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Fun Volleyball Drills
Advanced Drills For Teamwork and Unity


These fun volleyball drills include fun teambuilding aspect. They teach volleyball strategies about team’s offense and defense. Purpose of this offensive volleyball drills is to develop volleyball skills and build teamwork and unity in the team.

Fun Volleyball Drills - Swing the Ball to the Block!


Very often teams pay no attention to one important offensive method, which teams in the top level are using very effectively. It is “to swing the ball to the block with a purpose to cover it up.”

In this method an offensive player intends to swing the ball to the block and covering defenders will play the ball to the setter again to build a better opportunity to swing a point for the team.

Offensive Player
In this type of volleyball play, teamwork between players is crucial. The offensive player has to know it is safe to hit the ball to the block. The spiker has to know there are teammates who will help him/her and cover the ball.

Defensive Player
From the defensive player’s angle that will make defender’s job much more important. The covering defender knows the hitter trusts him/her when the hitter swings the ball to the block in purpose. As a result the covering defender feels he/she really is an important part of the offense. This method will act as an extra motivation to cover (which in all honesty is often ignored by many players).

Coaching in These Fun Volleyball Drills

Coach can contribute to this lack of covering by bringing up these issues in practice – coach can use it as an opportunity to teach them about teamwork and working together as one unit. It is important to get the coverage scheme organized because it builds trust between the players and builds up unity.

When this volleyball drill is executed correctly, coach will see how much team members enjoy working together and helping each other.

Tips for Coaches in these Fun Volleyball Drills

First keep in mind this is a very advanced drill and requires very skilled players. We rated this drill with 4 stars in our scale, which means to make it run smoothly players need to be very skilled.

When team practices this coverage scheme, it is important for coach to keep things simple.

In the beginning it is not a good idea to add any other aspects to the drill – for example do not allow spikers to be trying to kill the ball, their job is to swing a ball that will be blocked and can be covered.

Make your players focus just on covering the spiker and working together as a team. Every player’s job is to make up a drill that serves one purpose only - to get the ball covered.

One more time: coverage combined with offense is complicated and difficult enough by itself, therefore no other aspects should be added into the drill.

It is very likely that players are not able to get the drill going in the beginning, therefore be ready to ease up the drill. For example the coach might want to perform the swing to the block, maybe always catching the ball when it returns to her/him.

If this drill is done with patience and coach assists by swinging the ball (if needed), you'll notice how much fun helping each other is for the players.



Click the link to check how to set up these fun volleyball practice drills.





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