90-minute Intermediate Practice Focused on Serving

Here's a 90-minute volleyball practice plan focused on serving for an intermediate level team: Warm-Up (10 minutes): Start with a light jog around the court to get the blood flowing. Then, do some dynamic [...]

90-minute Sample First Practice for Intermediate Players

Here's a 90-minute volleyball practice plan for the first practice for a high school team: Introductions and Warm-Up (20 minutes): Start by introducing yourself as the coach and having the players introduce themselves. Then, [...]

60-minute Beginner Practice Focused on Serving

Here's a 60-minute volleyball practice plan for beginners focused on serving: Warm-Up (10 minutes): Start with a light jog around the court to get the blood flowing. Then, do some dynamic stretching exercises to [...]

3-on-3 with a baby

Purpose This game helps develop communication skills, peripheral vision, and ball control. Setup Position three players on each side of the net. Give one player from each team a ball (the "baby"). The coach [...]

Short court, narrow court scrimmage

Purpose This drill forces players to change their approach on the fly and encourages the development of ball control. Setup Place a third antenna at the mid-point of the net. Position 2 players on [...]

3-on-3 Kings or Queens of the Court

Purpose To encourage players to scramble and improve their ability to play out of system balls. Setup Position three players on each side of the net with the remaining players in a line behind [...]

Scrimmage: Reverse Sideout

Purpose To practice running the offense out of serve receive with an emphasis on quick points. Setup Position players on both sides of the net as if starting a regular scrimmage. How it works [...]

Scrimmage: Earned points only

Purpose To allow players to scrimmage while removing penalties for errors and encouraging aggressive play. Setup Position players on both sides of the net as if starting a regular scrimmage. How it works The [...]

Scrimmage: Equal number of serves

Purpose To allow players to scrimmage while giving each player multiple serve attempts. Setup Position players on both sides of the net as if starting a regular scrimmage. How it works The players scrimmage [...]

Scrimmage: Points for touches

Purpose To allow players to scrimmage while encouraging multiple touches on the ball. Setup Position players on both sides of the net as if starting a regular scrimmage. How it works The players scrimmage [...]

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