharp the year round.
One of the skills taught be
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The gauntlet is an extreme drill requiring speed and endurance.
This is fast moving and high energy. Give every player, except three, several balls. The players with balls are your gauntlet. Have several ball carriers near the players who have balls. .
Have one player without a ball stand against a wall. The other two will retrieve and return. Their role is to chase down the balls and return them to the hitters or ball carriers.
Players who have balls line up in a straight line about 10-15 feet away from the player against the wall.
On the whistle players will start at one end of the line and spike the ball at the player against the wall. The spikes should come rapid fire. As soon as the player
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We drill into our players, “Bump. Set. Spike.”
That is the goal. As you work with younger players they will just want to get the ball over.
But as they begin to grab the concept of bump, set and spike, they sometimes need to be able to adapt.
Let me paint you a picture.
Your team has just made a great to the setter.The setter, because she is just learning, gets a good set off but not high enough to be able to be spiked.
Here comes your enthusiastic player all ready to spike the ball but the ball is already below the top of the net. They spike it wonderfully right into the net.
Or another picture of a setter who should just set or tip the ball over with that second hit but
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We all know good things come to those who wait.
It has been a few years since Barry Lovelace, creator of several volleyball training products, has been to the AVCA Convention, but there is one thing he has been hoping for and that is the opportunity to present for the AVCA.
Well, the time has come!
Barry will be presenting at this years AVCA Convention in San Antonio, TX and he is celebrating in a big way.
You will get ALL of his volleyball training videos, and more, that will have you or your team jumping higher, hitting harder, setting better, serving with more power and on and on. All of this for one incredible low
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