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 [...]
Returning the serve
Purpose To practice serves and serve receive. Setup Organize 6 players on one side of the net. The remaining players line up to serve with a basket of balls nearby. How it works The [...]
Self-toss hitting progression
Purpose This drill helps new player develop proper hitting form and ball control for overhand serving and attacking. Setup Pair up (if uneven, one group can have 3 players). Give each pair a ball. [...]
Harass the passer
Purpose This drill teaches players to stay focused and pass while dealing with distractions Setup Have two or three servers on the other side of the net and a target player in the setter location. [...]