Purpose

To focus on serving accuracy and encourage teamwork

Setup

  • Divide the players into two groups and have them line up on opposite serving lines
  • Put a cart of balls on each side

How it works

  1. On go, everyone starts serving.
  2. If a player misses the serve, they run to the other side of the net and lay on the ground flopping like a fish out of water.
  3. The rest of that group must then save the player from being a “dead fish” by serving the ball to hit the “dead fish”
  4. If the player gets hit, they are saved and can return to serving!
  5. The first team to lose all their players to the other side become “dead fish” and lose the game.

Coaching Tips

  • You can also try this the opposite way, where those who successfully serve in become the dead fish, thereby giving weaker servers more opportunity to practice