Purpose

To warm up players’ arm muscles and shoulders loosened up

Setup

  • Have players pair up and give each pair a ball (if there is an uneven number of players, let one group have three)
  • Have each pair of players stand across the court from each other.

How it works

Volleyball Warm-Up No.1: Ball Throw

Find a partner and stand about 20 feet apart. Using your hitting arm throw the ball back and forth to each to other warming up your hitting shoulder and arm. This only needs to be done for a couple of minutes to loosen up the shoulder joint.

Volleyball Warm-Up No.2: Spike Drill

Find a partner and stand about 20 feet apart. Throw the ball up into the air and spike it down into the ground so that after once bounce it should reach your partner. Do this only as long as it takes to warm-up your shoulder.

Volleyball Warm-Up No.3: Setting Drill

Standing about ten feet apart set the ball back and forth. As your forearms loosen up try and move the distance back so that you are setting from further away.

Volleyball Warm-Up No.4: Passing Drill

Standing about ten feet apart start passing the ball back and forth, concentrating on making good passes to your partner.

Volleyball Warm-Up No.5: Pepper

Using a partner stand about ten feet apart from each other. The partner starting with the ball tosses it to his partner who passes the ball back to him. The partner then sets the ball back to the other partner, who in turn spikes the ball back to the other partner.

After digging the ball back to the other partner the process is repeated continuously. The object of this warm-up is to, under control, practice the three fundamental aspects of volleyball-passing, setting, and hitting. In essence, the partners are playing a match back and forth.

Coaching Tips

  • Just a few minutes on each activity is usually enough to warm up